Myopia is listed as one of the world's three major diseases, the incidence of myopia in the mainland population is 33%, and by 2020, it will reach 750 million, and the myopia rate of adolescents is even higher.
In order to see clearly, people have invented various methods - spectacles, contact lenses, laser surgery...
Finally alleviated the embarrassment of myopic eyes that "male and female are indistinguishable within five meters, and people and animals within ten meters are not distinguished".
However, in ancient times, when science and technology were not so developed, what should people do if they were short-sighted?
Two ordinary people pushing glasses 丨 giphy
Ancient people were rarely short-sighted
Although there is such a thing as vision loss, both ancient and modern, Both Chinese and foreign, it is undeniable that the ancients really rarely had myopia.
First, the literacy rate in ancient times was low, and most people could not read. Don't read for a long time to see the nearby, naturally not myopia.
Secondly, the ancients used their eyes to be very healthy.
Because the ancients wrote with a brush, the font size was relatively large, and the distance between the eyes and the book was relatively far.
Moreover, most people use natural light sources. Whether it is candles or oil lamps, in ancient times, they were considered luxuries, and ordinary people could not afford to consume them. Study at dawn, sleep in dark, healthy and efficient.
Think about the way the ancients lived, riding a horse, archery, need to alternate between near and far eyes; farming in the field is also an outdoor sport.
Look at the life of modern people, novels, videos, video games, a whole day against mobile phones and computers. Although sometimes watching a computer for a day is also forced by life, but in the end it is not good for the eyes...
However, ancient people did have myopia. Generally, they are people who have been reading hard for many years, such as the great writers who are full of poetry books.
Bai Juyi of the Tang Dynasty, who studied diligently when he was young, lost his eyesight in his later years, and regretted not having done so:
Dark Eyes (Excerpt)
In the early years, he was tired of reading books and bitterness, and in his later years, he was sad and had many tears.
Eye damage does not know how to take itself, and the disease becomes a prescription for enlightenment.
Another group of poems by Bai Juyi is even more extremely melancholy depicted by the nearsighted eye:
Eye Disease II (Excerpt)
A thousand pieces of snow scattered in the air, and a heavy veil was covered with a cage.
Even if the sun is shining like looking at the fog, it is not spring that also sees flowers.
The Qing Dynasty also had myopia, such as the famous Ji Xiaolan.
The historical Ji Xiaolan can not look like Zhou Zheng on TV, and the poetry book records that Ji Yun "looks short of sight". In appearance, the facial features seem to be going to sleep, crooked from side to side; visually still a nearsighted eye.
So, what should the ancients do if they were short-sighted?
The ancients had many ways of myopia
There are always more ways than problems, and the ancients had a solution to myopia.
Ouyang Xiu of the Song Dynasty was plagued by myopia, and the solution was:
Ask an assistant to read aloud
In the Song Dynasty, Ye Mengde's "Shilin Yanyu" volume 10 recorded: "Ouyang Wenzhong was short-sighted, and it was often difficult to read, but it was only for people to read and listen." ”
In the era without AI speech recognition, Ouyang Xiu, who is highly myopic, can only ask the bookboy to read aloud for himself.
Eye discomfort please doctor
Bad eyes are a big deal, and it is inevitable to look for a langzhong to take a look.
The Yellow Emperor's Inner Classics say: "The essence of the five internal organs is the essence of the eyes." "Jing" here refers to shrewdness, that is, the visual function of the eye.
That is to say, there is a problem with the eyes, most likely because of the dysfunction of the body's internal organs.
Therefore, through herbal medicine, acupuncture and other ways to condition the body, or through exercise, sunbathing and other ways to strengthen the body, you can improve your vision.
In the Han Dynasty, there were magnifying glasses
In the tomb of Liu Jing, the royal family of the Eastern Han Dynasty, a magnifying glass with a gold circle embedded in crystal was excavated, with a diameter of 1.3 centimeters, which can magnify objects by 5 times.
However, such a expensive magnifying glass is difficult to popularize. Fortunately, ordinary people will not get such a rich disease as myopia.
Glasses appeared in the mid-Ming Dynasty
Science and technology are developing, and the times are progressing. In fact, in the Ming Dynasty, glasses appeared, and qing dynasty glasses became more popular.
Known as the Ming Dynasty's "Qingming River Map", in the "Nandu Fanhui Scenery Map", there is an old man with glasses in the lower right corner!
Sun Yunqiu in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, on the basis of production practice and scientific research, wrote a monograph on the production of glasses " Mirror History": "Ling Shifang manufactured according to law, (glasses) became popular in the world." ”
The Yongzheng Emperor, known for his diligence, had poor eyesight and was a collector of glasses.
Myopia is how to say in English
What should you say if you want to express that you are short-sighted?
Myopia & farsightedness
Are you near-sighted or far-sighted?
Are you nearsighted or farsighted?
I'm near sighted in my left eye.
My left eye is myopic.
Expression of myopia degrees
How strong are your glasses?
How many degrees of your glasses do you have? / How many degrees of myopia are you?
How is your vision good?
What's the power of your glasses?
Contact lenses & eye exercises
Contact lenses: contact lenses
Eye exercises: eye exercises
Finally, please be sure to protect the windows of your soul!
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