——记著名中西医结合专家裴正学教授 剡永生

春风又绿黄河岸，滨河路边如烟的垂柳，袅袅娜娜地在风中摇曳。阳春三月，我拜访了家住滨河路肿瘤医院家属院的裴正学教授，他的医术人品十多年前便已蜚声陇上。现在年过半百的裴教授是甘肃省新医药研究所副所长、省肿瘤医院的院长。裴教授衣着简朴，精神奕奕，一派长者加学者风范。办公室摆设简单，引人注目的是他书架和桌上的一摞摞书籍。裴教授热情接待了我的来访。

裴教授1961年毕业于西安医科大学医疗系，分配至天水地区医院，一边勤奋工作一边刻苦钻研西医。工作不久，为更进一步提高自己的理论水平，重返母校西安医科大学进修，主修消化及血液病等，一年后回到天水。1965年他便担任了天水地区医院的内科主任，工作突出，医术提高很快，得到了同行及病员的好评。文化大革命开始，他已有了七年扎扎实实的临床实践，同时他又任内科主任，主管全科工作，所以对疑难病症积累了比较丰富的经验。这时的他完全是以西医的观点来观察治病的。

一个白血病患者改变了他研究的方向。1967年，对于刚刚入伍、生命之树才绽放花蕾的17岁的马长生来说，是痛苦与绝望的一年。马长生得了白血病，部队派一名指导员护送他来兰州治疗，住进了兰州医学院附属医院的血液科，医院诊断为急性单核性白血病，血液科主任张爱诚教授亲自为他治疗。两个月的时光转眼已逝，但马长生的病情却每况愈下，病魔在无情地吞噬着他的躯体。他的血色素只剩下1克了（人的血色素共15克）。血癌是人类生命的一大克星，看来这年青人的生命将要枯萎了。望着窗外明媚的阳光、碧绿的草树，他那么渴望能多活一段时间，享受、体验人生的五味。在指导员和大夫护士护送下，走上了回故乡天水的路。父母看着自己独子憔悴的面庞难过之极，不忍心眼睁睁地看着自己的儿子就这么死去。于是找到了裴正学，一边流泪一边诉说自己儿子的病情，恳求裴大夫救救他的儿子。裴正学翻阅了大量的中医典籍，寻找中医治疗白血病的方法，结合自己的一些体会，给马长生开了一个处方，并同时用西医的方法作了一些辅助性治疗，如输血、输血蛋白、打抗菌素。三个月之后，奇迹出现了，马长生的血色素恢复到14克，拍了一张骨髓片，反映出病完全好了。裴正学把这张片子拿到兰州，专门让张爱诚教授看了一下，张教授大吃一惊，认为是我们国家第一例，也是世界上第一例，真是奇迹。后来裴大夫又治好几例病人，不过要彻底治好也是很难的。目前，全世界的医学界对白血病仍是回天乏术。马长生现在健康地生活着，娶了一位大学生妻子，他们的孩子已高中毕业。马长生永远不会忘记给予他第二次生命的裴大夫，每年都来看望裴教授。

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Here, it is particularly worth mentioning Professor Pei Zhengxue’s father, the late renowned physician Pei Shen. During the treatment of this case, he received much guidance from his father. Mr. Pei Shen, whose courtesy name was Shen Zhi, was born in Wushan, Gansu Province. He was a diligent and studious young man who enjoyed great reputation in his hometown. In his youth, he traveled thousands of miles to pursue his studies at Central University, where he studied literature. After completing his studies, he donated funds to support education in his hometown, founded Liaochuan School, served as its principal, and nurtured talented individuals for his native land—earning deep respect and admiration from all. Due to disagreements with local corrupt officials, he left his hometown in anger. Later, he devoted himself to medicine, meticulously studying medicinal formulas, practicing medicine for fifty years, and ultimately becoming a renowned physician of his time. While alive, he served as a standing committee member of the Gansu Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, as Chief Physician of Traditional Chinese Medicine at the Provincial Labor Reform Hospital, as Honorary President, as Deputy Director of the Advisory Committee of the Provincial Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and as Vice President of the Provincial Association of Senior Artists and Calligraphers. He authored works such as Bencao Pian Bi, Shanghan Lìzhèng Shì, and Pei Shen Yibai. Beyond medicine, Mr. Pei Shen was also skilled in calligraphy, painting, and poetry, earning him the reputation of “Banciao on the Loess Plateau.” The achievements Professor Pei has made today are all the result of his kind father’s hard work. In the winter of 1989, Mr. Pei Shen passed away due to illness. Professor Pei was heartbroken and composed a poem titled “Crying for My Father in Shaping,” to mourn his father:

On the last day of the twelfth lunar month, the wind in Shaping feels like a needle; my father’s gentle yet stern sleep never returns. With my small bag of herbs filled to the brim, I wipe away my tears; the shadow of my father’s kindness fills my heart with sorrow. The ink aroma of the painting brush drifts far from me, while the dust of the study grows heavy—whose voice do I hear now? The icy roads and snow-covered paths, once frozen, are no longer the same—where will those who travel these ancient paths ever return?

Each word is filled with tears, each line carries deep emotion, reflecting the profound bond between father and son.

Through his treatment of Ma Changsheng, he came to understand the vast depth and profound wisdom of traditional Chinese medicine and began to explore the path of integrating Chinese and Western medicine. Under the guidance of Mr. Pei Shen, he delved deeply into traditional Chinese medicine. When the raging winds of the Cultural Revolution swept through, he was dismissed from his position because of his “unfavorable background” and was labeled in the red banners. While others went to “make revolution,” those labeled as “black class” were not allowed to participate—and this had some positive effects on him as well. In this peaceful environment, he continued to research and write, beginning to draft his first monograph, “Blood Syndrome: Commentary and Analysis.” In 1970, the TianShui Regional Hospital assigned him to work at the Ganquan Township Health Center in TianShui. Ganquan Township is located in a scenic area between TianShui City and Maiji Mountain. Here, he treated a large number of rural patients. Many diseases that were rarely seen in urban areas became accessible here, and he did not seek fame or fortune—he visited the poor and the elderly, treating the impoverished with care and diligence. His treatment methods focused primarily on traditional Chinese medicine, supplemented by Western medicine; he cured many patients in rural areas, including difficult conditions such as chronic nephritis, heart failure, aplastic anemia, and lobar pneumonia—all of which could be successfully treated using traditional Chinese medicine.

In 1972, the political climate eased slightly. Before then, many magazines had ceased publication, and the medical community didn’t even have a single magazine left. At this time, some magazines began to resume publication; Guangzhou’s “New Traditional Chinese Medicine” was the first traditional Chinese medicine magazine in China, and his first paper, “Taoren Chengqi Tang for the Treatment of Fulminant Dysentery,” was published in the inaugural issue of “New Traditional Chinese Medicine.” That year, the provincial government held the fourth Western Medicine–Chinese Medicine Training Class, and at the age of 34, he joined the Western–Chinese Medicine program, systematically studying traditional Chinese medicine theory. At that time, a teacher who taught “The Golden Cabinet Essentials” fell ill, and his classmates suggested: “Why don’t Old Pei just teach?” He finished teaching that course. During his studies, he also received and treated many patients from TianShui. After completing the Western–Chinese Medicine program, he remained at the New Medical Research Institute, teaching courses such as “Pharmacology,” “Medical History,” “Shanghan Lun,” “Golden Cabinet Essentials,” and “Internal Medicine”—he essentially covered all the core subjects of traditional Chinese medicine. In 1976, after the downfall of the “Gang of Four,” publishers finally began to publish scientific and technological books. That year, he brought his manuscript for “Blood Syndrome: Commentary and Analysis,” totaling 320,000 characters, to the People’s Health Publishing House in Beijing. After expert review, the People’s Health Publishing House officially published his monograph three months later. To date, over 100,000 copies have been distributed, and it has been translated into foreign languages. In October 1986, Professor Tian Rongyi, President of Shizuoka Medical University in Japan, specially visited him in Lan, asking questions about several aspects of “Blood Syndrome: Commentary and Analysis.” He answered each question one by one, and Professor Tian Rongyi was deeply impressed. In 1985, he was appointed Deputy Director of the Gansu Provincial New Medical Research Institute, and shortly after, he was also appointed Director of the Provincial Tumor Hospital. In 1987, he was honored as a Chief Physician.

While engaged in clinical treatment, Professor Pei also wrote books and monographs, publishing “Blood Syndrome: Commentary and Analysis,” “New Compilation of Traditional Chinese Medicine Formulas” (reissued five times by Gansu People’s Publishing House), “Diagnosis and Treatment of Hepatitis B,” “Clinical Research and Application of Rheum,” and “Wenbing Studies.” He published more than 50 papers in journals such as “New Traditional Chinese Medicine,” “Chinese Medicine Magazine,” “Journal of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine,” and “Journal of New Medicine,” totaling over 400,000 characters. The number of works he edited or co-edited reached nearly a million characters.

Hepatitis B is highly prevalent in China, posing a serious threat to people’s lives and health—and Western medicine still struggles to find effective treatments for it. Patients suffering from hepatitis B often feel physically and mentally exhausted, losing confidence in life, and many families fall apart as a result. Starting in 1984, Professor Pei led his assistants in a research project to treat hepatitis B using traditional Chinese medicine. He reviewed countless classical Chinese medical texts and the case histories of renowned physicians, broadening his knowledge of medical sources and dedicating himself tirelessly to research. Eventually, he discovered a key principle: to achieve a negative surface antigen level in patients, it was essential to combine traditional Chinese medicine’s methods of clearing heat and detoxifying with strengthening the body’s vital energy and restoring its fundamental balance.

In November 1985, he attended the Second National Congress of Members and Academic Symposium of the Chinese Society for Integrative Medicine, held in Beijing. The conference received over a thousand papers from across the country, and he delivered a special presentation at the event. When he presented “A Report on One Hundred Cases of Traditional Chinese Medicine Diagnosis and Treatment of Hepatitis B,” he immediately drew attention from attendees. The delegates highly praised the results achieved through the use of traditional Chinese medicine’s dialectical diagnostic approach to treat hepatitis B. The Beijing Evening News reported on this encouraging achievement in the treatment of liver disease from the Great Northwest, under the headline “New Achievements in Chinese–Western Integration in China.” In 1988, experts from across the country were invited to evaluate their research findings, and they unanimously agreed that this research achievement had reached the advanced level currently found in China. The research won the Provincial Health Department’s Science and Technology Progress Award. Among the patients he treated, 50% achieved negative surface antigens, with a total effective rate of 99%.

Professor Pei told me that as a doctor, there isn’t always enough time for research—there are too many patients. His true passion lies in clinical practice; his books and papers are reflections of his own clinical experiences, and he felt that only by writing them down could he truly share his insights, with the ultimate goal of benefiting patients in the clinic. Over the past few years, he gained considerable experience in clinical practice, especially in treating gastrointestinal disorders such as gastritis, hepatitis, chronic colitis, autonomic dysfunction, heart disease, coronary artery disease, rheumatic heart disease, blood disorders, and gynecological conditions—using traditional Chinese medicine. He advocated for the integration of traditional Chinese medicine without dividing it into specialized fields, because traditional Chinese medicine itself is a holistic system, viewing the body as a unified whole, and humans are inherently organic beings. If you divide disciplines too finely, you may believe your theories are suitable for treating another system, but you cannot effectively apply them to another system.

Some say he is an internal medicine specialist, but he also treats gynecological conditions and pediatric cases, and his treatments are highly effective.

We can say that wherever traditional Chinese medicine excels, he follows closely. The “Sixteen-Character Principle” he proposed for integrating Chinese and Western medicine—“Western diagnosis, Chinese dialectics, traditional Chinese medicine as the mainstay, Western medicine as a supplement”—caused a huge response nationwide. He was invited to give lectures on this “Sixteen-Character Principle” in Beijing, Guiyang, Dalian, and other cities, delivering reports that spanned both ancient and modern times, drawing upon a wide range of sources and captivating audiences. Around the “Sixteen-Character Principle,” he wrote 18 papers that were published in national journals. Some Chinese medicine hospitals used his “Sixteen-Character Principle” as a guide when developing inpatient wards, achieving excellent results. He said, “For example, if you’re fishing in a fishnet, you’re catching fish within the net. Conversely, if you’re fishing in the ocean, the scope is too broad—you can’t possibly catch everything.”

Professor Pei has worked diligently on the path of integrating Chinese and Western medicine for thirty years, saving lives and sharing his wisdom with the world—his contributions are truly worthy of being remembered as a renowned physician of his generation. He carried forward traditional Chinese medicine, absorbed the essence of Western medicine, and integrated the two systems organically. Recently, he took on the task of editing a comprehensive work on “Internal Medicine,” a massive tome totaling 1.5 million characters. He brought together the most renowned experts from the five provinces in Northwest China to form the editorial board, with him writing the general introduction, which spans 150,000 characters. The book has already been approved by the National Health Commission for publication. The guiding principles of this book are the “Sixteen-Character Principle” he proposed for integrating Chinese and Western medicine, and the project is scheduled to be completed within three years. Not long ago, Professor Pei initiated the establishment of the Gansu Academy for Self-Study in Chinese–Western Medicine, aiming to cultivate specialized professionals in the field of integrated Chinese and Western medicine and strengthen the ranks of practitioners in Gansu.

In his spare time, Professor Pei enjoys writing and painting. His calligraphy has gained a certain influence in the calligraphy community of Gansu, while his poems are fresh and elegant, leaving a lasting impression—sometimes filled with longing for family, sometimes expressing personal sentiments, sometimes offering gifts or describing landscapes, with deep and heartfelt imagery. In his poem “Reflections in the Mirror,” he expressed feelings of time flowing swiftly and the fleeting nature of life.

Fifty years spent in the study and the clinic—only when looking in the mirror do I realize my hair has turned white. Among the wealthy in the world, the poor grow old easily; the clock on the street strikes the passing seasons.

Spring has come again. Professor Pei roams freely in the ocean of medicine, saving lives and sharing his thoughts through writing, while also founding schools to nurture talented individuals. It is precisely people like him who make our lives so beautiful and our spring days so bright. His life’s tree remains evergreen.

(Extracted from “The Voice of Theory,” Issue 1, 1993)

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A Diligent Explorer of Integrated Chinese–Western Medicine —Record of Pei Zhengxue, Deputy Director of the Provincial New Medical Research Institute, Chen Wenhai

He is an intellectual who has traversed the challenging path of integrating Chinese and Western medicine, now reaching middle age—but he has finally brewed a rich and fragrant honey of medical knowledge.

On November 16, 1985, when he delivered his speech on “A Report on One Hundred Cases of Traditional Chinese Medicine Diagnosis and Treatment of Hepatitis B” in the capital, he immediately drew the attention of the attendees. The delegates highly praised the results achieved through the use of traditional Chinese medicine’s dialectical diagnostic approach to treat hepatitis B. The conference secretary recommended this academic achievement to everyone; the Beijing Evening News reported on this encouraging achievement in the treatment of liver disease from the Great Northwest, under the headline “New Achievements in Chinese–Western Integration in China.”

This was the Second National Congress of Members and Academic Symposium of the Chinese Society for Integrative Medicine, held in Beijing. The conference received over a thousand academic papers from across the country. He was one of the more than 80 speakers at the conference.

His name is Pei Zhengxue, and he was recently promoted to the position of Deputy Director and Director of the Integrated Chinese–Western Medicine Department at the Gansu Provincial New Medical Research Institute.

He graduated from the Medical Department of Xi’an Medical College in 1961, and is now 48 years old. After graduating from university, he was assigned to work at TianShui Regional Hospital. There, he spent ten long years.

In 1972, he traveled to Lanzhou to join the Fourth Provincial Western Medicine–Traditional Chinese Medicine Training Class in Gansu Province—a rare opportunity for him, who was dedicated to research in the field of integrated Chinese–Western medicine. While studying, he also wrote books and monographs. Thanks to his outstanding academic performance, after completing his studies in 1974, he remained at the Provincial New Medical Research Institute as a teacher for the Fifth and Sixth Western–Chinese Medicine Classes.

Born into a family of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners, he was steeped in traditional Chinese medicine from a young age, absorbing its teachings and cultivating a deep interest in it. He felt that among the myriad flowers of traditional Chinese medicine, there were endless fragrant blossoms waiting to be picked. Like a diligent bee, he greedily sipped from the vast sea of traditional Chinese medicine.

His journey toward integrating Chinese and Western medicine began in 1966. That year, he treated an acute renal failure patient at TianShui Regional Hospital. As treatment began, the patient was forced to leave the hospital due to the turmoil of the Cultural Revolution. When the patient was leaving, Pei Zhengxue carefully prescribed a traditional Chinese medicine formula for him, instructing him to take it continuously upon his return home. Twelve years later, this patient returned to Lanzhou, holding a worn prescription on a piece of cardboard. He told Pei Zhengxue that after being discharged, he had taken the prescription for over 400 doses, and his condition had been completely cured.

In 1967, at TianShui Regional Hospital, Pei Zhengxue used integrated Chinese–Western medicine to cure a patient with acute mononuclear leukemia. He focused on dialectical treatment in traditional Chinese medicine, having the patient take over 200 doses of traditional Chinese medicine, allowing him to regain his health and return to work. During those ten turbulent years, Pei Zhengxue’s position as Acting Director of Internal Medicine at the hospital was revoked—due to alleged “rightist” activities related to his father. However, he did not let this discourage him; instead, he continued to study diligently, immersing himself in the vast ocean of traditional Chinese medicine, spending hours every day, forgetting to eat and sleep, and eventually completing a 300,000-character work titled “Blood Syndrome: Commentary and Analysis.” After the downfall of the “Gang of Four,” Pei Zhengxue sent the manuscript for “Blood Syndrome: Commentary and Analysis” to the People’s Health Publishing House, where it was officially published in 1978.

Last October, Professor Lin Rongyi from Shizuoka Women’s Medical University in Japan visited Dunhuang and passed through Lanzhou. He requested that the Provincial Health Department meet with Pei Zhengxue, the author of “Blood Syndrome: Commentary and Analysis,” saying that he had read the book in Japan and benefited greatly from it. Pei Zhengxue welcomed the Japanese guest, and Professor Lin Rongyi asked questions about blood stasis syndrome, which he answered satisfactorily, leaving the Japanese guest satisfied.

In 1983, his next traditional Chinese medicine work, “New Compilation of Traditional Chinese Medicine Formulas,” was published.

In recent years, Pei Zhengxue has not only focused on clinical practice in his research on integrated Chinese–Western medicine, but also emphasized summarizing his experiences and elevating them into theory. He has published 36 papers on integrated Chinese–Western medicine in journals such as “Chinese Medicine Magazine,” “Journal of Integrated Chinese–Western Medicine,” “New Chinese Medicine,” “Zhejiang Chinese Medicine Magazine,” and “Journal of New Medicine,” totaling over 200,000 characters. In addition, he co-authored a 120,000-character book titled “Clinical Research on Rheum,” which is set to be published soon. The total number of characters in works he edited or co-edited has reached over 800,000.

In clinical practice, Pei Zhengxue combined the holistic approach of traditional Chinese medicine with the localized focus of Western medicine, integrating traditional Chinese medicine’s ability to regulate the body’s responsiveness with Western medicine’s ability to suppress pathogenic agents. He gradually explored a new pathway for treating diseases through integrated Chinese–Western medicine. As he put it, the “Sixteen-Character Principle” is: “Western diagnosis, Chinese dialectics, traditional Chinese medicine as the mainstay, Western medicine as a supplement.” He said that Western diagnosis involves using modern medical imaging techniques such as ultrasound and gastroscopy, rather than relying solely on traditional Chinese medicine’s methods of observation, auscultation, inquiry, and palpation. Once diagnosed by Western medicine, treatment plans are formulated through Chinese dialectics, leading to significantly improved therapeutic outcomes—much like fishing in a fishnet, rather than in a lake. It is precisely through this theoretical framework that he has guided the scientific work of integrated Chinese–Western medicine with great success.

In recent years, the incidence of hepatitis B has been relatively high, and Western medicine has yet to develop highly effective treatments for it. The Provincial Health Department allocated funds to the New Medical Research Institute to explore new avenues for integrating Chinese and Western medicine in treatment. Since April 1984, Pei Zhengxue and his colleagues have been diligently exploring the treasure trove of traditional Chinese medicine. He reviewed classics such as “Shanghan Lun,” “Golden Cabinet Essentials,” and “Yizong Jing,” as well as case histories and medical discussions from renowned physicians of the modern era, ultimately discovering a treatment principle: to turn a patient’s surface antigen from positive to negative, it is necessary to combine traditional Chinese medicine’s methods of clearing heat and detoxifying with strengthening the body’s vital energy and restoring its fundamental balance. Guided by this principle, among 100 hepatitis B patients treated using dialectical approaches, 49 were fully cured—patients experienced the disappearance of symptoms, their surface antigens turned negative, and their liver function recovered. Fifty patients showed improvement after treatment, with a total effective rate of 99%. This is an encouraging achievement, proving that the “Sixteen-Character Principle” Pei Zhengxue advocated for integrating Chinese and Western medicine was indeed successful.

For the treatment of diseases through integrated Chinese–Western medicine, Pei Zhengxue has set new research topics for himself every year. Beyond hepatitis B, he has studied traditional Chinese medicine treatments for chronic nephritis, blood disorders, pancreatitis, atrophic gastritis, and other conditions in clinical practice. Each time he researched a new treatment, he accumulated valuable experience, which he refined over time, enriching and perfecting his clinical practice. His integrated Chinese–Western medicine department has developed distinctive characteristics, attracting a steady stream of patients seeking treatment at his clinic.

Pei Zhengxue also serves as Secretary-General of the Chinese–Western Medicine Research Association and as Deputy Editor-in-Chief of “Gansu Chinese Medicine Magazine.” Amidst his busy schedule, he participates in research association lectures and journal publications, keeping the association’s work thriving. He is a diligent explorer in the field of integrated Chinese–Western medicine in our province.

(Extracted from Page 4, February 17, 1986, Gansu Daily)

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A Career Filled with Sunshine —Record of Pei Zhengxue, a Chinese–Western Medicine Expert, Wei Yi and Wang Yuxing

The medical profession of saving lives and healing the wounded is sacred—it is a career filled with sunshine.

With the sword of science, he has conquered the diseases that have plagued humanity, dispelling the dense clouds and shadows that had enveloped patients, bringing them sunlight, gentle breezes, health, and happiness.

As Chief Physician at the Provincial Tumor Hospital and a Chinese–Western Medicine expert, Pei Zhengxue has worked diligently for more than thirty years for this cause of sunshine. With noble medical ethics and exquisite medical skills, he has made unique contributions, sending warm currents and rays of spring sunshine into the hearts of millions of patients.

Exploring the Unknown and Breaking Through Difficulties

Difficult and complex cases are a common challenge faced by the medical community. To overcome these difficulties, he developed a complete set of new methods that combined Chinese and Western medicine for accurate diagnosis and effective treatment, saving the lives of countless patients with difficult and complicated conditions.

Pei Zhengxue, born into a family of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners, learned traditional Chinese medicine from his father—known as a famous physician in Longshang—when he was young. He later pursued further studies at the Medical Department of Northwest Medical College. Over more than thirty years in medicine, he has consistently adhered to the medical practice guideline of “Western diagnosis, Chinese dialectics, accurate diagnosis, meticulous treatment.” Whenever he sees a patient, he diagnoses and observes with meticulous care, constantly monitoring changes in the patient’s condition, then analyzes and refines his understanding, striving to grasp each patient’s clinical characteristics and the underlying mechanisms of their illness. Day after day, year after year, his extensive clinical experience has led to increasingly higher cure rates for difficult and complex cases.

Dou Shangli, Director of the Infectious Diseases Department at Linxia Prefecture Hospital, suffered from jaundice-related liver disease accompanied by severe ascites and pleural effusion. His condition was critical, and local hospitals diagnosed him with liver cancer. In October 1993, with only a sliver of hope remaining, he came to Lanzhou seeking medical treatment. After Pei Zhengxue’s diagnosis, liver cancer was ruled out, and he was diagnosed with advanced liver cirrhosis. After one month of integrated Chinese–Western treatment, Dou Shangli’s pleural and abdominal effusions disappeared, his liver function returned to normal, his spleen shrank, and he was largely cured.

Du Shulan, an employee of the Lanzhou Daqing Woodworking Factory, had suffered from osteomyelitis for many years, which eventually led to localized ulcers that bled continuously. She had sought treatment at a major hospital in our province and at a specialized hospital in Shandong, but both places advised her that amputation was necessary—otherwise her life would be in danger. Last August, after being treated by Pei Zhengxue, her bleeding stopped after taking traditional Chinese medicine. Following continued medication, granulation tissue grew in the ulcerated area, and she is now able to move around as usual.

He has overcome numerous daunting and complex cases, and countless patients who once seemed destined for death have been miraculously cured through his treatment. Over the years, he has explored new and successful approaches to treating coronary heart disease, rheumatic heart disease, blood disorders, as well as some difficult and complex cases in gynecology and pediatrics, using a combination of Chinese and Western medicine.

A Pure Heart and Noble Medical Ethics

The corruption of commercial interests once led some people to forget their moral principles. Yet anyone who has met Dr. Pei Zhengxue says that he is not only highly skilled in medicine but also possesses noble medical ethics. Throughout his many years of medical practice, he has strictly followed his father’s teachings: “Medical ethics are morality—when one’s character is high, their medical ethics naturally rise.”

For this reason, he willingly chose a life of simplicity and poverty. “To purify one’s mind through detachment, and to reach far through tranquility”—this became his motto. Five years ago, the Lanzhou Chinese Medicine Factory produced a special drug for treating hepatitis B based on his research findings. The factory awarded him a bonus of 35,000 yuan according to relevant regulations, but he donated all of the money to research projects and academic publications.

In response to the widespread shortage of doctors and medicine in rural areas, he traveled everywhere, seeking help from all quarters. Even under extremely difficult circumstances, he established the Gansu Provincial Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, serving as both its leader and chief lecturer. Yet over the past two years, he has lived with his hands empty, refusing to accept a single penny.

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1993年3月，兰化职工徐元生因肝硬化腹水导致大出血，其父心急如焚，找到裴正学，随手递上500元。面对这位老人，裴正学亲切地说：“钱，我绝不能收。”他安慰道：“请放心，你儿子我会尽力诊治的。”如今，徐元生的病情在裴正学的治疗下已趋于正常。老徐一家每当提起此事，都感激涕零。

对于裴正学而言，浮名虚利不过是过眼烟云。他现任甘肃省肿瘤医院副院长、甘肃省新医药研究所副所长兼中西医结合科主任，《中西医研究》杂志总编辑等十余项职务，但他从不以专家、学者自居。他说：“我最喜欢的一个称呼就是医生。”因此，他的家中和办公室常年挤满前来求医的患者，其中不少是来自乡下的农民。他对每一位患者都热情接待、认真治疗，从不推诿或敷衍。他的医术与人品在同行中广受赞誉。

求索不止，春华秋实

怀着济世救人之心，在医学科学上永不停歇地探索，是裴正学生活中的主旋律。有人说他生活很刻板、太清苦，然而，正是这种执著的精神和无数的心血，化作了朵朵春花、累累硕果。

70年代初期，裴正学在全国医学界率先提出了“西医诊断、中医辩证、中药为主、西医为辅”的中西医结合“十六字方针”，并结合丰富的临床实践，向当今医学未知领域发起了一个又一个进击。

1985年深秋，在首都举行的中国中西医结合研究会第二届会员代表大会暨学术研究会上，当裴正学作《乙型肝炎中医辩证论证一百例报告》的专题发言时，与会代表对他采用中西辩证方法治疗乙型肝炎取得的成果给予了高度评价。随后，《北京晚报》以《我国中西医结合取得新成果》为题，报道了他在医学研究上的新突破。1988年，全国各地的13位专家对他的成果进行鉴定，一致认为这一成果达到国内先进水平，并被省卫生厅授予科技进步奖。经他治疗的病人，50%表面抗原转阴，治疗总有效率达99%。

近年来，凝结着他心血的一本本专著相继问世：《血证论评释》《新编中医方剂学》《大黄的药理与临床》《瘟病学》《乙型肝炎的诊断和治疗》等五本专著，先后在北京、兰州出版发行。十多年来，他相继发表在全国各地医学刊物上的60多篇医学论文，也在省内外医界引起广泛关注。

面对这些成就，裴正学大夫并不满足。他说，中西医结合在中国还是一个处于萌芽阶段的学科，为了挖掘祖国的医学宝库，为了使中西医结合从中国走向世界，我们这一代人有责任担当起这一神圣的使命。为此，由他任主编并有西北五省区20余位著名中西医结合专家合作撰写的我国第一部《中西医结合实用内科学》，经过两年辛勤劳动，现已全部完稿即将出版。这部120余万字的大型专著，是我国当代具有代表性的医学专著。

随着他在医学界的艰辛奉献和不凡的成就，荣誉也纷至沓来。1991年，在中西医结合全国代表大会上，裴正学被选为全国中西医结合先进工作者。1992年，他又获得国务院具有突出贡献的科学技术专家特殊津贴的奖励。但这位年逾半百的专家依然为阳光永驻的事业探索不已，他不会停顿，因为他的视野里还有高峰。

（摘自《甘肃日报》1994年1月28日）

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驾驶生命之舟的人

——记著名中西医结合专家裴正学教授

甘肃工人报 马廷冀 甘肃科技报记者 朱光荣

1993年6月，北戴河。

渤海湾轻柔的海风拂过的海滨。

全国疑难杂症学术研讨会正在这里举行。

这是一次云集全国各地名医、荟萃医界精英的高水平学术会议。与会者宏论迭出，贯通古今，旁征博引，各抒己见，但始终对准着一个焦点：寻找破译疑难杂证的密码。

作为主席团成员，首席发言者——来自大西北黄土高坡的一位貌不惊人然而彬彬有礼的中年学者，引起了与会者特别注意。

他一言既出，语惊四座。

他的发言赢得了专家学者们赞许的目光。与会者无不钦佩他的才干、胆识和思辨能力。

他心头掠过一种自己追求的事业被认同被首肯的兴奋、激动和自豪。

他的名字叫裴正学——甘肃省肿瘤医院副院长、甘肃省新医药研究所副所长。

在学术探讨的道路上，苦乐并存。

裴正学作为中西医结合治疗疑难杂症的专家，早已蜚声西北、名扬陇原。

但在他记忆的屏幕上却经常闪现着诸多酸甜苦辣的往事：

1980年，在太原市召开的全国中医学术讨论会上，他即意识到中西医结合的迫切性，认为如果固守传统，中医就不会有新发展。当他在发言中疾呼“中医应当学习西医”时，立即遭到许多名老中医的强烈反对，并险些将他轰出会场。

裴正学以惊人的成熟和冷静面对眼前的场面。他可不是那种人云亦云、亦步亦趋的庸碌之辈。

他从容镇定，成竹在胸；他大胆而果敢，坚定而自信。他深信这样一个道理：任何一门学问，如果只停留在前人的步履上，浅尝辄止，拘泥其中，那将是对科学的一种误解，是无所作为的原始心理状态。

他深思片刻，据理反驳。语气虽然平缓但却非常肯定：“中医和西医是两个不同的医疗体系，由西医诊断，中医辩证，可互相补充，取长补短。只有这样，才能有所发展。假如张仲景在世，我相信，他也一定会学西医的……”

真理面前人人平等。

裴正学的发言终于折服了反对他的人。

1985年深秋，北京香山的红叶红得似火。

在首都举行的中国中西医结合研究会第二届会员代表大会暨学术研究会上，当裴正学作完《乙型肝炎中医辩证论治一百例报告》的专题发言时，会场上掌声经久不息，与会代表给予他极高的评价。不久，《北京晚报》以《我国中西医结合取得的新成果》为题，报道了他取得的可喜成果。1988年，13位全国各地专家对他的研究成果进行鉴定，一致认为这一成果达到国内先进水平，并被省卫生厅授予科技进步奖。经他治疗的病人，50%表面抗原转阴，治疗总有效率达99%。

继承父亲的业绩：定准航向

裴正学从青少年时代起，就立志继承父亲的医道，再振父辈的辉煌。

裴正学父亲裴慎先生，祖籍武山，自幼勤学自勉，培育英才，造福乡邻，德高望重；年轻时潜心医药，精研方剂，造诣颇深；行医五十余年，远近驰名，终成陇上一代名医。生前有医著《本草骈比》《伤寒方证式》《裴慎医案》等。在行医之余，兼擅诗词书画，有“陇上板桥”之誉。曾任甘肃省政协常委、省劳改局医院名誉院长、省中医学会顾问委员会副主任等职。

或许是严父的谆谆教诲和遗传基因给予他特有的天赋和灵性，或许是从小就受到父亲的熏陶和耳濡目染，裴正学对阴阳五行、脏腑经络及望闻问切的中医之道有着粗略的知识和眷恋之情。

1956年，他考入西北医学院医疗系。

寒暑几易。1961年裴正学以优异成绩跨出校门奔向社会。他被分配到天水地区医院，开始一展抱负。

天高任鸟飞，海阔凭鱼跃。

经过七年扎实的临床摸索，裴正学才华初显，已成为天水地区医院一名出色的内科主任。

一个偶然的病例，却改变了他一生的奋斗目标和主攻方向。那是1967年……

患者马长生，当时只有17岁，入伍后不幸患上了白血病，虽经部队医院和地方专科医院治疗，病情并未好转。

病魔残酷无情地折磨着这位年轻战士的躯体，血色素只剩下一克。部队决定让父母见上最后一面。儿子被送到天水后，父母不愿眼睁睁看着儿子死去，就来求裴正学相救。

自幼喝家乡水长大的裴正学对农民兄弟有着一种本能的亲情，他毫不犹豫地接收了这位濒临死亡的患者。他要用赤诚的心灵去感受病人的脉搏。

白血病，这个癌症中的凶残杀手，平均每20分钟吞噬着一条生命，全世界每年患白血病者约30余万，其中绝大多数人成了它的牺牲品。我国白血病发病率为十万分之三。它已成为人类健康的一大主要威胁。

作为一名医生，裴正学面对这位血气方刚的战士，内心不由自主的产生一股难以名状的苦涩和酸楚。他深知，西医的治疗手段对马长生已无能为力了。

富有创造性的人都有一个鲜明的特征：藐视常规。裴正学翻阅了大量的中医典籍，决定用中医的办法试一下。他给马长生开了一个中药方，并配以西药辅助治疗。三个月后，奇迹出现了：马长生血色素竟然增加到14克，进行骨髓涂片检查时，反映出的结果是白血病痊愈！

这是一个难以置信的事实——这一事实使医药界为之震惊。因为在当时，世界上还未曾有过关于治愈白血病的报道。

治学严谨的裴正学把片子拿到兰州，让曾经主治过马长生的张爱诚教授看。张教授看后，委实瞠目。他说：“中医治疗白血病，这是开了国内之先河，也是世界第一例啊！”

此时，裴正学对中西医结合有了一种全新的认识，他仿佛看到了希望之光。在激动之余，心中迸发出一个信念：坚定不移地走中西医结合之路，决心用毕生的精力和心血去攀登中西医结合的高峰。

从此，裴正学驾驶着生命之舟开始了新的航程。

一步一个脚印：事业有成

水之有源，山之有巅。

裴正学决心溯流探源，寻道登巅。

然而，在那暴风骤雨般“大闹革命”的岁月里，和成千上万知识分子惨遭厄运一样，裴正学也未能幸免，他被打成“黑五类”，免了职，下了乡，接受“触及灵魂”和“脱胎换骨”的思想改造。

大凡成功者，都善于揽住事业骏马的缰绳。

就在他被下放农村的两年多时间里，他充分利用这一“天赐良机”，接触了城市医院里很少见到的疑难杂症。在当时农村缺医少药的情况下，他发挥自己所长，采用中药为主、西药为辅的办法治好了许多病人。他一边治病一边勤学理论，象蜜蜂采蜜一样在实践和理论的花丛里飞翔，短短两年的农村医疗实践，奠定了他中西医结合的基础。

1972年，34岁的裴正学正是青春勃发、雄心正锐的黄金年华，他的第一篇关于治疗疑难杂症的论文《桃仁承气汤治疗暴发性痢疾》发表在文革后恢复的全国第一份中医杂志《新中医》上，卓然才气跃然纸上。然而裴正学并未丝毫满足，为了更系统的学习中医理论，他报名参加了西中班，一边潜心学习，一边免费接待着慕名而来的各类病人。由于成绩突出，他被留在新医药研究所西中班任教。

这是裴正学从理论上充实和提高的绝好机会，他边学边教，边教边学，《金匮要略》《方剂学》《伤寒论》《医学史》等课目，使他的中医药理论水平明显提高了一大步。他的眼界更高了，思路更宽了，对中西医结合的脉络也看得更清楚了。

1985年，他被任命为甘肃省新医药研究所副所长；不久，又担任了甘肃省肿瘤医院副院长。1987年，破格晋升为主任医师。

他一步一个脚印，稳健地越过了一个又一个横杆。

与此同时，裴正学笔耕不辍，在理论园地里接连绽开了耀眼的花朵：《血证论评释》《新编中医方剂学》《大黄的药理与临床》《瘟病学》《乙型肝炎的诊断和治疗》等五本医学专著相继问世。他还在全国各地医学刊物上发表了52篇中西医结合方面的论文。1988年5月，他领导完成了《乙型肝炎中医治疗研究》课题通过了省级鉴定，达到国内先进水平。他还获得五项省级优秀论文奖，一项科技进步奖。1991年，在中西医结合全国代表大会上，他被选为全国中西医结合先进工作者。1992年，享受上了政府特殊津贴。

两年前，西北20余位著名中西医结合专家决定撰写一部《中西医结合实用内科学》，这是我国当代具有代表性的医学巨著。裴正学被公推为主编，卫生部部长陈敏章为该书题写了书名。学部委员、中国中医研究院著名专家陈可冀亲自作序，对该书给予高度评价。全书120万字，不久即可问世。

这是裴正学多年辛勤耕耘的硕果。

这是裴正学用心血浇灌的智慧之花。

"十六字方针"：真知灼见

此时的裴正学，已引起医学界的瞩目。然而，更令人瞩目的，是他在全国率先提出的“西医诊断、中医辩证、中药为主、西药为辅”的对中西医结合具有纲领性见解的“十六字方针”。

“十六字方针”是他多年中西医结合临床经验的高度概括和总结。

“十六字方针”一提出，立即在全国医药界引起强烈反响：北京、贵阳、大连等地纷纷来函来电，邀请他去作专题报告和讲学；国内一些医院和医药院校把“十六字方针”奉为中西医结合的临床模式，医学界有人称“十六字方针”已形成一个体系；一些中医院还以“十六字方针”作指导推动住院部临床医疗建设。

“十六字方针”像一把钥匙，打开了中西医结合的研习之路，也打开了中西医结合的迷惘之锁；它提纲挈领，一语中的，也为疑难杂症患者带来了希望的曙光。

疑难杂症，俗称怪病。古往今来，不知有多少人因不明病因而延误治疗，留下了幕幕人间悲剧。因此，不少医院都在寻找医治的钥匙，但都未能奏效。

裴正学最清楚不过，当今中国，医技高超者虽然不乏其人，但真正能治愈疑难杂症者却寥寥无几。他忧心如焚，心灵深处常常骚动不安，产生一种自责的燃烧感。他要作一次审慎而大胆的超越。

病房里的喜讯：起死回生

唯有理论之树常青，才有生命之树常绿。

裴正学并没有把他的理论束之高阁，而是放到临床实践中去不断验证，不断完善。他在省肿瘤医院专门设立了中西医结合科，用“十六字方针”来医治多种疑难杂症，使一颗颗即将枯萎的生命之树泛起新绿，使一叶叶即将搁浅的生命之舟驶入平静的港湾。

病例一：

患者高文彩，62岁，原中科院兰州大气物理研究所党委书记。曾在省内两个大医院住院半年多，花去1.5万多元，作过彩超、CT、胆囊造影等，诊断仍不明确。患者呼吸困难，肝大、腹水，高度水肿，卧床不起半年。慕名求诊于裴正学转入省肿瘤医院。经裴正学辩证施治，服中药三副后即开始消肿，再配以西药辅助治疗，40天后竟排出23公斤水，随后自觉呼吸轻松畅通，食欲增加，行动自如，能走能蹲，精神明显好转。

病例二：

省公安厅干部处处长刘晋生，46岁，已被某大医院诊断为晚期肝硬化，两年内曾换过四个大医院，均无好转。入省肿瘤医院时脸色呈现煤灰色，消化道出血，严重腹水，腹部膨隆，不能行动，血色素只有4克。家属和本人都认为再无生还希望。但由裴正学治疗三个月后，血色素已上升到11.5克，腹水消退，食欲正常，体力恢复，行动自如。

病例三：

连城铝厂女职工李月桂，40岁，在南方某地开会时，突然失血性休克、昏迷，被当地医院诊断急性白血病。后转入我省某医院住院两个月病情仍不好转，后病情不断加重，持续高烧，反复出血，血色素下降到6克，不断出现昏迷、休克。家属心急如焚，几经周折求裴正学治疗。裴正学当即诊断为亚急性变异性败血症。经仔细诊治，四天后烧退。入院40天，病情基本恢复正常。

病例四：

患者徐元生，30岁，消化道突发性大出血，血色素只有7克。曾在某大医院花去一万多元仍腹胀如鼓，出血不止。入肿瘤医院后，裴正学采用中西医结合的办法，三天后血止，十天后腹水消失，一月后可以下床，三个月恢复正常。

病例五：

患者穆秀英，患疑难大症——干燥综合症。自患病以来，全身关节疼痛难忍，四肢僵直，难以行动，各种腺体分泌功能消失，唾液、眼泪、鼻涕、胃液等均无，不进食，难入睡。经裴正学治疗两周后，疼痛减轻，行动自如，干燥症状明显缓解。

心底无私天地宽：乐于奉献

陶铸有诗云：“心底无私天地宽。”

裴正学的精神世界坦荡而宏阔。

他有他的人生哲学。他严格恪守着父亲的遗训：医德即品德，品德高则医德自高。他认为，人，只有无私地献身于社会，才有其真正的生存意义。

有人说，裴正学这几年发了——这里所说的发，自然与金钱相联系。

对裴正学来讲，他确实发了——他为之奋斗三十多年，呕心沥血的科研事业发展了——但他与金钱无缘。

金钱，闪耀着令人眩晕的光环。

金钱，诱使意志薄弱者坠入深渊。

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Input: Money, Pei Zhengxue has always taken it lightly.

At present, many people are doing everything they can to seek material pleasures and additional psychological compensation. Yet in Pei Zhengxue’s eyes, money is as light as a feather compared to his career. In the eyes of some who prioritize personal gain over moral principles, selfless dedication without expecting anything in return seems unbelievable. However, under Pei Zhengxue’s example and teachings, a group of ambitious young and middle-aged medical workers, together with him, have quietly created miracles while consistently looking down upon those who exploit patients for their own gain.

Medical ethics are the soul of a doctor.

Pei Zhengxue’s heart was filled solely with his patients; alleviating the suffering of patients with all kinds of complex and difficult diseases was his greatest wish. No matter how busy he was, he always treated every patient who came to him, seeking help. He also regularly visited Jucui Tang Pharmacy on Nanchang Road each week to see patients who had come to him specifically because they had heard of his reputation.

He had refused or returned countless gifts and cash offered by patients’ families out of gratitude, yet he generously donated more than 35,000 yuan in technical fees to support academic publications, research projects, and experimental endeavors.

Every word and deed of Pei Zhengxue radiated the charm of his character.

He was an outstanding representative of the descendants of Yan and Huang.

He continued to steer the ship of life toward new horizons!

(Extracted from Gansu Workers’ Daily, November 6, 1983)

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Expert in Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine: Pei Zhengxue

Xu Jifu

For ancient Chinese medicine to enter the modern scientific network system, it must organically integrate the microscopic with the macroscopic, and combine the perspective on disease origins with the perspective on the human body, following the path of integrated Chinese and Western medicine.

Pei Zhengxue, Chief Physician at the Provincial Cancer Hospital and an expert in integrated Chinese and Western medicine, is a leading figure who has made outstanding contributions in this field. He graduated from Xi’an Medical University in 1961, and he had a strong foundation in traditional Chinese medicine, having studied under his father—Pei Shen, a renowned physician from Longshan—and, even more importantly, he possessed a kind heart that sought to save lives and benefit others, along with the perseverance to explore new frontiers. Over more than thirty years in the medical profession, he placed great importance on clinical research, constantly exploring new avenues for integrating Chinese and Western medicine. He excelled in treating liver diseases, blood disorders, kidney diseases, cardiovascular diseases, and gynecological conditions, and he accumulated extensive experience particularly in the treatment of complex and difficult cases. The specialized formula he developed for combined treatment of cancer was designated as the “Lanzhou Formula” at the National Hematology Conference in 1974 and has been widely used in hospitals across the country ever since. His achievements in using traditional Chinese medicine to treat hepatitis B were recognized by experts as being among the most advanced in China, with a total effective rate reaching 99%. Through his treatments, countless critically ill patients have been brought in “carried on a stretcher, then walked out,” and his medical ethics and skills have won the hearts of countless patients and their families!

Chinese medicine, with a history spanning more than two thousand years, and Western medicine, which originated in Europe, each possess their own strengths. By learning from each other and complementing one another, these two systems offer the best opportunity for integration. Pei Zhengxue unified the diagnosis and treatment of diseases within the framework of traditional Chinese medicine’s “dialectical treatment,” while leveraging Western medicine’s insights into the microscopic, local areas, and the pathogenic mechanisms of disease. Drawing on the essence of human medicine, he was the first to propose the sixteen-character principle: “Western medical diagnosis, Chinese medical dialectics, traditional Chinese medicine as the primary treatment, Western medicine as a supplementary approach.” He founded a new school of practical internal medicine that integrates Chinese and Western medicine. The establishment and development of this school will undoubtedly enrich the treasure trove of traditional Chinese medicine and bring immeasurable benefits to humanity.

Pei Zhengxue valued both clinical practice and scientific research and writing. He has published five monographs: “Commentary on Blood Disorders,” “New Compilation of Traditional Chinese Medicine Formulas” (reissued five times by Gansu People’s Publishing House), “Diagnosis and Treatment of Hepatitis B,” “Clinical Research and Application of Rheum,” and “Wenbing Studies.” He has also authored more than 50 papers, totaling over 400,000 characters, and co-authored nearly a million characters of works. The monumental work “Practical Internal Medicine Integrating Chinese and Western Medicine,” which he served as editor-in-chief of, spans approximately 1.4 million characters and is, in fact, the culmination of the “Western medical diagnosis, Chinese medical dialectics, traditional Chinese medicine as the primary treatment, Western medicine as a supplementary approach” school of thought. When I saw the full, packed boxes of proofs lying there, I couldn’t help but imagine him late at night, meticulously proofreading.

I sought out a calligraphy piece by Pei Zhengxue, inscribed with the words: “With white hair, I finally understand the affairs of the world; yet my red heart still remembers the autumn of our homeland.” Golden autumn with its white hair symbolizes maturity and harvest. I seemed to hear him reciting: “Mountains stretch endlessly, yet my heart reaches a thousand miles away…”

(Extracted from Lanzhou Evening News, January 14, 1995)

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Explorer of the Theory of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine

— A Record of Professor Pei Zhengxue, Vice President of the Provincial Cancer Hospital, Fu Xiaozhou

Born into a family of renowned physicians from Longshan, Pei Zhengxue graduated from Xi’an Medical University in the early 1960s. He devoted himself to the study of blood disorders, liver diseases, cardiovascular diseases, and complex clinical cases. As early as the 1970s, his specialized formula for treating leukemia was designated as the “Lanzhou Formula” at the National Hematology Conference and has been used in hospitals across the country ever since.

When it comes to integrated Chinese and Western medicine, through years of research and clinical experience, he was the first in China to propose the 16-character principle: “Western medical diagnosis, Chinese medical dialectics, traditional Chinese medicine as the primary treatment, Western medicine as a supplementary approach.” He founded a new school of practical internal medicine that integrates Chinese and Western medicine. To date, he has published six monographs, including “Commentary on Blood Disorders,” “Wenbing Studies,” and “Diagnosis and Treatment of Hepatitis B,” and has published more than 50 papers in provincial, municipal, and national medical journals. Now, a massive work—over 1.6 million characters—has been completed and published, a masterpiece born from the collective efforts and wisdom of Professor Pei Zhengxue and more than 20 experts and scholars from Northwest China.

Whether in teaching, writing, or clinical practice, Pei Zhengxue consistently explored the path of combining Chinese and Western medicine. After elucidating the Western medical diagnosis for each disease, he focused on providing detailed discussions on the Chinese medical dialectical treatment methods, drawing on recent advances in integrated Chinese and Western medicine research. He ensured that his theories were grounded in sound principles, methods, formulas, and medications, and the numerous medical practices guided by integrated Chinese and Western medicine further enriched and refined this theoretical framework. In recent years, a research project led by Pei Zhengxue, which used a combination of Chinese and Western medicine to treat hepatitis B, was awarded the Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award, achieving a total effective rate of 99% in hepatitis B treatment—a result that ranked among the most advanced in China.

Pei Zhengxue kept his father’s admonition in mind: “Medical ethics are the foundation of one’s character; when one’s character is high, one’s medical ethics naturally rise.” He did not pursue fame or material gain; he donated all 35,000 yuan he received as an award to new research projects and academic publications. His family, colleagues, and friends deeply understood his character and sincerely admired everything he did.

(Extracted from Lanzhou Evening News, February 14, 1995)

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Chapter Five