Sima Qian's mansion is on Shangguan Front Street, said to be a mansion, but in fact it is a few small houses, since he was sentenced to the palace, he has been living here, his two sons are outside the office and rarely come back, and his wife died early, only three old servants are taking care of him. Usually his daughter, that is, Yang Yun's mother Sima Ying, takes care of him a lot, and as soon as he heard that he had abdominal pain, he hurriedly ordered Zhou Zihua to summon Gongsun Yu to see him.

Gongsun Yu followed Zhou Zihua and Yang Yun to Sima Qian's house, and under the guidance of a rickety old servant, he came to the back room, only to see a thin and pale old man, curled up on his side on the bed and moaning, is he Sima Qian?

Gongsun Yu guessed in his heart that it should be Sima Qian, that's right, this old man is the great historian, writer, and thinker Sima Qian.

I saw Yang Yun hurriedly run to Sima Qian's couch as soon as he entered the back room, and called softly: "Grandpa, grandpa." ”

As soon as Sima Qian heard someone call him grandfather, he hurriedly turned around and saw that it was his favorite little nephew, whose face, which was still pale just now, suddenly became rosy, and his spirit was much brighter, and he said softly: "Yun'er, it's Yun'er who came to see me." ”

"It's me, grandfather, I heard that you had abdominal pain last night, and my mother ordered me to ask this Gongsun doctor to come and help you see a doctor early in the morning."

"It's not a heavenly doctor, I don't look at a heavenly doctor."

"No, grandfather, this Gongsun doctor is very skilled, a few days ago I fell into a coma due to the rise of false fire, and he cured me."

At this time, Zhou Zihua also stepped forward and said: "Zhongshu Ling, Doctor Gongsun's medical skills are very good, he has treated many patients, and his wife specially designated him to help you see a doctor." ”

"Alright, call him over."

Sima Qian has stopped doing Taishi Ling since he was punished by the palace, Liu Che still admires his talent and writing, so he kept him by his side, and his current official position is Zhongshu Ling.

Gongsun Yu hurriedly approached the couch, carefully looked at Sima Qian's face, and saw that his face was pale, and there were beads of sweat the size of beans on his forehead, so he asked, "Zhongshu Ling, where do you feel uncomfortable?" ”

"Doctor Gongsun, I have felt severe pain in my abdomen since the second half of last night, vomiting and diarrhea more than a dozen times, and I feel very painful in my abdomen."

Gongsun Yu helped Sima Qian check his pulse, and found that his left side was slippery and the right side was thin and astringent, so he asked, "Don't you vomit now." ”

"I stopped vomiting after vomiting and diarrhea more than a dozen times last night, and now I have a lot of pain in my abdomen."

"You have vomited up all your food now, and the pain in your abdomen is poisonous into the blood, and the blood is painful, so it will be good to drink some herbal decoction."

So he prescribed a total of nine flavored medicines, including Duhuo, safflower, peach kernel, Puhuang, Xuanming powder, tribulus terrestris, black medicine, incense, and citrus aurantium, and asked Zhou Zihua to dispense the medicine, and ordered him to drink it for three days in a row, and then come back for a follow-up visit after three days.

Before leaving, Gongsun Yu paid attention to Sima Qian's house, and saw that in addition to bamboo slips or bamboo slips on the four walls, there was a case at the head of the bed, which was probably the case where Sima Qian wrote the historical record.

Three days later, Gongsun Yu came with Zhou Zihua for a follow-up visit, only to see that Sima Qian was already full of red light and full of energy, saying that after taking a dose of medicinal soup, he basically did not feel pain.

Sima Qian hurriedly beckoned Gongsun Yu to go into the inner room to sit, and as soon as he sat down, he asked:

"Doctor Gongsun, where are you from? Look at you, you have done everything, you are very skilled in pulse and prescription, and the analysis of symptoms is also the head of the way, seeing that you are very similar to Canggong's technique, are you the successor of Canggong? ”

"It should be regarded as my master's master, that is, my master's father-in-law, is the son-in-law of Canggong, I am a native of Qi country, and I have practiced medicine for generations."

"Canggong's son-in-law? Is it Chun Yu Tiying and Yi Daoan? ”

"Yes, my master is Yi Dao'an."

"Then you are still the Gongsun family who has practiced medicine for generations in the Qi Kingdom? Is it a descendant of Gongsun Guang? ”

"Yes."

"Then you are really blessed, you are both the descendant of Gongsun Guang and the descendant of Canggong, no wonder your medical skills are so powerful."

"Taizhong Shuling, you have won the award."

"Do you have a medical record now?"

"Yes, the prescriptions for you are all seen in my master's medical records."

"Since Cang made this precedent public, the current doctors have the habit of keeping a record of the medical records, and they used to keep it in their hearts, but they were afraid of passing it on."

At this time, Gongsun Yu thought of the book "The Yellow Emperor's Inner Classic", he asked many people, and they all said that they had not seen it, and now Sima Qian, the author of "Historical Records", was in front of him, he should know if there was this book, if even he didn't know, that is, there was really no such book, so he asked:

"Zhongshu Ling, I want to ask you a question, have you ever read the medical scripture "The Yellow Emperor's Neijing"?"

Sima Qian thought for a moment, shook his head and said: "I've never read it, I haven't heard of it, I have read all the books in the Shiqu Pavilion of Weiyang Palace, and I don't have this medical scripture in my impression; There is a legend that Canggong has two medical classics, "Bian Que Medical Scripture" and "Canggong Diagnosis Book", "Bian Que Medical Scripture" has not been seen, but I have heard of it, "Cang Gong Diagnosis Book" has seen 25 cases, I heard that Cang Gong's diagnosis book has hundreds of cases, where did you hear that there is a "Yellow Emperor Neijing" this medical scripture? ”

Gongsun Yu didn't dare to say that he had the memory of modern people, so he could only make up an excuse: "When I was in my hometown, I heard my father talk about it, and I guess he was talking about "Bian Que Medical Scripture". ”

Sima Qian was asked by Gongsun Yu like this, and thought that he had made a mistake in collecting ancient medical books and omitted the "Yellow Emperor's Neijing", so he said: "I will visit my colleagues before Shiqu Pavilion again, and ask them to find it again, if they find this book, they will definitely inform you at that time." ”

"Then thank you in advance."

"You're welcome, I'm not going to hide it, I'm sorting out the ancient books and historical materials now, so I don't want to miss a scripture, if what you said exists, the colleagues of Shiqu Pavilion will find it."

"Zhongshu Ling, you have read a lot of ancient books, do you know where the medical skills came from?"

"Medicine originates from witch, medicine and witch are homologous, in the time of the three emperors and five emperors, the status of witchcraft is very high, the social status is very high, and the power of wishing history, divination, dream telling, dancing and so on, so the treatment of diseases is only an accessory of the witchcraft, and there is a full-time witch doctor in the time of business; After King Wu destroyed the Shang Dynasty, he also imitated the Shang system and set up witch doctors, with a hundred medicines to prepare for diseases, and five flavors of animals to prepare a hundred herbs; In the early Spring and Autumn Period, there was no distinction between witches and doctors, and later, due to the collapse of etiquette, a large number of witches were sent back to the people, and the witchcraft was no longer hereditary, and its skills were also scattered among the people, so the formation of a hundred schools of thought, at this time, the medical affairs were independent, and the doctors and witches were separated, but there were still many witch doctors in the people. ”

"I heard from Master that the ancients divided the recipe into four major schools: medical scriptures, scriptures, immortals, and fangzhong, which of these four schools came from?"

In the pre-Qin period, Taoism has been divided into two factions, one is guided by Lao Tzu's thought, and the other is guided by Zhuangzi's thought, although both inherit Lao Tzu's Taoism, but they are developed differently; This school of Lao Tzu's thought, with Lao Tzu's Taoism, developed in a more positive direction, and sought truth from things, so it developed into a school based on engineering and art, such as medical scriptures and scriptures; Zhuang Xue, on the other hand, evolved the Tao into a state of life, and developed a new school called the Immortal Family with Zhuang Zhou's 'real person' proposition. ”

"But when some alchemists are cultivating immortals, their medical skills are also very powerful, is it that these four have not been separated?"

"Yes, in fact, there is no clear distinction, for the Taoist, all of them do not also practice medical skills to save the near disaster, and some are to use medicine to preach, through medicine to promote the Tao, aid the Tao into the Tao."

"Zhongshu Ling, although the doctors and witches have been separated, why are there so many heavenly doctors now?"

"Are you saying that these witch doctors have always existed, but when the medical skills were not developed before, the status of the witch doctors was very high, and now the medical skills are getting more and more powerful, and the witch doctors can only hide in the people, living in ordinary streets and mountain villages, but because there are still few people who understand medical skills, and they are generally not passed on, most of the medical skills are served in the upper class, and it is difficult for ordinary people to get medical treatment, so they can only ask the witch doctor, and even I have been fooled by the witch doctor."

Speaking of this, Sima Qian laughed embarrassedly, and Gongsun Yu also laughed heartily.

Sima Qian added: "However, not all witch doctors are bad, and Zhu Youshu and Impeachment also have their essence, and we need to absorb their essence and remove their dross." ”。

"Zhongshu Ling, do you often have to stay up late to sort out these historical materials? You must take care of your health, if you feel unwell, you can ask the servant to go to the Boji Medical Center on Xiyin Street to find me. ”

"Okay, Doctor Gongsun, I think it's quite compatible with you, and everyone can talk about it."