“Qi-monism,”“correspondence between man and nature”in philosophy,“attaching much more importance to law of development and changes than matter,”and“image”thinking model in traditional culture formed qi-five elements-five zang-organs model, which were different from the five viscera concept established in atomism of traditional Western Medicine, greatly and essentially different from ones in reductionism of Western Medicine.

“气一元论”、“天人相应”理论,传统文化中“重道轻器”和“象”思维模型的介入,形成的气-五行-五脏模型与传统西医原子论指导下对五脏的认识有很大的不同,与现代西医从还原分析法认识五脏及中医理论有本质的不同。