Lu Shi-e was a renowned Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioner during the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China.He was also a prolific novelist.As a highly experienced medical practitioner,his exposition on the development history of Traditional Chinese Medicine showed his broad perspective in this field.His discussion on the relationship between Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western medicine reflected his strong confidence in Traditional Chinese Medicine.His insights on the theory of Yin-Yang and the diagnostic characteristics of Traditional Chinese Medicine reflected his profound expertise.Lu Shi-e's novels not only exposed and criticized the reality,but also exhibited remarkable predictive abilities for the future of China.His precise predictions about the beautiful future of China a hundred years later during a period of backwardness and frequent disasters were truly impressive.His scientific fantasy on new medical inventions was the important ideological foundation that enabled him to successfully predict the future of China beyond his era.
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