Chapter 55 Mysterious Donglin Academy

As you all know, in the 32nd year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1604), a Donglin School was formed in Donglin in Wuxi.In that year, Gu Xiancheng, Gao Panlong and others who were expelled from the imperial court by the Eunuch Party restored an old Song Dynasty academy here, and invited scholars from Jiangnan to give lectures (it is estimated that if it is broadcast on TV, it will be the same as today's CCTV's "Hundreds of Times") Somewhat similar to Home Lectures), and since then a movement to discuss learning and moral culture has arisen.Some righteous students from the south of the Yangtze River gathered in Donglin Academy, where they discussed politics and criticized the government (this is a dangerous signal), hoping that the government can expel evil spirits and speak out.

In the process of practicing medicine, Miao Xiyong met many members of the Donglin Party. Since he also had a patriotic enthusiasm, he quickly became friends with them. Nowadays, there are many scholars who are cold-mouthed and able to satirize the ancients. In their mouths, all the behaviors of ancient doctors who moved closer to the academic center at that time were regarded as arty, and the contacts between Miao Xiyong and the Donglin Party members were also regarded as ambiguous. It is said that it is for the sake of reputation, here I want to clarify. First, Miao Xiyong's patriotic enthusiasm is very consistent with the thoughts of the Donglin Party members. Everyone became buddies as soon as they chatted. They all believed that they should do something for the country. In terms of status, it is far less beneficial to associate with Donglin Party members than to associate with Wei Zhongxian. (At that time, there were many such scholars who went directly to Wei Zhongxian)

Second, there is nothing wrong with communicating with academic elites. Don’t be jealous of this. In fact, when interacting with academic elites in other disciplines, you can often broaden your thinking. I have been thinking for a long time in this field. If you understand something, experts in other fields can really give you a new idea. For example, the friends you associate with are all academicians in various fields, so the benefits you get are absolutely self-evident. It is only natural that Mu Xiyong enjoys associating with some of the best scholars in the world. Third, if it is arty, then there is no need to risk your life to rescue the Donglin people when the Donglin Party is being purged by the Eunuch Party, because the politics of the Ming Dynasty at that time was called darkness, and Wei Zhongxian's attitude towards the Donglin Party To be exterminated, there is no big difference between being a Donglin party member in the later period and being an underground party in the white area during the Kuomintang period. You said that if it is for the sake of reputation, is it worth joking with your own life?

Fourth, many scholars believe that the status of doctors was very low in the past, and that they can improve their status by associating with scholars. This is too misunderstanding. After the Song Dynasty, the status of doctors continued to improve. At that time, the status of doctors was really good. Some people in the field of medical history did not understand this matter, and they always used the words of individual people who belittled doctors. Respect, that's good enough, what else can I do?Didn't you see that many scholars in the Donglin Party were also keen to learn medical skills from Miao Xiyong, and later some of them simply became Miao Xiyong's disciples, and some people compiled medical books for Miao Xiyong. If you are flattering the students of Donglin, then you can't explain this kind of thing.

Well, let's not discuss these things, let's read the story of the relationship between Miao Xiyong and the Donglin party members. One more thing, in fact, the communication between Miao Xiyong and the Donglin students is entirely due to their passion and ambition to do things for the people.For example, Ding Yuanjian, whom Miao Xiyong first met. If we want to talk about this Ding Yuanjian, then we have to give a good introduction. This Ding Yuanjian, whose name is Changru, is from Changxing.His father was a Jiangxi minister and a man who knew medicine, which had a certain influence on Ding Yuanjian.Ding Yuan recommended Jinshi in the 14th year of Wanli.But this Ding Yuanjian definitely has the same temper as Miao Xiyong. He hates evil and hates evil. I think he is even hotter than Miao Xiyong. He dared to keep his mouth shut like a cicada, but he continued to write and expose without any scruples. Let's put it this way, I think he basically never stopped. In those years, how could you be an official like this?As a result, he was demoted twice in three days. In the end, someone calculated for him, saying that he "has been a naturalist for forty years, and he has served in an official position for less than one year." I have been an official for less than a year, and there is really nothing to say when I am a civil servant.

With this character, our Comrade Ding Yuanjian was fortunate to become the cannon of the Donglin Party in the eyes of Wei Zhongxian's eunuch, and he must get rid of it quickly, so even his official status was cut later. But in the face of defeat in the officialdom, our Comrade Ding didn't care at all. In the year when Miao Xiyong ended his tour (1587), Ding Yuanjian met Miao Xiyong. Ding Yuanjian is not a simple person either, he is very good at observation, he saw, hey, this old man Miao Xiyong is amazing, I saw that this old man is dressed in a heroic attire, and he usually does not carry a medicine pouch (wearing a medical bag) Medicine sachets are for selling medicines), and when people see a doctor, they write prescriptions directly, and the curative effect is very good (the prescriptions are hand-written, and they are strange), and the prescriptions written are different from other doctors. These vulgar doctors can’t understand other people’s prescriptions Fang Zi often slandered Miao Xiyong, but when he encountered a difficult and serious illness, he was at a loss, so he came to ask Miao Xiyong for diagnosis and treatment.

Looking at this Miao Xiyong who treats people, he is often the kind of person who is about to die, and he can still cure them (often recovering the dead). Moreover, after he is cured, he rolls up his sleeves and feels extremely happy. Don't need the patient's thanks (do not ask for thanks), how bold and unrestrained!Moreover, when people see a doctor, it doesn't matter whether you are an official in the court or a beggar, he treats you equally, diagnoses and treats seriously, and never says to see people order dishes. A person will only make such a move if he has reached a certain spiritual level!

After Ding Yuanjian saw it, we were very envious, thinking, this is much better than being an official in the imperial court to serve Wei Zhongxian's grandsons, so we started to get in touch with Miao Xiyong, and it turned out that the two chatted, it was really interesting Yuanyuan, it turns out that Comrade Ding Yuanjian is also a disciple of Teacher Xu Fuyuan, and he also learned Wang Yangming's mind learning, hey!The relationship is still a relationship between seniors and brothers. Since then, the two have become good friends. A few years later, Miao Xiyong moved to live in Changxing where Ding Yuanjian was.

In this way, Ding Yuanjian could better learn medical skills from Miao Xiyong. Later, he sorted out some of Miao Xiyong's medical experience and wrote it into a book called "Xian Xingzhai Notes". Xing Zhai first" is the name of Ding Yuanjian's study. Many people thought it belonged to Miao Xiyong, but it wasn't.Later, this book was sorted out by other disciples of Miao Xiyong, and a lot of content was added. It was republished and became the "Xian Xingzhai Medicine Broad Notes" we see now. It can be seen that this Ding Yuanjian has made great contributions to the spread of Miao Xiyong's medicine.