Saving lives and helping the injured is the duty of doctors, who have saved countless patients who are struggling while dedicating themselves to their own dedication.
They have brought hope to thousands of families, and they have been adhering to the concept of successfully treating every patient since ancient times, and their style shines in the sun.
But in ancient times, there was a profession closely related to doctors that few people knew, and this goes back to China's neighbor, North Korea.
In ancient Korea, there was a type of female doctor known as a "medical prostitute," a very special-sounding title that hid the unspeakable grief of their group.
First, the origin of the Korean doctor's daughter
Female doctors have not existed since ancient times, but through the continuous changes in the system, this profession has gradually emerged.
Female doctors are born with feminine care and sensitivity, and can comprehensively investigate and treat patients.
They were selected through the hierarchy of nobles, and some of the doctors and women specially diagnosed and treated the families of the royal family or officials and eunuchs, and some traveled around to save the lives of the grass-roots people. In ancient China, the doctors and women left many mysterious legends.
In neighboring Korea, on the border with Liaoning, the dynastic nobility treated female doctors very differently from China.
Although the female doctors there also help people see patients, more often than not, they have to dress up and dance the rainbow dance. These were all meant to cater to aristocratic courtiers or important guests, who not only had to sing and laugh, but in special cases, to make the ministers happy from the inside out. This has led to a long history in North Korea.
In the earlier days of North Korea, there were no female doctors at that time, and many female patients had difficulty asking male doctors for treatment because of special diseases.
Therefore, in order to solve this problem, the government has deliberately trained some female doctors.
Through the selection of the people, find the most suitable group of women to complete this task.
At that time, it was necessary to pass the examination system, and after completing a series of relevant medical examinations, it was necessary to officially become a qualified doctor.
The treatment of the doctor's daughter was very good at the beginning, not only with subsidies from the national government, but also with some additional medical rewards. Therefore, at that time, there were many families in the folk who hoped that their daughters could serve as doctors in the future.
With the continuous changes of the Joseon Dynasty, the system of duties for doctors and women was gradually improved. In some cases, the key role is much greater than that of male doctors. At that time, the Joseon Dynasty was ruled by the Lee family, and during the reign of Emperor Seongjong, the duty of the doctor was only to treat the sick and save people.
However, after his death, with the ascension of Yanshan Junli to the throne, the profession of doctor woman gradually became distorted.
Second, the emergence of medical prostitutes
Li was the eldest son of Chengzong, so he deservedly inherited the throne.
But compared with his father, there is a gap like a chasm in terms of ability and character.
When Chengzong had not yet died, Li was known for not learning and not learning any techniques, and many ministers had expressed their advice, although Chengzong had criticized him, but the latter still went his own way, and even intensified.
After Yanshan Junli ascended the throne, he was even more absurd, and he was not only satisfied with the service of the harem concubines, but even hit the doctors and women.
After a party banquet, he specially summoned dozens of beautiful doctors and women into the palace to satisfy his deformed and dark secrets.
In this way, the doctor was no longer simply practicing medicine to heal the sick, but had an additional duty, that is, to serve the nobles of the palace.
Although at first many doctors and women rejected and hated this, after Li killed several people who disobeyed discipline, everyone began to be silent. The increasingly wanton Yan Shanjun also deliberately let them learn dance for themselves and their ministers to enjoy.
In the process of constant humiliation and trampling on dignity, many doctors and women have gradually lost their original intentions.
Many of them could not bear this treatment and secretly fled, but none of them survived.
Over time, everyone will not dare to disobey the wishes of the royal family.
Doctors and women spent more time serving the nobility than they did in medical treatment. They knew their responsibilities and did their best to treat the sick, but after being summoned to the palace, they felt sad that they could not control their own destiny.
Later, some people began to call this group "medical prostitutes", and this title gradually spread among the nobility.
(3) Abolition of medical prostitutes
In the ming dynasty historical record "History of Ming", it was clearly written that the female doctor in Korea was actually a medical prostitute.
Yanshan Junli also finally brought himself a catastrophe because of his endless absurdity. His immoral behavior was not only reflected in indulgence and pleasure, in order to suppress the ministers, he set up many inhuman tortures, resulting in the ministers in private extreme resentment.
In the end, the ministers staged a coup d'état without his knowledge, directly removing him from the throne, and thus becoming the first deposed emperor in the history of the Joseon Dynasty.
Exiled to QiaoTong Island, he fell ill and died shortly after, ending his absurd and sad life.
But the system of medical prostitutes did not disappear with Lee's death, but continued to circulate among the ministers, whose hopeful eyes became dull again. In the end, the doctors and women were almost no different from those dancers, and there was no time to even treat the sick and save people, and they completely fell into the depths of the court.
In the end, the Japanese invaded Korea, directly ending the rule of the Lee Dynasty, and the system of medical prostitutes was gradually abolished.
Only then were the female doctors able to regain their freedom. The culprit who led to their tragic end was Yanshan Junli, who, in order to satisfy his own selfish desires, completely deprived the doctors of their power as doctors, making them easily available commodities among the ministers.
Lee eventually used death to pay for his evil deeds, but the doctors and women who were once destroyed and killed were forever buried in the corners of history.
Their misery was caused by the decaying system of the Korean feudal dynasty.
If they had just been practicing medicine normally to save people, they would have contributed far more to the North Korean state and to society than that.
4. Summary
The birth of medical prostitutes in Korean history is not only their own misfortune, but also the sadness of the entire korean feudal history. This dark past is destined to leave an indelible mark on North Korean history.
In today's society, of course, such an appalling system is not heard.
The dross of feudal society will eventually be eliminated by the new era, and the gears of history will continue to turn.
But this kind of incident brings us more of a warning and thought-provoking.
The above materials are created by the author on the basis of relevant historical materials such as the History of the Ming Dynasty, and do not constitute the fabrication of the original historical deeds. If you are interested, you can consult the relevant texts by yourself, and I believe that there will be different understandings and experiences. Interested friends can click on the attention, thank you for your support.