Brothers Daoshing and Maoshing Ni, the 38th generation of healers, founded Yo San University in 1989 in memory of their grandfather, Yo San Ni.

Yo San was born in the remote Chinese province of Peng-Yang in 1879 to a family that had for centuries passed down, from father to son, the ancient secrets of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

When Yo San was seven years old, a smallpox epidemic raged through Peng-Yang. His father, a pediatrician, had traveled tirelessly from village to village saving many lives. Late one night, he set out to an unfamiliar countryside and fell from a slippery bridge to his death. That night, Yo San lost his father, his teacher, and his future.

Yo San always felt a strong responsibility to carry on his family tradition. When he was sixteen years old, he set out to find the spiritual leaders and masters of Traditional Chinese Medicine who had fled political oppression and lived as hermits in the countryside and mountains. He stayed with them many years, learning their philosophies and secrets of the healing arts.

In his thirties, Yo San left his teachers and headed for the village of Wen Zhou, where he fulfilled his dream of practicing medicine. There he established an in-home school, the College of Tao and Traditional Chinese Healing. Even through the many upheavals and shifts in the Chinese government over the years that followed, Yo San remained devoted to his students and his own busy medical practice.

In 1966, the Cultural Revolution attacked and banned Traditional Chinese Medicine. Yo San was forced out of medical practice and teaching. Though persecuted and prevented from publicly continuing his life's work, he continued to be an inspiration and guide to his students and all who knew him. Yo San died at the age of ninety, having fulfilled his seemingly impossible aspiration. He created a way for others to quench their thirst for spiritual and medical knowledge. Today, our students carry on his dream and vision at Yo San University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, the 39th generation.