The Debate with Xie Zhu Fan

The Debate with Xie Zhu Fan

Three papers deal with Dr. Xie Zhufan’s criticisms of Wiseman’s term choices. Dr. Xie Zhufan is a professor and a primary Chinese exponent of eliminating the “folklore” from T.C.M. His terminlogy is highly bio-medicalized. He is a professor in the People’s Republic of China and a participant in the W.H.O. term standardization process. His Classified Dictionary of Traditional Chinese Medicine is available in English. Xie Zhufan’s paper is here translated with annotations by Herman Oving: Comments on Nigel Wiseman’s A Practical Dictionary of Chinese Medicine: On the Use of Western Medical Terms in English Glossaries of Chinese Medicine. Oving’s notes are critical for non-Chinese speakers because of certain misunderstandings in Xie’s text. Dr. Wiseman’s response is found here: Comments on English Translation of Common Terms in Traditional Chinese Medicine translated into slightly “ropy” English for the W.H.O. The original Chinese version is: 對於《中醫藥常用名詞術語英譯》的一些意見.