Tang Yi was greatly shocked.
He felt that his previous understanding seed to be entirely wrong.
Even though Lu Jiu said he wanted him to discern right from wrong, instinctively, after hearing Lu Jiu’s words, he felt what Lu Jiu said was right.
"Brother Lu, does that an as long as I grasp the Yin Yang Five Elents, studying anatomy doesn’t make much difference to , whether I learn it or not?"
Lu Jiu laughed, "It’s okay to study it; it’s not difficult. But you need to know what core knowledge you must grasp and not get misled by anatomy."
Tang Yi nodded, then looked towards Deng Haiming on the right side of the stage, "That person, would you say he’s been misled?"
Lu Jiu couldn’t help but chuckle. At the sa ti, Huang Fusheng on stage finally spoke.
"Do you not believe in the Yin Yang Five Elents?"
Deng Haiming said, "I just don’t blind believe."
Huang Fusheng said, "Then what do you think the Yin Yang Five Elents are?"
Deng Haiming said, "The Yin Yang Five Elents were originally Daoist School’s philosophical thought, later becoming the basic theory of traditional Chinese dicine. But I find this concept too abstract, entirely taphysical, not grounded at all, far less intuitive than anatomy. Although I learn it, fundantally I don’t believe it."
Huang Fusheng said, "Good, thank you for your honesty. I know there are quite a few Chinese dicine practitioners like you now, not exactly resistant to Yin Yang Five Elents but also not fully believing from a materialistic point of view."
"This might be why traditional Chinese dicine now can only cure diseases but not treat people."
"Actually, the Yin Yang Five Elents aren’t wholly taphysical. The so-called Yin Yang is a simple materialist philosophy used to describe all dichotomous and unified objects and phenona in nature. The Five Elents further describe this: things and phenona with the qualities or actions of growth, rising, smoothing, and soothing represent wood; those with warmth, rising, brightness represent fire; those with qualities of generation, bearing, receiving represent soil; those with qualities of descending, executing, consolidating represent tal; and those with qualities of moisturizing, moving downwards, cooling represent water."
"These were all natural laws summarized by the ancients observing the changes of heaven and earth. Mountains, rivers, birds, and beasts all follow this law. As a part of nature, humans, whether in themselves or their Five Viscera, are within this law. Many don’t believe in the Yin Yang Five Elents because, at the root, they don’t know it’s the law of heaven and earth changes, or how those changes affect humans."
"However, not understanding and then not believing is a wrong viewpoint, in my opinion. For anything, believe first then act; question it only if proved wrong—that’s a scientific attitude. Not understanding yet not believing, I think that’s superstition. Do you agree with my viewpoint?"
Deng Haiming lowered his head montarily, picked up the microphone again, "Elder Huang, I admit that in understanding Chinese dicine, I’m far inferior to you. But I don’t think the Yin Yang Five Elents, summarized by the ancients, are absolute rules. Given the productive forces at that ti, without scientific instrunts, they couldn’t observe the full picture of nature at all. That ans the Yin Yang Five Elents theory isn’t universal, maybe useful in the past but not necessarily now."
Hearing this, Lu Jiu couldn’t help but frown.
Isn’t this just for the sake of arguing?
Failing to articulate theoretically, he starts denying the theory’s reasonableness from the root, even almost labeling the ancients as backward.
Is technology really the only way to discover natural laws?
From Deng Haiming’s words, Lu Jiu basically concluded that he only knew the surface of Chinese dicine and had no understanding of its core.
Now, Elder Huang was undoubtedly playing music to a cow.
However, he seed unbothered, instead engaging in further conversation with Deng Haiming, who maintained a nihilistic and self-assured stance.
"Oh? Then let ask you, who discovered that the moon causes tides?" Huang Fusheng asked.
"Of course, it was Newton," Deng Haiming blurted out.
"In the Eastern Han Dynasty, Huiji Shangyu native Wang Chong wrote an article titled ’Lunheng’, which stated, ’The rise of the tide follows the waxing and waning of the moon,’ aning that ocean tides are influenced by the moon’s phases. Was Newton born in AD 59?" Huang Fusheng said.
Deng Haiming’s eyes flickered as he suddenly rembered sothing, "Though Newton wasn’t the first to propose this viewpoint, he was the first to prove the tidal phenonon using universal gravitation. That must be correct."
"But what does that have to do with the ancients observing nature? We’re clearly discussing why the ancients, without scientific instrunts, couldn’t observe the full picture of natural laws," Huang Fusheng said.
"But the tides are just one part of all natural phenona and don’t represent all phenona," Deng Haiming said.
"Hehehe, and what about the twenty-four solar terms?" Huang Fusheng said.
"..." Deng Haiming was speechless.
The precision of the twenty-four solar terms hadn’t had a flaw in thousands of years.
Even with such advanced modern technology, it’s incomprehensible how the twenty-four solar terms were determined.
This point was clear to Deng Haiming and many others.
At this point in the discussion, Deng Haiming knew he couldn’t refute Huang Fusheng.
"My apologies, Elder Huang, I was superficial."
Seeing Deng Haiming’s sincere attitude, Huang Fusheng smiled, "No problem. My intent in saying these things isn’t to refute you but to help you understand that the Yin Yang Five Elents in Chinese dicine are really the great dical path. The deeper you delve, the more intricate it becos. As Chinese dicine practitioners, we should possess this confidence. The ancients observed the tis, established calendars, surveyed geography, recognized grains, tried hundreds of herbs, and wrote classic formulas... These countless crystallizations of wisdom are the wealth left to us by our ancestors and still benefit us today."
"We are all heirs to Chinese dicine. If learning so science makes us see our ancestors as ignorant, then we’re simply blinded by individual leaves. If possible, I hope you read ancient texts, where many ancient sages’ wisdom resides. Understanding them would an truly entering the door of Chinese dicine, and your future achievents would be imnse."
Had it been an ordinary person facing Deng Haiming’s repeated nitpicking behavior, they might have lost their temper long ago.
But Huang Fusheng not only remained unfazed, he also encouraged Deng Haiming to be confident.
This magnanimity earned the sincere admiration of those in the audience.
"Elder Huang, how powerful can Chinese dicine be at its peak?" Deng Haiming suddenly asked.
This question imdiately piqued the curiosity of many people.
Everyone present was studying Chinese dicine, and the deeper they delved, the more they felt how difficult it was.
Regarding what extent Chinese dicine can ultimately reach, nobody really had a particularly clear concept.
It’s like all those online claims that one Chinese doctor can cure cancer, another can cure diabetes, yet in reality, you never see any.
After all, in Chinese dicine, it’s rare to see sothing like in Western dicine where a new surgery prompts a research topic; excellent Chinese dicine cures are cures, and typically don’t spread around. Even if it did, the sa prescription for another patient might have no effect at all.
So in such a situation, that’s why even among Chinese dicine practitioners, it’s almost impossible to know what level each one is at or what ultimate extent Chinese dicine can reach unless witnessed firsthand.
Huang Fusheng, upon hearing the question, let out a chuckle and slowly uttered four words.
"Revive the dead!"
What!?
Everyone was shocked!
They hadn’t expected Huang Fusheng to say sothing so fantastical.
All of a sudden, murmurs began spreading through the audience.
"Elder Huang must be joking."
"I feel the sa way."
"Reviving the dead is a bit too far-fetched."
"Indeed."
"I’ve only ever seen this in novels; honestly, I don’t believe Chinese dicine can reach this point."
"I don’t believe it either."
"..."
Tang Yi stared dumbfoundedly at Huang Fusheng on stage, then turned to Lu Jiu, "Brother Lu, do you believe it?"
Lu Jiu said, "It should be true."
Previously, he had heard Master Li Huo’s interview, where he also ntioned that renowned ancient physicians had the ability to revive the dead.
Now Huang Fusheng echoed those words; given their capabilities, Lu Jiu felt there was at least so degree of credibility.
But until he reached this level himself, Lu Jiu remained skeptical.
"???"
Tang Yi looked at Lu Jiu with a bewildered expression.
He hadn’t expected the previously earnest Lu Jiu, who had been explaining Chinese dicine, to suddenly delve into the fantastical.
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