By Meng Qingchun

During the war time, there was a pathologist who had studied overseas and served once as a professor in the Medical College of Beiping (now Beijing). He had taught students all over the Central Hebei Plain and was famous far and wide for his excellent medical skills. People encouraged him to join in the Eighth Route Army, to which he put forward three conditions: First, he needed to ride a horse instead of walk on foot； second, he would not eat coarse grains； third, he would come and go as he liked. Many cadres shook their heads at such conditions, considering them unacceptable and even incredible.

Nie Rongzhen, the Commander of the Jinchaji Military Region, thought otherwise. He fully granted the three conditions and warmly welcomed the pathologist. He said: “When a good doctor joins our army, thousands of wounded and sick soldiers will be saved, who can then go back to the battlefield to fight our enemy. In addition, by taking him in, we will attract more intellectuals to join us, who can make contributions to the great cause of the war of resistance. Moreover, after joining us, people might change their mind gradually. As a result, all of these conditions might be abandoned at the end.”

Not long after Nie Rongzhen made the statement, the pathologist joined the army, and many of his students followed suit. And as expected, after staying in the army for a while, the pathologist offered to cancel the three conditions.

(FromChange Your Mindset,Change Yourself. People's Publishing House. Translation: Lu Qiongyao)

抗戰(zhàn)時(shí)期，我國有一位留過洋的病理學(xué)家，在北平任過醫(yī)學(xué)院教授，技術(shù)水平很高，他的學(xué)生遍及冀中平原。當(dāng)時(shí)，有人動(dòng)員他參加八路軍，他卻提出了三個(gè)條件：一是要一匹馬代替步行；二是不吃粗糧；三是來去自由。許多干部聽后直搖頭，難以接受，甚至認(rèn)為不可思議。

晉察冀軍區(qū)司令員聶榮臻卻不然，他完全同意這三個(gè)條件，非常歡迎這位病理學(xué)家參加。他說：“一個(gè)好的醫(yī)生參加部隊(duì)，成千上萬的傷病員就會(huì)得救，就會(huì)重新走向戰(zhàn)場與敵人拼搏。另外，我們這樣做，不只是吸納他一個(gè)人參加，還會(huì)吸引更多的知識(shí)分子加入進(jìn)來，為抗戰(zhàn)大業(yè)做出貢獻(xiàn)。何況，他們參加隊(duì)伍以后，認(rèn)識(shí)會(huì)逐步發(fā)生變化，有可能這三個(gè)條件一個(gè)也不要了。”

聶榮臻表態(tài)后不久，這位病理學(xué)家參加了隊(duì)伍，他的很多學(xué)生也隨之而來。果然，過了一段時(shí)間，這位病理學(xué)家主動(dòng)提出取消那三個(gè)條件。（摘自《換一種思維，等于換了一個(gè)人》人民出版社）