Mr CHENG Dan-an is a famous educationist and acupuncturist in modern China.He established the earliest acupuncture correspondence institution named Chinese Research Society of Acu-moxibustion.Meanwhile he founded the earliest professional magazine

Journal of Acu-moxibustion which played an important role in promoting redevelopment of acu-moxibustion.Mr CHENG Dan-an wrote many famous works.Research on CHENG's academic thoughts and works will help a lot in knowing the development and evolution of modern acupuncturology in the period of the Republic of China.The present paper introduces it by the help of 7 books including Zhenjiu Zhiliao Xue(Chinese Acu-moxibustion Therapeutics).