Why did famous doctors come forth in large numbers in Jiangsu and Zhejiang during the Ming and Qing Dynasties?

Because Jiangsu and Zhejiang were the most economically developed areas in China in Qing Dynasty, and medicine and pharmacy in Jiangsu and Zhejiang developed rapidly, developed economic conditions and excellent cultural traditions promoted local investment in education, more and more resources were tilted towards education, and many resources from other provinces also flowed to Jiangsu and Zhejiang, making Jiangsu and Zhejiang culture and education always at the forefront of the country, so many famous doctors came forth in large numbers.

Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces have long belonged to the same administrative region in history. During the Qin Dynasty, it belonged to Huiji County (governing Wuxian County) and Zhang Jun County (changing from the Han Dynasty to Danyang County). Later, due to the population growth, in the Eastern Han Dynasty, the original Huiji County was divided into two counties, namely, County and Huiji County, which respectively governed Wu (Suzhou) and Shaoxing. Now, Wu's (now Huzhou) has also been established.

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Jiangsu and Zhejiang famous doctors:

At that time, the famous doctor He (1861~1919) was named Icefield. People from Shaoxing, Zhejiang. Family doctor. His grandfather He Xiushan is a famous typhoid scholar of Shao School. Educated from a small family. Follow the famous doctor Fan Kai for three years. After practicing medicine, I felt that I lacked knowledge, so I decided to travel to visit Taoism and brainstorm with famous doctors in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

After Gengzi, western medicine was widely spread in China, so he bought a large number of translations of Taixi's medical works, studied them carefully and gained new knowledge. I lived in Suzhou for a year and then moved to Shanghai. He had close contacts with Shanghai famous doctors Zhou Xueqiao, Cai Xiaoxiang and Ding, and actively participated in the establishment of early Chinese medicine groups.