the next day.
weekend!
The weather outside is sunny and breezy, perfect for an outing.
After practicing early in the morning and having breakfast, Su Zhengnan decided to go out for a stroll. Come to think of it, he hadn't visited any tourist attractions in all the time he'd been in the capital!
Since he had nothing planned for the day, he decided to have a good time.
Around 9:30 in the morning.
Su Zhengnan first went to the Forbidden City by car, where he visited attractions such as the Hall of Supreme Harmony, the Palace of Heavenly Purity, the Bell and Drum Towers, and the Fuwang Pavilion. Then he went to the Palace Museum.
There's no need to elaborate on the sheer number of cultural relics here.
Su Zhengnan is very interested in these cultural relics left by his ancestors.
Whether it's calligraphy and paintings, porcelain, or other cultural relics, these are all precious treasures left by our ancestors.
As soon as he entered the Palace Museum, Su Zhengnan unconsciously slowed down. He would stop in front of each cultural relic to read its description and appreciate the value that the relic itself carried.
Although Su Zhengnan didn't understand antiques, he clearly knew that the cultural value attached to these cultural relics was absolutely unmatched by the culture of any other country in the world.
As he walked, Su Zhengnan suddenly stopped in his tracks, looking at a set of bamboo slips displayed in the glass cabinet in front of him, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes.
"This is... the Heavenly Reversal Medical Manual?"
Su Zhengnan stood there, staring at the bamboo slips in front of him for a long time, his expression of disbelief growing stronger.
As a genuine traditional Chinese medicine doctor, he could understand the characters written on the bamboo slips even if there were no simplified Chinese characters next to them.
Because for a pure traditional Chinese medicine doctor, it is necessary to study many ancient medical books on a daily basis.
The inseparable connection between medicine and medicine is also one aspect.
The purpose of studying ancient medical books is to learn and verify the dialectical thinking of the ancient Chinese medicine ancestors.
In fact, besides the well-known diagnostic methods, Traditional Chinese Medicine has many unique diagnostic methods, but very few people know them nowadays.
It's not just because ancient medical books are difficult to learn, but mainly because there are fewer and fewer people who know how to do them!
Looking at the bamboo slips in front of him, the four characters 'Tianhui Medical Slips' written on them in small seal script were still faintly visible. Su Zhengnan stood there and read them word by word.
The "Tianhui Medical Slips" on display consists of only one hundred bamboo slips, which were borrowed from another museum for exhibition.
In fact, the entire "Tianhui Medical Bamboo Slips" consists of 930 bamboo slips, containing more than 20,000 characters.
Many people may not have any concept of "Tianhui Medical Bamboo Slips".
But if you mention "Bian Que's Medical Book", many people will probably suddenly realize how amazing it is.
Yes, that's right!
In fact, the "Tianhui Medical Bamboo Slips" is the "Bian Que Medical Book", and the two characters "Bi Xi" that appear in the bamboo slips are Bian Que.
(In reality, the Tianhui Medical Bamboo Slips were unearthed from Han Tomb No. 3 at Laoguanshan, Tianhui Town in 2012. Here, the excavation timeline is moved forward by ten years for the sake of the story's development, so this timeline can be ignored.)
However, there were only a hundred bamboo slips in front of them, so it was impossible to discern much information from them.
However, according to the simplified Chinese description of the artifacts beside it, the unearthed "Tianhui Medical Bamboo Slips" were sorted and divided into the following sections:
The book is divided into eight parts: the Upper Classic of Pulse, the Lower Classic of Pulse, the Examination of the Five Colors of Pulse and Their Spirit, the Principles of Pulse, the Number of Acupuncture Points, the Method of Treating Sixty Diseases and Qi Decoction, the Meridians, and the Book of Treating Horses.
The knowledge involved not only includes medical knowledge fields such as meridians, internal organs, acupuncture, and herbal medicine, but also systematically discusses the principles of pulse diagnosis in traditional Chinese medicine for the first time, pioneering the use of observation, auscultation, inquiry, and palpation to diagnose and treat diseases.
This was the first time Su Zhengnan had ever seen a physical copy of "Bian Que's Medical Book".
Even though all that's in front of me is a pile of bamboo slips.
But its impact on him was no less than that of any national treasure.
"The Heavenly Medical Manual!"
"Does the teacher have a simplified Chinese version compiled on hand?"
Su Zhengnan sighed softly and thought for a moment. He suddenly felt like reading this book, "The Heavenly Medical Manual".
Others may not have a simplified version of "Tianhui Medical Simplified Text".
But his teacher must have a simplified version that he has compiled.
Given Gu's status, any ancient artifacts related to traditional Chinese medicine unearthed in China would inevitably involve him.
After thinking about it, Su Zhengnan decided to call and ask his teacher if they had any information.
After visiting the Palace Museum for more than three hours.
Su Zhengnan walked out of the Palace Museum, then found a restaurant to have dinner while taking out his phone to call his teacher.
Ring ring!
The call was answered immediately after Su Zhengnan made the call.
Immediately afterwards, Mr. Gu's voice rang out on the phone.
"You brat, you still remember to call me? I thought you'd forgotten about this old man!"
Gu Fangzhou answered the phone, feigning displeasure, and said, "Your fifth senior brother called me yesterday to talk about you, but you haven't called back once."
"What? Are you going to keep this from even your teacher?"
"Well....."
Su Zhengnan was slightly taken aback before realizing why his teacher was angry.
It's probably because I didn't tell my teacher about my surgery yesterday.
Su Zhengnan chuckled awkwardly and said, "Teacher, are you blaming me for not calling you yesterday? Actually, there's not much to say about yesterday's surgery. It was just a brain tumor surgery, which you've done before, Teacher."
"Hmph, am I talking about this surgery?" Gu Fangzhou said somewhat angrily, "Don't you have anything to say to me about the acupuncture anesthesia?"
"Well... there's not much to say about this, is there?"
Su Zhengnan chuckled, somewhat embarrassed, and said, "It's just acupuncture anesthesia, teacher, you know a lot about that!"
"......."
Gu Fangzhou sighed helplessly and said, "Fine, fine, if you don't want to talk about it, then forget it. Tell me, what's the matter that you suddenly called me?"
Gu Fangzhou could only suppress his displeasure with Su Zhengnan, his last disciple, because he liked this disciple!
Su Zhengnan smiled slightly and said, "Actually, it's nothing. I just wanted to ask if you have a simplified version of 'Tianhui Medical Classics' that I'd like to borrow and take a look."
"Hmm, The Medical Manual of Heavenly Return?"
A look of surprise appeared on Gu Fangzhou's face, and he said, seemingly quite taken aback:
"Why did you suddenly decide to read this ancient medical book? This book is a relatively new ancient medical classic; even I haven't fully understood it yet!"
"It's nothing. I just happened to be visiting the Palace Museum today and happened to see the bamboo slips of the 'Tianhui Medical Slips,' so I wanted to take a look..."
Su Zhengnan explained with a smile.
Upon hearing this, Gu Fangzhou finally understood what was going on and couldn't help but say calmly:
"Okay, you can come and get it from me anytime you want. If you're busy, I'll have someone make a copy and send it to you later!"
"Hehe, thank you, teacher!"
Su Zhengnan smiled and thanked him.
Gu Fangzhou waved his hand and said, "Don't thank me, you brat. If you really want to thank me, come visit me more often. I don't know how many more years I can live!"
Su Zhengnan smiled and quickly said, "Teacher, you will definitely live to be a hundred years old, so please don't say such unlucky things."
Su Zhengnan is not too worried about Mr. Gu's health at the moment.
Judging from the teacher's physical condition, living another ten years or so is definitely not a problem.
What's more, there's also the century-old wild ginseng he gave me.
Thinking of that century-old wild ginseng, Su Zhengnan smiled and asked, "Teacher, didn't you say you were going to refine some kind of longevity pill? I wonder if that longevity pill has been refined yet?"
"You're still thinking about this, aren't you?"
Gu Fangzhou was immediately delighted and laughed heartily, "This Longevity Pill isn't so easy to refine. It will probably take at least another month. Once it's finished, I won't forget your share."
"Hehe... then thank you very much, teacher!"
Su Zhengnan smiled and thanked him again, then said, "Then I'll go see my teacher next Saturday and take a look at that book, 'The Medical Manual of Heavenly Return'."
"I knew you wouldn't call me unless there was something wrong. Alright, come over on Saturday, and I'll have your teacher's wife cook you something nice."
Gu Fangzhou treated Su Zhengnan like his own son, showing no concern for what had happened before.
"Thank you so much, teacher!"
Su Zhengnan thanked him again before hanging up the phone.
Just then, he finished eating his dinner.
Afterwards, Su Zhengnan paid the bill and left the restaurant. It was already completely dark outside.
The streetlights on both sides of the road were all lit up, and the countless tall buildings all around were also lit up, creating a dazzling and colorful scene that showcased the prosperity of the capital city.
Unfortunately, not a single ray of moonlight could be seen in the night sky of this bustling city.
It was probably blocked by tall buildings, or perhaps the clouds in the sky were obscuring the moonlight.
Su Zhengnan walked along the roadside under the streetlights. The traffic was fast-paced. This bustling world sometimes made you feel no warmth or life, and sometimes it made you feel very nostalgic.
Therefore, people are multifaceted.
You can never describe a person entirely with just one word.
The same applies to human illnesses.
Because no disease can occur in isolation.
Once a person suffers from a certain disease, the entire body's functions will experience a chain reaction. If we treat it according to the Western medical concept of treating the head when it hurts and the foot when it hurts, it will be difficult to manage.
Therefore, a person's illness will never be completely cured.
This is one of the reasons why some people get one disease treated at the hospital, only to have the other disease return shortly afterward.
This is exactly the opposite of the concept of syndrome differentiation and treatment in traditional Chinese medicine.
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