Rebirth 1977 Great Era

Chapter 409: Asking about the He family's inheritance during the Cold Clothes Festival, and issuing the admission ticket

After the incident, the teacher took the initiative to visit Yu Yunxiu, wanting to know why he proposed to abolish traditional Chinese medicine at the conference?
Yu Yunxiu explained that his real purpose was to arouse the whole society's attention to the reform of traditional Chinese medicine.

It would be difficult to promote profound changes in traditional Chinese medicine if we do not raise the issue in such a radical way.

Then he took out the reform plan he had hastily written.

It proposes that in the future, basic courses in modern medicine such as anatomy and physiology should be offered in Chinese medicine schools, while retaining classic Chinese medicine courses.

The teacher then asked the last question, what he thought of the two dismissed deputy ministers, He and Wang, who supported his abolition of traditional Chinese medicine.

Yu Yunxiu said that the two people had good intentions, but their methods were too radical. They believed that medical reform should take an incremental approach and should not take a completely negative attitude.

These speeches were completely different from what he said at the conference, but the teachers did not care about this because Yu Yunxiu's remarks were very popular in Western medicine. In line with the principle of uniting Chinese and Western medicine, the Ministry of Health held another conference shortly after the conversation. Yu Yunxiu was hired as a consultant to the institute to participate in the research and formulation of a reform plan for traditional Chinese medicine.

Since then, he has been promoting the reform policy of combining traditional Chinese and Western medicine.

It was not until six years later that Yu Yunxiu passed away in Shanghai.

Later generations gave him positive comments, saying that he had patriotic ideas and a desire to serve his country, and that he had profound attainments in both Chinese and Western medicine. His ideas on medical reform and his spirit of advocating medical revolution had certain positive significance.

The negative evaluation is that he advocated the abolition of traditional Chinese medicine throughout his life, showing strong Westernization ideas. His thoughts and actions were divorced from national conditions and fell into the vicious circle of national nihilism and total Westernization.

Shi Xiaomo, son of Shi Jinmo, one of the four famous doctors in Beijing, commented on his actions to abolish traditional Chinese medicine:

"It is a farce based on ignorance. Only ignorant people would wipe out the glory of traditional Chinese medicine in the thousands of years of Chinese civilization history."

Global People magazine later commented: Although the "Bill to Abolish Traditional Chinese Medicine" was eventually canceled, it was a huge blow to traditional Chinese medicine.

Yu Yunxiu's denial of the basic theories of traditional Chinese medicine was almost accepted by the public opinion at that time.

In this sense, Yu Yunxiu has achieved a certain goal.

For this reason, after the 20s, policies and speeches that despised, discriminated against, excluded, restricted and attacked traditional Chinese medicine continued to emerge.

By the 21st century, when Chinese medicine practitioners discovered problems with the integration of Chinese and Western medicine, they realized that Yu Yunxiu's backup plan after his three failed attempts to abolish Chinese medicine had already been laid before his death.

This first critic of traditional Chinese medicine in modern times deserves the title.

Only this time, a dialect came back from the future.

With the publication of "Chinese Materia Medica Preparation", the methods buried by Yu Yunxiu have been dug out with the first shovel.

For the college students who will be studying Chinese medicine, the dialect will make them realize that Chinese and Western medicine are two different systems and cannot be combined at all.

Yu Yunxiu targeted the education of traditional Chinese medicine in colleges and universities, while Fangyan followed his method and did it in reverse.

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A few days passed in the blink of an eye, and it was November 11th.

This day is the first day of the tenth month in the lunar calendar, the Cold Clothes Festival.

"The fireflies fly in July, and clothes are given out in September" was mentioned in "The Book of Songs·Bin Feng·July".

This means that the weather will gradually get colder starting from September.

It's time for people to buy warm clothes.

Therefore, the first day of October is also commonly known as the Clothing-Giving Festival.

This is also a traditional Chinese sacrificial festival.

On this day, people will sweep the tomb and burn offerings to commemorate their deceased relatives, which is called sending winter clothes.

The custom of "sending winter clothes on October 1st" has continued intermittently except for the interruption during the first ten years, but the etiquette has been much simpler than in the past.

Fangyan's family went to buy winter clothing paper yesterday.

In fact, it is just colored wax paper that is burned in the underworld clothing shop and then cut into long strips in the shape of cloth.

There are pink, white, green, yellow, and red ones.

There is a continuous pattern of peonies, chrysanthemums and butterflies on it.

There are also some paper winter clothes and paper money for the dead.

After these things are prepared, they are placed in a paper package.

Then the family will find a crossroads with few people, sprinkle ashes to form a circle, and burn winter clothes inside the circle for these deceased relatives.

The Fangyan family is considered an educated family, but they still maintain this custom.

As soon as the funeral clothing shop opened this year, everyone knew that this event could be held, so many people began to buy to commemorate their family members.

Fangyan's family prepared several packages, some for his grandparents, some for his great-grandparents, and some for his grandparents.

Finally, there is some for the fifth girl in the family.

After dark, the family arrived at the intersection at the entrance of the alley.

Neighbors all came here to burn paper and pay tribute, and they followed suit.

I took out the stove ash I had prepared in advance from the cloth bag and slowly spread it on the ground to form an irregular circle that was large enough to surround the burning offerings. The circle seemed to separate the yin and yang worlds, protecting the ceremony.

Dad picked up a few broken bricks from the side and built a simple stove.

This makes it easier for the offerings to be burned.

Fangyan and Zhu Lin poured the wine, laid out the offerings of fruit, steamed buns, and a large piece of pork.

My eldest sister and brother-in-law lit the incense and put a handful in everyone's hands.

My father and mother took the lead and bowed three times towards the circle.

Then they inserted the incense at the edge of the circle, and my father and mother began to call out the names of their elders in a low voice.

Finally he called out "Old Five".

Then Dad placed the offerings one by one on the broken bricks and lit the matches.

The flames quickly spread over the offering, illuminating the faces of the Fang family members at the scene.

Father Fang Zhenhua seemed to see his deceased relatives in the flames. He whispered:
"Grandpa, grandma, mom, and dad, it's been ten years. I'm bringing my family to cook for you again. It's the Cold Clothes Festival. Come and get some."

The old lady also said:
"Now Zhenhua is back home, and the children at home are all successful, so there's no need to worry."

Then she paused and continued:

"Old Five, you left early. If there is anything missing over there, please send it to your family in your dreams."

The eldest sister said at this time:
"Fifth sister, your brothers and sisters at home are thinking about you."

Fangyan and his younger brother were also talking to the gray circle.

The dialect said:

"Old Five, Third Brother brought you some candy. I put it in your clothes. Eat it on the way back." "Your sister-in-law has also prepared steamed buns and pork. Eat them now. Don't starve."

Fang Chen said:

"Old Five, Fourth Brother is here to bring you some clothes."

Except for the eldest sister Fang Yan and the youngest brother, none of the Fang siblings had ever seen their grandparents, so they just greeted them symbolically.

As soon as he finished speaking, the flames became stronger, and the paper ashes rose with the heat of the jumping flames, swirling in the air, as if a soul was responding to the thoughts of its loved ones.

The other people in the family didn't feel anything, but Fangyan felt something different. At this moment, he seemed to be able to really feel souls.

As for being superstitious, it’s not really that, after all, it is an unscientific existence.

The only explanation is from a metaphysical perspective.

When the offering was completely burned, Dad poured the wine into the circle.

Then everyone stood there quietly for a while before cleaning up the scene and preparing to go home.

As soon as they left, other people came over, found a spot and started burning.

On the way back, Fangyan asked his mother about his grandfather.

To be precise, it was my grandfather's descendant.

Judging from these people’s reactions, my grandfather was actually a very good pediatrician of Chinese medicine.

When my mother heard Fang Yan asking about grandpa again, she thought he remembered him during the memorial service just now.

So she told him some of the things she remembered.

My grandfather is indeed quite capable, but my uncle is not as good as me.

Although my mother has some talent, it is not strong. My grandfather thinks it will be difficult for her to make a living as a Chinese medicine practitioner with her abilities, so he simply lets her study Western medicine.

At least it can guarantee that I will be able to eat in the future.

After my mother finished her studies, my grandfather used his connections to get her a job at Union Medical College Hospital, where she has been working ever since.

As for the other uncles, they all had no talent, and my grandfather was also very worried.

Later, he passed on his skills to several of his disciples.

However, before these apprentices could finish their studies, something happened to my grandfather.

The remaining apprentices were not very good at learning, so they had to rely on my grandfather's network of relationships to find jobs in various hospitals.

As for my grandfather's original collection of books, they had long been taken away by my uncles.

And my grandfather's apprentices have never contacted my mother and the others.

It truly illustrates what it means when people leave and the tea gets cold.

After listening, Fangyan nodded, and today he had completed the information about his grandfather's side.

From the dialect, we can infer that the He family's medical heritage is almost extinct.

The apprenticeship did not finish, and the books were gone at home.

It can only be described with one word: "miserable".

It's almost the same as when his master Lu Donghua confiscated him. There's no one in the family to inherit the medical skills, and the only little girl is still too young.

Talent wise, it's just average.

Those who are truly gifted in traditional Chinese medicine are considered amazing, like Anton and Zhengyi.

But if you think about it, after Fang Yan became his disciple, Anton and Zhengyi can also be considered his disciples.

They also learned Xingyiquan and medical skills passed down by the Lu family.

It’s better than my grandfather’s place.

My family was not interested in medical books, so they were all passed on to Fangyan.

At least Fang Yan will wait until Lu Wangyou grows up a little. If she is still interested in Chinese medicine, Fang Yan will definitely teach her.

Although she entered the sect earlier than herself in terms of seniority, she could be considered her senior sister.

But Fangyan treats her as his own sister.

Even if anything happens to other members of the Lu family in the future, he and his fellow disciples will still have to help.

But he is not the same as the disciples my grandfather accepted.

At this moment, Fangyan thought of another question. Old Deng said that since the He family is a family of traditional Chinese medicine, then it must be more than just my grandfather's branch.

So Fangyan asked his mother again, and found out that it was true. His mother said that his grandfather had three brothers.

They all inherited the He family's medical skills.

One of them is in Zhejiang, another is in Guangdong, and another is abroad.

After hearing this, Fangyan felt that it was normal. That’s right, although grandpa has a problem with spending, the He family still has other inheritances!

It's not considered broken.

It’s just that they are too far away, and I’m a married woman, so I don’t know how to contact them anymore.

If Fangyan wants to see the secret books of the He family, he will have to think carefully.

Just looking at how much everyone admired him at that time, Fangyan thought that his grandfather should be similar to famous doctors in Beijing like Shi Jinmo.

Otherwise, he wouldn't be allowed to take care of Lao Deng and the others.

……

Time continued to move forward, and in the blink of an eye, another nine days passed and it was November 20th.

This day is the weekend, the tenth day of the tenth month in the lunar calendar.

Fangyan heard the latest news on the radio early in the morning.

Schools in Beijing have begun issuing admission tickets one after another. The radio announced that starting today, people who registered for the college entrance examination in the first few days should go to the registration point to collect their admission tickets.

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(End of this chapter)