The Study On Classification In The Corpus Of Ancient Literature In Traditional Chinese Medicine And Pharmacy

There are ten thousand kinds of ancient literature in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM)in our country. The literature has abundant theories and clinical experiences of during the thousands years, which not only has precious historiography value but also academic value and use value. However, this TCM literature is hard to use because of its traditional presence form and mode of transmission. It is not adapted to the need of information acquisition in modern society anymore. In order to make better use of this ancient literature and reveal the speciality of load-burdening information, we discuss the question existing in the construction of TCM literature corpus and analysis its speciality .At the same time, we discuss the different sorting process about TCM literature in old times and today. We can find the differences of classification and relative merits by comparison. We try to set up the classification criteria about TCM literature from the angle of theory and practice. So as to the computer can realize the correct comprehension and classification about TCM literature. We can further understand the terms in traditional Chinese medicine and pharmacy in service use and exact meaning. Finally we may realize informatization about TCM literature.