鄭觀應的衛生觀——以《中外衛生要旨》為中心

Over the centuries, with the spread of Western medical knowledge to the East, new knowledge was brought into China, and the interpretation of the word “hygiene” had also changed accordingly. Zheng Guanying dialectically and tolerantly accepted the theories and knowledge about hygiene in Western culture based on his understanding and practice. Combining Chinese and Western concepts, he has published Chinese and Foreign Essentials to Hygiene to promote his diverse hygiene cogitation integrating medical hygiene, personal and public health, nutrition and food hygiene. He advocated that traditional Chinese medicine treats internal syndrome, while the external syndrome shall be dealt with Western medicine, and the traditional Chinese medicine shall be tested by chemical methods. He believed that it is urgent to improve personal hygiene through bathing and it is a must to pay attention to the public health. At the same time, he adopted the viewpoint of “function plus nutrition” to guide the diet.