An Amazing | |
Place | Near a(n) |
The main character | A woman with a baby in one hand and shopping bags in the other. |
What happened | She put the baby on top of the car. She the baby and began to drive away. A truck moved to her front, so she had to stop. A young man took the baby down. |
The end | The woman was to see her baby. Things ended happily |
Li Shizhen was one of the most famous doctors in Chinese history. He was born in Qichun, Hubei 1518.
Both Li Shizhen's father and grandfather were doctors Li Shizhen's grandfather was a country doctor travelled in the countryside with a bag of herbs and medications and cured people. His father was a doctor and he wrote several books.
Li Shizhen used to help his father in his (medicine) practice when he was young. His father wanted (he) to enter politics. Li Shizhen studied for the exams and passed the country-level examination (乡试), he was never able to pass the imperial examination (殿试).
When he was 38, he cured the son of the Prince of Chu and (invite) to be an official in that court (朝廷). A few years later, he (become) an official at the Imperial Medical Institute.
Even though he fulfilled his (father) dream, he didn't want to continue working for the court. One year later, he left the court and returned to be doctor again.
Li Shizhen was famous for his book, Compendium of Materia Medica (《本草纲目》). He spent 27 years writing the book. (luck), Li Shizhen died before the book was officially published. It is such a successful book. Today, we still regard it as one of our national treasures.
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