六国时人。当时鲜有识之者,扁鹊奇之,谨以礼遇。长桑君亦知扁鹊非常人,乃悉取禁方授
之。出《史记》。
姓秦,名越人,卢国渤海人。得《素问》、《灵枢》之旨,着有《八十一难经》。少为舍长。
舍客长桑君善医,出其禁方传之,饮以上池之水,三十日当知物矣。鹊如其言饮水,果视疾尽见
五脏 结。一日见齐桓侯曰∶君疾在腠理。侯曰∶无疾。后五日复见曰∶君疾在血脉。五日又见
曰∶君疾在肠胃。又五日曰∶君疾在骨髓,虽司命无奈之何。不数日,侯疾作,扁鹊已逃去矣,
侯遂死。然则治之于轻微者,常易愈;治之于重着者,必难痊。学人不可不知。太医令李醯嫉,
阴杀之。
琅琊阜乡人,常卖药于东海边,人称千岁翁。秦始皇东游,请见,与语三日夜,赐金璧万数,
以赤玉舄一量以报曰∶后数年求我于蓬莱山。置之而去。始皇遣使徐市等入海访之,不能至而还。
出《列仙传》。
泰山人,世好黄老,自言三百岁。卖药都市,后作黄散赤丸。民间疫气,死者万计。文子推
朱冠与散饮之即活。后至蜀中贾药,人望之如神仙云。同上。
为秦太医令,与扁鹊同时。自愧医不若鹊,遂阴使人杀之。鹊为当时神医,醯嫉杀之而不及
罪,则秦之纪纲法度颓败可知矣。
他是战国六国时期的人。当时很少有人能识别他的才能,只有扁鹊认为他非凡人,便以礼相待。长桑君也知道扁鹊不是普通人,于是将自己珍藏的秘方全部传授给他。这段记载出自《史记》。
秦越人,姓秦名越人,是渤海郡卢国人。他通晓《素问》和《灵枢》的要旨,著有《八十一难经》(即《难经》,中医经典著作)。年轻时曾做过客栈的经理。客栈里有一位客人叫长桑君,擅长医术,拿出秘传方剂传授给秦越人,并让他喝上池之水(指清晨未沾地面的露水),说三十天后就能洞察事物的真相。秦越人照此饮水,果然能透视身体,看清五脏六腑的结聚情况。有一天,他见到齐桓侯(注:原文误作齐桓侯,史实多为蔡桓公或赵简子等,此处依原文翻译)说:“您的病在皮肤纹理之间。”桓侯说:“我没病。”五天后再次相见,说:“您的病在血脉中。”又过了五天,说:“您的病在肠胃里。”再过五天,说:“您的病在骨髓里,即使是掌管生命的神也无法救治了。”没过几天,桓侯发病,扁鹊已经逃走了,桓侯最终死去。由此可见,在疾病轻微时治疗,通常容易痊愈;在疾病深重时治疗,必定难以康复。学习医学的人不可不知道这一点。秦国太医令李醯嫉妒扁鹊,暗中派人杀害了他。
琅琊郡阜乡人,经常在东海边卖药,人们称他为“千岁翁”。秦始皇东巡游历时,请求见他,与他交谈了三日三夜,赐给他无数金玉璧玉,并用一双赤玉鞋作为回报,说:“几年后在蓬莱山找我。”说完留下鞋子离去。秦始皇派遣使者徐市等人入海寻找他,未能到达就回来了。这段记载出自《列仙传》。
泰山人,世代喜好黄老之学,自称三百岁。他在都市中卖药,后来制作黄散和赤丸。民间发生瘟疫,死亡人数以万计。文子(注:此处指某位智者或特定人物,依原文)推举朱冠并让患者服用散剂,患者立刻复活。后来他到蜀中经商卖药,人们远远望见他就像神仙一样。同上出处。
担任秦国太医令,与扁鹊同时代。自愧医术不如扁鹊,于是暗中派人杀害了扁鹊。扁鹊是当时的神医,李醯嫉妒并杀害了他却没有受到惩罚,那么秦朝的法纪纲常败坏的程度就可以知道了。
He was a person from the era of the Warring States (Six Kingdoms). At that time, few people recognized his talent; only Bian Que considered him extraordinary and treated him with respect. Chang Sang Jun also knew that Bian Que was not an ordinary person, so he bestowed upon him all his secret prescriptions. This account comes from *Records of the Grand Historian* (*Shiji*).
Qin Yueren, whose surname was Qin and given name Yueren, was from Lu County in Bohai Commandery. He grasped the essence of the *Suwen* (Basic Questions) and *Lingshu* (Spiritual Pivot), and authored the *Nan Jing* (Classic of Difficult Issues, literally "Eighty-One Difficulties"). In his youth, he served as the manager of an inn. A guest at the inn, Chang Sang Jun, was skilled in medicine; he passed down secret prescriptions to Qin Yueren and instructed him to drink water collected before dawn (Shangchi Water), stating that after thirty days, he would be able to perceive things clearly. Yueren followed these instructions, drank the water, and indeed gained the ability to see through the body, observing the condensation within the five zang organs. One day, he saw Duke Huan of Qi (Note: Text says Qi Huan Hou) and said, "Your disease is in the skin and pores." The Duke replied, "I have no illness." Five days later, meeting again, he said, "Your disease is in the blood vessels." Five days after that, he said, "Your disease is in the stomach and intestines." Five days later still, he said, "Your disease is in the bone marrow; even Si Ming (the deity of life) cannot do anything about it." Not long after, the Duke's illness manifested, Bian Que had already fled, and the Duke subsequently died. Thus, treating a disease when it is slight is usually easy to cure; treating it when it is severe is necessarily difficult to recover from. Students of medicine must understand this. Li Xi, the Imperial Physician-in-Chief of Qin, jealous of Bian Que, secretly ordered his assassination.
A native of Fuxiang in Langya Commandery, he often sold medicines by the East Sea, and people called him the "Thousand-Year-Old Man." When Qin Shi Huang toured the east, he requested an audience, conversed with him for three days and nights, and bestowed upon him countless gold, jade, and bi discs. As a return gift, Qin Shi Huang gave him a pair of red jade shoes, saying, "Seek me on Penglai Mountain in a few years." He left the shoes and departed. Qin Shi Huang sent envoys such as Xu Shi into the sea to search for him, but they failed to reach him and returned. This account comes from *Biographies of Divine Immortals* (*Liexian Zhuan*).
A native of Mount Tai, his family generations favored the teachings of Huang-Lao (Huangdi and Laozi), and he claimed to be three hundred years old. He sold medicines in urban markets and later prepared Huang San (Yellow Powder) and Chi Wan (Red Pills). During a plague in the folk society where tens of thousands died, Wen Zi (Note: Refers to a specific figure or wise man mentioned in context) offered a vermilion cap and administered the powder, and the patients revived immediately. Later, he went to Shu to trade medicines, and people regarded him as a celestial immortal when they saw him. Same source as above.
He served as the Imperial Physician-in-Chief of Qin and lived at the same time as Bian Que. Feeling ashamed that his medical skills were inferior to Bian Que's, he secretly arranged for Bian Que's assassination. Bian Que was the divine physician of his time; the fact that Li Xi killed him out of jealousy and faced no punishment indicates the extent to which the legal system and moral order of Qin had decayed.
A disciple of Bian Que. It was said that the Crown Prince had died. Bian Que instructed his disciple Zi Yang to use sharp needles and bian stones (stone lancets) to treat the Sanyang Wuhui acupoint (Baihui, GV20). After a short while, the Crown Prince regained consciousness.