There are the following types of honorifics:
1. Before the Song Dynasty in China, doctors were generally called according to their specialties, such as food doctor, disease doctor, gold sore doctor, etc.
2. In the Song Dynasty, northerners respectfully called doctors dafu, while southerners respectfully called doctors langzhong. 3. The elegant names of traditional Chinese medicine include Qihuang, Qingsang, Xinglin, Xuanhu, etc.
4. Modern titles for doctors include doctor, sir, doctor, angel of life, healer, doctor, etc.
5. It was not until modern times that doctors became the general name for medical practitioners.