Abstract: Professor ZHENG Huaixian devoted his whole life to the development of Traditional Martial Arts (TMA) and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and this makes us think about how to integrate TMA and TCM. Since both TMA and TCM are based traditional Chinese philosophy in terms of methodology, it is natural for both TMA and TCM practitioners to use “hardness and softness supplementing one another” and “balancing Yin and Yang” as their common codes of conduct. The commonalities and consensus that Gongfu (great skills by great efforts) and Li (force) share has implications for developing TCM orthopedic doctors hand skills through practicing TMA. Some TMA Taolu (routes) can be used for fitness and rehabilitation training. For the diagnosis and treatment of traumatological injuries, it is a better way to analyze the cause, development and change of the injuries based on the law of body movements. The history of integrating TMA and TCM has far-reaching practical implications and functions.

Key words: Chinese Orthopedics and Traumatology, TMA, Integrate TMA and TCM, ZHENG Huaixian, Academic Thought