Lin Zeping’s words surprised Luo Ziling.
However, he accepted Lin Zeping’s goodwill and did not refuse.
He didn’t give a definite answer, saying he would go back and discuss with his grandfather Luo Liansheng and mother Ling Ruonan.
If they had no objections, he could consider it.
"That’s only right!" Lin Zeping laughed, "I believe your grandfather’s medical skills and cultivation surpass most people. Someone like him, who is held in high regard, should step forward to lead the field of traditional medicine. The only question is whether he is willing to take on some responsibilities at his age?"
"He’s definitely not interested!" Luo Ziling directly declined on behalf of Luo Liansheng, "If he had been interested, he would have gone for it a long time ago."
"Go back and ask him, if he is interested, the main leader of the Traditional Chinese Medicine Association surely can let him take the role." Lin Zeping spoke directly, "I think if he takes the role, with you and your grandfather’s help, the traditional medicine field will surely be well revived and see significant development."
"With leadership attention and many people making efforts, I believe traditional medicine can definitely be revitalized and develop better." Luo Ziling said with a smile, "Currently, traditional medicine hasn’t developed well mainly because of insufficient attention and lack of innovation, which is why it has been crushed by modern medicine and is regarded by many as pseudo-science."
"Well said!" Lin Zeping nodded, agreeing with Luo Ziling, "When you think about it simply, traditional medicine has saved countless lives over the past few thousand years and is still in effect now. We have so many famous doctors in our history, and their works are still esteemed today. What does that tell us? It shows that the skilled individuals in Huaxia’s ancient traditional medicine once created brilliance."
"I didn’t expect Mr. Lin to understand these circumstances so well!" Luo Ziling couldn’t help but praise, "Unfortunately, many people in the industry don’t have such understanding. They feel that those historical records might be false or exaggerated, and the theories of traditional medicine are entirely unscientific. Many people, when sick, only turn to traditional medicine with a last-resort attitude after modern medicine fails them. As a practitioner of traditional medicine, I am very grateful that our leaders value traditional medicine so much. I believe that as long as attention is paid at the national level, the revival and development of traditional medicine are surely on the horizon."
"Mention these situations at the upcoming symposium," Lin Zeping instructed, "Make those people blush and consider what they’ve done."
"Sure!" Although Luo Ziling knew Lin Zeping had a special purpose for instructing him this way, he agreed without hesitation.
Whatever the case, Lin Zeping is cheering and motivating for traditional medicine.
With someone like him openly supporting traditional medicine directly, can those others still dare to voice opposing opinions?
Around ten o’clock, the experts and related managers and officials summoned by Lin Zeping arrived.
The symposium was held in a conference room not far from Lin Zeping’s office, with multiple media outlets present for interviews.
At the conference site, Luo Ziling saw several people he had met yesterday, including several key figures from the Traditional Chinese Medicine Administration Bureau and some renowned traditional medicine experts who had visited him.
Luo Liansheng didn’t attend, and Luo Ziling didn’t ask Lin Zeping why Luo Liansheng wasn’t invited.
After some thought, Luo Ziling roughly understood why Luo Liansheng didn’t attend.
Lin Zeping wanted to highlight his own contributions; if Luo Liansheng came, then as his grandson, he wouldn’t shine so much, even if he made very insightful remarks.
Not only did Luo Liansheng not come, but even the old folks who helped Luo Ziling didn’t come.
This made Luo Ziling a bit regretful, feeling some blame toward Lin Zeping for not inviting them.
He also understood that those invited were not chosen by Lin Zeping.
As the publicly recognized big boss, he could not interfere in such trivial matters.
The arrangement of personnel for this symposium was likely done by the Health and Family Planning Commission or the Traditional Chinese Medicine Administration Bureau.
The most Lin Zeping could do was personally arrange for one or two people, such as letting him attend the meeting.
Besides the few people he met yesterday, Luo Ziling saw a few old acquaintances he hadn’t seen for a long time.
Hu Wenjun and Wang Rongshan, who had previously visited Japan and South Korea together.
As the Deputy Director of the Health and Family Planning Commission, Hu Wenjun’s attendance at such meetings was naturally as expected.
As the Deputy Director of the Traditional Chinese Medicine Administration Bureau, Wang Rongshan’s attendance was also completely understandable.
Today, not only the two deputies attended, the principal officials of the Health and Family Planning Commission and Traditional Chinese Medicine Administration Bureau were also present.
However, when the attendees saw Lin Zeping personally attending such a meeting, they were all very surprised.
Isn’t this something Wang Zhengqiang should be handling?
How did it become Lin Zeping personally hosting?
Seeing the doubts on everyone’s faces, Lin Zeping smiled and explained the reason.
He said that after seeing the TV broadcast of events related to Luo Ziling a few days ago, he felt it necessary to convene relevant personnel to thoroughly discuss the development status of traditional medicine. Today, everyone should speak freely and express any views they have.
Once Lin Zeping spoke, many people understood the matter—that is, Luo Ziling was also being regarded in a different light by Lin Zeping.
Luo Ziling was valued by Wang Zhengqiang and further regarded differently by Lin Zeping, who actively invited Luo Ziling to this meeting and personally attended to him. Anyone not completely clueless could guess what this represented.
Some people who were originally unconvinced by Luo Ziling couldn’t help but start to ponder.
The symposium was chaired by the principal official of the Health and Family Planning Commission.
After he and the leader of the Traditional Chinese Medicine Administration Bureau each gave a speech, Lin Zeping was invited to speak.
Lin Zeping didn’t hold back, sharing his thoughts on medicine and traditional medicine, and publicly praised Luo Ziling and his team for their achievements in developing traditional medicine.
After saying these words, Lin Zeping allowed everyone to freely express their understanding, knowledge, and opinions on traditional medicine.
Because of Lin Zeping and so many leaders present, those experts who had been negatively impacted by their visit yesterday lost their momentum and didn’t dare to speak carelessly, instead addressing matters very tactfully.
Only Luo Ziling spoke very boldly.
He first shared his understanding and insights of traditional medicine, then criticized the current problems in the field of traditional medicine.
He asked everyone present why, in the 21st century, people still regard writings such as "Huangdi Neijing," "Treatise on Cold Pathogenic Diseases," "Thousand Golden Remedies," "Compendium of Materia Medica," written hundreds and thousands of years ago, as sacred texts, treating their contents as inviolable laws, occasionally taking their records to show off as if the things learned from them are extraordinary. He acknowledged that the works of ancient people were indeed remarkable, but amidst the rapid scientific advancements, still holding onto things from hundreds or thousands of years ago, failing to innovate on that foundation, without new classic works being written, failing to keep pace with the times to develop traditional medicine, is an insult to our ancestors.
"We understand the human body structure to a very detailed degree, yet our diagnosis principles and methods remain stuck in the past few hundred years; the demise of traditional medicine is not surprising. To revive traditional medicine, improvements must be made in these areas." Luo Ziling spoke very directly, "Without new theories, without new diagnosis systems, without an attitude that keeps pace with the times, traditional medicine cannot be revived, nor can it be more understood and accepted by people, and it will ultimately become more and more obsolete."