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Background: Zhu Xi’s First Official Post In 1153 AD (the 23rd year of the Shaoxing era), a 24-year-old Zhu Xi arrived in Tongan to serve as the Sub-prefectural Registrar (Zhubu), marking the beginning of his illustrious career. While Tongan had been established as a county earlier, its educational infrastructure was still in its infancy. During his five-year tenure, Zhu Xi went beyond his administrative duties in taxation and registration, taking direct charge of local education (Ling Xue Shi), initiating the era of “Ziyang’s Transformation” in Tongan. ...

The medical history of Longhai is a thousand-year saga of safeguarding life. As early as 669 AD during the Tang Dynasty, Li Rugang, a medical officer under General Chen Zheng, introduced Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) to this land, then considered a remote frontier. During the Northern Song Dynasty, a legendary physician emerged from Longhai—Wu Ben (also known as Baosheng Dadi). Born into a poor fishing family in Baijiao, he dedicated his life to medicine, treating patients regardless of their wealth. After his tragic death while gathering herbs on Wunpu Mountain, he was deified as the “Divine Physician” and “Saint of Medical Spirits,” with his influence spreading to Taiwan and Southeast Asia. ...