魏文王问扁鹊,“你家三兄弟都精通医术,到底哪一位医术高明呢?”扁鹊答曰:“长兄最好,仲兄次之,我最差。”文王又问:“那么为什么你最出名呢?”扁鹊答曰:“我长兄治病,治于病情发作之前,由于一般人不知道他事先能查出病因,所以他的名气无法传出去;我仲兄治病,治病于病情初期之时,一般人以为他只能治轻微的小病,所以他的名气只有本地人知晓;而我治病,是治病于病情严重之时,一般人都看到我在静脉上扎针,在皮肤上敷药的治疗法,所以人们以为我的医术高明,名气因此就响遍全国”。但顽疾难以治愈,付出的代价就高。 Wei Wen Wang asked Bian Que, “your three brothers are proficient in medicine, in the end which one is clever?” “Bian Que answered: ” brother best, second brother, I was the worst. “ Asked: ”So why are you most famous?“ ”Bian Que replied:" My elder brother is treating the disease. Before the onset of the illness, most people do not know that he can detect the cause in advance, so his fame can not be transmitted Out; I Zhongxiong cure, early treatment of illness, most people think he can only cure minor ailments, so his fame is only known to the locals; and I cure, is the cure when the condition is serious, Most people see me in the vein of acupuncture, the treatment of the skin dressing, so people think I am clever, fame and therefore all over the country. But stubborn illness is difficult to cure, the price paid is high.