Yen Fu’s Medicine Outlook

Yen Fu had a vital position in China’s modern history of thoughts.The studies on his experience and assessment are very sufficient. There are a great deal of the illness narratives in the books,article,diary,account books.We can renew the acknowledge of Yen Fu thought based on the theory of everyday life history.Based on the historical materialism, this article inquires into personal and familial medical history.At the same time,it pays attention to the meaning of the illness narratives.At last,there is a relationship in Yen Fu’s thought and his ailment.This article involves mainly around two problem:medicine outlook and illness which Yen Fu had relation to in his everyday life. as for his medicine outlook.Chapter 1: historical background of his medicine outlook.Chapter 2 :content and its knowledge source. This text thinks that Chinese medicine,western medicine and folk belief had influence in Yen Fu’s medicine outlook. Yen Tu believes in western medicine,but deny Chinese medicine,at last he is very interesting in folk medicine.In fact, he some times use Chinese medicine.at the same time,he also publicize western lifestyle health preservation and pursuits for social and economic benefits.Chapter 4: the aliment in the everyday life of Yen Fu,it can help us realize the meaning of the illness.Chapter 5: the influence of Yen Fu’s medicine outlook and the meaning of the illness.This text thinks that Yen Fu played an important role in the propagation of western learning,but it has limits.Through the study and analysis,we can find that the disease have an effect in Yen Fu’s late thought.Because he stays away from politics and lost his enthusiasm for current affair.