Professor XIONG Ji-bai, from an apprentice of traditional Chinese medicine to a famous university teacher, and eventually became a Master of Chinese Medicine. The process of his success is unusual. Its academic characteristics are characterized by both ‘apprenticeship' and ‘academy'. His concept of ‘learning classics well, basing on clinical practice and using classics to guide clinical practice' is of guiding significance to the training and clinical practice of TCM talents. This paper summarized the academic characteristics of professor XI...