From: Biography of Sun Simiao, an old Tang book.

Excerpt from the original:

A good doctor uses medical stone as a guide to save him by injection. Sages and even morality, supplemented by personnel. Therefore, there are diseases that can be cured in the body and disasters that can be eliminated in the world. "He also said," bold desire is great, but inner desire is small, rational desire is round, but he wants to do things. "

Translation:

For human diseases, clever doctors use drugs to dredge and acupuncture to treat them. For natural disasters, monarchs and officials use the noblest morality to straighten out God's will and people's hearts and try their best to solve specific problems, then some human diseases can be cured and some natural disasters can be eliminated. He added: "We should treat diseases boldly, think carefully and act resolutely.

Extended data:

The Book of Old Tang Dynasty is rich in historical materials and detailed in records, and its value lies in facilitating readers to understand the process and specific situation of historical events. For example, the record of the political reform measures of the group during the reign of Wang is more specific.

Although the Chronicle after Tang Muzong Chronicle is complex in content, it also records many precious historical materials, such as Chronicle of Zong Yi and Chronicle of Xuanzong, which have detailed records of Chongxun Uprising and Huang Chao Uprising. Chronicle of Zhao Zonghe and Eddie recorded in detail the vassal regime and eunuch's authoritarian power in the late Tang Dynasty.

Due to the detailed chronology of Old Tang Shu, Sima Guang wrote the Ji Tang part of Zi Tong Zhi Jian, and generally adopted Old Tang Shu. Old Tang books also preserved many precious items. For example, Biography of Lv Cai and Biography of Lu Zang-fei published two important articles against superstition respectively; Jia Dan Biography published a geographical catalogue compiled by him.

These are important documents in the history of China's thoughts and geography. The Book of the Old Tang Dynasty records the situation of ethnic minorities and foreign countries in the Tang Dynasty, transcending the previous history and preserving the historical materials of ethnic policies and foreign relations in the Tang Dynasty.