The Great Physician's Sincerity

The Great Physician's Sincerity Tang-Sun Simiao

Zhang Zhan said: "It is difficult to refine the prescription, and it has been done since. Today, the disease has the same within and outside the different, there are also different within and outside the same, so the five viscera and six bowels of the surplus and deficiency, the bloodstream Rongwei's through the plug, is not the ears and eyes of the observation, must be the first diagnosis to review the waiting. And inch mouth off the ruler, there are floating and tight string mess; Yu points flow injection, there are high and low shallow depth of the difference; skin and bones, there are thick and thin rigid and soft differences. Only with the heart of the subtle, can be with the words in this carry on. Now to the fine to micro things, seeking to the coarse to shallow thinking, is not it dangerous? If the surplus and benefit, virtual and loss, through and through, plugged and congested, cold and cold, hot and warm, it is a heavy increase in its disease, and look forward to its life, I see its death. Therefore, the medical prescription divination, art of the difficult to fine. Neither divine authorization, how to get its subtleties? There are fools in the world, read the formula for three years, it is said that the world can be cured, and three years to cure the disease, but know that the world is not available. Therefore, the scholars must be extremely medical sources, diligence, not hearsay, that the medical path has been, the deep self-misunderstanding!

Where a great doctor to treat the disease, it must be calm and tranquil, no desire, the first to send a great mercy and compassion, vowing to save the suffering of the spirit. If there is a disease to seek help, shall not ask its rich and poor, long and young Yan Chi, the grievances of relatives and good friends, Chinese and foreign stupidity, Pu with the same and so on, are as close as possible to the idea of family. Also do not look forward and backward, consider themselves lucky, protect the body, see their suffering, if they have, deep heart pathos, do not avoid danger, day and night, cold and heat, hunger and thirst fatigue, a heart to save, no work deeds of the heart, so you can do the great doctor, on the contrary, is a huge thief with the spirit. Since ancient times, Mingxian treatment, more life to help the crisis, although said that cheap animals expensive people, to the love of life, people and animals a also. Loss of their own benefit, the same thing with the patient, not to mention the people? If you kill life to seek life, go to life is farther away, I now this party so do not use life as medicine, good from this also. The gadfly leech genus, the city has the first dead, then the city and used, not in this case. Only a thing like chicken eggs, to its chaos is not yet divided, there must be a large part of the urgent place, had to hold back and use, can not use the person, S is a great philosophy, but also less than also. It is suffering from sores and diarrhea, stink and filth can not be seen, people hate to see, but the shame and misery of compassion, shall not get up a thought of mustard heart, is my will also.

The body of the doctor, want to get a clear God within the vision, look just like a wide wealth of water, not bright and obscure, province disease diagnosis, to the deep heart, detailed observation of the shape of the weather, do not lose the slightest bit, at the judgment of the needle and medicine, there is no discrepancy, although said that the disease should be rescued quickly to be in the matter of the not confused, only to be careful thought, not in the life of the rate of life on top of the rate of the self-exaltation of the handsome fast, inviting the shooting of the reputation, very unkind carry on. And to the sick home, even if Cherry full of eyes, do not look around; Silk bamboo to the ear, no seem to be entertained; Jane Shy repeatedly recommended, eat as tasteless; name of a wine (línglù) and Chen, see if there is nothing. So the person, a person to the corner, the hall is not happy, not to mention the patient's suffering, not away from the Ssu, and the doctor is happy, proud of themselves, this is a man of God's **** shame, to the people of the people do not, the cover of the doctor's original intention.

For the law of medicine, shall not be much laughter, banter and clamor, said right and wrong, discussing the characters, flaunt reputation, slander the doctors, self-praise of their own virtue, the occasional cure of a disease, then head and face, and the appearance of self-approval, said that the world is unparalleled, this doctor's anaemia. Laojun said: people do yang virtue, people from the report; people do yin virtue, ghosts and gods; people do yang evil, people from the report, people do yin evil, ghosts and gods harm. Find this two ways, yin and yang reward Shi, is it not false?

So the doctor shall not rely on their own strengths, focusing on the strategy of wealth, but the heart of the relief of suffering, the road in the underworld, the self-feeling more blessed ear. The first thing I want to say is that I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to do this, but I'm sure that I'm going to be able to do it," he said. I am not sure how much I can say about this, but I think it's a good idea for me to say that it's a good idea for me to say that it's a good idea!

Translation of the Great Physician

Zhang Zhan, a scholar of the Jin Dynasty, said, "The classic medical prescriptions are difficult to master and have been around for a long time." This is because there are diseases that have the same internal cause but different external symptoms, and diseases that have different internal causes but the same external symptoms.

So, the five viscera and six bowels are full or deficiency, blood Yingwei gas is smooth or blocked, it is not based on human ears and eyes can be understood, must first diagnosis pulse to understand it. But the inch off the feet of the three parts of the pulse has floating, sinking, string, tight different; acupuncture points of the circulation of qi and blood infusion, there is a difference between high and low shallow depth. Skin has a thickness, sinews and bones have a strong and weak distinction, only with the heart of the fine people, can talk to him about these truths. If the very fine, very subtle medical reasoning, with the most rough and shallow ideas to explore it, is not very dangerous? If the solid evidence but with the rule of tonic it, the deficiency evidence but with the rule of diarrhea it; qi and blood fluent but still go to dredge it, obviously not smooth but still go to block it; cold evidence but give him a cold medicine, heat evidence but give him a warm medicine. These treatments are aggravating the patient's condition; you hope that he will be cured, but I see that he has become more critical. Therefore, medical prescription and divination are skills that are difficult to master. Since they are not taught by the gods, on what basis can they know that deep and subtle truth? There are some foolish people in the world who, after reading a book of medical prescriptions for three years, boast that there is no disease in the world worth treating; and when they have cured a disease for three years, they realize that there are no ready-made prescriptions in the world that they can use. Therefore, those who study medicine must be extensive and in-depth investigation of medical principles, dedicated and diligent, not hearsay, half-knowledge, and said to have understood the principles of medicine. If that is the case, you will be doing yourself a great disservice!

Whenever a doctor of good moral character and skill treats a patient, he must be stable in his mind, free of desire and wish, and first show compassion and sympathy, and be determined to save the suffering of mankind. If there are sick and suffering to seek medical treatment, regardless of his noble and poor, rich and poor, old and young, beautiful and ugly, is an enemy or close people, is a close relationship or general friends, is a Han Chinese or ethnic minorities, is a stupid person or a smart person, all the same way, all have the same treatment of the closest people as the same idea, and can not look forward to consider their own advantages and disadvantages, and cherish their own life. Seeing the patient's trouble, as if it were his own trouble, he grieves inwardly, and does not avoid danger, day and night, cold and heat, hunger and thirst, or fatigue, but goes to the patient's rescue with all his heart and soul, and does not have the idea of putting off or putting on airs, and only in this way can he be called the people's good doctor. The opposite is a great evil to the people. Since ancient times, most of the famous doctors who have treated the sick have used living creatures to save the critically ill. Although it is said that people consider animals to be lowly and people to be noble, when it comes to the love of life, both people and animals are the same. It is an abomination to all living creatures to do harm to another in order to benefit themselves, not to mention men! To kill the life of an animal in order to preserve the life of a human being is even farther from the moral principle of "life". This is indeed the reason why I do not use living creatures as medicines in these prescriptions! The gadflies and leeches are not examples of medicines that can be bought and used when they are already dead in the market. It is only such a thing as an egg, because it is still in the state before it is formed, and must meet with an emergency, and have no choice but to endure the pain and use it. The person who can not use living things, this is the person who can know beyond the ordinary, also I can not compare. If there is a patient suffering from sores, diarrhea and dysentery, the stench of which is so unpleasant that no one else wants to look at it, the doctor can only show feelings of sympathy, compassion and concern that are sad from the bottom of his heart, and he cannot produce the slightest thought of displeasure, which is my ambition.

The demeanor of a doctor of virtue and art should be able to make the mind pure, know my introspection, the eye does not look aside, look very solemn appearance, magnanimous, upright, not humble. Diagnosis of disease, concentration, detailed understanding of the symptoms of the disease pulse, not the slightest error. Prescription and use of needles, there can be no error. Although it is said that the disease should be treated quickly, but more importantly, the evidence is not confused, and should be thorough and careful, in-depth thinking, can not be in the life-threatening events, rashly show off their outstanding talent, quick action, hunting for fame, this is too unkind! And to the patient's home, even if the eyes are full of gorgeous layouts, do not look right and left, look around, the sound of the qin and the piping filled with ears, can not be distracted by it and some joy, delicious food, take turns to offer, eat as if there is no taste, all kinds of wine and furnishings out, look at it as if you did not see it. So the reason for this is, because as long as there is one person in grief, the whole house will be unhappy, not to mention the patient's pain, which does not leave him for a moment. If the doctor is at ease and happy and entertained without anxiety, and is arrogant and smug, which is an act that men and gods consider shameful, and which the morally upright do not do, these are probably the essential virtues of a doctor.

The rule of being a doctor should be to be careful with one's words, not to joke with others at will, not to be loud and boisterous, to talk about the shortcomings of others, to flaunt one's own reputation, to slander and attack other doctors, and to use this as a means of boasting of one's own merits. When a patient is cured by chance, he tilts his head high and has the appearance of self-approval, thinking that he is the best in the world; all these are irredeemable bad habits of doctors.

Lao Zi said, "If a man is openly virtuous, people will naturally repay him; if a man is secretly virtuous, the ghosts and gods will repay him. A man who does evil to others openly, people will naturally retaliate against him; a man who does evil to others secretly, the ghosts and gods will come to harm him." Is it a lie to explore these two aspects of behavior, that there is a yang reward for yang deeds and a yin reward for yin deeds?

So doctors should not rely on their own expertise to gain wealth, as long as they have the idea of relieving the suffering of others, (accumulating Yin virtues) in the netherworld, they will feel that they are a blessed person. Also, one should not show off one's skills by prescribing precious medicines that are hard to find just because someone is rich and powerful; this is really not in line with the Confucian way of loyalty and forgiveness. I aspire to rescue and help the world, so I have talked about these in a trivial manner. Those who study medicine should not be ashamed of me for speaking vulgarly.