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We developed an Intelligent TCM Tutoring System integrating a large language model (LLM) with a domain-specific knowledge graph (KG) derived from the Golden Mirror of Medicine and evaluated its system performance and short-term educational outcomes.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>System outputs were rated by five TCM teachers. In a three-group pedagogical experiment, 125 student volunteers were randomly allocated to self-directed learning, LLM-assisted learning, or learning with the integrated system, and 102 questionnaires were included in the final analysis.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The integrated system received higher expert ratings than the LLM baseline without KG integration in instructional content generation, intelligent question answering, and automated test generation and grading. 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