Why do I like Dr. Hur Jun

DR.HUR JUN:- THE PULSE OF KOREA

Brief about Dr. Hur Jun: 

 “Wherever the Art of Medicine is loved, there is also a love for humanity”.  It is a quote from Hippocrates and this can be applied for Dr. Hur Jun- The Father of medicine in East Asia. He was like a messenger of peace and health from God to the native people of Korea. He treated people equally and did not discriminate citizens on the basis of religion, caste or gender. He became a royal physician through his hard work but still he wanted to help the common and native people of his area. This portrays that he was a down to earth man.

Dr. Hur Jun as a quick problem solver:

Hur Jun was born in 1546 in Yangcheon in the first year of King Myeonjong’s reign. During his childhood he faced many problems socially and economically. Although he was a son of a nobleman he was treated like any other common person. He even got caught in the net of drugs. At an early age he started supplying drugs. 

But a change had to come and one fine day he decided to shift to a new place location for developing his career properly and also for keeping his mother happy. Along with his mother, Hur Jun shifted to Sangcheon. This change brought a real turning point in his life which was destined to change the fate of thousands of people. 

Hur Jun’s ability to quickly analyze the problems that he was facing and make definite efforts to come out of it is the first quality I admire in him. His burning desire to succeed is very inspiring.

Henri Kaiser has said that "Problems are only opportunities in work clothes." Hur Jun was a living example of this saying.

Dr. Hur Jun’s journey from Yangcheon to Sangcheon :

Legends are the people who do something good and different for the community and this is why no one can remove Hur Jun’s name from the list of great people. After shifting to Sancheon he started learning medical treatment under Yoo Eui Tae. Hur was a scholar in medicine and had that fighting spirit to change all adversities into success. He knew that he had to do something for his people to improve their living conditions and he found a way in this maze through a path named “medicine”. This gives me the second point for liking him that he wanted to see change and did his best to bring it.

Many people always work hard for themselves but there are very few gems who work for the society.

As the leading socialist Bill Drayton who brought many changes in the world, said, “Social entrepreneurs are not content just to give a fish or teach how to fish. They will not rest until they have revolutionized the fishing industry.”    

Great people always value time. They are workaholics. They always want to do something or the other with great eagerness to bring change. And for them Age is no bar. He was an intelligent boy not only in his theory part but also in the practicals. Early signs of being a legend were visible when he was just 24. He cured the minister Yoo Hee Chun’s wife who was on the verge of dying, especially when all the doctors had given up hope. This is the third quality I like in him, that is to never give up and fight till the end.  Hope is like a rising sun and where there is hope there is success.

 

 By passing this historic exam, he became famous and many senior and renowned doctors started following him. This was the start to an illustrious career. This so called victory also assured his place in the palace as a royal Physician.  It is often said that Gods disguise themselves in the face of doctors and Hur Jun came and cured all the ailments and the sufferings of the people. He finally started working as a court physician which he had dreamt to be.

The 4^th quality of Hur Jun that motivates me is that his steadfast focus on achieving his goals. He did not run away from hurdles or obstacles but faced them because problems can be solved only when you face them. By showing our back to problems, we do not solve them, we only end up fooling ourselves.

One more important thing I like of Hur Jun is that he had the character and the courage of conviction which he showed by learning medicine. It was not an easy job and he also had to survive and overcome many hurdles. He can be called a hero.  I have seen people who top in their class but have no obstacles in their way or do not have to work hard for earning money.

 Hur Jun wrote a very famous book on medicines called Dongui Bogam (MIRROR OF EAST MEDICINE) which is seen as the base and the foundation of traditional Korean medicine.

He wrote this book to divert the people from the treating methods of Ming Dynasty in Korea. He emphasized on using herbs and nature as the healer of diseases. He also asked people to use herbs which were easily available to people at that time. At every 

step he did something for which people will like him. I also like him because he told us to never stop anywhere whatever the circumstances may be and stop not till the goal is reached.

He said, “Don’t stop when you are tired but stop when the goal is completed.” He increased the awareness of people towards medicines in such a way that even the disease feels afraid of reaching the body. His motivating words moved people towards accepting medicines for treatment in place of unscientific, poor traditions of treating illnesses.

He spread his work in many countries such as Vietnam, China, Japan and Singapore and his works are still regarded as the classics of all time. He worked whole-heartedly with kings and his relatives but did not forget the common people. He once said that a city is made of millions of common people and not of hundreds of royal people. Commoners can’t be ignored. He found many herbs which were easily accessible to the Koreans and named these in simple letters which were easily understood by the natives. This is the fifth quality in Hur Jun I admire deeply he did not like to complicate the things and tried to make everything simple. When we try to make things complicated, we are not able to understand a single thing in the end.

Dr Hur Jun tried to spread love and good health to people around the world and not only to the people of his own country. Some special people are always kept in mind no matter how many centuries have passed.

He also stated that nothing is left when we die but all our deeds remain here and we are remembered through are deeds only.

 

Dr Hur Jun’s Unique Specialty: 

The sixth quality I deeply admire in Hur Jun is that even when he became so famous he never stopped working for the common people. He had the citizens in his heart. He worked for them till his last breath.

His books have been accepted by the UNESCO in the cultural heritage list.

He once said to his child that to do something different one must become different. He said among 4 apples if we put one banana then the banana would be different. He stated that being different is not enough, the difference should always be in good direction.

And then came the day (9^th OCTOBER 1615) when this angel left this world making the whole world mourn but left a great example for others to follow.

I  SALUTE THIS KOREAN LEGEND WHO CHANGED THE THINKING AND LIVES OF MANY PEOPLE THROUGH HIS KNOWLEDGE AND DETERMINATION.