The research about academic inheritance of aged & distinguished doctors of Chinese medicine has great significance in strengthening Chinese medical personnel training and promoting academic development of Chinese medicine. This paper introduces the concept of tacit knowledge

and points out much tacit knowledge existing in Chinese medical knowledge system. The researchers dig deeper into the"tacit knowledge"behind aged & distinguished Chinese medicine doctors

and promote the transformation of tacit knowledge to explicit. It will help to broaden the thought about inheritance research and improve the efficiency of academic inheritance of aged & distinguished Chinese medicine doctors.