During the period of the Republic of China

acupuncture faced different opportunities and developments in China and the West. The correspondence between Soulié de Morant

the father of European acupuncture

and

FANG Shen

'

an

a famous acupuncture master of the Republic of China

is of great significance to explore the exchange of acupuncture between China and France

the development of acupuncture in France

the Western learning of Chinese medicine

and the dissemination of academic ideas of acupuncture in the Republic of China. The authors studied Soulié de Morant's collection stored in the Museum of Western Studies of Chinese Medicine of Yunnan University of Chinese Medicine

and found Soulié de Morant's annotation of

Jinzhen Mizhuan

(

Secrets of Golden Needle

)

the 1937 edition

and 3 paper letters with

FANG Shen'an

(2 letters in French and 1 letter in Chinese). After the language translation and collation

based on the correspondence between two masters

in association with the historical background and the narration of

CHEN Yemeng

the inheritor of

Fang

's acupuncture

this paper reviews the process of academic exchanges between them

so as to display the historical developm

ent of acupuncture in China and the West.