After a while, I was promoted to a tenured professorship at Harvard Medical School, but as much as I enjoyed it, I wondered what to do next.

• 学成后，他们还需要通过由国家组织的一系列考试，其中的佼佼者会成为大学士。中国的学者们需要经过多年寒窗苦读勤练，而只有极少数才能通过这一狭窄的独木桥求得功名。