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4 figures
Zhang Xichun
1860 – 1933First great synthesiser of Chinese and Western medicine; his case records still teach clinicians.
China·Traditional Chinese Medicine · Medicine
Sun Yat-sen
1866 – 1925Three Principles of the People underwrote the republican transformation of China.
China·Politics
Lu Xun
1881 – 1936Founded modern Chinese literature and diagnosed a nation in vernacular prose.
China·Literature
Cheng Dan'an
1899 – 1957Rescued acupuncture from abolition and rebuilt it on anatomical terms with filiform needles.
China·Traditional Chinese Medicine