又有医者，自称善外科。一裨将阵回，中流矢，深入膜内延使治。 乃持并州剪匕去矢管，跪而请谢。 裨将曰：“簇在膜内者须亟治。” 医曰：“此内科事，不意并责我。”
——《雪涛小说》
Nothing to Do with me
A
surgeon once boasted about his ability. A soldier, returning from battle with
an arrow penetrating his leg, came to him for treatment. The
surgeon took a pair of sharp scissors and cut off the stem of the arrow close
to the flesh, then asked for pay. “But
you haven’t taken out the head of the arrow,” complained the soldier. “That’s
an internal matter. That’s a physician’s business, not mine,” was the reply.
Stories by Xue Tao （杨宪益、戴乃迭 译） |
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