It's Bian Que, not Hua Tuo.
<鹖冠子>
世贤第十六
卓襄王问庞暖曰："夫君人者亦有为其国乎？"庞暖曰："王独不闻俞跗之为医乎？已成必治，鬼神避之，楚王临朝为随兵故，若尧之任人也，不用亲戚，而必使能其治病也，不任所爱，必使旧医，楚王闻传暮●在身，必待俞跗。"卓襄王曰："善。"庞暖曰："王其忘乎？昔伊尹医殷，太公医周武王，百里医秦，申麃医郢，原季医晋，范蠡医越，管仲医齐，而五国霸。其善一也，然道不同数。"卓襄王曰："愿闻其数。"暖曰： " 王独不闻魏文王之问扁鹊耶？曰：'子昆弟三人其孰最善为医？'扁鹊曰：'长兄最善，中兄次之，扁鹊最为下。'魏文侯曰：'可得闻邪？'扁鹊曰：'长兄于病视神，未有形而除之，故名不出于家。中兄治病，其在毫毛，故名不出于闾。若扁鹊者，镵血脉，投毒药，副肌肤，闲而名出闻于诸侯。'魏文侯曰：'善。使管子行医术以扁鹊之道，曰桓公几能成其霸乎！'凡此者不病病，治之无名，使之无形，至功之成，其下谓之自然。故良医化之，拙医败之，虽幸不死，创伸股维。"卓襄王曰："善，寡人虽不能无创，孰能加秋毫寡人之上哉？"
Bian Que is a very famous doctor in China (about bc 500). He had two elder brothers who were much better than him.
But they are not famous. A King asked Bian Que why he is the most famous one, and Bian Que answered above.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Austin Xu Wang" <xu4wang@gmail.com>
To: "Lua list" <lua@bazar2.conectiva.com.br>
Sent: Monday, January 29, 2007 2:59 PM
Subject: Re: Standard for Lua
> On 29/01/07, David Burgess <dburgess@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Andy Stark wrote:
>> > There's a proverb (Chinese, I think): the doctor who prevents illness is
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> Yes. I am a Chinese. I confirm it.
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>> > not known beyond his street; the doctor who heals the sick is not known
>> > outside his town; the doctor who tries to save the dying is known
>> > throughout the land...
>>
>> Does anyone know where to find the original quote?
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> There is a story in Chinese about Doctor Hua Tuo and his brothers.
> Don't know if there is similar story in the West.
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>> db
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