说苑/吳起為魏將，攻中山，軍人有病疽者，吳子自吮其膿，其母泣之，旁人曰：「將軍於而子如是，尚何為泣？」

Once, when Wu Qi90 was a Wey general and preparing to attack Zhong­ shan, one of his soldiers fell ill with an abscess, and Wu Qi sucked the pus from it for him.