Chapter 105 old man's farewell

At the age of seventy-two and seventy-five, Xu Lingtai published two books, "Lantai Guidelines" and "Shen Ji Ruanyan", among which "Lantai Guidelines" is especially worth reading for friends who study Chinese medicine. Among them, he straightened out the treatment methods of some diseases and syndromes, from "Internal Classics" to "Treatise on Febrile and Miscellaneous Diseases", and then to later generations' "Prescriptions for Emergencies with Thousands of Gold" and "Waitai Secret Yao", all of which are his Selected prescriptions will inspire your clinical practice.

Human life is really short. In a blink of an eye, Xu Lingtai will be seventy-nine years old. At this time, for some reason, Emperor Qianlong thought of him again and recruited him to serve in Beijing. For his own sake, the emperor sometimes does not consider the interests of others. For a man who is about to be eighty years old, it would be easy to travel thousands of miles to Beijing in the days when there were no planes or trains? At this time, Xu Lingtai faced a dilemma. If he went, then based on his aging condition, he concluded that he would definitely not be able to come back. During the days after receiving the imperial decree, Xu Lingtai fell into deep thought.

To go or not to go? He came to Thrushcross Spring and was silent for a long time. Mr. Xu, what are you thinking about? I'm thinking about what I've done in my life. Don't think so, you should live for many years. No, I know my days are numbered. Then don't go to the capital, this matter can be dismissed. I think that in my whole life, I have only talked about the word "loyalty" and I have never slacked off. Mr. Xu, you mean...? Now, I am too old to do anything, but I think, use my old bones to write the word "loyalty" for future generations! But you have to know that future generations may not even have an emperor.

Yeah?However, without the emperor, there are parents and friends. I believe that the word "loyalty" will never disappear! Mr. Xu, you better not go. Don't stop me, everyone, let me make a decent end to my life. October twenty-fifth of the lunar calendar. windy. The vegetation in the south of the Yangtze River is moving. Xu Lingtai and his son Xu Xi set off quickly. On the first day of the twelfth lunar month, Xu's father and son arrived in Beijing. And so the scene at the beginning of this article appeared. On this day, the capital was snowing heavily again. The people in the city are immersed in the festive atmosphere at the end of the year.

No one noticed that Xu Lingtai, father and son, and two servants, walked quietly to Beijing through the thick snow. Xu Lingtai already looked very weak. They found a hotel to stay, and then rest. Two days later, Xu Lingtai invited his son and some friends to his room, and said to them: "Before I was ordered to enter Beijing this time, I already knew that my life was doomed, but loyalty and righteousness cannot be violated, so I will not hesitate to sacrifice my life." , Risking my life to go to Beijing, very unfortunately, now I guess I may not be able to wait until I meet the emperor again, so I will call you here and bid you farewell."

Everyone was surprised, but the old man's attitude was peaceful, no different from the past. Then, he calmly discussed with everyone the principle of the entry and exit of yin and yang, life and death, and wrote his own couplet in front of the tomb: the mountain is full of fragrant grasses and immortal medicines, and a path of breeze is at the grave of a scholar. At night, Xu Lingtai passed away talking and laughing. Several years later, his old friend Yuan Mei did not forget him, and he came to Xu Lingtai's hometown in person. In the misty rain in the south of the Yangtze River, he stood for a long time, recalling the scene when he came to visit by boat.

Then he visited some patients who had been treated, and wrote a famous "Biography of Mr. Xu Lingtai", which was included in his "Xiaocangshanfang Collection". This article has been passed down through the ages. When people read this article, they seem to see Xu Lingtai himself who was full of pride in the past. His second son, Xu Xi, later became a famous music theorist and playwright in the Qing Dynasty. Xu Lingtai was buried in the twenty-five capital of Wujiang, where his third brother Rubin, fourth brother Jing Song, and fifth brother Jing Bai who died in his early years were all buried here.

In another world, he saw his brothers again. It is estimated that he will say: Brothers, I have no shame. Although Xu Lingtai's appearance is bold and straightforward, he has actually done everything that a literati should do. He is a person who has truly read thousands of volumes. His knowledge is impartial and his foundation is deep. , who is merciless to the bad phenomena in the medical field, is really a rare person in the Chinese medicine field.