Chapter 993 - 0993: Making Good Connections 2
Feng Qingxue took note, "We are not too far from Jinling, if time permits, I and Ajiang will take a look."
"Hmm, that’s good." Guo Li didn’t stop her, and lowered her voice, "The current state of the world is really baffling. We who study traditional Chinese medicine, we’re neither here nor there, stuck in an awkward position."
"What do you mean by that?" Feng Qingxue didn’t quite understand.
After thinking for a moment, Guo Li said, "Let me put it this way, the old leaders admire Chinese medicine, but they oppose the theory of Yin and Yang, so the Yin and Yang theory has been excluded from the academic field of Chinese medicine. The medical books your master burned contained these theories, to avoid trouble. Right after the founding of the country, the health department once abolished Chinese medicine, many doctors faced unemployment, but then the old leaders praised Chinese medicine, and it was revived and continued to develop to this day. What’s the situation outside now? Chinese medicine practitioners learning Western medicine, Western doctors learning Chinese medicine, the chaos is unbearable. Is Chinese medicine an old culture? But then it belittles the scientific nature of Western medicine. We can’t belittle Western medicine just because we study Chinese medicine. Each has its strengths and weaknesses, and now Western medicine is seen as the scientific authority of the bourgeoisie. And yet, the doctors around the old leaders are mostly trained in Western medicine. Just watch, Xiaoliu came to find your master, and in a short while, your master will be back!"
As soon as her voice fell, Guo Ming came back downhearted.
"How about it? I was right, wasn’t I?" Guo Li was not at all polite.
Guo Ming didn’t understand, "Old lady, what did you say about me?"
"I said you have no self-awareness. As soon as Xiaoliu calls you, you run off. Why don’t you think about it, what kind of doctors hold sway beside the old leaders? Do they need you?" Guo Li ignored him, intending to continue speaking with Feng Qingxue, but saw that she had already stood up to take Guo Ming’s medicine box, placing it on the table, then pouring water for Guo Ming, carefully testing the temperature before handing it to him.
Guo Ming was not young anymore, and after going back and forth, he was sweaty and desperately thirsty; he took the enamel Gangzi, the water was just the right temperature, he took a few sips after catching his breath.