Causing Disease and Curing Disease——Evil Birds and Diseases in Classical Chinese Novels
In the novel stories about evil birds and diseases,evil birds are the culprits that cause people to get sick,get sick,get seriously ill and even die.The reason lies not only in the belief that evil birds can injure souls,but also in some practical basis.For example,evil birds mostly live in the season and environment prone to diseases,and evil birds carrying pathogens themselves will transmit diseases to humans through the air when they fly or stay in people's homes.The evil birds not only cause diseases but also cure diseases.In addition to the fact that the evil birds can cure diseases and strengthen the body to a certain extent,the ancient thinking of comparing birds with elephants and the deity of the evil birds that remained in people's memory were also the reasons why people tried to use them as medicine.
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