In the ninth year of Wanli, a folk doctor came to my hometown Jingzhou to treat Zhang, who was tossing and turning. After a period of treatment, some results have been achieved. The doctor suggested that the disease should not be too tired and the patient should rest for at least half a month to twenty days. Zhang had no choice but to ask the emperor for leave: he would be suspended for 20 days to a month and go to the palace to "speak to the Senate"; As for the official reply of the cabinet, it is allowed to be handled privately.
By this time, Zhang was terminally ill: he was "bleeding profusely". For several days, his spleen and stomach were weak, he didn't think about eating, his limbs were weak, and he couldn't move ... "According to a later research by a literature and history expert who knew modern medicine, his illness was not the general" hemorrhoids "described by doctors at that time, but the obvious symptoms of rectal cancer. Until then, he was still lying on the sofa issuing official documents. What really supports him here is the dedication of Zhuge Liang, a saint, to "do his best until he dies".