To analyze the trend of literature and research development of the theory “liver governing conveyance and dispersion” in traditional Chinese medicine since the founding of new China, and provide reference for researchers in this field. Methods: CNKI database was used as the data source to make analysis on Journal literatures on liver governing dispersion in traditional Chinese medicine since the founding of new China from the perspective of bibliometrics, and make a preliminary study and analysis of the research condition of this field by the statistics from the aspects of published year, literature sources, document type, author’s working unit, fund, high frequency keywords and others. Results: Until June 18, 2014, a total of 2 943 literatures were retrieved. The number of papers was on a rapid growth after 2005; 10 units published over 20 papers with a maximum of 201; literatures on clinical research and experience introduction accounted for 51.28%; 220 literatures were funded by the scientific research funds at all levels, accounting for 7.48%; 41.01% of literatures were cited, which was on the high side; judging from the high frequency keywords, the main study methods were clinical research, experimental study, theoretical study, and clinical experiences of famous doctors. The most common diseases treated from the liver governing dispersion were "diabetes", "mental disease", "intestinal emergency syndrome", "fatty liver", "mental stress", "coronary heart disease", "stomachache", "infertility" and "premenstrual syndrome", and Xiaoyao Podwer was the most frequently used prescription in the treatment of liver’s failure in governing dispersion. Conclusion: Since the founding of new China, the study on the liver governing dispersion has shown a gradual upward trend, and research methods are becoming diversified. In recent years, the study on the liver governing dispersion has been given great attention, and research quality has improved. While clinical applications are more focused, the research on its theory connotation is insufficient; the research on diseases and the prescriptions used are very limited. Therefore, the research methods should be improved, and the scope of the study needs to be expanded.