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　　Chinese medicine is a heritage of world medicine. Traditional Chinese medicine has a power to heal people better than the western ones. China medicine now is more and more popular in the world due to its effect and its way to heal people. Originated from the ancient time，the Chinese medicine has developed in a long time and it has collected vari¬ous ways to treat different illness. The traditional Chinese medicine pays attention to the balance the body system of people. It is said that once the system of people is in balance, the illness will disappear. The damage of the body system is the source of disease.

　　孫大圣是中國古典文學名著《西游記》(Journey to the West)中 的一個主要的人物。他是唐僧(Tang Monk)第一個徒弟。其實在中國， 他最受歡迎的名字不是“孫大圣”，而是“孫悟空”，這是教他72變 的第一個師傅給他起的名字。“悟”的意思是“啟迪”。“空”的意 思是“無”，這是佛學(Buddhism)中最重要的一個認識。在佛學中， 人必須放棄欲望和所有對財富、名聲的渴望，以培養自己為佛。

　　Monkey King is one of the main characters in Chinese classic literature masterpiece “Journey to the West". He is the first disciple of Tang Monk.Actually in Chinese，his most popular name is not “Monkey King” but “Sun Wukong，，，which was given by his first Master who taught him the 72 supernormal abilities. “Wu” means enlightening. “Kong” means emptiness，which is one of the most important understandings in Buddhism. In Buddhism, one has to give up every human desire and all attachments including the attachments to wealth and fame etc, in order to cultivate oneself into a Buddha.

　　在傳統的中國家庭文化中，同一祖先的幾代后裔(descendants) 居住在一起，形成一個大家庭。這種自治(autonomous)家族制度是 中國傳統社會的基本單位。中國的孩子們跟隨他們父親的姓。這和 西方文化是一樣的。如今在中國，孩子跟父親的姓或母親的姓在法 律上都是合法的。除了那些因為結婚加入到家庭中的人以外，人們 的姓氏都是一樣的。

　　In traditional Chinese family culture, descendants of several generations from the same ancestor lived together and formed a big fam¬ily system. This kind of autonomous family system was the basic unit of traditional Chinese society. Chinese children follow their father’s fam¬ily name. This is the same as western culture. Nowadays in China it is legally fine for a child to follow either father’s family name or mother’s family name. Within each family system, of course people except those who joined this family system through marriage all have the same family name.