"My goal was to master TCM," says Huang, and considering the two years it would take him to become accredited in Taiwan, which would be enough for him to get his master's degree in China, with his parents 'and his wife's blessing Huang decided to return to Shanghai rather than waste his scholarship. After completing his master's degree, he went on to doctoral study.
「我的目的是把中醫學好，」黃宗瀚衡量，考取台灣中醫資格至少得花兩年，同樣時間在大陸他可以念完碩士。不願蹉跎學業、放棄獎學金的他，在父母及太太支持下決定先回上海，爾後又繼續攻讀博士。