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Chen suggested that the Huatuo imperial doctor might not come from China, but from India.
The first question about whether Hua Tuo is from China is Hua Tuo's name. First of all, Hua tuo's surname is very rare. The records of Hua surname, except Hua Tuo, all appeared in the Ming Dynasty, with an interval of nearly two thousand years. This name appeared in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, which is a bit strange. Secondly, the word "well" is even more strange. It seems that this word has never appeared in the names of China people. Like Zhang Zhongjing, a contemporary imperial doctor, his name is easy to explain, and the word zhong has existed since the Spring and Autumn Period. For example, Confucius is the word "Zhong Ni". The word scene doesn't need much explanation. Perhaps it is Hua Tuo's parents or his profound knowledge, so most people don't understand the meaning of the word delay? But looking up the dictionary, we can find that "Tuo" is actually a transliteration word with no exact meaning. From this point of view, Hua Tuo is probably not from China.
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Some people say that maybe Hua tuo doesn't have a big name, it's his nickname, and it doesn't mean anything. Does a name like Li Goudan need exact meaning to prove it? The answer is no, according to official records, Hua Tuo was born in Bozhou, Anhui. As a practical and realistic scholar, Chen made a special investigation and analysis on Anhui dialect. It turns out that the name Huatuo is very difficult in the dialect here, so the above speculation about nicknames is not sufficient. However, this word is very common in India. In addition, Buddhism was introduced to China in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Thus, it is not so strange that Indians came to China at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty.
Of course, only a little evidence can't be proved. There is also evidence, that is, one of Hua Tuo's patented inventions-"Leprosy Powder". The raw materials of hemp boiling powder are strange. Many raw materials are not products of the Central Plains at all, but are produced in India. This argument can well support the statement that Hua Tuo is an Indian. Because there was no chemical synthesis technology at that time, raw materials could only be extracted from nature.
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In addition to hemp boiling powder, Hua Tuo's "five beasts play" is also very doubtful. Because, in addition to imitating the behavior of five animals, other movements of Wuqinxi are no different from yoga to some extent. If the above two points are coincidences, then there is one more point. Hua tuo's success rate of surgery is a bit too high. Without the foreshadowing of predecessors, it is difficult to stand on the shoulders of giants and rely solely on their own technological exploration. As we all know, although modern technology is so advanced today, surgery is still a high-risk treatment. In China before Huatuo, there were no examples of surgery at all. But before that, India had a record of surgery.
In addition to the above, there are people who question whether Hua Tuo looks like a foreigner, especially an Indian. This should start with history. Most of the Indians we see now are not pure Indians. As we all know, India was colonized by Britain for hundreds of years in modern times, so that many Indians are actually related to the British. Moreover, Indians and Arabs also have a certain blood relationship, which only began after Islam became powerful after the seventh century. Therefore, Hua Tuo should be compared with Indians more than 2,000 years ago, not modern Indians.
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Even if there are so many arguments, it is hard for China people to understand at the moment, and many scholars have questioned this argument, so it is difficult to draw a conclusion at once. What do readers think of this problem?