Apricot Forest / Xing Lin
Version 1.0.0 · Updated 2026-07-31
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Originated from Dong Feng treating illnesses without charging money, only asking patients to plant apricot trees. It refers to the field of traditional Chinese medicine or high medical ethics.
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Value exchange. The value of ancient famous doctors was not money, but 'benefiting others' and 'leaving a mark' (forming a forest). This is also the ecological view of traditional Chinese medicine: treating illness is like planting trees, not only saving people but also improving the environment.
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Traditional Chinese medicine allusion: 'Apricot Forest' refers to the medical field, originating from Dong Feng in the Three Kingdoms period who practiced medicine without charging money, asking cured patients to plant apricot trees, which eventually formed a forest. Later generations used 'Apricot Forest' to praise the benevolence of doctors.
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- zh.wikipedia.orghttps://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%8F%E6%9E%97verified
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