THE PLAGUE BY ALBERT CAMUS AND WHY EVERYONE IS REREADING IT IN TIMES OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC

The Plague is the story of a plague-stricken town in Oran (Algeria), and it chronicles the life of its citizens and how they deal with morbidity, absurdity, separation, etc. It was initially perceived as allegory of France under Nazi occupation, a symbol against fascism, colonization, etc. But in the times of Covid-19 pandemic, it is the first time it has been read in the most literal and crude sense. This paper aims at analyzing the key elements of the book with the startling parallels of today's world.

The Small Discoveries of Discussion on Differentiation of Internal and External Injury / 浙江中医药大学学报

Objective]To further demonstrate Li Dongyuan, in order to treatBianjing big epidemic diseasein 1232 so as to write this book,and the relevance of , Yin fire theory, Bianjing big epidemic disease and plague. We reread the book which contained symptoms, syndromes and editing order to further demonstrate. [Methods] Under the premise of affirming early stage researching background,to comb the three volumes of , containing the symptoms and the pathogenesis of the syndrome(Yin fire) and treatments rule of prescriptions, horizontal comparing types and symptoms of the plague, longitudinal contacting before and after the onset of epidemic disease with the logic of writingwhich contained symptoms and prescriptions. [Results] We suppose Li Dongyuan was to treatBianjing big epidemic diseasein 1232 so as to writeand theBianjing epidemic diseasewas the plague, combing analysis symptoms, syndromes and editing order of, it is not difficult to find that Li Dongyuan made the thoughts which had the consistency of treating the plague. The first and second volumes ofcontainingYin firesyndrome are similar with the beginning of the plague, and Li Dongyuan created Bu zhong yi qi decoction, Qing shu yi qi decoction by adding and subtracting for curing plague, the third volume contained the treatment to improper diet after the epidemic(e.g., dyspepsia, the wet). There also exists hesitations upon the dosages and forms of prescriptions are inconsistent with the epidemic disease, and the time when Li Dongyuan finished this book etc. [Conclusion] Since the 1960s, scholars analyzed and interpretated Yin Fire in a variety of pathogenesis according to , stomach from internal injuries as a starting point, but it still does not have an intuitive understanding,such thinking and contact unavoidably has less rigorous, but from the perspective of historical background and modern disease interpretation of the classic of traditional Chinese medicine, it is a good way to research of TCM literature mystery,but also from a broader perspective to understand these issues.