Since ancient times, when people talk about skilled doctors, they are often described as "Hua Tuo's reincarnation".
This is because in the field of traditional Chinese medicine, Hua Tuo, a famous doctor in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, enjoys a very high status and prestige. Influenced by "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Hua Tuo is not only known for his excellent medical skills, but also endowed with a noble image of medical ethics, and is portrayed as a famous doctor who always cares about the suffering of the people.
However, Hua Tuo's life experience and the cause of his death are fraught with complex political reasons.
In "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Hua Tuo was invited by Cao Cao to have a headache, but Hua Tuo's plan aroused Cao Cao's suspicions, thinking that Hua Tuo had the intention of killing him.
As a result, Hua Tuo was imprisoned and finally executed by Cao Cao.
However, the real history is not as depicted in **.
According to the records of "Three Kingdoms, Wei Shu, Fang Ji Biography", Hua Tuo was not a natural miracle doctor, but a reader who "read the scriptures and read the scriptures".
He once had the opportunity to be an official, but due to various reasons, he missed it and finally chose to practice medicine.
Hua Tuo's methods are not limited to medical skills, he invented the world's earliest anesthetic "Ma Boiling San" and performed early surgery.
Hua Tuo's personality is complex, with both regretting that he failed to enter politics in the past, and dissatisfaction with the corruption of officialdom.
He rejected Cao Cao's ** Houlu, left Cao Cao, and was finally executed by Cao Cao.
However, Hua Tuo's death was not only the responsibility of Cao Cao, but also the constraints of the political environment and the identity of the doctor in the troubled times at that time.
In the last years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, officialdom was corrupt and turbulent, and Hua Tuo, as a doctor, although he was skilled, was always difficult to get rid of the limitations of his status as a commoner.
His disappointment with officialdom opportunities and his dedication to medical skills constitute his contradictory and bumpy life.
In Cao Cao's eyes, Hua Tuo could become a political threat, so he was eventually killed.
Overall, Hua Tuo is an outstanding figure in the history of ancient Chinese medicine, and his medical contributions and indomitable spirit in troubled times are worth remembering.
However, his life also reflected the great influence of the political and social institutions of the time on the fate of the individual.