ZHANG Jingyue collected the essence of predecessors,his experience and inspired new thoughts on governance and elimination.To sum up,the five main characteristics include distinguishing deficiency and excess,differentiating Yin and Yang;treating the root and the root is the gate of life;Yin and Yang can nourish each other;treating Yang deficiency alone;the specialty and compatibility of prescriptions.His academic thought was in line and had complemented and developed Zhongjing′s theory.ZHANG Jingyue has his unique understanding of diabetes due...