Abstract: “Reciting”, an important learning method of Chinese traditional medical education, has played a significant role in the history of Chinese traditional medical education and inheritance in the past 1000 years. In the last 100 years, there has been some misunderstanding and incorrect judgment on recitation. The main reason is that there is no correct understanding on the nature of recitation, no comprehensive analysis of the relationship between recitation and understanding, no effective understanding of the connection between recitation and the content recited, and no accurate understanding of the difference between recitation and thinking. At present, it is necessary for Chinese traditional medical colleges and universities to develop and promote the way of reciting in the aspect of public opinion direction, study of reciting methods, selection of reciting content, and common support of the whole subjects.