Chapter 82 bereavement

Fu Qingzhu won the lawsuit, and after returning to Shanxi, he began to immerse himself in academic research. From this time on, Fu Qingzhu began to lose interest in the so-called Juziye, because he saw the corruption in the officialdom in Beijing, and he felt that he would not be happy in such a messy environment. From then on, he began to focus on Focused on studies such as historiography and religion. The earliest calligraphy work of Fu Qingzhu that we can see now is from this period, and it is "Shanglan Wulong Temple Field Records" written in 1641. Now I am looking at the rubbings of this calligraphy work. Let me report my feelings to everyone: it is written in cursive style, giving people the impression that the brushstrokes are round and smooth, graceful and luxurious, and calm and unhurried. Similarities, the elegance of its brushwork, and Wang Xizhi's calligraphy works also have similarities.It can be seen that the formal calligraphy training in the early stage has laid a solid foundation for Fu Qingzhu's calligraphy. However, since he has not experienced the real stormy waves in his life at this moment, calligraphy has not yet reached the real highest level, at least, not yet. It's shocking, and the spirit is lifted up.

In addition, when did Fu Qingzhu start studying medicine?This is an unsolved mystery. Some documents say that he is a family medicine: "there are forbidden prescriptions in the family, which are used to live by oneself". This statement is not accurate, or it may be that there are some medical books at home, but he did not study , because when he was a teenager, his father suffered from an exogenous disease, even to the point of critical illness. According to the literature, the specific symptoms were: "hiccups, looking directly at the bed, touching the bed with clothes, yellowing and scarring", if Fu Qingzhu had passed through For medical training, the method in "Treatise on Febrile Diseases" can solve the problem, or at least alleviate it, but he believes in gods. He heard that Nanguan Wenchang Temple has special spirits, so he ran there to pray for gods, and finally got back some The inexplicable fairy medicine, after taking it, his father's condition eased, and he thought it was a manifestation of a fairy, which shows that he hadn't studied medicine at that time.

After the death of his wife, we did not find any record of him studying medicine. It is possible that he began to pay attention to this matter, but he has not yet started learning. In fact, Fu Qingzhu's own health was very bad. When he was young, he was seriously ill several times and almost died, which frightened his parents. When Fu Qingzhu was thirty-five years old, that is, four years after he returned from a lawsuit in Beijing, his family suffered another blow. Fu Xiang, the son of his brother Fu Geng, fell ill. The specific disease is not recorded in the literature. All he knew was that he died not long after, at the age of twenty, and on the day Fu Xiang died, his nineteen-year-old wife committed suicide by drinking poison.

A pair of quiet and lovely young couple passed away together like this. How sad it is. Fu Qingzhu felt a piercing pain in his heart. He described it himself: "Geng Chenxia, ​​nephew As a result, Yu Changri sat on the quilt, drowsy and did not go out, nor did he see any guests, and Zhongchu would do it from time to time." Because there are relatively few documents about Fu Qingzhu and insufficient research, we don’t really know Fu Qingzhu. Many people only know that he is a very high-level doctor, and many people even think that he is a "miracle doctor". However, people But I don't know how his medical skills came from, let alone how far he and his family have been forced by the disease!

Now, let us take a look at the real situation of Fu Qingzhu as a mortal, and see how he embarked on the path of studying medicine step by step. In the spring of the second year after Fu Qingzhu's nephew died (1641), unfortunately, Fu Qingzhu himself was also infected with the plague.Fu Qingzhu himself did not record the specific condition of the illness. It can be seen that at this time he did not understand medicine and had no rescue measures. Thanks to his elder brother Fu Geng who took care of him and took good care of him, Fu Qingzhu survived, but this time The illness lasted for a long time, and he hadn't fully recovered until autumn.

However, Fu Qingzhu's own illness just recovered, but his brother unfortunately contracted the illness and passed away in the summer of the second year. There is no record in the literature about the condition of my brother's illness. We have no way of knowing the specific situation at that time. We only know that the loss of his brother this time has dealt a huge blow to Fu Qingzhu. Fu Qingzhu himself recorded that in those days, he and his old mother cried together all day long (at this time his father had passed away), and his mother comforted him for a while, and he comforted his mother for a while, but it was of no avail, and then the two of them went back together again. cry bitterly. (Crying with my old mother day and night, my mother comforts the mountain, the mountain comforts my mother, with tears coming out, I can't look up)

In those days, Fu Qingzhu couldn't even go out, "I was afraid of seeing someone with a brother." When he saw a brother, he thought of his brother, and couldn't restrain himself, crying bitterly! You see, this is the true state of Fu Qingzhu when he was young. The illness took the lives of his family members one by one. What should I do, Fu Qingzhu?Work hard to study medicine!Don't let such a thing happen again, quickly find your own position, because you will be our great doctor Fu Qingzhu in the future! I believe this is the voice of all the judges at this time. I want to tell you now, don't worry, because God's blow to him has not really come yet, and in his life course, he will go through more storms and suffer greater blows!