Audiences who have watched "Do You Know" must be very familiar with the relationship history of the heroine Sheng Minglan. Minglan is the sixth daughter of the Sheng family and the youngest daughter of a concubine. She witnessed the death of her biological mother since she was a child and cautiously Living with my grandmother. The old lady of the Sheng family is the legitimate daughter of the Hou family, and the former old lady was also a Tanhualang. Sheng Hong was born as a fifth-rank official. Generally speaking, the background of the Sheng family is not bad. Minglan's first relationship was with the young grandfather of the Duke of Qi. The two studied together since childhood and had a secret love. Although Minglan knew that her family background and status were very different from those of the young grandfather, she still worked hard for a lifetime of happiness. Although they fought hard, the relationship fell apart due to the intervention of Princess Pingning, the County Lord and others.
The second relationship was found by Mrs. Sheng for Minglan. The partner was He Hongwen, the grandson of Mrs. He Jia, a family of imperial doctors. Although the He family was not a prominent family, they had been clean and innocent for generations. The old lady of the He family and the old lady of the Sheng family have a good relationship. They are really a good match. If Minglan's future husband, Gu Tingye, hadn't interfered, Minglan would have married He Hongwen and lived an ordinary life. Although "Do You Know" is just a TV series, if you think about it carefully, you can find many interesting points. . For example, although Minglan is said to be a concubine, she is still the daughter of a fifth-rank official family. However, He Hongwen is just a doctor. Isn't marrying Minglan a high ranking? Why do many people in the play say that the two are a perfect match? Could it be that the status of doctors in the Song Dynasty could catch up with officials? 1. Professional discrimination among early doctors
In modern times, doctors are a very popular profession. The longer they work, the more competitive they have. Moreover, doctors have a relatively high social status. Doctors with high medical skills are very popular. They are so respected that some doctors' homes are almost filled with banners sent by patients' families. But in ancient times, the profession of doctor was at the low end of the food chain for a long time. It was called a lowly profession and was despised by most people in society. Zhang Ji once wrote in an article: "The medical profession is despicable, and its practitioners are often looked down upon with disdain." Even Han Yu pointed out in "Shi Shuo" that doctors are a profession that even gentlemen disdain to be juxtaposed with. It can be seen that scholar-bureaucrats Literati have great prejudice against doctors.
Not only that, even the doctor himself did not get any support when he chose this profession, and could only persist with his own obsession. For example, the famous doctor Zhang Zhongjing of the Eastern Han Dynasty was originally from a wealthy family, and his father Zhang Zhongjing once served as an official and thus received a good education. However, Zhang Zhongjing's family had fallen into decline. His father originally wanted him to study poetry and books and then strive for an official position. However, Zhang Zhongjing was only interested in medical books. His biggest wish was to become a good doctor who could save lives and heal the wounded. . Zhang Zhongjing's choice was not understood by the society at that time, and the wealthy families thought his choice was unbelievable, because Zhang Zhongjing was born in the upper class, but he wanted to be a doctor with a low status, which was a curiosity in the world. 2. Changes in the status of doctors in the Song Dynasty
The background of the story of "Knowledge" takes place in the Song Dynasty, and the person who proposed marriage to Minglan was He Hongwen, who had great medical skills but no fame. , indicating that the relationship between literati and doctors in the Song Dynasty was not as tense and rigid as before. As mentioned above, early literati and aristocratic families were extremely disgusted and despised doctors, but by the Song Dynasty, literati were respectful to doctors. Fan Zhongyan once said a wise saying: "If you are not a good minister, you should be a good doctor." In the eyes of people all over the world, becoming an official in the court is a man's lifelong pursuit, but being a doctor may not be a bad thing.
Doctors can not only help people all over the world and save lives and injuries, but they are also proficient in health preservation and extend their own life. It is a good profession for both themselves and others. Moreover, in Fan Zhongyan’s view, being a doctor is Second only to being a good career path, this can be said to be a very high evaluation of the profession of doctor. Among the literati of the Northern Song Dynasty, Su Dongpo was considered to have a relatively high presence. He was not only accomplished in articles and poems, but also studied medicine. When Su Dongpo was the prefect of Hangzhou, it happened to be a year of famine and epidemic. He used his own With his salary, he founded "Anlefang" and helped countless poor patients. It can be seen that the literati in the Song Dynasty not only changed their attitude towards doctors, but also had a heart to save lives and heal the wounded like doctors.
Why did the status of doctors in the Song Dynasty undergo such a big change? This is closely related to the support of the government. The history of the Northern Song Dynasty was only more than 160 years, but the imperial court organized ten activities to "observe the engraving of medical books".
The imperial court sent people to sort out medical prescriptions from past dynasties, and even set up a "Correction Medical Bookstore" to sort out medical classics with more research value. In addition, even the emperor knew something about medicine. It is said that Song Taizu's younger brother Zhao Guangyi fell ill once. Song Taizu went to visit him and burned moxa sticks to treat his brother's illness. In fact, Zhao Guangyi was more proficient in medical skills than his brother. He especially liked collecting prescriptions. After he succeeded to the throne, Zhao Guangyi sent someone to compile the prescriptions into "Taiping Shenghui Prescription".
Song Zhenzong Zhao Heng was also very keen on treating people, and often used ministers as test subjects. Prime Minister Wang Dan was not in good health, and Song Zhenzong gave him a bottle of medicinal wine. Unexpectedly, Wang Dan drank a few sips I felt much more comfortable all over. Song Zhenzong later explained that this wine had the effect of dispelling cold and transforming turbidity. Drinking a glass before going to court can effectively resist the cold. Because the emperor attached great importance to promoting medicine, society's views on doctors and medicine also changed. Learning medical skills and reading medical books became a social trend at that time. Most well-known literati had annotated, collected and even compiled many Medical books, thus Confucian medicine was born. "Confucian medicine" refers to doctors who have not undergone systematic study, but have gradually mastered medical skills in the process of practicing Confucianism, and have basic medical knowledge and basic Confucian cultivation.
The imperial examination road is not easy to follow. Confucian students who can pass the imperial examination and become officials are simply rare. Therefore, when these Confucian students' official career is not smooth, they will choose the path of medicine. For example, Xu Shuwei took part in many scientific examinations, but failed many times. Finally, he turned to medicine and specialized in typhoid fever. When the plague broke out, he personally went to the clinic for treatment and saved countless people. In addition, there are also many people in high positions who are still willing to study medicine, such as Guo Si, a Jinshi during the Shenzong period of the Song Dynasty. While serving as an official in Huazhou, he popularized medical knowledge among the people and collected and wrote a large number of useful articles. prescription. The male protagonist Song Ci of "The Criminal Officer of the Song Dynasty" was also a Jinshi. He personally wrote the world's first forensic monograph, which even spread abroad, which is a milestone in forensic medicine.
In short, the Song Dynasty was a critical period for the development of doctors’ status. At that time, both the rulers and the society had changed their views and attitudes towards doctors, and the intellectuals of the upper class also had direct and frequent contacts with doctors. It is not difficult to understand why the five-level Sheng in "Knowledge" The family is willing to marry their daughter to a medical saint.