"I'm sure everyone here knows of the modern medical titan, Elder Zhang Xichun, and his Medical Deduction and Western Record, right?
"Back in his hometown, Elder Zhang was merely a schoolteacher who had failed the imperial examinations. However, deeply influenced by the era's internal strife, foreign threats, and the eastward spread of Western knowledge, he recognized the crisis facing traditional Chinese medicine. This inspired his great philosophy of 'deducing the Chinese and recording the Western.' He dedicated himself to medicine and achieved greatness late in life.
"Once Medical Deduction and Western Record was published, it immediately became the gold standard for medical students nationwide to emulate. It saved countless lives and rescued the deeply imperiled TCM industry of its time.
"Every era entrusts its TCM practitioners with a unique mission. Our predecessors fulfilled theirs. Why shouldn't our generation shoulder a mission and responsibility of our own?
