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Ding Kan is a researcher and doctoral supervisor at the Institute of Chinese Medical History and Literature, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, where he focuses on the history and literature of traditional Chinese medicine. Public sources indicate that he has worked in this field for more than ten years and has published over thirty academic papers, with his research centering on the collation and annotation of ancient Chinese medical texts. His concrete work includes collating and annotating the Boji Fang, co-editing with Zhang Lijun the Ming Dynasty Imperial Medical Books: Selected Extracts, and producing an annotated large-print edition of Yi Fa Yuan Tong. These works are mainly collations, compilations and popularizations of medical classics, aimed at researchers of Chinese medical literature and enthusiasts of traditional culture, and they reflect solid skills in textual criticism and editorial work. Public information on his birthplace, birth year, education and scholarly lineage is limited, so no conjecture is offered here.