Zhang Xuewen

Zhang Xuewen (born 1935), a native of Hanzhong, Shaanxi, is one of China's first National Masters of Chinese Medicine and a professor and chief physician at Shaanxi University of Chinese Medicine. He is a renowned expert in internal medicine and emergency medicine in traditional Chinese medicine. Born into a family of TCM practitioners, he graduated from the Shaanxi School of Chinese Medicine Advanced Studies in 1959. His long-term research covers TCM emergency medicine, brain disorders, warm diseases, and blood-activating and stasis-resolving therapy; he pioneered the theory of "cranial cerebral water-stasis" and authored works including *Treatment of Blood Stasis Syndromes* and *Treatment of Difficult and Complicated Cases*. The library holds 10 of his works, spanning agriculture and forestry, biography, culture, and education, including *A History of Aquaculture*, *Ancient Cultivation and Ancient Horticulture*, *Sacrificial Rites and Celebrations*, and *Bill Gates*. These works range widely, combining surveys of ancient agriculture and folk culture with public-oriented biographies, showing that beyond specialized medical writings the author also attends to the popularization of traditional culture and the spread of knowledge.