Does Zhang Zhongjing have a son?

Zhang Zhongjing does not have a wife or children.

Historical allusion: Prescribing medicine to the disease

Zhang Zhongjing was famous in medicine. He also treated his colleagues humbly and lost no time in learning from other doctors.

In the past, some doctors only passed down their medical skills to their own children and grandchildren, and generally did not pass them on to others. At that time, there was a famous doctor named Shen Huai in Nanyang. He was over seventy years old and had no children. He felt melancholy all day long, unable to eat or sleep, and gradually became sick with worry.

The local doctors all shrank when they came to treat Shen Huai. No one can take good care of the old gentleman's illness. It's getting heavier. After Zhang Zhongjing found out, he rushed to Shen Huai's house.

Zhang Zhongjing examined the patient's condition and diagnosed it as a disease caused by worry. He immediately prescribed a prescription, using one pound each of grains and flour to make pills, coated with cinnabar on the outside, and asked the patient to take them in one meal.

When Shen Huai found out, he felt funny! He ordered his family to hang pills made from whole grains and flour under the eaves, and he would point to the pills and ridicule Zhang Zhongjing when he met everyone.

When relatives came to see him, he smiled and said: "Look! This is the prescription Zhang Zhongjing gave me. Who has ever seen that whole grains can cure diseases? A joke! A joke!"

When a friend came to see him, he smiled and said: "Look! This is the prescription Zhang Zhongjing gave me. Who can eat five kilograms of noodles in one meal? How funny! Funny!"

The doctor who was traveling with him came. When he looked at him, he smiled and said: "Look! This is the medicine Zhang Zhongjing gave me. I have been treating patients for decades, but I have never heard of it. Hee hee! Hee hee!" It's ridiculous that he only thinks about this. , all worries and worries were forgotten, and the illness was cured unconsciously.

At this time, Zhang Zhongjing came to visit him and said, "Congratulations, sir, on your recovery! The student is brave." When Shen Huai heard this, he suddenly understood, admiring and feeling ashamed at the same time. Zhang Zhongjing then said: "Sir, we are doctors to benefit the people, cure diseases and prolong life. I have no children, so aren't we young people your children? Why worry about having no heirs?"

After hearing this, Shen Huai felt that it made sense and was very moved in his heart. From then on, he taught all his medical skills to Zhang Zhongjing and other young doctors.

Prescribe medicine according to the condition. It means taking appropriate measures according to the situation.

Extended information:

In terms of prescriptions, Zhang Zhongjing also made great contributions in Treatise on Febrile Diseases and Miscellaneous Diseases, creating many dosage forms and recording a large number of effective prescriptions. The treatment principles of syndrome differentiation based on the six meridians established by him have been highly praised by medical scientists of all ages.

This is the first medical monograph in China that establishes the principles of syndrome differentiation and treatment from theory to practice. It is one of the most influential works in the history of Chinese medicine. It is an essential classic work for later scholars to study traditional Chinese medicine. It is widely praised by medical practitioners. attention from doctors and clinicians.

Zhang Zhongjing is modest and prudent and advocates lifelong learning. He said in the preface: "Confucius said: Those who are born with knowledge are superior, and learning is inferior. Those who have learned a lot and learned a lot are inferior to knowledge. Yu Su still admires alchemy, and I would like to ask you to speak like this." Zhang Zhongjing quoted Confucius's quotations to show that he is not a genius. , knowledge can only be obtained by studying hard.

He specifically stated that he has been passionate about medicine since he was a teenager. Please allow him to follow Confucius' words in a down-to-earth manner, because medicine has no end and must persist in learning throughout life. Live and learn until you are old.

Zhang Zhongjing also established a simple, unpretentious, diligent and down-to-earth style of study for future generations. The writing style of "Treatise on Febrile Diseases and Miscellaneous Diseases" is simple and concise, without any rhetoric, and has a great influence on later TCM works. When he encountered the slightest doubt when diagnosing diseases and studying, he would never let it go, and he must find out what was going on.

Reference materials:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Zhang Zhongjing