Fire is the root cause of pestilence.

“火”是疫病的根本动因。

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As early as Neijing, the occurrence, the acupuncture and the preventive thought of pestilence was detailed discussed.

早在二千多年前的《内经》就对疫病的发病机制、针刺治疗、预防措施等有详细论述。

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The prophets that have been before me and before thee of old prophesied both against many countries, and against great kingdoms, of war, and of evil, and of pestilence.

从古以来，在你我以前的先知，向多国和大邦说预言，论到争战，灾祸，瘟疫的事。

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I will strike them with pestilence and disown them, and I will make of you a nation far more numerous than they!"

我要用瘟疫杀死他们，叫你的后裔成为一个国家，比他们强盛“

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The most effective way to generate terror in the minds of Americans and keep the media focused on the issue, is through threats of plague and pestilence.

BBC: Anthrax: How real is the threat?

Neither the legal details of the sequester nor the practical work of reforming government are as interesting to the media as Mr. Obama's invocations of plagues and pestilence.

WSJ: Review & Outlook: The Sequester Revelation

An island-full of identical individuals could be wiped out by an infection, just as entire crops of genetically identical plants may succumb to plague and pestilence.

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