The story of tong ren Tang

It is said that Emperor Kangxi had a strange disease for some time, and all the imperial doctors in the palace used precious medicinal materials, but he stopped taking the medicine in a rage.

On this day, Kangxi traveled out of the palace alone and came to a street and found a small pharmacy. At this time, it was dead of night, but the small pharmacy was brightly lit, and I heard the sound of reading there. Kangxi thought that the imperial doctors in the palace were just mediocre people with no real skills, and the real talents were still among the people. Since ancient times, there have been ginseng in small pharmacies. Why don't I come and have a look? So Kangxi knocked at the door. After entering the room, Kangxi saw a man in his forties reading at night by candlelight. He guessed that he must be a doctor in this small drugstore. When the doctor saw a visitor visiting at night, he asked, "What do you think of your late-night visit?" Kangxi said, "It's presumptuous to drop in at midnight. Just because I got a strange disease, my whole body itched and I got red pimples. I don't know why. Many famous doctors were invited, but none of them were cured. Can you show them, sir? " The doctor said, "OK, please take off your coat and let me have a look." Kangxi took off his coat, and the doctor only looked at it and said, "Don't worry, sir, your illness is not serious. It's just that you eat too much delicacies on weekdays, and you have been eating ginseng for a long time, and your anger has come up, so you have a red thought and it itches. " Kangxi asked, "Can this disease be cured?" The doctor said with certainty, "It's not difficult. Just use some medicine. " With that, he reached for a jar on the wooden shelf, spread out a bag, and poured out all the medicine in the jar, which weighed seven or eight pounds. Kangxi was shocked and said, "Sir, how many medicines do I have to take at a time?" The doctor smiled and said, "This is rhubarb, not for you. Take it home, boil 100 Jin of water with this eight Jin of rhubarb, put it in the tank, and take a bath in the tank at least three times and five times. " Kangxi thought, there are so many strange prescriptions of palace doctors that they don't care about anything. Can his worthless rhubarb cure my illness? Seeing Kangxi's suspicious face, the doctor smiled and said, "Sir, please rest assured that I will never cheat you of your money. Please take this medicine first. If you can't cure the disease, I won't charge any money. " Kangxi said, "Well, I would be grateful if you could cure my illness." Kangxi returned to the palace and took a bath according to the doctor's instructions. Sure enough, when he got into the bathtub, he suddenly felt refreshed, comfortable and wonderful. I didn't even feel itchy after washing it for three times. Take a closer look, I don't have any red spots. Kangxi was very happy. On the fourth day, he came to the small drugstore incognito. As soon as the doctor saw Kangxi smile and knew that he was all right, he deliberately said, "Did you pay for the medicine today?" Kangxi said, "Exactly. How much did you say, sir? " The doctor said with a smile, "I smiled. I saw you with a grain of salt that night. I deliberately said that I would not accept anything if I could not cure the disease. Now, if I recover, I still won't accept anything. " I think you are very ambitious and just want to make friends with you. May I ask your name? "Kangxi said with a smile," The student's surname is Huang, whose name is Tianxing, and he is a scholar. "The doctor said happily," my name is Zhao Guitang, and I am also a poor scholar. My father was determined to let me be the number one scholar to worship my ancestors, but things didn't work out, and I fell into Sun Shan many times. Now I want to open a small pharmacy in Beijing, and study while practicing medicine, hoping to jump into Longmen one day. "Kangxi said," Brother Zhao, as the saying goes, there is no name on the list, and there is a road under your feet. According to your superb medical skills, I can strongly recommend you to enter the palace as a physician. Isn't it just a leap in the dragon gate? " Zhao Guitang smiled and said, "You are wrong. In my opinion, medical practitioners should think of the people and solve problems for them. Being a physician in the palace, although enjoying all the splendor, can't treat the people all over the world. This is not my wish. What is the use of medicine? Hearing this, Kangxi couldn't help saying, "I admire Zhao Dage's virtue and ability. Dear friend, please forgive me for telling you the truth. Since you have failed in many exams, why don't you calm down and make a big career in medicine? " Zhao Guitang said: "I think so too. It's just not easy to practice medicine. I don't have that much capital, and it's hard for me to have a big future. Dude, if you make a fortune in the future, give me a hand and help me build a big pharmacy, just as I didn't treat you for nothing. "Kangxi said without hesitation:" If you really want to build a pharmacy, what is its name? "Just call it Tong Ren Tang. What do you think of this name? " Zhao Guitang saw that he was serious and said with a smile, "I was joking just now. Don't take it seriously Besides, it costs a lot of money to build a big pharmacy. Who knows when you will get rich? This is a matter on the edge of the cloud, far away. " Kangxi said, "Now try." After that, he picked up a pen from the table, wrote a note conveniently, stamped it, and then said, "Brother Zhao, you will go to the yamen of the Ministry of Internal Affairs tomorrow. There is a friend of mine there who may really be the person in charge. " Say that finish and leave. Zhao Guitang looked at Mr. Huang who left in a hurry and thought he was still a freak. The next day, Zhao Guitang couldn't help but find the yamen of the Ministry of Internal Affairs with a note. A little later, a eunuch came out and led Zhao Guitang into the door. After walking through a yard, he came to a big house. The eunuch opened the door and pointed to the room and said, "Mr. Zhao, are these enough for your medicine?" Zhao Guitang looked intently, but was surprised to see a room full of glistening money, and immediately stayed there. At this time, I heard the eunuch say, "Mr. Zhao, long live the Lord." You treated him well and received nothing. He wanted to give you a Tong Ren Tang, and you gave it. " Zhao Guitang woke up like a dream: his brother who didn't mind making friends with him turned out to be the emperor today. I really regret my absurdity and didn't notice it at all. Sure enough, a few days later, a big pharmacy sprang up and named it "Tong Ren Tang". When Zhao Guitang was in the inauguration ceremony of his new house, he never thought that Emperor Kangxi would personally come to congratulate him. Zhao Guitang didn't know what to do. Kangxi smiled and said, "Don't panic. I paid you back for the medicine. You still won't accept the next visit.

Since then, Beijing has a famous "Tongrentang" pharmacy.

This is a true story. Reading this post also tells us that people are upright, their hearts are upright, people are kind, their hearts are kind, and doctors are kind.

As the old saying goes, "To cure the country, to cure the people with Chinese medicine, and to cure the disease in a hospital, this is called medical treatment." As a doctor, we need to care about people all over the world, sympathize with others and treat diseases. In ancient China, it was suggested that medicine should pay attention to people themselves and require doctors to have noble moral sentiments.

Li Shizhen said in "Compendium of Materia Medica": "Medicine is the Tao, and a gentleman uses it for health preservation, which is called benevolence." It is clearly pointed out that only when medicine is used by gentlemen and plays its role in saving the world can it meet the moral requirements. Sun Simiao, a great doctor, wrote "Great Doctor Sincerity", which said: "Life is the most precious, and I have a precious daughter. If one side helps it, Germany will surpass it. " "Any great doctor who treats a disease should be calm, have no desire or desire, show great compassion first, and swear to save the suffering of the spirit." He also said, "Therefore, scholars must be knowledgeable, diligent and diligent.

Sun Simiao believes that human life is more expensive than a thousand dollars, and we must attach great importance to human life and health; As a doctor, we must adhere to the principle of "people-oriented" and think for patients everywhere. We not only need to explore medical principles extensively and deeply,

"Essence" lies in superb medical skills, "sincerity" lies in noble morality, a compassionate heart and a kindness to save all beings. "If someone comes to ask for help because of illness, don't ask whether they are poor or rich, whether they are always young, whether they are jealous of friendly friends, whether they are Chinese and foreign, and whether they are like their relatives." Don't avoid difficulties and hardships, and don't look back and think about your own blessings. Relieve people's pain and warm people's hearts. There is no distinction between high and low. No matter what your status, you should treat the patients equally, be neither humble nor supercilious, "take care of your own troubles" and think of the patients wholeheartedly. The Chinese nation has created splendid culture in the long history of 5,000 years. Among them, medical culture has a long history, and the construction of virtue has always been valued by medical scientists. The benevolence of doctors is a precious tradition of Chinese medicine. Ancestors value virtue, and doctors are often praised for their bravery, courage and kindness.

Doctors shoulder the heavy responsibility of "ruling the royal family, saving the poor, maintaining health and raising life in the middle" and "ruling the people in the upper part and governing the body in the lower part". They use nursing techniques and compassion to treat diseases, relieve pains, take care of patients, heal damaged body functions, and soothe the injured hearts of the people, "making the people disease-free, close and benign."

Throughout the ages, countless great doctors have practiced the ideal of saving the world. The ancients have passed away, and today people are still stupid. When we step into the sacred medical school, we solemnly swear with our own souls and swear to the medical souls of past dynasties, bearing in mind the important task of "entrusting each other's lives". As doctors, we shoulder a heavy responsibility. The health and life of patients depend on them, and we are walking on thin ice. Can a doctor's slogan "Physician's Day" bear the weight?