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== Biography ==
Shen was born on 22 March 1928<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mmcs.org.cn/gz/1224/3160/2016-07/141302.shtml |title=Shen Ziyin|date=2016-07-25 |website=National Museum for Modern Chinese Scientists|access-date=2019-03-11 |language=zh}}</ref> in [[Zhenhai District|Zhenhai]], [[Zhejiang]], [[Republic of China (1912–1949)|Republic of China]]. After graduating from [[Shanghai Medical College]] (now part of [[Fudan University]]) in 1952, he worked in [[internal medicine]] at [[Huashan Hospital]], which is affiliated with Shanghai Medical College. While he was trained in Western medicine in college, he began studying [[traditional Chinese medicine]] (TCM) in 1955 under the well-known doctor Jiang Chunhua ({{lang|zh-Hans|姜春华}}).<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_3093089|script-title=zh:中科院院士沈自尹逝世，今年至少已有9位两院院士离世|last=Yue Huairang 岳怀让|date=2019-03-07|website=The Paper|access-date=2019-03-08}}</ref><ref name="Zhan2009">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RtKy5afVSdQC&pg=PA102|title=Other-Worldly|last=Zhan|first=Mei|date=2009|publisher=Duke University Press|isbn=978-0-8223-9213-
Shen spent his entire career at Huashan Hospital. He was a pioneer in using biomedical research to affirm the pathological bases of TCM concepts,<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://news.sciencenet.cn/htmlnews/2019/3/423669.shtm|script-title=zh:沈自尹院士逝世|date=2019-03-08|website=Sciencenet.cn|access-date=2019-03-08}}</ref><ref name="Zhan2009" /> and was an ardent proponent of TCM.<ref name="Zhan2009" /> One of his major research areas was the TCM concept of "kidney yang deficiency" ({{lang|zh-Hans|肾阳虚}}), which he linked to the malfunction of the [[hypothalamus]].<ref name="Zhan2009" /><ref name=":1" /> However, his research received mixed reaction from TCM practitioners, with some embracing his scientific authority, while others accused him of fragmenting and debasing Chinese medicine.<ref name="Zhan2009" />
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