Guest guest Posted December 21, 2002 Report Share Posted December 21, 2002 Should the education of TCM practitioners in college programs include >Chinese language study? written>>>>> >What the argument should NOT be about is: > >Should practitioners already degreed and licensed be obliged to study >Chinese language? Kelly : Being a more recent graduate than many on this website I feel it was critical to my education to have the 1 full year of Chinese that I had. Although my personal interests lie with etymology and classical Chinese I feel as though the standard in colleges should be 3 years of Chinese language focused on both Classical Chinese and modern medical Chinese..ie reading research...from the beginning..see SIOM and Dan Bensky's curriculum. This would raise the standard internally and externally as we relate to the public regarding our qualifications and the rigor of our education. Recently I spoke with an esteemed colleague who is Chinese and has translated numerous books into English including the I Ching among others...His opinion was that it was totally unnecessary to study modern Chinese but the I Ching was critical. Studying old Chinese just gives you different translations based on each philosophers bias and agenda. Interesting comment none the less. Kelly D. Welch, M.S., L.Ac., Dipl. Ac & CH 1800 Eye Street NW Suite 503-A Washington DC 20006 202-783-9404 _______________ STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 3 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail & xAPID=42 & PS=47575 & PI=7324 & DI=7474 & SU\ = http://www.hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/getmsg & HL=1216hotmailtaglines_stopmorespam_3m\ f Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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