To identify the common clinical syndromes and symptoms/signs of chronic prostatitis. Methods:We analyzed 334 articles related to TCM syndrome differentiationof chronic prostatitis and 207 articles on TCM syndromes and symptoms/signs， incorporated by CNKI and WANFAN Database from 1979 to May 2011 and futher identified the common syndromes， relevant symptoms/signs of chronic prostatitis under the guidance of the TCM specialists. Results:Dampness-heat attacking lower body， qi-blood stagnation， dampness-heat obstruction， kidney yin deficiency， kidney yang deficiency， and Spleen qi deficiency were the most common syndromes related to chronic prostatitis. Excessive syndromes include dampness-heat， Qi stagnation， blood stagnation while deficient syndromes mainly involves kidney or spleen. The symptoms/signs include pelvic local discomfort (pain， falling inflation or other discomforts of Huiyin/Shaofu/Yinqi/Yaodi)， micturition symptoms(such as frequent urination， urgent urination， sore urination， dripping white grime at the end of urination， trickling after urination) and other symptoms(dampness of private parts， bitter mouth， thirst， blood sperm)， etc. Syndromes of dampness-heat attacking lower body can have 14 symptoms in 4 aspects， syndromes of qi-blood stagnation mainly contains 13 symptoms in 3 aspects. Conclusion: By means of literature investigation and specialist consultation， we summarized the symptoms/ signs and defined characteristics of chronic prostatitis of TCM， which is conducive to establishing the diagnosis and treatment markers for Chronic Prostatitis.