1. People have strange diseases that cannot be named, and they are as gloomy as diseased grass with no hook. ——Yang Weizhen of the Yuan Dynasty, "Physician's Practice, Presented to Yuan Lianshi"
Interpretation: A person suffers from a strange disease that I don't know the name of, and is as depressed and unhappy as a sick grass with no vitality.
2. Human life is of the utmost importance, and if you have a thousand pieces of gold, it is more virtuous to help them. ——Sun Simiao of the Tang Dynasty, "Essential Prescriptions for an Emergency"
Interpretation: Human life is very important and priceless. To save others by yourself, you must be moral.
3. If the teacher has the art of golden grate, how can he be enlightened? ——Liu Yuxi of the Tang Dynasty, "Giving Eyes to the Brahmin Monk"
Interpretation: The master has the medical skills of a golden grate, how could he know that his eyes are blinded and he cannot see clearly.
4. It is okay to study medicine if you want to save people, but not if you want to make profits. ——Fei Boxiong of the Qing Dynasty, "Medical Prescriptions"
Interpretation: If you want to save people, you can just study medicine, but if you choose to study medicine for profit, then there is no need to study.
5. Superior medicine heals the country, traditional Chinese medicine heals people, and inferior medicine heals diseases. ——"Huangdi Neijing"
Interpretation: Excellent doctors can save the entire country, ordinary doctors can save people, but quack doctors can only cure diseases.