Doctors in the late Ming Dynasty

Zhang Jiebin didn’t know that yesterday afternoon Xu Chunfu selected the freshmen who would take Materia Medica.

Nowadays, among the eleven departments of Taiyuan Hospital, there is no Materia Medica department, but Taiyuan Hospital has an imperial doctor who is responsible for the library of herbal medicines, and Xu Chunfu is one of them.,

The Herbal Medicine Storehouse is located behind the Yaowang Temple and is the easternmost building. There is no back door opening to the east, but it is generally closed and will only be opened when a large amount of medicinal materials are coming in and out. At that time, there will be an officer from the Ministry of Etiquette to supervise the process.<

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At this time, Xu Chunfu continued: "This is a book I got, "Sanshuo Materia Medica" written by Anonymous, which is included in the "Encyclopedia of Ancient and Modern Medical Traditions" compiled by me."

"Master Xu, I have a question." Wang Dingxin raised his hand and said.

Xu Chunfu signaled: "Please speak."

"Master once gave me a copy of "Ancient and Modern Medical Traditions", which was written by Master Xu. However, this book was not included in the book. I would like to ask Master Xu to explain why." Wang Dingxin pondered for a moment and said what was in his mind.

Doubts.

Xu Chunfu glanced at the crowd and saw that several of them had the same expression. He said, "Then answer me a question first. When will my "Encyclopedia of Ancient and Modern Medical Traditions" be completed, when will it be published, and how many volumes will it have in total?"

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Wang Dingxin said uncertainly: "The manuscript was completed about twenty years ago, and it was probably published at that time. Well, as for how many volumes there are, is it about twenty?"

Xu Chunfu just smiled, looked at the others, and encouraged: "Everyone can speak freely."

"Master Xu, I think what he said is wrong. It should have been published fifteen years ago, at least fifty volumes." Yao Hong raised his hand to speak, denying Wang Dingxin's statement.

Wan Chunzhong also said at this time: "I think what they said is wrong. The "Ancient and Modern Medical Traditions" obviously contains "Sanshuo Materia Medica", and according to the "Ancient and Modern Medical Traditions Volume 96", there are excerpts from Zhou Dingwang's "

"Compendium of Materia Medica for Saving Famines" was compiled as "Compendium of Materia Medica for Fighting Famines", and was signed in Jiajing Jiazi (1564), that is, it was completed and published thirteen years ago, with a total of one hundred volumes."

As soon as this statement came out, everyone was stunned and opened the book one after another. If everyone was still answering with the book closed just now, Wang Chunzhong's move of turning the book brought everyone into the open book.

Wang Dingxin turned it over first. The answers he originally gave based on memory were almost the same, and he was just verifying them now.

"According to the "Automatic Preface to the Complete Collection of Ancient and Modern Medical Traditions", the inscription date is Jiajing Bingchen (1556), which is correct twenty-one years ago."

Wang Dingxin's answer was not convincing, and everyone quarreled fiercely. Zhang Jiebin pushed the door open, and no one noticed. With Xu Chunfu's nod, Zhang Jiebin stood quietly aside, watching them quote scriptures.

"Otherwise, according to the pathogenesis of the "Encyclopedia of Ancient and Modern Medical Traditions, Volume 58, Low Back Pain", it is clearly stated that this book was collected after Xinyou (1561). It can be seen that the time is sixteen years ago, a total of fifty

Eight volumes, it is certain." Yao Hong also argued based on the book in his hand.

Everyone fought together, but all the arguments did not go beyond what the three of them said. For a while, the crowd divided into three waves, supporting the three of them respectively.

Zhang Jiebin was confused. Why did the same book give different answers? He was also very familiar with "Encyclopedia of Ancient and Modern Medical Traditions". His father brought it back when he was four years old. He stayed with his father for ten years.

I have read it countless times. It is clearly a hundred volumes!

With such doubts, Zhang Jiebin first walked towards Wan Chunzhong, took the book in his hand and looked at it. It was the same version as his father's, with a Tang preface and a Wang preface.

He walked towards Yao Hong again, took the book and took a look at it. He frowned and said hesitantly: "This book, this book is in the wrong edition, isn't it? Well, it is indeed the Xinyou edition, and it is indeed the fifty-eight volumes, is it possible?"

With this kind of doubt, Zhang Jiebin walked towards Wang Dingxin again, took the book and looked at it carefully, and shouted: "My dear, it's another edition, um, it is indeed the Bingchen edition, twenty volumes."

Everyone was confused: "What do you mean?"

Xu Chunfu burst out laughing when he saw someone understood.

The laughter made everyone even more confused, and they all asked Zhang Jiebin.

Xu Chunfu smiled and said: "Introduction, please tell everyone about your discovery."

Zhang Jiebin cleared his throat and said energetically: "Didn't you realize that the books in your hands are not the same edition? There are Bingchen edition, Xinyou edition, and Jiaziban edition. Then what else do you have to argue about? It's just a chicken-and-duck talk.

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Not all of the people present were freshmen, there were also doctors who had failed the three-year assessment and would have switched to materia medica, so there were nearly twenty of them together.

Most of them had the "Encyclopedia of Ancient and Modern Medical Traditions" in their hands, especially the old students, who all had a copy. When they learned that the lecturer was Xu Chunfu, they all borrowed the book in advance.

When everyone compared the books, they found that they were really diverse, some were officially published, some were hand-written copies, and there were as many as four published editions.

Seeing that everyone had woken up, Zhang Jiebin continued: "From this, I thought that Master Xu started publishing the first twenty volumes in the Bingchen year (1556), and finally completed the "Ancient and Modern Tongquan" in the Jiazi year (1564).

, a total of one hundred volumes."

In fact, Zhang Jiebin didn’t need to say anything, everyone also reacted. At this time, they all looked at Xu Chunfu, wanting to know the purpose of his question.

Xu Chunfu said: "I just want to tell you that whether you are studying or practicing medicine, you can't do without books, and you can't trust all books. Different versions and plagiarism errors may lead to the consequences of being wrong by a few millimeters."
"For all the scholars in the world, some of the books in their hands are purchased from bookstores, and most of them are copied by hand. Mistakes are inevitable. Especially for us medical students, a small mistake can affect several generations, or even thousands of years."
"This is not alarmist. Some of you are children of aristocratic families. Their experience has been passed down from their families. You should know this. Even if you are self-taught, you may be the founder of a family of medicine. What's more, you may even start a sect.

.And your experience will be used as a model by future generations."

When everyone heard this, they were shocked. They never thought that they would be so important. Their words and deeds could really be regarded as examples by future generations.

Zhang Jiebin was even more touched. During yesterday's sacrifice, he secretly swore to the Zhu Danxi Shrine that he would one day become a master of a sect and receive the incense of thousands of doctors.

Today I heard Xu Chunfu solemnly say that each of them will be the founder of a family of medicine, and more likely to establish a sect. And their experience will be regarded as a guide by future generations.

This makes Zhang Jiebin a little heavy. Although he is a little smart, he cannot guarantee that he will not make any mistakes. His experience and his mistakes will be regarded as a model for future generations.

Thinking of this, Zhang Jiebin blurted out: "This is too terrible. I'd better not start a sect."

Everyone was so excited by Xu Chunfu's words that they wished they could hang their heads or prick their buttocks, study hard and become a role model for future generations.

But this time, Zhang Jiebin defeated him, which made everyone feel extremely uncomfortable.

Xu Chunfu roared angrily: "Zhang Jiebin, if you don't go to participate in the sub-subject, what are you doing here?"