“Ward No. 6” is a famous novella by Anton Chekhov, written in 1892. It tells the story of Dr. Andrey Yefimych Ragin, who works in a provincial hospital. After encountering Ivan Gromov, a patient in the psychiatric ward, the doctor begins to ponder the meaning of life—and gradually finds himself in the position of a mentally ill person. The work touches upon deep philosophical questions about the essence of madness, personal freedom, and societal indifference. Chekhov masterfully shows how thin the line is between sanity and madness, and how the system can break a person who dares to think differently.