Zhang Zhongjing, following the example of Bian Que, a famous doctor in the Warring States Period, advocated inheriting and carrying forward the fine tradition of ancient physicians in advocating medical excellence. In Preface to Treatise on Febrile Diseases, he said: "Every time I look at Yue people, I can't help sighing at their talents." "Yue people" refers to Qin Yueren and Bian Que. He formulated six incorrigible codes of conduct for doctors, such as "arrogance and disregard for reason" and "trusting witches but not doctors", and put forward that "people suffer from many diseases." The technical requirements of "doctors are less ill".
In a society in which the world is in a coma, Zhang Zhongjing "feels that he has recovered his loss and saved his injury" and preaches the idea that benevolent people help the world. He treats patients equally, that is, "treat the diseases of relatives and save the poor." As can be seen from the legend, he treats the emperor, the powerful and the poor with frozen ears. He is especially sympathetic to people's livelihood, and does not prescribe expensive drugs, but tries to use ordinary, local and cheap drugs.
His attitude towards seeing a doctor is serious and meticulous, striving to ensure the quality of medical care and opposing the hasty attitude of "taking care of both soup and doctor".
The second is the medical ethics of being indifferent to fame and fortune, being honest and honest, and obeying the law.
Zhang Zhongjing criticized those snobs who "strive for fame and gain, pursue fame and gain, and only follow fame and gain". In his eyes, "there is no difference between doctors and patients", and the country is as important as the living.
When Zhang Zhongjing talked about the cause of disease in Synopsis of the Golden Chamber, he once regarded "being cautious", that is, carefully maintaining the body and "not committing the king" as one of the important means of disease prevention and fitness. This is a requirement for patients and doctors, and medical workers should take the lead in obeying the law. In today's market economy, medical and health workers are easily involved in economic crimes or commit sexual crimes when treating patients of the opposite sex. The warning that "not offending is king" deserves to be remembered by doctors and patients.
Third, it is a diligent attitude, which gathers the strengths of others and is not ashamed to ask questions.
Traditional Chinese medicine pays attention to inheritance. Zhang Zhongjing diligently sought the ancient method, learned from others, and made rapid progress in his career. In his early years, he studied medicine with his hometown famous doctor Zhang Bozu. Bozu asked him to read all dozens of medical books within two years. In order to concentrate on his studies, Zhang Zhongjing closed the door to thank guests, shut himself in the room, and let people block the doors and windows, leaving only a small hole to deliver food and water. In this way, he finished reading medical classics such as Difficult Classics, Huangdi Neijing, and Pregnant Medical Records, and recited thousands of Tang Tou songs.
When Zhang Zhongjing was famous in internal medicine, he heard that there was a famous Wang Xing surgeon in Xiangyang who had a unique skill in treating sores and carbuncles. He was called "Wang Shenxian", so he packed his bags and traveled hundreds of miles to learn from his teacher. Respectful attitude and sincere words made all the doubts of "Wang Shenxian" disappear and fell in love with the professor.
Zhang Zhongjing once tasted poisonous weeds to find out the toxicity of Lysimachia christinae, and almost died. Zhang Zhongjing studied hard and attacked the school. Later, the doctor praised him: "Zhongjing's technology is better than Bozu's. Although ghosts and gods cannot know, he is really a great doctor. "
Fourth, it is a medical study style of modesty, prudence, simplicity, diligence and pragmatism.
Zhang Zhongjing is modest and prudent, and advocates lifelong learning. In the preface, he said: "Confucius said: those who are born with knowledge must learn, and those who know must learn." I am a master of magic, please speak English. " Zhang Zhongjing quoted Confucius as saying that he was not a genius and could only acquire knowledge by studying hard. In particular, he showed that he loved medicine since he was a teenager. Please allow him to do what Confucius said in a down-to-earth way, because there is no end to medicine, and he must persist in learning all his life and live to learn.
Zhang Zhongjing also established an unpretentious, diligent and practical style of study for future generations. Treatise on Febrile Diseases has a concise style and no empty rhetoric, which has a great influence on later Chinese medicine works. He encountered the slightest doubt in his diagnosis and study, that is, "taking the exam", and he never let go. He must find out what happened.
Zhang Zhongjing is a simple materialist and atheist physician. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, he dared to stand up against superstitions such as divination and witchcraft encouraged and advocated by the rulers at that time. He inherited Wang Chong's atheistic view that "people die, blood is exhausted, and essence is exhausted;" Death leads to physical decline, and decline leads to dust ",and puts forward the atheistic thought that" death leads to the extinction of gods, success leads to foreign bodies, and potential leads to springs ". He opposed superstition to explain the disease.
From the point of view of simple materialism, Zhang Zhongjing's medical theory has made great contributions to the development of ancient medicine in China and people's health, and also has great influence on Southeast Asian countries. Later generations studied his medical theory and admired his medical skills and ethics, calling him a "medical sage". A "medical shrine" was built for him in Nanyang, Henan. After liberation, the "medical shrine" was renovated and the "Zhang Zhongjing Memorial Hall" was built to commemorate this medical scientist who laid the foundation of TCM therapeutics in China.