Of course, another influence of Elder An lay in his righteousness, his medical ethics, and his attitude toward practicing medicine. He treated everyone with meticulous attention, regardless of their social or economic status. All were equal in his eyes, and he never fawned over the powerful or oppressed the weak. Many elites, hearing of his reputation, offered him large sums of money, or even pressed him with their influence, to become their private doctor, but he consistently refused. He stubbornly set up an office in the Provincial People's Hospital where he held consultations openly.