The Application of the Philosophical Thinking of "Three" From I Ching to Medical Education

Yingjie Du; Xinqing Zhang; Jinjing Zhang; Guyan Wang

doi:10.3389/fmed.2021.759282

The Application of the Philosophical Thinking of "Three" From I Ching to Medical Education

Front Med (Lausanne). 2021 Dec 16:8:759282. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2021.759282. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Yingjie Du¹, Xinqing Zhang², Jinjing Zhang³, Guyan Wang¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
² School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
³ Department of Anesthesiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Jinzhou Medical University, Jinzhou, China.

Abstract

Since ancient times, the Chinese have had a special understanding of the "Three". Chinese philosophy originates from the I Ching, and the philosophical concept of "Three" is the core of the I Ching. The philosophical thinking about "Three" entails a complete dialectical thinking method that is consistent with the Western philosophical concept of "One Dividing into Three". In this paper, we explain the philosophical concept of "Three" and suggest its application to medical education, including the learning and application of new technology, shared decision making between doctors and patients, and integration of medical humanities and medical science.

Keywords: I Ching; One Dividing into Three; dialectical thinking; medical education; “Three”.

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