Wang Xuetai
Lineage & School of Heritage
In his early years Wang Xuetai studied the Yijing (Book of Changes) and simplified moxibustion methods under his maternal grandfather Zhang Wuyun, and in 1948 he studied the theory and techniques of acupuncture and moxibustion under Zhu Lian.
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
A man of the Han ethnicity, he was born in 1925 in Yi County, Liaoning. Through nearly sixty years of practice in acupuncture and moxibustion, Wang Xuetai carried out extensive excavation and collation of meridian theory, acupuncture knowledge, moxibustion techniques, and ancient moxibustion methods. He attended international acupuncture and moxibustion conferences on many occasions, expressing views on research methods and mechanisms of action in acupuncture, on acupuncture education and legislation, and on the development strategy and trends of acupuncture, thereby paving the way for the wide international dissemination of Chinese acupuncture and moxibustion. He presided over the compilation of the traditional Chinese medicine section of the Chinese Thesaurus (Hanyu Zhutici Biao), and served as editor in chief of the Handbook of Acupuncture and Moxibustion (Zhenjiuxue Shouce), the Complete Compendium of Chinese Acupuncture and Moxibustion (Zhongguo Zhenjiu Daquan), the Acupuncture and Moxibustion volume of the Encyclopedia of Chinese Medicine (Zhongguo Yixue Baike Quanshu: Zhenjiuxue), the Dictionary of Acupuncture and Moxibustion (Zhenjiuxue Cidian), the Illustrated History of Acupuncture and Moxibustion (Zhenjiu Shi Tulu), the Outline of the History of Acupuncture and Moxibustion (Zhenjiu Shi Tigang), and the Medical Records of Contemporary Masters of Chinese Acupuncture and Moxibustion (Zhongguo Dangdai Zhenjiu Mingjia Yi'an).
Honors & Recognition
A national representative bearer of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, a first-batch national intangible cultural heritage project; senior researcher of the China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences; member of the Academic Committee of the China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences; senior advisor of the China Association of Acupuncture and Moxibustion; and lifetime honorary president of the World Acupuncture and Moxibustion Society, United Nations. Since the end of the twentieth century, Wang Xuetai's research focus has gradually shifted to the development strategy of acupuncture and moxibustion studies, and he has called for the development of acupuncture and moxibustion to attach importance to preserving and carrying forward its characteristics as traditional medicine.
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