My father, Ren Yingqiu (1914-1984), was a native of Jiangjin, Sichuan Province. He read the Bible when he was young. When he was young, he asked Liao Jiping, a master of classical classics. At the age of 17, he respected his grandfather's order to study medicine with his teacher. At the age of 23, he studied at Shanghai Chinese Medical College. He taught at Chongqing School of Traditional Chinese Medicine in 1950 and worked at Beijing College of Traditional Chinese Medicine in 1957. He is one of the entrepreneurs of traditional Chinese medicine in New China. He once served as the executive director of the Medical History Branch of the Chinese Medical Association, a member of the Medical Science Committee of the Ministry of Health, the convener of the Chinese Medicine Professional Group of the Academic Degree Committee of the State Council, a member of the Chinese Medicine Professional Group of the National Science and Technology Commission, the vice president of the All-China Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and a member of the Central Committee of the Peasants and Workers' Democratic Party. He is a famous Chinese medicine scientist and educator, and has won the honorary title of Beijing Model Worker.