Yo San University (YSU) was founded in January 1989 by two brothers, Dr. Daoshing Ni and Dr. Mao Shing Ni, who named the University after their grandfather, Master Yo San Ni, a healer and teacher in the Taoist tradition. The Ni family enjoys a rare and unbroken lineage of 38 generations of healers practicing Chinese Medicine. The University was established to carry on this lineage; to promote standards of educational excellence in the field of Traditional Chinese Medicine; and to establish a program in this country that fosters the Taoist roots of this field of medicine. Their father, Master Hua Ching Ni, a well known practitioner and educator in Los Angeles, served as Chancellor in the early years of development of the University.