Yuan · Official and Scholar

Yihediyaerding 奕赫抵雅爾丁

c. AD 1268 - AD 1314

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Yihediyaerding was an official and Scholar.

PeriodYuan
IdentityHistorical · Male

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TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Courtesy name Taichu 太初 Taichu

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History of Yuan, Chapter 137Volume 137 Biographies 24: Chahan, Qushu, Alihaiya, Yihediyaerding, Tuoliehaiya · 10 passages
一日,與同列共議獄,有異其說者,奕赫抵雅爾丁曰:「公等讀律,苟不能變通以適事宜,譬之醫者,雖熟於方論,而不能切脈用藥,則於疾痛奚益哉。」 One day, while deliberating a case with his colleagues, someone took a different view, and Yihediyaerding said: "You read the law, but if you cannot adapt it to fit the circumstances, you are like a physician who knows every prescription by heart yet cannot feel the pulse and prescribe—what good does that do the patient?"