Dong Feng, whose name is Yi Jun, was born in Houguan (now Fuzhou), Fujian. Together with Zhang Zhongjing and Hua Tuo at that time, they were also called "Jian 'an Three Magical Doctors". Among many legendary stories about Dong Feng, the most influential one is the story of his practicing medicine in Lushan Mountain. Dong Feng lived in seclusion for a long time at the southern foot of Lushan Mountain in Jiangxi Province, and was enthusiastic about treating diseases for the mountain people.
He never asks for remuneration when he practices medicine. Whenever he cured a seriously ill patient, he asked the patient to plant five apricot trees on the hillside. If you are optimistic about minor illnesses, you only need to plant an apricot tree. As a result, patients from the four townships came to seek treatment, and Dong Feng paid for apricot planting. A few years later, there were as many apricot trees in Lushan area as100000.
When the apricots are ripe, Dong Feng sells them as food to help the poor and hungry people in Lushan. Within a year, he distributed hundreds of thousands of barrels of food. Later, it was said that there were tigers guarding Xinglin to prevent criminals from stealing apricots. Those who want to eat apricots can only exchange rice, while Dong Feng distributes the rice for relief to the poor, so there is also a saying that "the tiger guards the almond trees".
It is precisely because of Dong Feng's noble character of practicing medicine and saving the world that he has won the universal admiration of the people. After Dong Feng came out of the mountain, people set up an altar in Xinglin to worship this kind Taoist priest.
Similar allusions (orange Jing Quan fragrance)
There is also an allusion in the history of traditional medicine in China, which is related to Taoist doctors. This allusion is about a Taoist named Su Dan in Hunan during the Western Han Dynasty. He was extremely filial to his mother with his stunts and later became an immortal. Before I became immortal, I told my mother that there would be an epidemic next year, and then I could use the spring water in the well to soak orange leaves for treatment.
The next year, a large-scale epidemic did occur. His mother followed the instructions and soaked orange leaves with spring water in the well to help her neighbors. There are countless people alive, which became a story for a while. This song "Orange Jing Quan Fragrance" is a classic of Su Dan's biography of Liexian, which was included in the biography of famous doctors by Chen Menglei, a Fujian native in the Qing Dynasty and widely circulated.
Up to now, Su Xianguan, Feishengshi, Ludong and the drifting well in No.1 Middle School in the northeast suburb of Chenzhou City, Hunan Province, are all relics commemorating Su Xian. The word "orange and Jing Quan fragrance" is as famous as "Xinglin is warm in spring" and "hanging pot helps the world" in the field of traditional Chinese medicine. In the past, doctors often used the words "Orange Well" or oranges and apricots to name medical books, such as "Orange Well Pearl" and "Tachibana An Chunqiu", which had profound implications.