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Wang Wei-de (1669∼?), courtesy name Hongxu, also known as Lin Hong, with the pseudonyms Linwu Sanren and Dingdingzi, was respectfully addressed as Mr. Linwu. He was a native of Dongting West Mountain in Wu County during the Qing Dynasty.

His great-grandfather, Ruogu, paid close attention to the field of ulcer medicine, opposing the treatment based solely on classical texts and advocating for a focus on yin-yang theory and the differentiation of deficiency and excess. He recorded effective prescriptions in books, which became family heirlooms, thus establishing a family tradition of sore and wound doctors. Wei-de inherited this family knowledge from a young age, mastering internal, external, gynecological, and pediatric medicine, with a particular expertise in sore and wound medicine, founding the Quansheng School of Surgery in Wumen. He conducted in-depth research on sores and ulcers, categorizing red and swollen sores and ulcers as yang excess syndromes, while white gangrenous syndromes were considered yin deficiency, asserting that "ulcers are not fatal." His work, "Waike Zhengzhi Quansheng Ji," compiled ancestral effective prescriptions and his own proven prescriptions from over forty years of practice, was published in the fifth year of the Qianlong era (1740), when he was 72 years old.

The Quansheng School's approach to treating surgical diseases is characterized by:

1. Classifying all surgical diseases into two major categories: yin and yang;
2. Advocating that all abscesses should be treated with the principle of "resolving is precious, while supporting is to be feared," opposing the indiscriminate use of knives and needles, and prohibiting the use of corrosive drugs;
3. Unique ingenuity in the diagnosis and treatment of yin gangrene, such as the creation of "Yang-Harmonizing Decoction," "Rhinoceros Bezoar Pill," "Minor Golden Pill," and other famous Chinese medicine prescriptions commonly used for difficult surgical conditions.

"Waike Zhengzhi Quansheng Ji" was almost revered as a secret treasure by later surgeons, with its methods often leading to cures. It was so valued that almost every scholarly family kept a copy, and whenever they encountered external symptoms, they would copy the prescriptions and take them, often with miraculous results. This shows the profound and widespread influence of this school on later Chinese medicine surgery. He opposed the casual use of knives, needles, and poisonous drugs, emphasizing the treatment of ulcers at their onset with internal resolving methods, rather than external supporting or surgical methods. This perspective, representative of Qing Dynasty surgical academia, is clearly stated in his representative work, "Waike Zhengzhi Quansheng Ji," although his overly mechanical opposition to needles, knives, and poisonous drugs also drew criticism from some physicians.