Wang Mianzhi
Lineage & School of Heritage
Wang Mianzhi was born into a family of Chinese medicine practitioners. In 1938 he began studying medicine under his father, Wang Yunkuan, and he is the nineteenth-generation inheritor of the family tradition.
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
He was a doctoral supervisor and lifetime professor at Beijing University of Chinese Medicine. In 1957 he was transferred to Beijing University of Chinese Medicine. Through more than sixty years of research and practice, he systematically analyzed and collated the formular literature of successive dynasties, selected the content suited to the needs of higher education in modern Chinese medicine colleges, classified it by category, compiled teaching materials together with supporting reference resources, and drew up a complete teaching syllabus. In clinical practice he esteemed the 'kingly way' (wangdao), advocating 'embedding prevention within treatment' and the skillful composition of prescriptions, and, in line with the characteristics of modern society, he emphasized the treatment of the 'social person' (shehui ren); he cured a wide range of difficult and complicated illnesses. He was bold in innovation, applying Chinese medicinal health care to the field of aerospace engineering. Wang Mianzhi was repeatedly invited to *, Thailand, France, Singapore, and the Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan regions to provide treatment and give lectures. His principal representative works include Wang Mianzhi's Lecture Notes on Formulary Studies (Wang Mianzhi Fangjixue Jianggao) and Informal Talks on Formulary Teaching (Mantan Fangji Jiaoxue).
Honors & Recognition
A man of Han ethnicity, he was born in 1923 in Nantong, Jiangsu, and passed away in 2009. He was a national representative bearer of TCM Cognition of Life and Disease, a first-batch national intangible cultural heritage project. In 2008 he received the title of 'Renowned Master of National Medicine' (guoyi mingshi), conferred by the Beijing Municipal Government. In 2009 he received the title of 'Master of National Medicine' (guoyi dashi), conferred by the National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
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