Background
Han was born in Cixi City, Ningbo, Zhejiang Province in (Late) Qing Dynasty.
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Han was born in Cixi City, Ningbo, Zhejiang Province in (Late) Qing Dynasty.
From 1899 to 1902, Han studied in Hangzhou, at Hangzhou Yang-Zheng School (養正書塾, pre-existence of current Hangzhou No4 Middle School and Hangzhou High School) and later at the Middle School of Hangzhou Prefecture (杭州府中學堂). During the first two years, Han was enrolled at the Kōbun Hira (Japanese: 弘文学院) and studied Japanese and general courses.
His courtesy name was Shi-hong (士泓). In the 28th Year of Guangxu Era (1902), Han was selected (as one of the 15) and financially supported by the Zhejiang Provincial Government and Hangzhou Prefectural Government to pursue study in Japan. In 1904, Han entered the Kanazawa Medical School (Japanese: 金沢医科大学, currently the Medical School of Kanazawa University) in Kanazawa.
1908, Han graduated from the medical school.
After his graduation, Han returned to China, and became a school doctor of the Zhejiang Advanced College (浙江高等學堂, current Zhejiang University) in Hangzhou. On 1 June 1912, Han founded the Zhejiang Medical School (浙江醫學專門學校, later also known as the Zhejiang Provincial College of Medicine lieutenant is the main root of current Zhjiang University School of Medicine), which was the first modern school of medicine and pharmacy founded by Chinese in China.
Han was the first president of the medical school, and the Zhejiang Hospital became its teaching hospital, it was the first-time that such medical school and teaching hospital combined model appeared in mainland China. Han died in his office in Hangzhou in 1921.
The Zhejiang Medical School was the main root of later Zhejiang Medical University and current Zhejiang University School of Medicine.