水银之走者,此也。是症不多见,针亦莫能奏效,学人识之。
附案九条
目瞽既久,生犹死也。一旦复见人世,纵需用多金,当亦乐从。况有不爱钱,肯施恩之天医乎!乃以下九辈
视为容易,不惟不谢承,翻埋冤赖诈,是盖蛇蝎蚁蛆合为一体,豕心狗行,未足方其秽恶。览者不怒发冲冠,决
非烈士。
邵武罗东山,攒典罗英抚子也。年三十,赤贫。闻吴某弃妇张,归宁母氏。母颇有升合,足供齑粥,夤缘入
赘。然妇老而无出,敢怒而不敢言,冉冉丧明。时提学葛岁试,扶瞽告验。家弟侄见之,教有建访余。余友艾南
天,尝主伊芳宅。英利其有钱,命东山父事,至是赖其力求治。一切使费,皆取给焉。药资赠于乃兄艾秀瞻。盖怜
其贫病,而乐以襄成也。讵两目针而重光,坚隐不认。反以瞑黑痛楚,日夜号泣。艾母疑饥虑寒,时遣施予。泣
益频,号益张。余直叱不能禁,乃谋舁归。明年春,秀兄子廷珍补弟子员,因同侪语若近况,始知已具呈补考,
又明年南天捐馆。艾母八十寿,总无一字存问。不论受恩弗忘,即泛交,亦无此不情。
余既精针法,焚香告天,愿有治者,不问贫贱,咸与医药。丰人饶倒,生而得银星内障,父母惊异,爱愈常
The migration of Mercurius (Shuiyin) within the body is as described above. This condition is not common, and acupuncture cannot achieve efficacy; students of medicine should be aware of this.
Appendix: Nine Medical Cases
Having been blind for a long time, one is alive yet dead. Once seeing the human world again, even if much gold is required, one should willingly comply. Moreover, there are "Heavenly Doctors" who do not love money and are willing to bestow grace! However, the following nine generations regarded it as easy, not only failing to show gratitude but also framing, harboring resentment, and committing fraud. They are like snakes, scorpions, ants, and maggots combined into one body, with the heart of a pig and the conduct of a dog, insufficient to describe their filth and evil. Those who read this and do not have their hair stand on end in anger are certainly not men of integrity.
Luo Dongshan from Shaowu was the son raised by Luo Ying, a clerk. At thirty years old, he was extremely poor. He heard that Zhang, the wife abandoned by Wu, had returned to her mother's home. Her mother had some savings, sufficient for coarse porridge and pickles. Through connections, Luo Dongshan became a matrilocal husband (ruzhui). However, the wife was old and childless, daring to be angry but not speaking out, her vision gradually faded until she went blind. At that time, Ge, the Provincial Education Commissioner, conducted the annual examination. Luo Dongshan, supporting a blind person, went for verification. His younger brother and nephews saw him and advised him to visit Yu (the author). Yu's friend, Ai Nantian, had once stayed at Yi Fang's residence. Luo Ying, coveting Ai Nantian's wealth, ordered Dongshan to treat him like a father. Now, relying on Ai Nantian, he sought treatment vigorously. All expenses were covered by them. The cost of medicine was gifted to Ai Xiuzhan, Ai Nantian's elder brother, likely out of pity for his poverty and illness, and willingness to assist. Unexpectedly, after both eyes regained sight through acupuncture, they firmly denied it. Instead, citing blackness and pain, they wailed day and night. Mother Ai suspected hunger or cold, frequently sending provisions. Yet his crying became more frequent and wailing louder. I directly scolded but could not stop him, so we planned to carry him back. In the spring of the next year, Tingzhen, the nephew of Brother Xiu, passed the examination to become a student member (shengyuan). Through peers' words about recent circumstances, it was known that he had submitted a petition for supplementary examination. The year after that, Ai Nantian died. For Mother Ai's eightieth birthday, there was not a single word of inquiry. Regardless of whether one should not forget kindness received, even among casual acquaintances, such inhumanity does not exist.
Since I am proficient in acupuncture, I burned incense and prayed to Heaven, wishing that anyone curable, regardless of poverty or nobility, would receive medical treatment. Feng Renraodao was born with Silver Star Cataract (Yinxing Neizhang); his parents were astonished, loving him more than usual.