Hua Tuo, a native of Peiguo County, was a famous doctor in the late Eastern Han Dynasty and the early Three Kingdoms.
When it comes to Hua Tuo, everyone's first impression will be Guan Yu. In the novel "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", there was a description of the second master scraping bones to cure poison, Hua Tuo's magical medical skills easily treated Guan Yu's injured arm, and also reflected Guan Yu's heroic spirit of fearlessness in the face of danger and like a god.
Although the story of "scraping bones to cure poison" is wonderful, it is only the words of a novelist after all, not a real historical fact.
In "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Hua Tuo was killed by Cao Cao, and this is also true in historical records.
It's just that in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Hua Tuo was killed because of suspicion, and the original text of the novel is as follows:
He said: "The king's head hurts, and he rises because of the wind. The root of the disease is in the head, the saliva cannot come out, and the decoction is taken in vain, and it cannot be treated. There is a certain method: first drink hemp boiling soup, then use a sharp axe to cut off the head, take out the wind saliva, and then eradicate it. ”
Cao Cao was furious when he heard this, thinking that Hua Tuo was taking the opportunity to murder him, so he put Hua Tuo in prison and killed him not long after.
This description in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is mainly to highlight Cao Cao's suspicious character, which has played an excellent artistic effect.
And on top of the real history, how was Hua Tuo killed? This has to start with Hua Tuo himself.
Hua Tuo is indeed a person in history. There are many stories about Hua Tuo in the Book of the Later Han Dynasty and the Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms. is different from the "scraping bones to cure poison" in romance novels, it is recorded in the history books that Hua Tuo once treated Chen Deng and Zhou Tai.
Chen Deng became seriously ill when he was too punctual in Guangling and was treated by Hua Tuo. Zhou Tainai was a general of Sun Wu, who was seriously injured in the battle, and Hua Tuo cured him.
It was precisely because of Hua Tuo's superb medical skills that Cao Cao recruited Hua Tuo.
At that time, Hua Tuo was also an outlier. When he was young, Hua Tuo also devoted himself to scripture, went to Xuzhou to study, and was also recruited by Chen Qi and Huang Wan to be officials, but he was rejected. Hua Tuo focused on medicine and had no intention of pursuing a career, which was quite different from the pursuit of scholars at that time. Some people say that Hua Tuo is a love for medicine, while others say that it is for the health of the toiling public. In short, this may be the ultimate reason why Hua Tuo was killed.
Cao Cao recruited Hua Tuo, naturally to see a doctor. They are also fellow villagers of Qian County, and Cao Cao is extremely important to Hua Tuo. It is said that Hua Tuo's medical skills are indeed superb, and he used acupuncture to treat Cao Cao, and he was immediately refreshed and his head did not hurt.
Cao Cao's illness was under control, and he was naturally happy. But Hua Tuo was distressed, for a doctor, especially a doctor with pursuit, it was undoubtedly painful to not be able to contact more patients. Without more patients, it is impossible to achieve the ambition of a doctor, nor can we improve one's medical skills through practice.
So, Hua Tuo prepared to leave. He made an excuse that his wife was sick and went home.
However, after Hua Tuo left, he did not come back. Cao Cao wrote several times to urge, but he did not come back. Cao Cao was furious and sent someone to check, but found that Hua Tuo's wife was not sick. Cao Cao hated the deception of others the most, so he imprisoned Hua Tuo in the prison of Xu County and ordered him to be executed.
After Hua Tuo's death, Cao Cao's head wind was committed again, but Cao Cao did not regret it. He even thought that Hua Tuo had the ability to cure it, but he deliberately delayed it in order to respect himself.
To sum up, let's analyze why Cao Cao killed Hua Tuo?
First, Cao Cao has always had strict laws and regulations, and orders are forbidden, but Hua Tuo begged to go home because of personal matters, and he was clearly a deserter in the army. In Cao Cao's place, don't say it's a famous doctor, even a famous general, once you violate military discipline, there is only one word - kill!
Second, it is due to Cao Cao's character. Cao Cao is extremely tolerant of people, whether it is an opponent or an enemy, as long as they have a common goal, they can come together. Many of Cao Cao's subordinates, such as Xu Huang, Zhang Liao, Zhang Xiu, and Jia Xu, were once Cao Cao's enemies. But then again, once you are unwilling to be with him, there is naturally no need to cooperate.
Third, Cao Cao's concept of employing people. Since Hua Tuo is unwilling to be used by himself, he cannot be used by others. It is precisely like this, when Hua Tuo was unwilling to come back under the pretext that Hua Tuo had actually moved to kill. Therefore, Hua Tuo's fame and medical skills did not save his life, but instead became a death charm.