Disciples

Chapter 86

Original
If you have doubts, follow your notes,
Just ask people, ask for truth.

Translation
When you encounter doubts while studying, you should write them down at any time. If you ask others for their methods, you should really figure it out.

allusion
When Li Shizhen was practicing medicine, he studied classical medical books such as "Internal Classics", "Treatise on Febrile Diseases" and various "Materia Medica", and wrote down the errors and doubts when he found them, and reported them to Hao Shoudao, one of the "Four Famous Schools of Jinzhou". He borrowed books and read all the medical books in his family.It is known in history as "study for ten years without going out to court".Because there are many mistakes in the works of Materia Medica, he determined to rebuild Materia Medica.However, Li Shizhen believes that in order to rebuild Materia Medica, it is not enough to "read thousands of volumes of books", and it is necessary to go deep into reality.So he packed his bags and headed out the door.He visited the famous doctor Su Ru, observed and collected medicine samples, and traveled all over the country.

Li Shizhen finally wrote a medical classic "Compendium of Materia Medica" with more than one million words in his later years.

(End of this chapter)