Zhang Gongyao ( Chinese: 张功耀;

Pinyin Hanyu Pinyin (), often shortened to just pinyin, is the official romanization system for Standard Mandarin Chinese in China, and to some extent, in Singapore and Malaysia. It is often used to teach Mandarin, normally written in Chinese fo ...

: ''Zhāng Gōngyào''; born November 10, 1956) is a Chinese philosopher. He is a professor in Department of Philosophy,

Central South University Central South University (CSU; ) is a national public university in Changsha, Hunan, China. The university is sponsored by the China Ministry of Education. It is a Chinese state Double First Class University. Hunan Medical University, Changsha ...

, China. He promoted the abolishment of

traditional Chinese medicine Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is an alternative medical practice drawn from traditional medicine in China. It has been described as "fraught with pseudoscience", with the majority of its treatments having no logical mechanism of acti ...

Biography

Zhang was born in

Chenzhou Chenzhou () is a prefecture-level city located in the south of Hunan province, China, bordering the provinces of Jiangxi to the east and Guangdong to the south. Its administrative area covers , 9.2% of the provincial area, and its total populatio ...

Hunan Hunan (, ; ) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, part of the South Central China region. Located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze watershed, it borders the province-level divisions of Hubei to the north, Jiangx ...

in 1956. He received his M.A degree from

Zhejiang University Zhejiang University, abbreviated as ZJU or Zheda and formerly romanized as Chekiang University, is a National university, national public university, public research university based in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. It is a member of the prestigiou ...

in 1988. In 2006, Zhang initiated a movement to call for abolishment of the traditional Chinese medicine.

References

External links

Profile of Zhang Gongyao at the official website of Central South University

* ttp://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-10/10/content_705409.htm Idea to abolish traditional Chinese medicine rebuked {{DEFAULTSORT:Zhang, Gongyao 1956 births Living people Central South University faculty Educators from Hunan People from Chenzhou People's Republic of China philosophers Philosophers from Hunan