Compendium of Materia Medica has many versions. Except for various foreign language versions or abridged versions, there are about 72 kinds in China, which can be roughly divided into "one ancestor and three systems", namely, the ancestral version (Jinling version, Sheyuan version) and the Jiangxi version, the former version and the Zhang version. This system in Jiangxi was mainly carved for Xia Liangxin and Zhang Dingsi in the 31st year of Wanli in Ming Dynasty (1603).
The Qianben system is mainly aimed at the edition of Liuyoutang carved by Qian Wei in Hangzhou in the 13th year of Chongzhen in Ming Dynasty (1640) and the edition of Taihe Tang Ben in Wu Yuchang in the 12th year of Shunzhi in Qing Dynasty (1655), and the edition of Sikuquanshu by Qianlong has been copied accordingly.
The Zhangben system is mainly an engraving of Wei Gu Zhai in Nanjing written by Zhang Shaotang in the 11th year of Guangxu reign (1885). The Jiangxi edition and the previous edition were searched, and more than ten pictures were added after redrawing the drug map, with the addendum to Compendium of Materia Medica. 1957 people's health publishing house photocopied this book according to Zhang Ben, and the latest version is Liu Hengru's proofreading book published by people's health publishing house 1977 and Jinling book published by Shanghai Science and Technology Publishing House 1993.
Brief introduction of the author
Li Shizhen (1565438+July 3, 2008-1593), born in Qihou, Hubei Province (now qi zhou Town, Qichun County, Hubei Province), was a famous physician in Ming Dynasty. As a "medical sage", Wan Mizhai had the ancient saying that "Wan Mizhai's prescription is Li Shizhen's medicine". Later, he was sentenced by Chu Palace and Royal Hospital. After his death, the Ming court named him "Wen Linlang".
Since the forty-fourth year of Jiajing (1565), Li Shizhen has visited Wudang Mountain, Lushan Mountain, Maoshan Mountain, Niushou Mountain, Huguang, Nanzhili, Henan, Beizhili and other places to collect drug specimens and prescriptions, and consulted 925 kinds of medical books in previous dynasties with fishermen, woodcutters, farmers, coachmen, pharmacists and snake catchers as teachers.
After sorting out many difficult problems, after 27 years of cold and heat, three drafts were changed, and in the eighteenth year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1590), the masterpiece Compendium of Materia Medica with1920,000 words was completed. In addition, he has also studied pulse science and eight strange meridians, and his works include Study on Eight Strange Meridians and Pulse Science on the Lake. He was honored as a "medicine saint" by later generations.