Cheng Menxue (1902-1972), whose real name is Hui Zhen, has a line of words. Jiangxi Wuyuan people. Famous Chinese medicine academic thinker, Chinese medicine clinician and Chinese medicine educator. Dedicated to the clinical and teaching work of traditional Chinese medicine all his life. Specializing in internal medicine of traditional Chinese medicine, he has profound theoretical attainments in the theory of typhoid and febrile diseases. He learned from the strengths of ancient and modern times, integrated classic prescriptions with seasonal prescriptions, and made good use of complex methods to treat fever and intractable diseases. His medication is simple, light and ingenious.

Chinese name: Cheng Menxue.

Alias: Cheng

Nationality: China.

Place of birth: Wuyuan, Jiangxi

Date of birth: 1902

Date of death: 1972

Occupation: Chinese medicine

Graduate School: Private Shanghai College of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

Main achievements: the first president of Shanghai College of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

Editor-in-Chief of Cihai Chinese Medicine

Head of Traditional Chinese Medicine Group of Central Leading Group for Schistosomiasis Control

Director of Chinese Medicine Department of Shanghai Eleventh People's Hospital

Chairman of Shanghai Society of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Masterpieces: Melody Interpretation of Synopsis of the Golden Chamber and Treatise on Febrile Diseases.

The life of the character

In his early years, he studied medicine under the famous doctor Wang. I studied Chinese medicine in private Shanghai College of Traditional Chinese Medicine (1932 was renamed as private Shanghai College of Traditional Chinese Medicine) and studied under the famous doctor Ding Ganren. Before liberation, he fought against the perverse practices of the Kuomintang government that discriminated against and destroyed Chinese medicine. 1956- 1966 was appointed as the first president of Shanghai College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and successively served as the director of the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine of the 11th People's Hospital of Shanghai, the consultant of traditional Chinese medicine of the Municipal Health Bureau, the chairman of the Central Medical Association, the editor-in-chief of Cihai Chinese Medicine Discipline, the head of the Chinese medicine group of the leading group for schistosomiasis control in China, the member of the Scientific Committee of the Ministry of Health, the member of the first CPPCC and the representative of the second National People's Congress. First-class medical and health experts. In 1960s, he advocated and organized 10 reports on modern academic schools of traditional Chinese medicine, which promoted academic contention in Shanghai and even the whole country. 1985110 was recorded as a great achievement by the leading group for schistosomiasis control of Shanghai Municipal Committee. Specializing in internal medicine of traditional Chinese medicine, concentrating on the theory of typhoid and febrile diseases and comprehensively applying it. He is a famous TCM academic thinker, TCM clinician and TCM educator. Carrying forward, inheriting and developing TCM for life and cultivating TCM talents have an important position and influence in the history of modern and modern TCM development. He is the author of Synopsis of the Golden Chamber, Treatise on the Rhythm of Febrile Diseases, Notes on Ye's Medical Records, Cheng Menxue's Medical Records and Cheng Menxue's Poems and Paintings. On June 8th, 2002,165438+1October 65438, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine held "Celebrating the Birthday of Cheng Menxue Huang Wendong 100".

Studying medicine career

The first teacher was Wang who was practicing medicine in Shanghai at that time. Wang's Treatise on Febrile Diseases belongs to Shu's New Treatise on Febrile Diseases. Make good use of classic prescriptions in clinic, and the drugs are spicy and dry. Wang became so famous that even famous doctors such as Tieqiao and Ding Ganren once taught here. When Cheng Menxue first entered the medical field, he was favored by teachers because of his intelligence and understanding, especially his profound experience in treating typhoid fever, thus forming his rapid, fierce and intense medication style in his early medical practice.

At that time, Wang was too old and too busy to teach, so he introduced him to his colleague Ding Ganren. Ding Ganren, one of the four famous doctors, believed in Ye and Xue's theory of febrile diseases and was good at using drugs in clinic.

19 16, with the support of Xie, Xia and other colleagues, Ding Ganren founded Shanghai College of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Guangyi Chinese Medicine Hospital. Cheng Menxue entered this school and became the first student in this school. Ding Ganren advocated the combination of reading and clinical practice, and asked students to make the past serve the present, which had a far-reaching influence on Cheng Menxue.

Cheng Menxue graduated with honors.

1926, a teacher. After Gan Ren's death, Cheng Menxue served as the dean of the school, and concurrently served as the medical director of FangGuangyi Chinese Medicine Hospital in Shanghai, which made great achievements in teaching and clinic. During this period, Cheng Menxue learned while teaching, and his study became better and better. At the same time, clinically, according to the characteristics that most patients come from working people, he advocates that drugs should be used quickly and fiercely, and Zhongjing's prescription dosage is large. For example, Baihu decoction is used for Yangming excess heat, and gypsum is used for siliang (120g); Yuemai decoction is used for wind-fire edema, ephedra 126 yuan (48 grams); Sini Decoction and Bai Tong Decoction are used to treat yin deficiency and cold. The total amount of aconite is one kilogram (about 500 grams), which has cured many critical emergencies.

Starting from 1935, Cheng Menxue separated from education and focused on clinical practice, and set up his own clinic. At this time, he has become a famous Chinese medicine practitioner in Shanghai, so most of the people who come here for treatment are wealthy people. According to these patients' physical characteristics of "easy deficiency and easy excess", Cheng Menxue sent prescriptions in and out from Ding Ganren Pingfa, paid attention to compatibility and processing. For example, Ephedra sinica 3-5 minutes (0.9- 1.5g), Ramulus Cinnamomi 1-3 minutes (0.3-0.9g), Radix Paeoniae Alba decoction, Rhizoma Atractylodis soaked in rice swill, and Radix Rehmanniae stir-fried with Fructus Amomi or clam powder, which formed his unique clinical medication style.

From 65438 to 0954, Cheng Menxue became the director of Chinese medicine department of the 11th People's Hospital.

1956, Shanghai college of traditional Chinese medicine was established, with Cheng Menxue as the first president. He has served as the chairman of the Shanghai Society of Traditional Chinese Medicine, a member of the nine-member group for schistosomiasis control in East China, and a consultant of the Shanghai Municipal Health Bureau, and was elected as a representative of the second and third National People's Congress.

main work

Cheng Menxue has become more and more diligent and rigorous in his studies. In addition to clinical practice, he repeatedly read classic works such as Treatise on Febrile Diseases and synopsis of the Golden Chamber, especially devoted himself to studying various versions of Ye's medical records and commenting on them many times. He extensively dabbled in ancient and modern works, adopted famous prescriptions for clinical use, and applied what he had learned.

Cheng Menxue often interprets comments while reading, or recites songs, or compiles handouts to teach students. During this period, he wrote more than 2 million words, such as synopsis of the golden chamber, treatise on the melody of febrile diseases, notes on Ye Yi's medical records, notes on Ye Yi's medical records, Tibetan heart prescription, melody of daughter's songs and melody of Xixi Bookstore, all of which are his representative works.

Cheng Menxue 1. Views on the research methods of traditional Chinese medicine and the role of meridian theory. Journal of traditional chinese medicine, Shanghai, 1959, (4): 5.

2. Cheng Menxue. Continue to work hard for the further study of Chinese medicine. Journal of traditional chinese medicine, Shanghai, 1959, (10): 4.

3. Zhang,. Treatise on febrile diseases melody Journal of traditional chinese medicine, Shanghai, 1962, (1): 3738, (2): 37, Feng 3, (3): 35, 36, (4): 3032, (5): 3738, (6): 34-38. (9): 37-40, (10): 3233, (1 1): 3638, (12): 37 seals 3; 1963, (1): 38-feng 3, (2): 39-40, (3): 3637.

4. Cheng Menxue. Experience of learning Treatise on Febrile Diseases. Shanghai journal of traditional chinese medicine, 1962, (7):14; (9): 10 14。

5. Cheng Menxue. Some experiences in studying synopsis of the golden chamber. Shanghai journal of traditional chinese medicine, 1962, (12): 18.

6, Cheng Menxue proofreading. Ye Engraving Medical Records, Shanghai: Shanghai Science and Technology Publishing House, 1963.

7. Shanghai College of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Cheng Menxue's medical records. Shanghai: Shanghai Science and Technology Press, 1982.

8. Cheng Menxue. Melody of Xixi Bookstore Nighttalk, journal of traditional chinese medicine, Shanghai, 1983, (3): 29.

9. Cheng Menxue. Interpretation of synopsis of golden chamber Beijing: People's Medical Publishing House, 1986.

10, when to look, Mo Xueqin finishing. -Excerpt from the comment on "The Truth of Ye Case". Journal of traditional chinese medicine, Shanghai, 1987, (10): 31; ( 1 1):3334; 1988,( 1):4648; (3):3234; (5):3738; (7):293 1; (9):2627; ( 1 1):404 1。

Social assessment

During his tenure as president of Shanghai College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, he made great contributions to modern Chinese medicine education. He advocated that "learning Chinese medicine must be inherited first, and it is impossible to sort out and carry forward without making efforts in inheritance." Therefore, students are required to read more classic medical books, copy prescriptions from teachers, write pulse diagnosis cases, integrate theory with practice, and apply what they have learned. In teaching, he advocates that the past should serve the present, a hundred schools of thought contend, and Chinese medicine courses should be focused.

During the period of1961-1962, he personally presided over the Academic Report of Modern Chinese Medicine 10 for more than 0 times, and invited famous Chinese medicine experts from Shanghai to teach academic experiences of various schools, which greatly promoted the academic contention in the field of Chinese medicine.

Rigorous scholarship

Theory of typhoid and febrile diseases

Cheng Menxue was a rigorous scholar all his life, and he had profound academic attainments in typhoid and febrile diseases. His academic research on traditional Chinese medicine emphasizes that "we should enter from each family, but return from each family, take its essence and melt into one furnace." No matter how classic the works are, they must pass clinical tests. Never follow blindly and die under every sentence.

In his view, Treatise on Febrile Diseases and Synopsis of the Golden Chamber written by Zhang Zhongjing in Han Dynasty are the foundation works to discuss the treatment based on syndrome differentiation, but they also contain some contents that are not in line with the clinical practice, so they should be treated separately from the words summarizing the laws of treatment based on syndrome differentiation. He pointed out that there are three types of words in Treatise on Febrile Diseases:

First, summarizing the laws of clinical syndrome differentiation and treatment, such as the general outline and main prescriptions of six meridians diseases, has universal guiding significance and must be mastered;

Second, the written exposition of personal experience, such as Yang Dan, four contradictions, anxiety and divination in Articles 29 and 30 of the original book, should be different from the first kind of words and verified by clinical practice;

Third, four-word verse-style words, such as "micro-pulse, be careful not to moxibustion, because fire is evil, annoying", are different from the plain narrative style of the book, and may be added by later generations, and should not be mistaken for Zhongjing's original text.

Cheng Menxue emphasized that in studying Zhongjing's works, we should first read the vernacular, read it carefully and repeatedly, penetrate relevant provisions, classify and compare the syndromes of prescriptions and drugs, and pay attention to the changes of drugs, so as to gradually understand the laws of syndrome differentiation and treatment. He paid special attention to intensive reading of Treatise on Febrile Diseases and other books, and with the improvement of clinical experience, he deepened his understanding of Zhongjing's theory. For example, 1940 commented on the prescription of Mahuangshengma Decoction in Treatise on Febrile Diseases, and thought that "the prescription is not pure, the medicine does not match, and there is no doubt that it is untrue". 1945 re-commented the article, and according to the clinical practice, combined with the symptoms of deficiency and excess of cold and heat, fully affirmed the prescription principle of its compound compatibility, and refuted the previous misjudgment, saying that "learning is endless and you can't be self-righteous." This meticulous and realistic research spirit is embodied in Cheng Menxue's works.

The Spiritual Essence of TCM Academics

For classic works, we should grasp their internal relations from the process of historical development. In his view, "the theory of traditional Chinese medicine is developed on the basis of Neijing, while the treatment based on syndrome differentiation and the diagnosis based on the Treatise on Febrile Diseases". The differentiation of six meridians in Treatise on Febrile Diseases is developed on the basis of the theory of Neijing. The six meridians in Treatise on Febrile Diseases and the six meridians described in Neijing are inseparable from the meridian theory, which are consistent in theoretical basis and guiding ideology and cannot be separated.

In Su Wen Re Lun, Cheng Menxue made an incisive exposition on the verse "Those who have not reached three days can sweat, but those who have reached three days can vent". In his view, the meaning of "sweating for three days" does not mean that all three yang diseases must be sweated, but that all three yang meridians can be solved by sweating; "Three-day catharsis" does not necessarily mean purgation, but it includes purgation, such as shaoyin? Lift your feet to play? Nourishing yin and clearing heat are all "venting". This has corrected many people's misunderstandings.

Worship Zhang Zhongjing and Ye.

It is advocated that those who study typhoid fever must be exposed to febrile diseases, and those who study febrile diseases must be exposed to typhoid fever, so as to unify the theory of treating typhoid fever. In his view, Ye's Treatise on Febrile Diseases was developed on the basis of Zhang Zhongjing's Treatise on Febrile Diseases, and it is a supplement to the treatment of six channels of typhoid fever in terms of syndrome differentiation and treatment, and the application of prescriptions and drugs. They cannot be understood in isolation. In his early years, he pointed out in the annotation of "Unfolded Ye's Medical Records": "Using the strengths of various schools is especially good at the application of the sacred law of normal schools. Ye's knowledge of the normal school is very deep-rooted. " Therefore, he decided to integrate the prescriptions of typhoid and febrile diseases in Zhongjing Academic Room, and became the forerunner of unifying the theories of typhoid and febrile diseases, which had a great influence on the establishment of modern Chinese medicine fever science.

It is considered that the theory of Ye's Treatise on Epidemic Febrile Diseases is a systematic summary of the law of syndrome differentiation and treatment of epidemic febrile diseases. For example, the theory of "pathogenic factors attack the lungs first in febrile diseases" inherits Wu Youke's argument that "pathogenic factors enter through the nose and mouth"; "Pericardial reverse transmission" originated from Wang Kentang's reference to "secret message"; The dialectical method of defending qi and nourishing blood is born out of the relevant discussion in Difficult Classics.

The school of febrile diseases has made great contributions to the diagnosis and treatment of fever in the aspects of tongue diagnosis, tooth diagnosis, nourishing yin and fluid treatment, clearing away the benefit and neglecting qi, inducing resuscitation with fragrance, promoting fluid production by being warm and cold, and saving body fluid by being salty and cold, which has supplemented the deficiency of the diagnosis and treatment of six channels of typhoid fever.

Ye's theory that "saving yin is not in blood, but in sweating, and promoting yang is not in warming, but in urination" is highly praised and often put into practice to guide clinical prescriptions and medication. However, he strongly disagreed with his speculative remarks, such as "Bupleurum robbed liver yin and pueraria exhausted gastric juice". Cheng Menxue believes that Bupleurum and Radix Puerariae are excellent antipyretic products and have their clinical uses, such as Taojie Anchai Gejijie Decoction. Yin deficiency can be combined with stomach-invigorating and liver-nourishing herbs, such as Zhang Jingyue Danggui and Gechai. It can be seen that he is unconventional and realistic in academic research.

Medical viewpoint

Shanghai famous TCM clinician

Clinically, he absorbs the strengths of many families, integrates ancient and modern prescriptions, and has concise prescriptions and accurate medication. In his later years, he often took care of incurable diseases and worked out a set of "multiple methods" treatment scheme for patients with complex cold and heat. The so-called "multi-method of compound prescription" is to knead several prescriptions together, pinch their main drugs, collect the methods of warming, dispersing, transforming, infiltrating, removing blood stasis and clearing away the benefit, add and subtract, attack and supplement simultaneously, use both cold and heat, and treat them in reverse order according to the specific conditions of disease and syndrome specimens, thus improving the clinical curative effect.

Essence of typhoid and febrile diseases theory

The treatment of fever is often based on its specimens, making progress steadily and constantly striving for self-improvement. For example, after 12 consultations and 16 days of traditional Chinese medicine treatment, a critically ill patient with severe spring fever, high fever, coma and white rash was treated with various methods, such as clearing away heat and dredging collaterals, clearing both qi and blood, clearing the camp and inducing resuscitation, nourishing yin and clearing the lung, clearing heat and resolving phlegm, and turned the crisis into safety and stepped into a smooth road. When treating fever, Zhongjing and Shi Tian Fang are often used together, such as Xiaochaihu Decoction and Gardenia Black Bean Decoction, to relieve symptoms such as fever, chest tightness and bitter taste. Gegen Qinlian decoction can clear the heat of meridians and fu organs and treat high fever and diarrhea; Use mulberry and silver to cool the exterior and interior, and pass heat; Use Yiyuan Powder and Ganlu Disinfection Pill to clear away heat, promote diuresis and soak in hot water. , add and subtract profit and loss, change.

Learn from the experience of pre-medical prescription

Pay attention to syndrome differentiation of deficiency and excess of yin and yang, and treat various intractable diseases. For example, a child suffers from chronic convulsion, with blurred eyes, upturned corners, chapped lips, sweating, cold limbs, incontinence, bright red tongue and weak pulse, which is heartbreaking. In the past, doctors used to nourish yin and promote fluid production, which was ineffective and dangerous. When Cheng was treated, his spleen and kidney were exhausted, his liver and kidney were damaged by yin, and yin and yang were not solid. Before he left, he decided to use Tian Li's Zhuanghuang decoction to strengthen yang and protect yin. This prescription not only warms the yang and strengthens the spleen, but also nourishes yin and moistens dryness. Proper compatibility actually saved the child quickly.

Pay attention to the treatment steps and the changes of prescriptions and drugs.

For all kinds of miscellaneous diseases mixed with excess and deficiency, Cheng Menxue often chooses prescriptions according to the advance and retreat of pathogenic factors, and pays attention to the treatment steps and changes of prescriptions. For example, the syndrome differentiation and treatment of stroke is divided into four steps, with switches, key drugs and emergency treatment; Nourish the body, nourish the body, and slow down. It is particularly important for internal wind, eliminating phlegm and dredging collaterals, and promoting the understanding of mechanism. When deficiency and excess coexist, temper is the main factor, supplemented by phlegm wind. Shenfu decoction or Shengmai powder is the main method for patients with internal closure and external detachment, supplemented by antelope horn, Zhibaodan and Daotan decoction. In the treatment of cough and asthma, in addition to the method of resolving phlegm, clinical treatment is also based on the principle of "lung deficiency and kidney deficiency". If the pathogenic factors are excessive, use Dingchuan Decoction, Xiaoqinglong Decoction and Houpu Mahuang Decoction; if the illness is mild, use Bulbus Allii Macrostemon Powder and Daige Powder to add flavor. Those with insufficient positive energy should either use Shengmai Powder to replenish lung, or use Qiwei Duqi Pill, Shenqi Pill and Heixidan to replenish kidney and qi.

Compound multi-method therapy

Every time he prescribed about 10 flavors, four or five of them were blended with ancient prescriptions, which had profound implications and exquisite drug selection. Such as stranguria, use Bulbus Allii Macrostemon Powder, Daochi Powder and Suanjie Decoction to distinguish between Zhibai Decoction and Dihuang Decoction, treat both upper and lower aspects, and give consideration to both deficiency and excess; Meihe gas disease also contains Maimendong Decoction, Banxia Xiexin Decoction, Wendan Decoction, Tianwang Buxin Dan and Chamomile Decoction, which integrates the methods of nourishing yin and resolving phlegm, promoting diuresis and regulating stomach, calming heart and clearing throat. In the application of compound multi-therapy, he often takes the meaning of ancient prescriptions and classics, but does not take other prescriptions, or pays attention to low-dose conditioning or drug compatibility supervision with other prescriptions, and always takes the purpose of eliminating evil without hurting righteousness and strengthening the body resistance without loving evil, so that many patients gradually recover.

Simple, light and intelligent.

Simplicity means that he chooses drugs carefully and his prescription is concise. This is the characteristic that he has studied the prescriptions of Zhongjing and Shi Tian for decades and accumulated clinical experience. For example, kidney-warming drugs are divided into kidney-warming powder (Radix Aconiti Lateralis Preparata, Cortex Cinnamomi and Fenugreek) and kidney-warming tonic (Radix Morindae Officinalis, Herba Cistanches, Rhizoma Curculiginis, Herba Cynomorii, and Fructus Lycii); The expectorants are divided into expectorants (Pinellia ternata and dried tangerine peel), expectorants (jellyfish, water chestnut, white mustard seed and radish seed), expectorants (Fructus Aurantii Immaturus, Radix Curcumae and Cortex et Radix Polygalae), expectorants (bamboo juice and bamboo shavings) and expectorants (Gleditsia sinensis and Lepidium). He classified a variety of drugs, selected drugs according to symptoms, and formed a concise prescription.

Lightweight, mainly refers to the light dose of prescription. He once said: "As for the weight of the prescription, it should be light rather than heavy. The role of drugs is to guide, regulate and circulate. It is also said that four or two medicines can draw 1000 yuan. "

Clinically, for the elderly and infirm, those who have not recovered from long-term illness are often treated by the method of "removing excess", forming prescriptions such as light tonic, light clearing, light propaganda, light diarrhea, light opening and light fragrance. Generally speaking, he seldom uses thick and turbid products, and even if he wants to use them, he often takes into account the function of the spleen and stomach, or takes turbid drugs lightly, or "small doses".

Clever, refers to his drug compatibility, not dull. Therefore, the stuffing with strong flavor will be accompanied by products such as Radix Rehmanniae and Fructus Amomi. Yiqi and stomach must be used, and Jilin ginseng is used together with orange white and grain bud; Drugs for promoting blood circulation are often combined with drugs for regulating qi, such as mountain nail tablets and fennel. It is an important drug for the treatment of calculus, supplemented by pungent and cool medicinal materials, such as concha Haliotidis, mother-of-pearl, mint dragon teeth, mulberry leaves, chrysanthemum, Vitex negundo and so on.

He attaches great importance to the supervision of medicinal properties, such as the use of coptis chinensis and jujube for insomnia, both bitter and sour; Aconitum carmichaeli and antelope horn are used to treat apoplexy, and pungent, warm, salty and cold are combined; Cinnamon and turmeric treat abdominal pain, which is compatible with cold and warm; Antlers and Cynanchum atratum are used together to treat female fatigue; Paeonia lactiflora and wheat are used together to treat low fever, palpitation and dizziness. They are all "medicine pairs" commonly used in his clinic.

Prescription selection and drug conversion according to symptoms

He often adds and subtracts ancient and modern famous prescriptions. For example, Ganmai Dazao Zhigancao Decoction is used to treat palpitation, Baihe Dihuang Decoction is used to treat internal injury psychosis, Short-acting Shufu Decoction is used to treat yang deficiency vertigo, Wei Ping Powder is used to treat insomnia, Xuan Ming Duanxia Pill is used to treat chronic dysentery, Zuixiayu Powder is used to treat damp diarrhea, melon and fruit accumulation, tongue-turning ointment, Dihuang Yinzi is used to treat stroke aphasia, Shenjue Yuzhen Pill is used to treat migraine, Yuetao Powder is used to treat abdominal pain, Achyranthes ointment is used to treat bloody stranguria, and Jinshui Liu Jun Decoction is all of them.

Personal deeds

High moral character, modesty and eagerness to learn

Cheng Menxue has noble medical ethics, honest character, tireless knowledge, modest and prudent attitude, and won the praise of his colleagues. After he became famous in his early years, he was still diligent in seeking knowledge and humbly consulted people with special skills in the same field. If a patient with chronic diarrhea is treated by him many times, the prescription of regulating spleen and kidney is still ineffective. Later, the patient took Cheng Menxue's prescription to see Wang Zhongqi. Just after the inspection in Wang Zhongqi, he wrote down the prescription of Suocheng, which was approved as "This prescription can only be taken, and the snake contains four yuan stones". Give the prescription to the patient at once. This prescription, which has been ineffective for a long time, has been cured for many years with only one medicine and several doses. Later, the patient told Cheng Menxue about it. From then on, Cheng admired his medical skills very much and wanted to worship him as a teacher. He has asked people to intercede many times, but they have all been politely declined. In this regard, Cheng Menxue felt very sorry, and finally felt that it was a great loss not to get Wang Zhongqi's telepathy.

No one is perfect, how can there be no fault?

Every time he encounters an incurable disease or consciously discovers a medication error, he admits that he is ignorant and lacks courage; Or read a book, but have no experience, dare not follow, delayed; Even said that reading is too little; Some diseases are painstakingly thought out, but they are not applied in time and eventually die. In this respect, Cheng Menxue considers herself a "miss". In this way, every time I encounter a mistake, I am always unhappy and tired of consulting. In his later years, he said, "There are nearly a hundred cases of memory loss. Judging from today's level, there are still many places that need radical cure. Or we can find out why it can't be cured and think that it can be used for reference elsewhere; Or you can find out what you missed at that time to be alert to today. When a book is written one after another, it is called "Missing Record" for future generations to see. " The book was not written, or because the catastrophe was not discovered. However, it should be said that it is commendable that a famous doctor like Cheng Menxue can "fail" without whitewashing his mistakes.

Honest and noble, observe etiquette, pay attention to medical ethics.

Even in the materialistic old society, he never clings to wealth, covets wealth and goes with the flow. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he responded to the call of the CPC Central Committee, went to the countryside many times, went deep into the front line of schistosomiasis control, and personally diagnosed schistosomiasis patients. As a non-partisan Democrat, he works enthusiastically, participates in the discussion of state affairs, and has many plans for the teaching of Chinese medicine. In his later years, during the Cultural Revolution, he suffered long-term persecution and various diseases. Even though he was so tired, he still insisted on treating farmers and was deeply loved by working people. Cheng Menxue was cordially received by the central leadership and Chairman Mao for many times, and he was still excited in his later years, which shows his love for the Party and socialism.

personal preference

Among them, there are two books, The Book on Lu and The Poem on Late Learning. When did Gaozu hope to compile Cheng Menxue's poetry, books and paintings? Wang Ge, a master of Chinese painting, called it "not a poem, but an elegant realm that few people can reach". Cheng Menxue's elegant and noble personality and profound cultural background can be seen.