"The king's head ached, and he got up because of the wind. The root of the disease is in the head, the saliva cannot come out, and the decoction is taken in vain, and it cannot be treated. There is a certain method: first drink the hemp lung soup, then cut off the head with a sharp axe, and take out the saliva before removing the roots. ”
In the seventy-eighth chapter of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", the miracle doctor who cured wind diseases died, and the last few times he passed on his fate. Hua Tuo came to see Cao Cao, so he said the above words.
In "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", this treatment method of splitting the head with an axe, the ancients couldn't figure it out, and modern people couldn't figure it out, only the open-minded Luo Guanzhong could figure it out.
If Hua Tuo in history gave Cao Cao the treatment plan was really like this, let alone Cao Cao wanted to kill him, even if Liu Bei, the king of benevolence and righteousness, touched it, I am afraid he would not spare Hua Tuo.
In fact, the paragraph in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" that treats Cao Cao is clearly made up by Luo Guanzhong for the sake of Black Cao Cao, and in real history, the cause of Hua Tuo's death is another truth.
Regarding the deeds of the divine doctor Hua Tuo, the historical book "Three Kingdoms" and "Book of the Later Han" are recorded. In particular, the part where Hua Tuo was killed is recorded in great detail.
In "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", it is said that Hua Tuo wanted to split Cao Cao's head with an axe to treat Cao Cao's illness, so he was killed. But in real history, is this really the case?
Of course not!
The real cause of Hua Tuo's death in history is not what Luo Guanzhong said, but it has one thing in common with Luo Guanzhong's statement, which is because of the murder caused by Cao Cao's treatment.
At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Hua Tuo, as one of the three divine doctors of Jian'an, only sought to study medical skills all his life, not to pursue a career. Chen Wanggui, the prime minister of Peiguo, recommended him as filial piety, and Taiwei Huang Wan also recommended him, but he did not take office.
Hua Tuo's most enthusiastic thing in his early years was to treat the sick and save people everywhere, and his medical footprints were all over Anhui, Shandong, Henan, Jiangsu and other places. Hua Tuo has practiced medicine all over the world throughout his life, and has a good reputation and has made many achievements in medicine.
Those who can be called miracle doctors in troubled times are not only as simple as being skilled in medicine, but also have superior medical ethics. There is no doubt that Hua Tuo is a doctor with excellent medical ethics.
It's just that Hua Tuo's temper is a little weird, and it can't be said to be weird, maybe it's his integrity. Although he was a rare man in the world, he was often angry at what he did.
Because in the society at that time, doctors who treated diseases and saved people would be regarded as a trick and regarded as a "cheap industry", and they were very dissatisfied, but they were helpless.
In fact, in real history, Hua Tuo and Cao Cao have met more than once, and many things have happened between them.
"Book of the Later Han Dynasty": Cao Cao heard and summoned Tuo, often left and right, accumulating hardships and dizziness, and needles, and he was poor.
The story of Hua Tuo's treatment and saving people was already miraculous in that era, and it seemed that as long as Hua Tuo took action, there was no patient who could not be cured. This matter reached Cao Cao's ears, so he took Hua Tuo with him, and every time he had a headache, Hua Tuo only needed to relieve it by Cao Cao's acupuncture, and Cao Cao was overjoyed.
But as time went by, Hua Tuo became a little unhappy.
Hua Tuo doesn't want to be an official, this character of yearning for freedom must be unwilling to stay by Cao Cao's side for a long time.
"Book of the Later Han Dynasty": I went home again to think about returning, but I begged to return the prescription, because of my wife's illness, I did not reverse it for several periods. Cao was tired of calling for books, and sent to the county and county, but he was tired of things and refused to come. the anger, make people cheap, know that his wife is cheating, it is to receive and pay prison news, and test the first service. Xun Yu asked: "The magic of Tuo is practical, and human life is hanging, so it is advisable to add all the benefits." "If you can't do it, you can kill it.
According to historical records, Hua Tuo believed that Cao Cao's illness was difficult to cure in a short period of time, and even if it was treated for a long time, it would only delay his death, and it would not be cured at all, so he resigned and received a letter from home and returned home.
After returning home, Hua Tuo claimed that his wife was sick and repeatedly asked for an extended vacation but did not return. Later, Cao Cao was recruited several times, but Hua Tuo still couldn't shirk it, which made Cao Cao furious.
Cao Cao sent someone to check on Hua Tuo's house, and if his wife was really sick, he rewarded Hua Tuo; If his wife had not been ill, Hua Tuo would have been arrested.
As Cao Cao expected, Hua Tuo lied to Cao Cao, and was arrested and imprisoned and tortured to death.
According to the laws of the Han Dynasty at that time, Hua Tuo can be described as a crime on top of a crime. 1. The crime of deceit. 2. Not to be guilty of compliment.
Hua Tuo's temper is blamed here, or rather his integrity, he does not bow his head for power, even if he dies; And Hua Tuo's temper is not only strange, but in the words of "Book of the Later Han", it can also be said that he has a very bad temper.
and is very talented in his own right, Cao Cao's illness is inseparable from Hua Tuo, which creates an illusion for him, maybe Cao Cao just doesn't dare to kill him; It's just that what he didn't expect was that Cao Cao didn't care about his pain at all and had to put him to death.
Of course, perhaps Hua Tuo also knew that he would die, but he still didn't want to treat Cao Cao for a long time, so before he was arrested, he carried his own medical books with him, and it was precisely because of this that Hua Tuo's writings were not handed down.
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