Chinese medicine and Chinese painting are both the essence of our national culture, and they are both deeply influenced by traditional Chinese culture. For example, “the unity of heaven and man” is a basic proposition of traditional Chinese philosophy and a fundamental spirit of traditional Chinese culture, which is not only one of the basic concepts of Chinese medicine, but also the motto of Chinese painters. Another example is that Chinese medicine emphasizes the abstract essence and spirit, while Western medicine emphasizes the visible organizational structure. Chinese painting emphasizes the writing of God in form, both form and God, and the writing of form in the “like and unlike” between the writing of God for the purpose; Western painting, although also the writing of God in form, but more emphasis on the image of the sublime. Again, Chinese medicine should be divided into real and imaginary, the basic rule is to fill the deficiency and diarrhea; while the basic structure of Chinese painting attaches importance to the real in the pursuit of virtual, virtual in the pursuit of reality, the phase is born, compared to the show. In my opinion, not only Chinese medicine and Chinese painting have similarities in their basic concepts, but also there are many similarities between learning Chinese medicine and learning Chinese painting. Let’s leave aside the fact that they both need the foundation of traditional Chinese culture, and just talk a little bit about it from the point of view of success. First of all, the threshold for learning Chinese medicine and Chinese painting does not seem to be very high, about junior high school education is enough. However, they are both easy to learn but difficult to master. Learning Chinese painting people not only have to study hard, but also have to be a bit of art cells, coupled with the guidance of master teachers, at least more than ten years of practice in order to paint like; learning Chinese medicine, first of all, you have to read hard to memorize, but also have to be enlightened, coupled with the guidance of master doctors, at least more than ten years of clinical practice in order to be initially accomplished. A long time of practice, the guidance of a famous teacher, and a good understanding of the mind are the three elements of both success. Many people study Chinese painting, but how many can become painters? Learning Chinese medicine is also a lot of people, but how many people can become a famous doctor? Both are disciplines with low success rates. As I have said before, 7 or 8 out of 10 students graduated from Western medical schools can become good Western doctors, while only 2 or 3 out of 10 students graduated from Chinese medical schools can become good Chinese doctors. The reason for this is that Chinese medicine is characterized by abstraction, ambiguity, discursiveness, complexity, and practicality. Learning Chinese medicine is difficult, as the famous Qing Dynasty physician Ye Tianshi dying precepts said: “medical can be and can not be, must be gifted and sensitive, and read thousands of books, and then can borrow the art to help the world. Otherwise, there are few who do not kill, is to medicine bait for the blade. I died, my children and grandchildren carefully not to speak lightly of medicine.” Unfortunately, Ye Tianshi’s words have a few people seriously, now, it seems that anyone can learn Chinese medicine, not a few months of learning to run abroad with Chinese medicine to make a living? In ancient times, life-threatening critical illnesses were handled independently by Chinese medicine practitioners, Chinese medicine practice, the survival of the fittest, so the famous Chinese medicine practitioners at that time is not blown out, but can really bring back the dead, wonderful hands, so that the efficacy of the ancient books is now difficult to replicate. Now the new Chinese medicine, in the university have learned a lot of knowledge of Western medicine, to the clinic, feel that improve the level of clinical evidence of Chinese medicine is too much effort, or Western medicine methods to use up convenient, so often used in the West and the West, the name of the combination of Chinese and Western medicine, and gradually, Western medicine as the main, Chinese medicine as a supplement, the critical illnesses pushed to the West, but also their own methods of dealing with Western medicine. There are also some Chinese medicine practitioners who are not under pressure to survive in hospitals and do not seek advancement, and they do not look at difficult and serious cases, but are content to use Chinese medicine to regulate some chronic diseases. That is why people with real skills in Chinese medicine are becoming increasingly rare nowadays. Some people attack Chinese medicine practitioners because they see that the clinical standard of many Chinese medicine practitioners is so poor that they not only fail to see the diseases, but also often delay their illnesses. What is more, some people who have learned a little bit of Chinese medicine are bluffing, cheating and defrauding. These people have seriously affected the reputation of Chinese medicine practitioners. But I think no one will deny the artistry of Chinese painting because a crappy artist can’t paint well; similarly, we can’t deny the scientific nature of Chinese medicine because some Chinese medicine practitioners or people claiming to be Chinese medicine practitioners can’t see the disease well!