A friend from a medical practitioner knows that there is a "madman" who collects folk medical books in Bozhou, Anhui. The author rushed there as soon as possible, walked through narrow and stuffy alleys, and finally found Xia Xiaohui, who was buried in hard work in a small house
A friend from a medical practitioner knows that there is a "madman" who collects folk medical books in Bozhou, Anhui. The author rushed there as soon as possible, walked through narrow and stuffy alleys, and finally found Xia Xiaohui, who was buried in hard work in a small house.
The first sentence the author asked him when he entered the door: Xia Xiaohui, do you regret doing all this?
Xia Xiaohui's reflexive reply: Never regret.
It is estimated that many people have asked this sentence, or he may have been questioned by the villagers about his mental health. He has become accustomed to using light language to prove his position.
From foreign company executives to traditional Chinese medicine watchers, Xia Xiaohui sold all five houses and cars in Beijing, Chengdu, Bozhou, and other places, and traveled to more than 1500 counties across the country to collect these fragile and inherited medical books.For the sake of these medical books, he was even willing to pay a high price of 520000 yuan to buy a standalone book. After selling his last house, his wife left him with the children.
As the ninth generation descendant of Rongqing Hall, Xia Xiaohui lived in a dilapidated and damp village house. In order to preserve his medical books well, he borrowed the county town house of his disciples and friends, where the storage environment was relatively dry and the medical books were not easily damaged or damaged by insects.
Day after day, Xia Xiaohui sorted out medical books until late at night, and then rode a second-hand electric donkey back to live in a village house 20 kilometers away. This village house is located in Xiazhuang Village, Bozhou, and is his eldest brother's house. Here, he and his old mother rely on each other because there is no time to tidy up the house, and the bed and ground are covered in garbage and dust. But whenever there is a place where medical books are stacked and they are clean again, he always gently opens the glass cabinet and tells the author:Medical books require breathing, ventilation, and cooling!
In front of the big brother's house is Xia Xiaohui's own homestead, which is covered with half height weeds because he doesn't have the money to build a house. He kicked the small stone at the door and whispered, 'It doesn't matter where he lives, the key is to settle down the medical books properly.'.
Strangely, every time it rains in rainstorm, it always falls to the threshold of medical books, and the rain will naturally stop.
Xia Xiaohui smiled and said, "The rain dare not overflow this half meter pile of books, just like the statue of the Medicine King, Sun Simiao, standing still in front of the stage. For those who practice medicine, each of us must have a heart of awe
Cultivate a culture of traditional Chinese medicine, and the more you do, the poorer you become
The outdoor heat is hot and the indoor humidity is stuffy. Xia Xiaohui is sweating profusely in front of the ancient medical books, which are as thin as cicadas' wings. The light and thin bamboo pieces slowly open the pages that are stuck together, and then slowly open and press them evenly. This repair work can make time pass quickly or make time stand still.
Xia Xiaohui is not good at words, but when it comes to traditional Chinese medicine books, His face exudes a sense of fulfillment: This is the house that my apprentice lent me, which has been more than a year. I can't help it, there are too many medical books to put down. I started practicing traditional Chinese medicine culture in 1999, and later it became uncontrollable. As I became poorer and wanted to buy, I had no money. They all said I was a junk collector, and they didn't understand. Until I sold my house and car, my wife didn't understand, but there's no way, these books were all my property
Before 1999, Xia Xiaohui had an enviable job as the investment manager for a multinational pharmaceutical company. He also accumulated his first fortune due to this job, buying real estate in Beijing, Chengdu, Bozhou, and other places.
But as the ninth generation descendant of Rongqingtang, he has been deeply influenced by traditional Chinese medicine culture since childhood. But as the family situation changed, the number of medical books passed down from the family always became less and less. Every time he rushed home, he was very confused, so he asked his old mother. She said that there were too many medical books at home, so it didn't matter if he picked up a few books to light the fire. After hearing this, Xia Xiaohui felt heartbroken and played a game of hiding medical books with her old mother.
Being in Bozhou, the capital of traditional Chinese medicine, Xia Xiaohui conducted research and found that many local families do not attach great importance to inheriting medical books. Like her mother, she uses them as firewood or sells them as garbage. From that moment on, he decided to buy back and protect the traditional Chinese medicine culture, so that future generations who want to learn ancient Chinese medicine can have relevant books to inherit and learn from.
Xia Xiaohui always emphasizes to the author, "This is a treasure that has been passed down by our ancestors for thousands of years. It is a cultural treasure. What kind of treasure are you looking for? It's all in this book! Oh, what a pity
For this reason, Xia Xiaohui launched a nationwide campaign to collect medical books, and this perseverance lasted for 15 years!
In the past 15 years, he has visited more than 1500 county-level cities and collected more than 20000 medical books and plaques, including unique books such as "Qimen Dunjia (Nine Gods)", "Lingsu Festival", "Practical Good Recipe", "Qianjin Fang", and "Theoretical Parallel Prose Abstract". He often eats Mantou with boiled water for three meals in order to save money to buy medical books.During his visits to every household in the folk, he found his collection of medical books as precious as ever. Even worn-out medical books were taken by him to his chest and slowly repaired at home.
Xia Xiaohui told me that the most expensive medical book he bought was 520000 yuan, which was a standalone book with many prescriptions. He sold his last house for this. And outside this medical book, there were all shabby clothes and expressions of disgust from the village neighbors.
Japanese and Korean capital buyers, rejected
The origin of traditional Chinese medicine can be traced back to the Shang Dynasty, more than 2000 BC, when written records of acupuncture and moxibustion, drug therapy and other aspects appeared. The basic theoretical system of traditional Chinese medicine mainly includes Yin, Yang, five elements, meridians, zang fu organs, etc. The diagnosis and treatment methods of diseases mainly include watching, hearing, inquiring, acupuncture and moxibustion, drug treatment, etc.
With the rise and reverence of traditional Chinese medicine culture, Japan and South Korea have named the herbal medicines used in traditional Chinese medicine "Han Fang" and vigorously promoted and practiced them. Many classic formulas have been made into "patent medicines" and are widely used by the people.
The Chinese side is so popular, but traditional Chinese medicine is not valued, and these medical books are the roots of traditional Chinese medicine. We cannot let the roots be cut off. Many Japanese and Korean companies and capital come to me to buy the medical books and prescriptions I have collected, but I refuse to give them any amount of money. Because these ancient medical books have been passed down from generation to generation from our ancestors, I do not have the right to sell them. Once we cooperate with these foreign capital, many formulas are occupied, and they apply for patents and produce them themselves. At that time, our descendants will have to learn and go abroad to study. We will have to buy medicine and go abroad to buy. This is a huge blow to the development of our traditional Chinese medicine.
Due to Xia Xiaohui's persistence, many domestic pharmaceutical factory owners have also started comparing their prescriptions with the ancient medical books collected by Xia Xiaohui to verify whether the inheritance is consistent.
And all the communication about medical books and prescriptions is free for Xia Xiaohui. In order to make a living, he collects some fees by selling rubbings, while his friends and disciples around him are volunteers. Even so, Xia Xiaohui's eyes often show helplessness:
So, organizing the collected medical books became Xia Xiaohui's daily work. After organizing the only folk secret formulas and folk remedies, Xia Xiaohui persisted in providing them to enterprises and traditional Chinese medicine that could be transformed.
Using rubbings to make a living and inherit more
As is well known, ancient medical books are extremely difficult to preserve well. With the bite of insects and mice, as well as the dampness and weathering of the earth, the repair and organization of many medical books have become a very difficult task. So, Xia Xiaohui took on another important task, which was to extract these damaged and isolated medical books word for word, and make them into new ones, which could then continue to be passed down.
YezhengDue to Xia Xiaohui's tolerance and openness towards the traditional Chinese medicine industry, a large group of inheritors from medical institutions and pharmaceutical factories gathered. They would come to Bozhou to seek Xia Xiaohui's scriptures, exchange medical prescriptions together, answer questions and dispel doubts together. Many of the compared formulas were boldly used by them after returning, achieving a genuine inheritance.
The prescriptions of ancient medical books can form transformations, treat diseases and save people, and through the most cost-effective way, this is the ultimate value that medical books want to achieve. Our ancestral recipes are very valuable, but the modern industrialization process has destroyed many of our ancient recipes.
In Xia Xiaohui's eyes, he lost his fortune searching for ancient medical books and was given guidance and mission by heaven. The Xia family has been practicing medicine for generations, and Xia Xiaohui hopes to use his own strength to tell the world that traditional Chinese medicine culture needs to be inherited and revived.
In today's society, there are not many individuals like Xia Xiaohui who are desperate, and it is far from enough for traditional Chinese medicine to inherit only Xia Xiaohui.
Jia Zhangke once said: China needs some very strong personalities, strong enough to independently dance with this era, participate in it, change it, and influence it. Instead of wearing armor and claiming to be independent, but watching everything go wrong.
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