李時珍傳

剛才看完了《本草綱目》作者李時珍的生平傳記(兒童版)，李時珍這麼名字小時候上課就知道了，這是第一次了解他這個人的故事。李時珍的父親也是個當地的名醫，但是因為古時候的郎中地位甚低，他的父親又秉持著濟世救人的心，所以家境並不好，因此父親就把光耀門楣的大任托在李時珍身上。

然而，李時珍從小體弱多病，考上秀才後接著考舉人，卻連著三次名落孫山:半是因為他抱病讀書，半是因為興趣缺缺，真正讓他感興趣的，不是做官，而是行醫。因次連三次失敗後，他便立定志向從醫。現在很多勵志書都鼓吹追求自己的興趣才能成功，李時珍就是個例子，他跟在父親身邊學醫，累積了經驗和聲望，人家自動請他來做大夫，一路做到了宮裡的太醫，藉由地利之便飽覽宮中藏書，增廣見聞。

但是做官畢竟非李時珍的志趣，加上志同道合的同事不多，便告老還鄉，開始踏遍大江南北、採集草藥，一路上也碰上了許多危險(差點被女真人砍頭、被狼群追還幸運脫逃)，看來人要從善，天必助之。收集好資料、藥材，回到家鄉後，他開始著手修訂《本草》一書，終於在73歲高齡定稿，只可惜因為字數多、印刷工程浩大，所以沒能親眼見到該書出版，附圖即是明代最初版「金陵本」。
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李時珍的故事也反映一些處事態度:
1. 選擇自己喜愛的工作，才會長久。
2. 不恥下問。(當過大官的李時珍，不懂的事會熱切向各行各業的人指教:農夫、柴夫、養鴨人家都是他的學習對象)
3. 男女平等。(雖然古代男尊女卑，可是人家當時就收女徒弟了呢~) 

李時珍這樣一個時常出外打拼(採藥草)的男人，家裡一定要有賢慧的女人，因此我覺得李時珍除了命大之外，上天還給他一個好老婆吳氏，不僅贊同他的志向，還把家裡四個小孩都照顧好好的，長大後各有成就，實在是應該感謝這位在偉人背後默默支持的無名英雄啊！

2015.1.8 丈量世界

This afternoon I watch a German film called "Die Vermessung der Welt" (Measuring the World), talking about the life story of Alexander von Humboldt and Carl Friedrich Gauss. In the film, Humboldt is a funny, ambious and full of curiosity, it the film's description is ture, then I must wanted to meet with him had I born in that age. But, it is Gauss that stay in my mind after the film. Gauss is a genius, with such greatness in him he should had went to somewhere and do big things, but he stayed in his hometown, teached at school, cynical to the world, unastisified with all those mudane people around him. I think it's the long term distress that throw him into the ditch of his little circle. From this film I seem to understand why Ben angry with me. Teacher want to teach good student, their enthusiasm lies on cultivating good student, and I depress him. With this in mind, I'll begin getting over my sadness and prepare for a new semester. Wish me luck!