[An interview with YU Ying-ao-a scholar in clinical literature]

Professor Ying-ao YU came from a family with medical background and studied under the guidance of Bo-wei QIN. He graduated from Shanghai Second Medical College. He also was a graduate of the first session of the Integrated Medicine in China. After that, he was assigned to the editorial office of the Academy of Chinese Medicine, engaging in the study of clinical literature of traditional Chinese medicine(TCM). With National Medical Master Zhi-zheng LU, he went to Baotou Steel Staff Hospital in Inner Mongolia to implement TCM training. He has devoted himself to research of TCM clinical literature and his clinical practice for more than 60 years. Based on this work, he developed his own clinical diagnosis and treatment model entitled Differentiation of Diseases, Differentiation of Symptoms and Signs-General Therapy-Treatment through Prescription-Treatment through Clinical Symptoms and Signs. This model makes an outstanding contribution to clinical TCM and clinical literature research. The author interviewed Professor YU systematically in terms of his experiences in TCM clinically and his cultural heritage in TCM clinical philology to share with readers.