Introduction: To practice medicine is to put ethics first, to provide services based on sincerity, to be a person based on character, and to be an official based on integrity. Please read the original text of the following "Famous Aphorisms on Medical Ethics of Ancient Chinese Medicine"!
Famous aphorisms on medical ethics
1. Be conscientious, practice medicine with integrity, be clean and honest, be a sincere person, and strive to be a good doctor with high ethics and medical excellence.
2. Medicine can be done, but it cannot be done. One must be talented and quick, read thousands of books, and then be able to save the world. Otherwise, there are very few people who do not kill people, and they use poisonous bait as the blade. After my death, my descendants will be careful not to talk lightly about medical treatment! ——[Tang] Sun Simiao
3. As long as a doctor is alive, he cannot forget the sick and wounded. ——Ke Dihua
4. I want to be like a silkworm, spinning out the last silk to contribute to the country and the people! ——Lin Qiaozhi
5. Although the scalper is old, he still has some energy left, his hair is stained with frost, and his ambition becomes more urgent. ——Zhang Xiangtong
6. The body is like a boat against the current, and the heart is as strong as iron and stone. I hope that my father will fulfill my son's ambition, and I will not be afraid of difficulties until death. ——[Ming Dynasty] Li Shizhen
7. The ancients said that practicing medicine is "like facing an abyss or walking on thin ice." Patients entrust their most precious lives to the hospital. If medical staff are careless at work, they may cause disability or even endanger their lives. Therefore, medical work cannot be careless or rash. ——Zhang Xiaoqian
8. Don’t be arrogant in good times, don’t be humble in adversity, be an upright and upright person, don’t be mediocre in ordinary times, don’t practice incorruptible and honest medicine.
9. A doctor must have the ears of a musician and the mouth of a dramatist. When the patient is in pain, he can use accurate hearing to identify the condition, use bright language to eliminate doubts, comfort the patient, and alleviate the patient's pain. ——Rosente
10. Put ethics first in practicing medicine, put honesty first in service, put character first in being a person, and put integrity first in being an official.
11. If you are greedy for people’s money and harm people’s lives, it will be useless if you have no virtue or skills and let you burn incense; if you are loyal to your responsibilities, diligent in your duties, honest and upright, it does not matter if you don’t worship the Buddha.
12. Use every penny of the patient’s money rationally and help him recover as soon as possible.
13. Saving one life is better than building a seven-level pagoda; receiving red envelopes will mean all your prayers are in vain.
14. Many major breakthroughs in science are the result of the accumulation of small achievements. Now I am just doing some basic theoretical research on biological inheritance, paving the way for my contemporaries and future generations, just like a handful of sand or a pebble, allowing other scientists to step on me and continue to move forward. Even if I fail, it would be beneficial for others to learn from my lessons and avoid this path. ——Tong Dizhou
15. Behind every angel in white, there is a road paved with medical ethics and style.
16. In clinical practice, one must visit the hospital bed in person and grasp first-hand information in order to make correct judgments. ——Zhou Huakang
17. Your life is for others to live a better life. ——Lin Qiaozhi
18. If there is no good doctor in the world, half of the dead will be wasted. This statement is true. ——[Tang Dynasty] Sun Simiao
19. Three selves of integrity and self-discipline: start with me, supervise me, and follow my example.
20. If you shake your ideals and beliefs, you will inevitably lose your way; if you pursue arrogance, luxury and glitz, you will eventually lose your reputation.
21. I always warn myself: The first thing I think about is, if I am a patient and have my own pain, what do I want the doctor to do? The second thing I think about is, if the patient is my parents, brothers, sisters, and children, what will they do? I am sick and in pain, what will I do? Therefore, if anything is beneficial to rescuing patients, you will resolutely do it, even if it involves taking great risks; if anything is beneficial to yourself but detrimental to the patient, you will resolutely not do it. ——Zhou Lirong
22. The way of medicine, also known as the way of immortality in ancient times, was originally a living person. Most doctors in this world do not know this meaning. They always pay attention to the rich and ignore it to the poor. This is the perseverance of the doctor, which is not a benevolent skill.
To sum up, doctors are responsible for life and death, and their responsibilities are not light. How can I be rich and poor because I am rich? ——[Ming Dynasty] Gong Tingxian
23. The most noble state of the angel in white: medical ethics, spring is always in the heart, medical style, flowers bloom everywhere in the world.
24. Those who are not self-respecting will be humiliated, those who are not self-disciplined will be in trouble, those who are not complacent will benefit, and those who are not self-sufficient will be knowledgeable.
25. To be a doctor or nurse, you should have a mother’s heart. Doctors and nurses should be the embodiment of love. ——Fu Peibin
26. There are fools in the world. After reading prescriptions for three years, they will say that there is no disease in the world that can be cured; after treating diseases for three years, they will know that there is no prescription in the world. Therefore, scholars must be knowledgeable about medical sources and be diligent and tireless. They must not just listen to hearsay and say that the medical knowledge is enough. This is a mistake! ——[Tang Dynasty] Sun Simiao
27. Doctor, heal yourself first! ——"The Bible·The Gospel of Luke"
28. It is more difficult for famous doctors to treat diseases than for ordinary doctors. Knowing how difficult it is, doctors should be cautious about it. ——[Qing Dynasty] Xu Dachun
29. The doctor’s ignorance will bring disaster to the patient. For a doctor to be helpless in the face of a disease is dereliction of duty and shame. It is also the greatest pain for a doctor. ——Zhou Lirong
30. Whether the salary is small or the salary is high, it is the blood and sweat of the people. The humble and the high are angels on earth.
31. Failure to do what you should do is a shame for medicine; being greedy for extraneous wealth is a danger for medicine.
32. Learn to enlighten your mind, learn to purify your thoughts, learn to cultivate your sentiments, and learn to sublimate your realm.
33. Being well-groomed, affable, proactive and thoughtful is not only a matter of general service attitude, but also a need for clinical work. Because good medical ethics is a necessary condition for winning the trust and cooperation of patients. ——Zhang Xiaoqian
34. Medicine requires precision. Failure to do so will cause serious harm to people. ——[Ming] Xu Chunfu
35. A good doctor must be the most knowledgeable, humble, objective and calm. ——Zhou Enlai
36. Practicing medicine with integrity will bring success to future generations, but being greedy for money and making a mistake will bring shame to this life.
37. Those who do not understand the past and present in their knowledge, do not understand heaven and man, are not talented enough to be close to immortals, and whose heart is not close to Buddha, would rather plow fields and weave cloth for food and clothing than mistreat the world by practicing medicine.
38. I like people to call me Dr. Fu. This makes me feel particularly responsible for people’s health. ——Fu Lianzhang
39. The gold cup and silver cup are not as good as the reputation of the people, and the gold and silver awards are not as good as the praise of the people.
40. Leaves rot when they leave the branches. Practicing medicine without observing medical ethics is the beginning of degeneration.
41. Doctors should devote themselves to the cause of safeguarding people’s health. —— Bethune
42. As a doctor, you must put aside the ambition to seek fame and gain, and be dedicated to providing rescue. ——[Song] Zhang Gao
43. I am very tired, but I think I haven’t been so happy for a long time. I'm satisfied. I'm doing what I have to do, I have important work that takes up every minute of my time. I'm needed here. —— Bethune
44. There are two kinds of good doctors: one is able to cure the patient himself; the other is knowing that he cannot cure the patient and recommends the patient to other doctors.
45. Money and fame are as light as water, medical ethics is greater than heaven; personal interests are put aside, and the patient's condition is at heart.
46. A horse can travel a thousand miles without stumbling, just because he is careful every step of the way; if he makes few mistakes in his life, the alarm bell will always sound.
47. Reduce the financial burden of patients, so that patients can afford and receive good medical treatment.
48. A doctor must not be trusted if he is not a compassionate person; if he is not smart and reasonable, he cannot be trusted; if he is not honest and honest, he cannot be trusted. Therefore, when using medicine in ancient and modern times, one must choose the name after the last name. His virtue is benevolence, forgiveness and fraternity, and his wisdom is clear about misunderstandings. ...Through the subtlety to the deepest, without losing the smallness, this is called a good doctor. ——[Jin] Yang Quan
49. Although I have been practicing medicine for more than 60 years, I still dare not forget the four words "be cautious and fearful".
Patients have given their lives to us, how can we not feel fear? How can we not treat it with an attitude of guarding against arrogance, impetuosity, humility and prudence? - Zhang Xiaoqian
50. I think that as long as the anti-fascist struggle is victorious and the Chinese people are liberated, the Indian people will be happy even if I die. Because I have dedicated everything I have to the most magnificent cause of the anti-fascist struggle in the East! —— Kotnis
51. A doctor does not work for his own reputation. His value is far more sacred and precious than the various reputations. It drives away plagues and replaces pain with joy. ——Zhang Haidi
52. A doctor lives for his patients. If a doctor does not work for the sick and wounded, what is the meaning of his life? —— Bethune
53. Breeze on both sleeves, hanging pot to help the world, approachable, healing people and hearts, benevolent heart and benevolent skills.
54. The working objects of nurses are not cold stones, wood and pieces of paper, but human beings with blood and life. Nursing is the most delicate of the fine arts, and one of the reasons is that a nurse must have a compassionate heart and hands willing to work. ——[English] Florence Nightingale
55. Doctors have the skill to befriend people. If there is no skill in medicine, it is not enough to befriend people. ——"Preface to the Record of Rejuvenation"
56. A battlefield surgeon should also be a good carpenter, blacksmith, sewing and barber. ——Bethune
57. It is the sacred duty of medical workers to save lives, relieve patients’ pain, and maintain their health. In addition to having excellent professional skills, medical workers must also have a heart to serve the people wholeheartedly. This is a basic and necessary condition. ——Zhang Xiaoqian
58. Never fall into pride. Because when you are proud, you will be stubborn in situations where you should agree; because when you are proud, you will reject other people's advice and the help of friendship; because when you are proud, you will lose the objective criterion. ——Pavlov
59. Medicine is a science and cannot be false. Medical staff should not pretend to understand, let alone correct their mistakes. They should keep in mind their moral responsibility for the health of patients at all times. ——Zhang Xiaoqian
60. I have no property, all I have is health, courage and my work. ——[France] Pasteur