The founder of Tongrentang is Le Xianyang.

Le Xianyang is the fourth generation of the Le family. He was also a doctor in the early Qing Dynasty. Later in the early Qing Dynasty, Le Xianyang served as the cashier of documents in the Imperial Palace Hospital and collected a large number of palace secret recipes, ancient prescriptions, folk prescriptions and An ancestral secret recipe. In the eighth year of Kangxi's reign, Le Xianyang founded Tongrentang, located in the West Polishing Factory. The origin of Tongrentang was that Le Xianyang believed that the word "Tongren" could be used to name the hall. I like it to be fair and elegant, and I need to aspire to it. In the twenty-seventh year of Kangxi's reign, Le Xianyang passed away.

From the beginning of its opening, Tongrentang has attached great importance to the quality of medicines and ensured it with strict management. Le Fengming, the third son of the founder Le Xianyang, inherited his father's business and opened Tong Ren Tang Pharmacy in 1702 on the basis of Tong Ren Tang Pharmacy. Type recipes, divided into books.

Honors obtained by Tongrentang

In 1989, the Tongrentang trademark was recognized as a well-known trademark by the State Administration for Industry and Commerce and received special national protection. The Tongrentang trademark is also the first trademark in China to apply for international registration in Madrid, and the first trademark in mainland China to apply for registration in Taiwan. In 1994, the Beijing Municipal Economic Commission, the Industrial Working Committee of the Beijing Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China, the Beijing Municipal Personnel Bureau, and the Beijing Municipal Finance Bureau awarded the group company the title of the top ten enterprises in the Beijing industrial system in 1994.

In 1997, the Group Company, as a domestic traditional Chinese medicine enterprise, was designated by the State Council as a pilot unit for the modern enterprise system among 120 large enterprise groups. In 1997, the Ministry of Health awarded Tongrentang the title of Advanced Unit in National Health System Cultural Construction. In 1997, the Beijing Municipal Party Committee awarded Tong Ren Tang the title of Advanced Unit for Ideological and Political Work.

Reference for the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia—Tongrentang