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扁鹊是中国古代的一位名医。一天，魏王对他说：“观你们家人，都精于医术，到底哪一位最好呢?” 扁鹊答道：“长兄最好，中兄次之，我最差。” 魏王又问：“哪为什么你最出名呢?” 扁鹤答道：“我长兄治病，是治病于病情发作之前。由于一般人不知道他事先能铲除病因，所以他的名气无法传出去，只有我们家的病，是治病于病情初起之时。一般人以为他只能治轻細小病，所以他的名气只及本乡里。而我扁鹊治病，是治病于病情严重之时。一般人都看到我在经脉上穿针管来放血、在皮肤上敷药等大手术，所以以为我的医术高明，名气因此响遍全国。” 魏王满意地说:“你说得好极了。” Bianque the Physician Bianque was a famous physician in ancient China. One day the King of Wei asked him,“You and your two brothers are all skilled in medicine,which of you is the Bianque answered，“ My eldest brother is the best,the next is my second brother， the last is me. The King asked again,MThen how is it that you are the most famous? Bianque replied,4* My eldest brother treats a disease when it is just beginning to show symptoms. What he does is to remove the pathogen—members of my family can all see that but other people cannot. That，s why he doesn't enjoy wide recognition. My second brother cures a disease in its early stages. People thus mistake him as only capable of treating minor illnesses. So he is merely known within this locality and its neighborhood. As for me, I treat a disease when it is already well developed and very serious. People observe me perform bloodletting by injecting tubes into vessels or applying medical ointment on the skin,and thus look upon me as well versed in medicine. So I have become well known all over the country. The King was quite satisfied and said，“You’ve given a cogent explanation. |
