中医学是中华传统文化的全息缩影，而中华传统文化则是中医学产生与发展的源头活水。因此，学习中医学的前提是理解中华传统文化的核心内容、思维方法和价值追求。本书选取与中医文化关系最为密切的易学文化、儒家文化、道家文化与佛学文化进行介绍，并在此基础上探讨了其与中医学的双向互动关系。无论读者是高等中医院校的大学生，还是社会上的传统文化爱好者，本书都不失为一本系统了解中华传统文化的入门读物。

Traditional Chinese medicine is the holographic epitome of Chinese Traditional culture, and the latter is the source of the emergence and development of traditional Chinese medicine. Therefore, the premise of learning TCM is to understand the core content, thinking method and value pursuit of Chinese traditional culture. This book introduces Yi-ology, Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism which are most closely related to traditional Chinese medicine culture, and discusses their two-way interaction with traditional Chinese medicine.