introduction
"Records of the Appearance of Officialdom": "Inside and outside the door of the medicine shop, there are twenty or thirty plaques hanging, bian que resurrection, what 'magic hands rejuvenate", this situation in the novel should be the most direct affirmation of the society for the healer, and it is also the highest honor." However, in ancient times, due to special historical reasons and the backwardness of scientific and technological productivity, the profession of healer was sometimes not so "pure", such as the matter we are going to talk about today. In ancient Korea, there was a kind of female doctor, known as a "medical prostitute", who had a job that was difficult to talk about.
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From the time of the Han Dynasty until the late Qing Dynasty, the current regime on the Korean Peninsula was a vassal of China, and in addition to honoring the Chinese dynasty as a suzerainty, they also regularly paid tribute to their subjects. In 1387, Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, sent the great general Lan Yu to the Liaodong region to control the important town of Tieling. The regime that was entrenched in Korea at that time was called Goryeo,
Tieling is the junction of the two countries. At that time, Goryeo was still attached to the remnants of the Yuan Dynasty and completely ignored the warnings of the Ming Dynasty.
▲National map of North Korea
He even took the initiative to send troops to help the Northern Yuan fight against the Ming army, and at this moment, there were a large number of Goryeo troops stationed outside tieling city. Zhu Yuanzhang, who experienced great winds and waves, was a famous "ruthless man" in history, and the great Yuan Dynasty was overthrown by him.
How could you be frightened by this humble little country? So he sent his brave and warlike blue jade to the crusade.
▲Portrait of Zhu Yuanzhang himself
The great general Lee Sung-gyu in the Goryeo kingdom had ambitions, and seeing that the Yuan Dynasty had gone to his own king, he still wanted to resist, so he rebelled, and the Ming army solved the Korean problem without bloodshed. In order to gain the support and recognition of the Ming Dynasty, Li Chenggui repeatedly wrote to Zhu Yuanzhang as a vassal, and also took the initiative to abolish the original Goryeo state name.
I hope to let Zhu Yuanzhang re-give his name. After much thought, Zhu Yuanzhang gave "Korea" as the new name of the country.
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"The Victory of the Eastern Kingdom": "The country is in the east, first by the glory of the asahi, hence the name Korea." The name has been used since the Ming Dynasty, and Korea has been called Chennagong for hundreds of years.
The level of productivity and scientific and technological development in ancient Korea was far less than that of the Central Plains, so every year a part of intellectuals were sent to China to learn advanced technology.
Of course, in this process, there are many feudal dynasties whose ethical and moral standards have also had a great impact on North Korea.
▲The DPRK envoy sent an old photo of the mainland
This is also an important reason why North korea and South Korea have great similarities with the Han people in terms of culture and customs. North Korea is also an agrarian country heavily influenced by Confucian culture, and the status of women in its country is generally not high.
This did not change much during the Goryeo Kingdom era and the Lee Joseon dynasty.
▲Old photo of a North Korean female doctor
In addition, they have a misguided call "untouchable". North Korea stipulates that men and women are not allowed to get along alone and cannot have any contact except for husband and wife, so the question is, doctors are men, what should women do after they get sick? In 1406 AD, in order to solve this problem, the King of Joseon set up the position of "female doctor".
The people who studied were young women, who were responsible for treating noble women such as concubines and princesses in the imperial palace.
Slowly, these female doctors are also treating women in the folk, which is still worth affirming.
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In 1494, the famous tyrant Lee of Korean history succeeded to the throne, and he made a major "invention" in the function of female doctors. This fainting and cruel emperor not only mutilated Zhongliang, but also immersed himself in sound and color all day long,
On his birthday in 1501, he feasted on hundreds of officials and ordered 70 female doctors and dancers to perform, of which 50 carefully selected female doctors were left to wait.
▲ Preserved Korean style architecture
Li was very excited by the ingenious idea, and ordered female doctors to learn how to sing and dance in addition to learning medical skills from now on. It is like turning a respected female doctor into a "medical prostitute" for her own entertainment.
In addition, when Li was in a good mood, he would also reward these wonderful women to the ministers, so that the whole court was happy about it.
▲ North Korean female doctor in TV stills
Later, Lee was deposed by his courtiers because of his cruelty and incompetence, and he was exiled to Qiaotong island and died of illness, but the "medical prostitute" he invented was not eradicated, but became a "privilege" of the Korean ruling class. They are divided into three different classes.
Some specialized in seeing the royal family, and some were reduced to tools for the nobles to vent their selfish desires, and their humble status and tragic suffering were lamentable.
epilogue
Doctors are a noble profession, a profession respected by the world, which is widely recognized in ancient and modern China and abroad, even in the war years, the international community will protect doctors to a certain extent. However, in North Korea, the female healers who saved lives and helped the injured were reduced to tools for the emperor and the ruling class to play with, and it has to be said that it is the sadness of a country, a nation and a civilization.
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