Hippocratic Oath希波克拉底誓言
仰赖医神阿波罗·阿斯克勒庇俄斯及天地诸神为证，鄙人敬谨宣誓，愿以自身能力及判断力所及，遵守此约。凡授我艺者敬之如父母，作为终身同业伴侣，彼有急需我接济之。视彼儿女，犹我兄弟，如欲受业，当免费并无条件传授之。凡我所知，无论口授书传，俱传之吾子、吾师之子及发誓遵守此约之生徒，此外不传他人。
我愿尽余之能力与判断力所及，遵守为病家谋利益之信条，并检束一切堕落及害人行为，我不得将危害药品给予他人，并不作该项之指导，虽有人请求亦不与之。尤不为妇人施堕胎手术。我愿以此纯洁与神圣之精神，终身执行我职务。凡患结石者，我不施手术，此则有待于专家为之。
无论至于何处，遇男或女，贵人及奴婢，我之唯一目的，为病家谋幸福，并检点吾身，不作各种害人及恶劣行为，尤不作诱奸之事。凡我所见所闻，无论有无业务关系，我认为应守秘密者，我愿保守秘密。倘使我严守上述誓言时，请求神祇让我生命与医术能得无上光荣，我苟违誓，天地鬼神实共殛之。
The Hippocratic Oath
I swear by Apollo，the healer，Asclepius，Akso，and Panacea，and I take to witness all the gods，all the goddesses，to keep according to my ability and my judgment，the following Oath and agreement:To consider dear to me as my parents him who taught me this art；to live in common with him and，if necessary，to share my goods with him；To look upon his children as my own brothers，to teach them this art if they desire without free or written promise，to impart to my sons and the sons of the master who taught me and the disciples who have enrolled themselves and have agreed to the rules of the profession，but to these alone，the precepts and the instruction..
I will prescribe regimens for the good of my patients according to my ability and my judgment and never do harm to anyone.To please no one will I prescribe a deadly drug，nor give advice which may cause his death.Nor will I give a woman a pessary to procure abortion.But I will preserve the purity of my life and my art.I will not cut for stone，even for patients in whom the disease is manifest.I will leave this operation to be performed by practitioners(specialist in this art).In every house where I come I will enter only for the good of my patients，keeping myself far from all intentional ill-doing and all seduction.All that my come to my knowledge in the exercise of my profession or in daily commerce with men，which ought not to be spread abroad，I will keep secret and will never reveal it.(https://www.daowen.com)
If I keep this oath faithfully，may I enjoy my life and practice my art，respected by all men and in all times；but if I swerve from it or violate it，may the reverse be my lot.
A brief indtroduction to Hippocrates
Hippocrates made such an impression on medical history that his name is still very much associated with medicine today.All newly qualified doctors take what is called the “Hippocratic Oath” and some see Hippocrates as the father of modern medicine even though he did most of his work some 430 years before the birth of Christ.
Greek doctors had started to look at the issue of poor health and disease by using a process of reasoning and observation.The most famous of these was Hippocrates.He is thought to have been born in Cos in 460 BC.In fact，we know very little about Hippocrates as a person but his fame was such that Plato and Aristotle wrote about him.While Hippocrates has found fame in medical history，there were other Ancient Greek doctors who were not so lucky.
Ancient Greek medical knowledge is demonstrated in what is known as the Hippocratic Collection.This is a collection of sixty medical books of which Hippocrates wrote just some.We do not know who wrote most of them but they cover a time span of 150 years so they could not have all been written by Hippocrates.
Hippocrates and other Greek doctors believed that the work done by a doctor should be kept separate form the work done by a priest.They believed that observation of a patient was a vital aspect of medical care.Ancient Greek doctors did examine their patients but Hippocrates wanted a more systematic period of observation and the recording of what was observed.Today，we would call this “clinical observation”.Such ideas have lead to Hippocrates being called the “Father of Medicine”.