Anecdote of couplets (3 1 1) Master and apprentice skillfully set up drug couplets.

Once upon a time, there was an old Chinese doctor who was skilled in writing couplets with Chinese herbal medicines. The old Chinese doctor is childless and old. He has an apprentice beside him. From the day he entered the door, he devoted himself to studying medicine. Sometimes when I have time to see a doctor, I sing with the old Chinese doctor. Sure enough, a great teacher makes a great apprentice, and his disciples are more and more knowledgeable, which is very popular with old Chinese medicine practitioners. Once, the old Chinese doctor had a whim and wanted to talk to his apprentice. He said a long paragraph containing the names of various drugs, like a barrage:

Pulsatilla, holding spurge, crossing the sea horse, resisting wooden thieves and bandits, returned to the DPRK, worthy of being an old general;

The apprentice replied:

Matchmaker, golden hairpin and silver flower are five times better than peony, and cistanche deserticola is like a mica fairy.

Two people back to the house, the old Chinese medicine recalled his decades of medical experience, and said with deep feeling:

Why don't I never get old;

I hope that people will not be born with many diseases.

Hearing this, the apprentice was moved by Master's medical ethics and said to Master, "The apprentice has a couplet for Master." Then read aloud:

Cutting three levels to distinguish yin and yang, rejuvenating China and cutting thieves, learning Zhongjing;

It is precious to know the effectiveness of the law of saving the weak and restraining the strong.

Master was so happy that he was moved to tears.