Chapter 3522 Extra History
Today is Professor Zhou's lecture on the history of traditional Chinese medicine. The open classroom with hundreds of people is full. Some latecomers are crowding in the corridor and are unwilling to leave. The empty seats in the last row of the classroom are also crowded with people.
Professor Zhou walked into the classroom without any strange expression. He was already used to this heated situation. He did not have a lesson plan this time. He just raised his eyelids and glanced at the students in and out of the classroom before starting to lecture.
"Actually, I don't really enjoy this class. Although I was very happy at first to be able to tell everyone about the deeds of our ancestors and to promote their merits, I get tired of repeating the same content three or four times. I've been doing this for two years now, aren't you tired of it yet?"
"No--"
Professor Zhou showed a helpless expression, "I feel like I've become Xianglin Sao."
The students laughed, and someone shouted, "Professor, it's said that Grandmother Zhou was a very talkative person. How come you didn't inherit her personality traits?"
Professor Zhou glanced at him and said, "If you want to talk, just say it directly. No need to beat around the bush."
He simply turned on the multimedia system, clicked the remote, and casually said, "I'm sure everyone knows something about my ancestor. After all, during the twelve years of compulsory education, from elementary school's moral education classes to junior high and high school's Chinese and history classes, there are articles and stories about her. There are even TV dramas and various literary works based on her. Everyone has read about her, right?"
Everyone burst into laughter and responded "yes". One student answered loudly: "After all, she is a historical star who is even more famous than the top stars. We all grew up reading her stories."
Professor Zhou smiled and nodded, saying, "You already understand this. I've covered a lot of ground in the previous class. We won't cover anything new today. Let's just debunk some rumors that clearly weren't done by my ancestors, but that have been attributed to them."
Everyone was unhappy. They still preferred to hear Professor Zhou talk about the secrets of the Zhou family's ancestors, so they objected. "Professor, you only teach this class twice a semester, and sometimes the content is repetitive. Now you're directly using some online things to dispel rumors. Isn't that inappropriate?"
Professor Zhou spread his hands and said, "I teach you acupuncture. This large class was specially added by the school to attract more people to the School of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Two classes per semester is already a lot. I have a hard time teaching even one class now."
Moreover, how many of the students who squeeze in here to attend classes are students from their College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and how many are students from foreign schools?
Professor Zhou said, "If you want to study history, you should go to the History College."
The dean, who was secretly sitting in the classroom eavesdropping on the class, coughed heavily. Professor Zhou thought the sound was familiar, turned his head to look over, and then looked away as if he didn't see the dean.
However, he no longer encouraged people to go to the History College, but instead began to diligently promote the College of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
"Traditional Chinese medicine has always held an important position in the medical industry. Although it declined for a while, its tradition has not been broken. Its outstanding and gentle medical effects, treating both the symptoms and the root cause, have always been the first choice of patients, so it has a bright future..."
The students sighed. Although Professor Zhou was a professor, he was really young. He looked about the same age as them, and in fact, he was about the same age.
He just started school early, skipped grades, and studied Chinese medicine since childhood, so he started to make a living early, oh no, he obtained teaching qualifications and was successfully promoted to professor.
Because they were close in age and he was a talkative person, the students weren't afraid of him at all and were quite lively. They immediately offered their opinion, "Professor, we know Chinese medicine is great, but it's incredibly difficult to learn. It takes at least ten years to master, more than double the time required for other majors. With such a difficult learning process, we feel we need some extraordinary motivation. So, could you please tell us more about the deeds of our Grandmaster Zhou, something that would be recorded in our family tree?"
Professor Zhou: …
"I heard that the Zhou, Bai, and Xia families' genealogies all record a lot of secrets, Professor Zhou, is that right?"
Professor Zhou: "...The genealogies of the three families have been kindly provided to the National Museum for research. If you want to know more, why not go..."
"Cough! Cough!"
Professor Zhou fell silent and glanced involuntarily at someone sitting in the corner.
Some students also looked over, and after recognizing the dean, they immediately lowered their heads and pretended not to see him.
Professor Zhou had no choice but to change the subject, "What do you want to know?"
The students became excited and immediately raised their hands to ask questions. Professor Zhou didn't care and just pointed at a student to ask a question.
The student immediately stood up. "Professor, as the first female official recorded in history, and serving as an imperial physician, she must have been involved in many palace secrets, right? Unofficial historical records claim that in order to help Emperor Gaozong, then the crown prince, seize the throne, Zhou Man used her position as an imperial physician to injure Prince Gong. Is this true?"
Professor Zhou was quite speechless. He had already said that this class would be about refuting rumors, but they refused. They talked to him for a long time, and in the end, they were still back to refuting rumors. Why bother? If they had listened to him earlier, they could have asked several questions and refuted several rumors by now.
"That's a lie," he said. "Do you think that given Emperor Taizong's wisdom, if it was really my ancestor who cured Prince Gong's leg, she would still be so favored and have such a smooth career?"
"But how did Prince Gong become lame? Historical records aren't very detailed, but based on the remaining pulse records, it seems he only broke two bones, which should be easy to heal. It's not a comminuted fracture."
Professor Zhou: "He wanted to compete with the prince for favor, but he broke his leg again."
"Someone did speculate this, but wasn't it disproven? Who would be so stupid as to do such a thing?"
"Oh, let's skip this matter. The professor has answered you all. Now it's my turn to ask a question. Professor, can I ask a question?"
Professor Zhou raised his hand and motioned for her to start.
The female student immediately asked, "Professor Zhou, I'd like to ask if there's any mention of Yin Huo's pulse diagnosis in your family tree or private manuscripts? I've always wanted to know why he never married. Is it true, as historians speculate, that he remained single because he loved Zhou Man?"
Professor Zhou: "...Although there's no relevant record in my family's genealogy or manuscripts, there are such records in the Bai and Xia families. I can tell you right now that this is also false. Moreover, the historian who made this speculation has been proven to be a fake expert, who simply made up unofficial historical records to attract attention."
He paused and continued, "Yin Huo and Zhou Man, my ancestors, as well as Bai Shan and Bai Cheng, were all close friends. The relationship between them was pure, without any emotional complications. He never married, and isn't that why many people today also believe in non-marriage?"
"Furthermore, based on his pulse diagnosis, he is indeed not suitable for marriage and having children. So please don't over-interpret and misunderstanding their friendship."
See you tomorrow
Ahhh, I opened this page to correct a typo, and then accidentally made a mistake. I will write a side story to replace it.
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