The surging news reporter learned from the Eye Hospital of the Chinese Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences that at 3:22 am on July 28, 2022, Comrade Tang Youzhi, the first master of Chinese medicine, the honorary president of the Chinese Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, and the honorary president of the Eye Hospital of the Chinese Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences Died in Beijing at the age of 97. 
Researcher Tang Youzhi is an academic leader in 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.
Researcher Tang Youzhi actively advocated and promoted the modernization of TCM ophthalmology. With his efforts and unremitting efforts, he established the Eye Hospital and Eye Institute of the Chinese Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences. Under his leadership and guidance, the ophthalmology hospital has grown from scratch, from small to large, from weak to strong, and developed into a tertiary-grade TCM ophthalmology hospital. At the same time, he established the Ophthalmology Professional Committee of the Chinese Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine and the Chinese Association of Integrative Medicine, and founded the “Chinese Journal of Ophthalmology of Traditional Chinese Medicine”, realizing the four great aspirations of life.
Since the 1970s, under the auspices of Premier Zhou Enlai, researcher Tang Youzhi has successfully performed cataract surgery for domestic and foreign leaders such as Chairman Mao Zedong and former Cambodian Prime Minister Prince Binnu, and has long-term experience in cataract surgery. As an eye care physician for Kim Il Sung, he was awarded the First Class Friendship Medal of North Korea. From 1999 to 2000, he went to Indonesia several times to treat eye diseases for President Wahid of the country, and achieved good results, which expanded the international influence of traditional Chinese medicine.
Researcher Tang Youzhi has made a lot of achievements in scientific research, clinical, teaching and other fields, and has achieved fruitful results. He has undertaken a number of national and ministerial-level projects, and has won the second prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award and a number of ministerial-level science and technology. Progress Award, enjoy the special government allowance of the State Council, and was awarded the honorary titles of “Young and Middle-aged Expert with Outstanding Contribution” and “National Advanced Worker of Health Civilization”. “.
Researcher Tang Youzhi treats patients like family members, regardless of position, urban or rural status, and always approachable, serious and responsible. His lofty medical ethics and medical style, superb medical skills, the spirit of excellence and selfless dedication, and the elegant and humble demeanor of a Chinese medical master are a model for our medical workers to learn from.
Researcher Tang Youzhi’s life has laid a solid foundation for the construction and development of the ophthalmic hospital, and has made outstanding contributions to the cause of traditional Chinese medicine and the combination of Chinese and Western ophthalmology. “There is no pride in the old days, and flowers bloom and fall.” This verse, hand-copied by Chairman Mao Zedong, shows the life style of researcher Tang Youzhi, who is calm, open-minded and daring to take responsibility.
(Source: The Paper)