Ep. 205 | Ing “Doc” Hay, Lung On, and the Kam Wah Chung
Laszlo presents another story from the annals of Chinese-American history. This one takes place during the Exclusion years and spotlights the Chinese colony of Eastern Oregon. This is the story of Ing “Doc” Hay and his closest friend and business partner Long On, two Toi Son immigrants who built their American dream on the frontier.
Ing Hay was a trained Chinese herbal doctor and pulmonologist and he brought this unique skill to the American West. This isn’t your typical American immigrant story but then again, Ing Hay and Long On weren’t your typical immigrants.
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Terms in Episode
| Pinyin/Term | Chinese | English/Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Běn Cǎo Jīng | 本草经 | Shen Nong's Materia Medica, an early guide to Chinese medicinal herbs and techniques |
| Han | 汉朝 | The Han Dynasty 202 BCE to 220 CE |
| hingdai / xiōngdì | 兄弟 | Cantonese / Mandarin for brothers |
| Huáng Dì | 黄帝 | The Yellow Emperor |
| Huáng Dì Nèi Jīng | 黄帝内经 | The Inner Canon of the Yellow Emperor |
| Huárén | 华人 | Chinese |
| Ing Hay / Wǔ Yúniàn | 伍于念 | The subject of this episode. He lived 1862-1952 |
| Kam Wah Chung / Jīn Huā Chāng | 金花昌 | Located in John Day, Oregon, the building where much of Ing Hay's ife happened. |
| kǔ lì | 苦力 | Bitter labor....another term for hard work |
| Lung On / Liáng Guāngróng | 梁光荣 | Business partner and friend of Ing Hay for over half a century |
| Màizhěn | 脉诊 | Pulsology |
| Qì | 气 | Qi...the stuff of life. Everything's comprised of it |
| Qīng Tóngzhì yuán nián | 清同治元年 | The first year of the Qing Dynasty Tongzhi Emperor’s reign |
| Sì Yì | 四邑 | he four contiguous counties of: Xīnhuì 新会, Táishān 台山, Kāipíng 开平 and Ēnpíng 恩平 |
| Toi San (Táishān) | 台山 | City located in the Pearl River Delta. A lot of Chinese immigrants came from here |
| Wǔ | 伍 | Chinese surname, in Cantonese written and pronounced Ng…N-g |
| Wǔxíng | 五行 | The Five Elements..Wood, fire, earth, metal, water |
| Xiàpíng Village | 下坪村 | Village in Taishan, birthplace of Ing Hay |
| Yì Jīng | 易经 | The I Ching, Book of Changes |
| Yībābāqī nián sānshí duō míng jīn kuàng huágōng zài cǐ cǎnzāo shālù。 Zhìjīn wúrén rù zuì | 一八八七年 三十多名金矿华工在此惨遭杀。戮至今无人入罪.) | The Site of the 1887 massacre of as many as 34 Chinese gold miners. No one was held accountable. |
| yīn yáng | 阴阳 | Yin and Yang, the two opposing forces that have a hand in everything that happens in the world |
| Zhōng Yī. | 中医 | Chinese medicine (TCM) |
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