Abstract: Professor Wu Kaopan is a famous contemporary Chinese medicine scientist, Chinese medicine literature scientist, and Chinese medicine educator. This paper summarizes Professor Wu Kaopan's academic thoughts. Professor Wu Kaopan not only researched classics such as Basic Questions, The Spiritual Pivot, The Classic of Difficult Issues, Treatise on Cold Damage, and Essentials from the Golden Cabinet, but also proposed that we should rationally understand the role and value of the five elements theory; that the way to be a doctor should be familiar with the meridian theory; that we should know the constant and adapt to changes, and oppose the blind adherence to the five movements and six qi like looking for a noble steed to correspond with the one drawn; that the medicine should be effective and the method should be flexible. Professor Wu Kaopan has devoted his life to the inheritance and development of Chinese medicine, and has contributed his life to the fields of Chinese medicine teaching, scientific research, and clinical practice.