Portrait of Xie Guan
Xiao Guan(styled Liheng,1880-1950)was a native of Luoshuwan,Wuj in County,Jiangsu Province.In 1917,he was a cofounder of the Shanghai Professional School of TCM (see Fig.510).He was its president for many years.In 1929,when the Republican government proposed abolishing TCM,he headed a delegation sent to Nanjing to protest.Thereafter,he served as a member of the Standing Council of the Central College of TCM.He compiled Zhong guo yi xie da ci-dian(Unabridged Dictionary of TCM)