Listen to this articleyīzhě-rénxīn 医者仁心
The Caring Heart of a Physician
医者要有仁爱之心。其基本精神，古已有之。唐朝著名医学家孙思邈（581—682）在《千金方·论大医精诚》中，已经有医者应存有恻隐之心也即“仁心”的相关论述。它要求医者对患者要有大爱之心、悲悯之情、救苦之志，不计个人得失，一心治病救人，而医者也因此成为“苍生大医”（众生景仰的伟大医者）。此语可谓中华医学人文精神的典型表达。
A physician must have a caring heart. This essential spirit has existed since ancient times. In the chapter “On the Skill and Sincerity of a Master Physician” of his work Essential Formulas for Emergencies, the famous Tang Dynasty physician Sun Simiao (581-682) discussed how a physician should have a compassionate heart, that is, a caring heart. A physician is expected to have great love, a sense of empathy and a desire to relieve suffering; he must disregard personal interests and focus entirely on treating the sick. In so doing, the physician becomes a “master physician to all the people,” a great physician held in high esteem by all the people. This expression can be considered a classic expression of the humanist spirit of Chinese medicine.
引例 Citations：
◎凡大医治病，必当安神定志，无欲无求，先发大慈恻隐之心，誓愿普救含灵之苦。（孙思邈《千金方·论大医精诚》）
（凡是杰出的医生给人治病，一定会安定心神，无欲无求，对病人先有慈悲同情之心，有愿意广泛救助世人脱离苦痛的决心。）
When a master physician treats an illness, he must be calm in spirit, and free from desires; he must first have a compassionate heart, and be committed to relieving the sufferings of all people. (Sun Simiao: Essential Formulas for Emergencies)
◎医乃仁术也，笔之于书，欲天下同归于仁也。（汪机《〈推求师意〉序》）（治病是充满仁爱之心的道术，作者写这本书，是希望全天下的医者都同样怀有一颗仁爱之心。）
The practice of medicine is one which is filled with caring. The author has written this book in the hope that all physicians will likewise have caring hearts. (Wang Ji: Preface to A Study of Our Teacher’s Medical Thinking)
◎故医者能正其心术，虽学不足，犹不至于害人。（徐大椿《医学源流论·医家论》）
（所以医生如果能够端正自己的心术，即便医术不高，还不至于危害病人。）
Thus if a physician has the correct mindset, even if his skills are imperfect, he will at least not harm his patients. (Xu Dachun: The Origin and Development of Illnesses)
