其字面意思是：即使擺在自家藥架上的藥賣(mài)不出去，蒙上一層塵土，也不愿意看到百姓生病，而自家生意興隆。是仁者愛(ài)人、大愛(ài)無(wú)疆的仁愛(ài)思想和“以義為上”、“重義輕利”的義利觀(guān)的生動(dòng)體現，是“仁”、“德”、“善”美德的有機結合，也是同仁堂創(chuàng )立者樂(lè )顯揚提出的“可以養生、可以濟人者, 惟醫藥為最”創(chuàng )業(yè)宗旨的最好詮釋?zhuān)蔀橥侍?ldquo;同修仁德，濟世養生”企業(yè)精神和企業(yè)使命的思想來(lái)源之一。
Its literal meaning is that even though the drugs on the shelves are covered with dust because no one buys them, we do not wish any people catch diseases so that our business will be prosperous. This represents the concept of benevolent and boundless love, and the vivid embodiment of justice and benefits including “put righteousness first” and “to value justice above material gains”. It is a perfect integration of “benevolence”, “virtue” and “kind-heartedness”. It is also the best interpretation to the business purposes proposed by Mr. Yue Xianyang, that is “among things which can preserve peoples’ health and do good to society, medicine is the best”. It is the source of Tongrentang’s corporation spirit of “cultivate both noble morality and benevolence to do good to society and to keep people healthy”.