Through the life trajectory of a doctor spanning decades, this article shows how the spirit of "great medical sincerity" in traditional Chinese medicine shines in the collision of personal destiny and the torrent of history. The name of the protagonist Cheng Jisheng means "hanging a pot to help the world, and medicine to live forever". His story is the ultimate embodiment of the traditional Chinese medicine philosophy of "correspondence between heaven and man" and "harmony of yin and yang" in personal cultivation and the ups and downs of troubled times.