title: [The apprentice education system of Chinese medicinal industry in modern Kunming].
abstract: In the late Qing Dynasty, following the appearance of the Chinese medicinal materials industry trade association of Kunming, the "master agreement" as a professional regulation, also implemented, marking the beginning of the contractualization and institutionalization of apprentice education in Yunnan. The contents and implementation of the "master agreement" was organized by the Chinese medicinal materials industry trade association of Kunming and its craft union. The apprentice education in Kunming traditional Chinese medicinal industry has the following characteristics: expanding the source of talent; adepting at agricultural production of the accorded apprentice; conforming to the conditions of human manipulation of Chinese traditional medicine; being in line with the characteristics and rules of Chinese medicine skills taught by oral narration and tacit understanding; unity of the medical and pharmaceutical professionals; and non-governmental organization. Apprentice training had trained a number of medical talents, and promoted the transformation of manual workshop to industrialization in Kunming. Apprentice education had catalyzed the establishment of specialized shops selling patent medicines exclusively to separated from those running both crude drugs and patent medicines, to form a set of effective teaching system, thus exerting profound influence on later generations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Comprehensive Administration, Kunming Chinese Medicine Factory Co., Ltd., Kunming, 650028, China.
authors.forename: Zhuqing
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D004345:Drug Industry; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal