A model of self-taught talent - Xiao Longyou

Xiao Longyou (February 13, 1870 – October 20, 1960), courtesy name Fang Jun, also known as Longyou, nicknamed Shi Weng, was changed to Wuxi Weng after liberation, a native of Santai, Sichuan, a medical scientist, and one of the four famous doctors in Beijing. He was an academic member and honorary dean of the Chinese Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and a librarian of the Central Museum of Culture and History.

In 1897, he was admitted to the Qing Dynasty Ding Youke Bagong. In 1955, he was elected as a member (academician) of the Faculty of Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Born on February 13, 1870 in The Ya'an School Bureau of Sichuan. Xiao Longyou painstakingly read the Four Books and Five Classics from an early age and laid a solid foundation in traditional Chinese studies. When he was a child, due to his mother's illness, he often went to the pharmacy to ask for medicine, and he was very interested in Chinese medicine. Later, he went to the Chengdu Zunjing Academy and read a lot of medical books in his spare time.

In 1897, Xiao Longyou left Sichuan to go to Beijing for the imperial examination, and was awarded the Ding Youke Bagong, that is, he was admitted to the Southern Studies teaching as a Bagong student, and taught Man Yizhi County to go to Shandong as an alternate. Step into your career. In the late Qing Dynasty, he served as a county grand master, and served as the secretary of the Ministry of Finance, Agriculture and Commerce in the Republic of China, and held an important position. But he never stopped studying medicine, both Traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine, and self-taught. Outside of his official duties, he often visited friends to practice medicine.

In 1892, Xiao Longyou and Chen Yunsheng used Chinese herbal medicine to treat cholera in Sichuan, which had a good curative effect and a great reputation.

In 1914, he was transferred to Beijing and successively served as the secretary of the ministries of finance and agriculture and commerce, the counselor of the government, the general office of the bureau of industrial bonds with prizes from the ministry of agriculture and commerce, and was hired by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the executive government as a consultant. Practicing medicine outside the government is quite popular with patients.

In May 1916, Yuan Shikai was critically ill, and his eldest son Yuan Keding invited Mr. Xiao Longyou to the Presidential Palace to diagnose him. After Dr. Xiao cut his pulse, he concluded that Yuan's illness was uremia, and he prescribed a prescription and had to take medicine for recuperation, but Yuan Kewen, the second son of Yuan, firmly believed in Western medicine. The two brothers disagreed, and Yuan Shikai's wives and concubines of more than ten people also had no masters. Extended to June 6, Yuan Shikai, who had been an 83-day short-lived emperor, finally died! Afterwards, Dr. Xiao told people that Yuan Shikai was in internal and external difficulties, living in the unanimous condemnation of the whole country, and uremia must be quieted, how could Yuan Shikai's mood at that time be calmed down? His death was also fate, and his qi was exhausted!

In 1924, Sun Yat-sen went north due to the national plan, and his condition became more and more serious, and many doctors could not determine the cause of his illness. After being introduced by a friend, Xiao Longyou was invited to go and diagnose Mr. Zhongshan.

In 1928, Xiao Longyou resolutely abandoned the official practice of medicine and officially opened his business, signing himself as "Medical Cain" and "Shi Weng".

In January 1929, Mr. Liang Qichao fell ill with blood in his stool and went to the Union Hospital for examination beforehand. The doctor diagnosed a kidney disease that must be surgically removed. Liang Gong was relieved and drove to Xiao Mansion to seek medical treatment from Mr. Longyou. After cutting the pulse, Xiao Longyou said to Liang Gong: "Your Excellency's kidneys are not diseased, you should act cautiously, and you can be cured by taking the Chinese medicine prescribed by long serving." However, Liang Gong firmly believed in Western medicine and still went to The Union Hospital for surgery, and as Xiao Longyou expected, Mr. Liang Qichao eventually died under the scalpel. After pathological autopsy, Mr. Liang Qichao's kidneys were completely healthy. Professor Liang Sicheng, the son of Mr. Liang Qichao, disclosed the whole process of treatment in his biography of Mr. Liang Qichao written after the obituary.

In 1930, he co-founded The Peking University of Medicine with Kong Bohua.

In 1943, Mr. Xiao Longyou's son-in-law, the famous painter Jiang Zhaohe, spent a year to create the "Map of Displaced Persons" in Beiping after the fall, which became a historical picture of the Chinese nation's War of Resistance.

In 1949, after the founding of New China, Mr. Xiao Longyou, although he was in his twilight years, was full of courage and served as a deputy to the First and Second National People's Congresses.

In 1953, he was approved by his superiors to serve as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and other positions, and devoted himself to the development of the cause of traditional Chinese medicine.

In September 1954, Mr. Xiao Longyou put forward a proposal to establish a Chinese medicine school and cultivate Chinese medicine talents in his speech at the First National People's Congress.

In 1955, he was elected as a member (academician) of the Faculty of Chinese Academy of Sciences.

In 1956, the state adopted his proposal and established four chinese medicine colleges in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Chengdu.

In 1960, Xiao Longyou died of illness at the age of 90.

Xiao Longyou's life experience can be described as legendary, from politics to Xinglin are famous scholars. In terms of medical skills, there is no family tradition, and there is no teacher inheritance, all relying on self-taught talents, and the name of first-class medical skills is full of capital. Together with Kong Bohua, Wang Fengchun and Shi Jinmo, he was known as the "Four Famous Doctors of Beijing".