Beijing Daily Client| Reporter Sun Leqi
“‘Western medicine should not lag, Chinese medicine should be ahead’, this is Teacher Tang’s requirement for the establishment of the Eye Hospital of the Chinese Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, and it is also his requirement for students The teacher’s instructions, we will never forget it.” At 3:22 a.m. on July 28, Tang Youzhi, the first master of traditional Chinese medicine, honorary president of the Chinese Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, and honorary president of the Eye Hospital of the Chinese Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, died in Beijing at the age of 97. age. On the 28th, the reporter called Qiu Lixin, a doctoral student of Tang Youzhi, the academic heir of traditional Chinese medicine ophthalmology, and the chief physician of the Department of Ophthalmology and Traditional Chinese Medicine of Beijing Tongren Hospital.
“The teacher passed away in my sleep in the early morning. When I arrived at the internal medicine ward of the Eye Hospital of the Chinese Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences at 6 am, I saw the teacher’s cheeks were thin, as if Go to sleep.” Qiu Lixin believes that the teacher’s departure is peaceful, and he has realized the four great aspirations of life – to establish the Eye Hospital and Eye Institute of the Chinese Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences; to lead the Eye Hospital from scratch, from small to large, from small to large. From weak to strong, it has developed into a tertiary first-class TCM ophthalmology specialized hospital; established the Chinese Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine and the Ophthalmology Committee of the Chinese Association of Integrative Medicine; established the “Chinese Journal of Ophthalmology of Traditional Chinese Medicine”.
Tang Youzhi is a milestone figure in the field of Chinese medicine ophthalmology. He is the academic leader of ophthalmology of traditional Chinese medicine and integrative medicine in my country, and enjoys a high reputation in the ophthalmology academic circles at home and abroad. He applies modern methods to clinical and experimental research on diseases that are still intractable in the field of ophthalmology, and uses TCM ophthalmology theory to differentiate and treat diseases. He has rich experience and has many innovative viewpoints in the academic theory of TCM ophthalmology. He has made a lot of achievements in scientific research, clinical, teaching and other fields, and has achieved fruitful results. He has undertaken many national and ministerial projects. He has won the second prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award and a number of ministerial science and technology progress awards. He enjoys special government allowances from the State Council and was awarded the In 2009, he won the “May 1st Labor Medal of the Central State Organs”, and was the first “Master of Chinese Medicine” in the field of Chinese medicine in my country.
He is better known for his successful cataract surgery under the auspices of Premier Zhou Enlai since the 1970s for Chairman Mao Zedong and former Cambodian Prime Minister Prince Binnu. Operation.
In the eyes of students, Tang Youzhi is a gentle and generous teacher.
Since 1997, Qiu Lixin has been admitted as a doctoral student by Tang Youzhi. Since then, he has also followed the study in the form of “a famous old Chinese medicine practitioner leading apprentices”. He has been serving Tang Youzhi for more than ten years. , is the student who has followed Tang Youzhi the longest. “The teacher’s influence and teachings on us are ‘moisturizing things silently’.” Qiu Lixin gave an example. Once, when Teacher Tang was going to a doctor in the afternoon, he was responsible for copying the prescription for the teacher. At noon that day, some classmates came to Beijing to visit, and Qiu Lixin drank a little beer during the dinner. In the afternoon, when he was serving the doctor and copying the prescription, Mr. Tang was keenly aware of his little abnormality, and reminded him, “As a doctor, you must always be responsible for your patients. Although today is not your main clinic, but during working hours, you should drink a little bit of alcohol. Neither should be touched.” The teacher’s words were not serious, but they left an indelible impression on Qiu Lixin. “Since then, at work, and around the time, I’ve never had a drink.”
In nearly ninety years, Tang Youzhi is still visiting the doctor . Qiu Lixin recalled that even at an advanced age, Mr. Tang still tried his best to serve the patients, “At the end of each diagnosis, the teacher always helped the patients down the examination table politely and amiably, reminding ‘you slow down and be careful’. “This kind of doctor’s feelings with patients always in their hearts naturally infects every student. Even after Qiu Lixin was transferred to Beijing Tongren Hospital to work, he always followed his teacher as an example and asked himself to treat every patient with heart and affection.
“There is no pride in the old days, and flowers bloom and fall. If we can stand on the shoulders of teachers and strive to achieve ‘Western medicine does not lag, Chinese medicine should lead’, that is the legacy of Teacher Tang. The best to inherit and carry forward.” Qiu Lixin said.