脏象学说是祖国医学基础理论的重要组成部份,也是临床辨证论治的主要理论依据。所谓脏象,乃指藏居于内(指形态结构)形诸于外(指功能表现)的意思。实际上它是中医形态机能生理病理学的总称。由于我国数千年来封建社会传统观念的束缚,和孔孟之道儒家学说流毒之影响,它不可能在漫长的封建统治岁月中,同步西洋医学那样解剖以及实验医学 Dirty elephant theory is an important part of the basic theory of the motherland, and it is also the main theoretical basis for clinical syndrome differentiation. The so-called dirty image refers to the meaning of being hidden inside (referring to the morphological structure) and forming outside (referring to the functional expression). In fact it is the general name for the physiological pathology of traditional Chinese medicine. Due to the shackles of the traditional concept of feudal society in China for thousands of years and the Confucianism of Confucius and Mencius, it is impossible to synchronize the Western medicine as an anatomy and experimental medicine in the long years of feudal rule.