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"Huang Han Medicine" may be influenced by the culture of the country. When looking at things, he always likes to think in terms of yin and yang. Things are neither absolutely good nor absolutely bad, but both good and bad. Human beings are neither inherently good nor inherently evil, but have both.
The translation of "Emperor Han Medicine" by the Japanese doctor Yumoto Yuzhen will be published soon, and the advertisement is started like this:
"The Japanese doctor Yumoto Yuzhen graduated from Kanazawa Medical College in the 34th year of Meiji For many years later, I realized that Chinese and Western medicine have their own strengths and weaknesses, so I couldn't be more enthusiastic about studying Chinese medicine by comparing similarities and differences while discarding the strengths. Over a period of eighteen years, I compiled the medical books of various medical schools in our country and the experiences of people from other countries in studying Chinese medicine. The book "Emperor and Han Medicine" cites more than a hundred kinds of books, so I can learn more about it... "
Although there are no sentence breaks and no punctuation in the middle, and it looks a bit like classical Chinese rather than vernacular, I can still see it. , This is a drunkard who does not care about wine, but uses this book to praise his own country's medicine.
Without this book and this advertisement, there would be no this article, and I would have no way of knowing that the author originally viewed his compatriots in this way, as clearly and transparently as looking at cells through a microscope.
"We "Imperial Han" people really have a bit of a weird temper: foreigners don't want to hear about our shortcomings, and believe the benefits when they are mentioned. Scientific people don't mention it, and there are a few who talk about gods and ghosts. ”
Good advice is inherently offensive, and good medicine is inherently bitter. Although we don’t say how accurately we can be judged by others, using others as a mirror can at least keep us up to date.
I remembered that I once discussed the topic of Chinese tea ceremony and Japanese tea ceremony with others. When I said that I quite recognized the Japanese tea ceremony and there was something worth learning from us Chinese. What I was about to say was interrupted by the other party who was very disapproving. He thought I was speaking one-sidedly and warned me, "You only need to know this yourself. Saying it to others will only make people laugh." He also said that I didn't understand tea at all, I didn't understand Chinese tea, and my knowledge was too shallow.
To be honest, although I like drinking tea, I really don’t know much about tea and I don’t do much research. Therefore, when I see the attitude of people from neighboring countries towards tea and their enthusiasm for learning tea art, it feels like they are treating a subject or a piece of knowledge. This kind of spirit can't help but admire me.
Personally, I think that Chinese tea is broad but not deep. Anyone who is Chinese is familiar with tea and can tell you several types of tea, but few people study it specifically. And Japanese tea is specialized but not broad. I heard that it does not fly into ordinary people's homes like swallows, but people have studied it deeply.
If these two are combined, it will be perfect. Unfortunately, there is no such perfect thing in the world. It all depends on how you treat your negative and positive sides.
