Abstract—Traditional Chinese medicine culture is an
important part of Chinese culture. Studying the discourse mode
of traditional Chinese medicine is an important way to promote
Chinese culture to go global and enhance the influence of
Chinese culture. The profile of colleges and universities is the
official statement of the organizational identity of colleges and
universities. It is an important medium for colleges and
universities to convey and promote their positive image, spread
discipline culture and affect the public, especially specific
stakeholders. Using the Discourse-historical Approach method
of Critical Discourse Analysis, this paper selects the School
Profile and the Director’s Message in the official websites of the
School of Chinese medicine of the University of Hong Kong, the
School of Chinese medicine of the Chinese University of Hong
Kong and the School of Chinese medicine of the Hong Kong
Baptist University as cases to analyze the characteristics and
strategies of the discourse mode adopted by the college in
constructing its organizational identity and disseminating
traditional Chinese medicine culture. It is found that the
introductions use a variety of discourse means, such as
diversified attitude evaluation, effective naming structure ,
predicate structure, and “Bi-literacy and Tri-lingualism”
discourse mode, and construct a positive and rich image of the
school: It has a long history of development and orderly
inheritance; It has sound teaching courses and complete system;
It has a wide range of influence and fruitful results in the
dissemination of traditional Chinese medicine culture; It has
made fruitful achievements in cultivating Traditional Chinese
Medicine (TCM) talents with international vision, and a large
number of elites have emerged.
Index Terms—Discourse-historical approach, Higher
education in Hong Kong, identity claim, traditional Chinese
medicine culture
Zhang Zhiqi is with the City University of Hong Kong, China.
E-mail: zzhang739-c@my.cityu.edu.hk
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Cite:Zhang Zhiqi, "The Characteristics and Strategies of TCM Discourse Model in Higher Education in Hong Kong," International Journal of Languages, Literature and Linguistics vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 281-288, 2023.