Ancient emperors because of poor healing called the eunuchs to be buried? Who did the questioner hear this from? From ancient times to the present, consorts and courtesans have been martyred, and Empress Dowager Xuan of Qin even tried to have her "fresh meat" lover, Wei Choufu, martyred. However, it seems to be very rare in the history of such things as letting the doctor be buried ......
The death of Li Wenzhong, the king of Qiyang Wujing
In the seventeenth year of the Ming dynasty, one of the founding fathers of the Ming dynasty, and the nephew of Ming Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang - the then Duke of Cao (Qiyang Wujing), who was also a member of the government of the Ming dynasty, was killed by the government of the Ming dynasty, and was sentenced to death. Li Wenzhong, then Duke of Cao (King of Qiyang was posthumously awarded the posthumous title of "Wu Jing"), died at the age of forty-five. For the death of such a nephew and adopted son, Ming Taizu was so grief-stricken that he even went so far as to anger the imperial physician! After Li Wenzhong's death, the Ming Emperor suspected that Hua Zhong, the Marquis of Huai'an, who was responsible for his medical treatment, had murdered Li Wenzhong, and ordered that Hua Zhong be knighted, his entire family be exiled to Jianchang Wei, and that more than a hundred of his doctors and related personnel be killed!
Who is Hua Zhong? Early Ming Dynasty hospital "big boss". However, he also has another identity, that is, the Marquis of Huai'an. The "head" of the hospital can actually be awarded a marquis? No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no! Huazhong's title was not because of his position, but because of his father, one of the founding fathers of the Ming Dynasty, Hua Yunlong, who inherited the title of Marquis of Huai'an after his death. Even the son of the founding fathers were treated like this, the ancient emperor because of poor medical treatment to execute the eunuchs seems to be the nail in the coffin!
Please note that Ming Taizu killed the doctors and exiled Huazhong not because they failed to cure Li Wenzhong, but because he suspected Huazhong of murdering Li Wenzhong. To put it bluntly, Hua Zhong was unlucky in his title of Marquis of Huai'an! Because he wasn't just a eunuch, he was also a figure in the political circle. I'm afraid that this is the reason why Ming Taizu this large-scale execution of eunuchs, those other killed eunuchs are actually tripping the gun, implicated by Hua Zhong ...... In addition to this, such as filial piety Ci Gao Empress Ma's death, Yi Wen Prince Zhu Biao died, Ming Taizu did not too much anger eunuchs, which is enough to explain the problem.
Is the emperor in ancient China often kill the eunuchs
The previous example of Ming Taizu's execution of the eunuchs was mentioned. In fact, the emperor killed too doctor thing is not common. As a clinician, who does not have a few lives in his hands? People have old age, disease and death, disease has a serious and urgent, serious illness and death is more than normal thing. Although the emperor holds the power of life and death but not all "perverted butcher", in the case of knowing that the disease is very sick, can not be cured, but also to kill the doctor, unless the emperor psychopathic, is not it? Therefore, the ancient Chinese emperor did not often kill the doctor, the emperor did not move to kill the doctor is a misunderstanding of many people.
Again, the training of a good doctor is not a day or two, is the accumulation of long-term clinical experience, especially the era of no medical school "wholesale" doctors more so! To become a good doctor, there are a variety of selection into the Imperial Hospital, must be the first-class apricot masters, kill a less one! If the Emperor does not move to kill the Imperial Doctor, these excellent doctors are killed off, who will treat the Royal family? Therefore, unless like Hua Zhong like involved in the political whirlpool or really at fault of the Prince, the emperor generally will not arbitrarily kill the eunuchs.
Of course, the emperor is not a professional, and sometimes there will be bias in judgment, which is similar to the present-day family members of some patients "injured doctor". A good person suddenly died, not your doctor's fault, and what is it? In the face of the death of a loved one, irrational things happen inevitably ...... Ming Taizu on the Hua Zhong and those who deal with the doctors are not exactly this situation? Li Wenzhong inexplicably died at the age of forty-five, and it is understandable that Ming Taizu suspected Hua Zhong of conspiracy to commit murder....... However, these are only some exceptions, not the mainstream.
Is it dangerous to be a doctor of medicine in ancient times
Although the ancient Chinese emperor did not often execute doctors of medicine, it is true that being a doctor of medicine is not an easy thing. First of all, the object of the work is to hold the power of life and death of the emperor and his family, once there is something wrong, lose their lives is not an unlikely thing to happen! More importantly, the diagnosis and treatment process, the doctor simply can not be like today's doctors, the patient for detailed diagnosis, physical examination, even the most basic traditional Chinese medicine "cut", have to kneel! As for the harem ladies, then do not expect to check the body, sometimes can not do the consultation, very often the doctor can not even see the face of the concubines, only by the palace maid or eunuchs to relay the condition. In the absence of detailed clinical information, the eunuch must also have to use medicine to cure the disease, its missed diagnosis rate, misdiagnosis rate can be imagined ...... but once because of missed diagnosis, misdiagnosis of the consequences, waiting for the eunuchs will be what, self-evident. This is a pair of contradictions, can not be reconciled ......
The emperor has the emperor's so-called dignity, subjects can not freely check the emperor's body; consorts have consort "male and female acceptance is not close", the doctor can not be more direct contact to check the body; the doctor to diagnose, treat and Must obtain first-hand clinical information ...... In this way, the eunuchs in order to self-preservation, can only be emergency slow treatment, small treatment of major illnesses, as long as not in their own hands in the event of an accident, slowly dragging death and I have nothing to do with it! This is why the ancient Chinese eunuchs are carefully selected excellent doctors, the Imperial Hospital's equipment, medicinal herbs are also the country's first-class, why the emperors and concubines who died young is still so many reasons. Even the world's leading doctors, into the Imperial Hospital has become a quack ...... is not the level is not good, but the risk is too great! Of course, the limitations of traditional Chinese medicine in ancient China is also a factor.
Lastly by the way, the emperor killed the Imperial Doctor and martyrdom is not the same thing at all. Martyrdom refers to the living or artificially killed living people for burial, usually for the emperor's martyrdom are concubines, palace people, and so on, too doctor for the emperor's martyrdom is very rare. To the Ming Dynasty, for example, before the Tianshun, the concubines of the harem who have not given birth to a child, concubines of the feudal lords, etc. to be buried for their husbands. But those who have given birth to children do not have to, and the main room does not have to!