中文摘要：

一般认为中医学的理论发展是线性的,从古至今皆是如此。文章将黄疸病分为了三个历史时期来讨论,得出黄疸病在不同的历史时期具有不同的内容和特点,后世对黄疸病的论述不是一般认为的补充和发展,而是一种理论创新。

英文摘要：

Since ancient times,it is generally believed that the development of the TCM theory is linear. In this paper, the jaundice was divided into three historical periods, arrived at the conclusion that jaundice in different historical periods have differ- ent content and characteristics. The discussion of jaundice by the later is not just the complement and development as generally considered, but a kind of theoretical innovation.