张仲景，东汉末年著名医学家，被后人尊称为医圣。张仲景广泛收集医方，写出了传世巨著《伤寒杂病论》。现在就让我们来了解一下张仲景的有关情况吧。
Zhang Zhongjing (150－219AD) was a wellknown doctor of traditional Chinese medicine during the Eastern Han Dynasty.His masterpiece，Treatise on Cold Pathogenic and Miscellaneous Diseases(《伤寒杂病论》)，is the oldest clinical textbook in the history of medicine.
Zhang Zhongjing spent a lot of time studying from his childhood.Before the age of 10，he had read lots of medical books.His master，Zhang Bozu，was also a renowned doctor of traditional Chinese medicine at the time.After years of hard work，Zhang Zhongjing wrote all 16 volumes of Cold Pathogenic and Miscellaneous Diseases，which is a medical masterpiece based on his personal clinical practice and large amounts of information he collected.This book has laid a sound foundation for future development of medicine.
Once，when Zhang Zhongjing travelled to Luoyang for work，he met Wang Can，one of the “Seven Scholars of Jian'an” in the history of Chinese literature and found a disease hiding in his body.He then said to Wang Can，“You are sick and should be treated as early as possible，otherwise your eyebrows will fall off at the age of 40 and you will die.Now，if you start taking the medicine given by me，you will survive.” Wang Can did not believe Zhang Zhongjing's words.Twenty years later，his eyebrows began to fall off slowly and after half a year，he died.
It is said that when Zhang Zhongjing took office at the age of 50 in Changsha as a government official，he always kept his clinical practice in mind and tried to help
people whenever he could.He set aside two days every month (the first day and the fifteenth day) to see patients.
Dumplings，a traditional favorite of Chinese people，are believed to have been first used by Zhang Zhongjing in treating people suffering from frostbite and hunger.
Zhang Zhongjing was not only an outstanding doctor of traditional Chinese medicine，he was also honest and kindhearted.He saved countless lives by carefully treating each patient，no matter who they were.
