病入膏肓Sick to the Vitals

Sick to the Vitals （成语 病入膏肓 英文)


Duke Jiang of the State of Jin was ill. He sought medical counsel from the State of Qin, whose ruler Huangong then sent a physician along to see what could be done.

Before the arrival of Huan the physician, Duke Jing had dreamt of his disease in the person of two kids. One of them was saying,"The coming physician is very competent;I'm afraid he will hurt us. Let's run away." The other rejoined,"No. We'll stay somewhere above huang and below gao(1). I bet he can do nothing to us."

At last the physician came. After making a diagnosis, he coucluded:"There's no cure for the disease. It lies above huang and below gao where no moxibustion can be applied nor acupuncture be manipulated, and drugs will never reach there. Nothing can be done about it."

At these words the Duke commended Huan as a truly eminent doctor and sent hime home richly rewarded.

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(1) In ancient times huang was meant to be the term for the diaphragm;and gao the fat on the tip of the heart.So gao huang signified a region in-between the heart and the diaphragm where no medicioe could send any curative eftect.

病入膏肓(chinese idioms)

春秋时期，晋景公有一次生病，十分严重，国内所有的名医，都没有办法医治，便只好向临国请求名医。那时秦国有一位很高明的医生，姓秦名缓．字越人，又称扁鹊先生(今沧州任丘人)。于是景公派使者去请他，使者到了秦国，和秦伯商量，秦、晋两国，因为有婚姻上的关系，所以秦伯就让扁鹊去医治景公。

在扁鹊到达晋国之前，景公做了一个梦，梦中见他的病，变化成两个小孩。其中一个小孩对另一个说：“扁鹊是著名的良医．如果他到来，恐怕会伤害我们，我看我们还是逃跑吧。”另一个小孩回答说：“我和你分别躲在肓的上面和膏的下面，他就没办法奈何我们。”

景公醒来以后，觉得很奇怪。扁鹊到了晋国，给景公诊视了一番后，对景公说：“你的病已经很重，没有办法医治了，因为你患的毛病有两处：一处在肓的上面，一处在膏的下面。这两个地方是药物所不能达到的，所以没有办法了.”景公听扁鹊说出病的根源，恰恰和梦中两个小孩所说一样，不禁赞叹道：“唉!你真是一位好医生呀!”于是叫人送了很厚的礼品给扁鹊，送他回去。

病入膏肓,比喻事情到了无法挽救的地步。