Study On The Confucian Doctor Hao Fengzhang In Shandong During The Republic Of China

Hao Fengzhang(1870-1944),styled Yunshan(also known as Yunshan),was born in Sungeng Village,Qihe County,Dezhou City,Shandong Province.Born in the famous family of Qihe,for the 27 years of Guangxu(1901)township examination,after the official Zhejiang salt farm ambassador,secretary secretary of Jinan Road,etc.In 1906,he was a teacher of Chinese and history in Jinan Normal School and women’s Normal School.After being immersed in officialdom for many years,Hao Fengzhang began to turn from Confucianism to medicine.He not only treated patients and saved people,but also set up traditional Chinese medicine education.He became a famous modern medical figure in Shandong.By consulting books such as Compilation of Journals of Modern Chinese Medicine,Annals of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Shandong Province,Annals of Health of Shandong Province,Annals of Qihe County(Republic of China),searching papers and knowledge in Zhiwei,Wanfang,Duxiu and other websites,and making field visits to Sungeng Village of Qihe County.By investigating Jinan Library,Shandong Provincial Library,Shandong Provincial Archives,Jinan Archives,etc.,I have a detailed understanding of Hao Fengzhang’s life and contributions.Through literature research,field investigation and personal interview,this paper collects,collates and researches Hao Fengzhang’s life,deeds,writings and contributions.The study is divided into two parts,one is the life of Hao Fengzhang,the other is Hao Fengzhang and traditional Chinese medicine.The first part sort out Hao Fengzhang’s life story.Hao’s family has a profound cultural heritage,is a well-known scholarly family.Under the influence of his family,Hao Fengzhang was diligent and studious,and he read poems and books.In the twenty-seventh year of Guangxu’s reign(1901),he passed the imperial examination.As a referee in the last imperial examination of the Qing Dynasty,Hao Fengzhang had high literary attainments,with poems such as "Sending Li Xingfu out of Office in the City","Preface of Green Yunshan House in the Grass" and "Monument to Mr.Sun Huayi".Hao Fengzhang was appointed as the alternate salt Science Ambassador of Zhejiang Province and the chief of Boshan County successively.Later,she was appointed as the Chinese teacher and history teacher of Jinan Teachers and women Teachers.When he was nearly thirty years old,Hao Fengzhang began to turn from Confucianism to medicine,and later became a famous Confucian doctor in the Republic of China.His life can be summarized as three stages from Confucianism in his early years,middle age and medical profession in his later years.In 1944,the doctor of the charity hospital of Chinese medicine was detained by the Japanese aggressors,Hao Fengzhang died of heat stroke due to running unfortunately,at the age of 74.The next part studies Hao Fengzhang’s contribution to TCM.First,in academic research,Hao Fengzhang wrote Notes on Februarism(lost).It can reflect its academic characteristics of Xu Lingtai’s "Shen Ji Chu Yan" revised interpretation,added each note,insightful.Second,in the aspect of TCM education,Hao Fengzhang founded the Charity Hospital of TCM and the Academy of TCM in Shunhuang Temple,Shunjing Street,Jinan in September 1935,and served as the principal and president of the school.In 1937,the preparatory class of Shandong Traditional Medical College was set up in Langzhuang,Qihe.Third,in the traditional Chinese medicine movement,Hao Fengzhang participated in the establishment of the National Federation of Medical organizations as a representative of Shandong Province in the "Case of Abolishing Traditional Chinese Medicine" in 1929.In 1931,he was elected as a member of the board of directors of the Central Chinese Medical Center and the Medical Association of the Republic of China.He put forward six proposals on the education of traditional Chinese medicine at the board meeting of the Central Chinese Medical Center In 1937,when he joined other provincial representatives to protest the Kuomintang government’s proposal on TCM education,he went to Nanjing to petition as one of the six national representatives.Later,in order to protest the Kuomintang government for the unreasonable "regulation of the management of prescription medicine",the petition again.Fourth,in terms of medical sacrifice,Hao Fengzhang led school students and hospital staff to offer sacrifices to Emperor Yanhuang and famous doctors of all dynasties in 1936.In 1937,he led students to offer sacrifices to Bian Que twice in Mount Queshan.In 1940,he participated in the medical holy place offering organized by Jinan National Pharmaceutical Trade Association.It needs to be pointed out in particular,contemporary famous doctor Yue Mei Zhong and Hao Fengzhang have a history of intersection,was recommended by Mr.Chen Yasan to teach in the Chinese medical college,because of the fall of Jinan,the school has been closed,but the two people so close.In 1938,when Yue Mei Zhong went from Heze to Boshan pay a house visit,Boshan was captured and he fled to Jinan.Hao Fengzhang gave him a generous donation with his help,and Yue returned to his hometown in Hebei smoothly.After Hao Fengzhang’s death,Yue Mei Zhong had written twenty elegy couplets to express his memory.Hao Fengzhang was a famous doctor,an outstanding medical activist and an outstanding TCM educator in the Republic of China.He played a pivotal role in the history of TCM in modern Shandong Province.