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of Huang ti’s time (see above 3), for Lei Hiao with the title Let 
kung was an author of the Liu Sung dynasty (A. D. 420—477), 
The P‘ao chi lun was a treatise in 3 books, explaining the medical 
virtues of 300 drugs and giving directions for the preparation of 
medicines, : 
7. We now come to one of the most important ancient treatises 
on Materia medica, the 4% BY Hi) $% Ming i pie lu,—as this title | 
implies, an account of drugs or medicines recommended (after the | 
time of Shen nung) by eminent physicians. In the Pen ts‘a0o _ 
kang mu this work is generally quoted with the abbreviated title 
of Pie Iu. The author of it was pf] 3 $ T*ao Hung king, A.D. | 
452—536 (see his biography Liang shu 51), one of the most — 
celebrated adepts in the mysteries of Taoism and a distinguished * 
operations, In his biography this medicine is called Wik Gil 4 ma fei san, which — 
has been erroneously translated by Stan. Julien, Tatarinov and others by “a preparation 
of Hemp.” The character ma means indeed Hemp, but is also used to desiguate in the 
popular language “insensibility,” and 3 ae ma yao is to be translated by “an- 
aesthetic prescription.” The prescriptions which in Peking go by the name of ma — 
yao contain Aconite, the tubers of some poisonous plants of the Arum family. Henbane, — 
Sometimes Datnra, Hua t'o fell afterwards a victim to political intrigue and perished 
by Ts‘co ts‘ao's command, more than a hundred years old. Several medical treatises 
are attributed to him; See alph, list 99, 189. 
4. = AL Fil Wang Shu ho, according to the Wen hien t‘ung k‘ao a native of 
Bw ra Kao p‘ing (province of Shantung). He was Court physician during the 
Western Ts‘in dynasty (A. D. 265—317). He wrote a celebrated treatise on the pulse. — 
See alph, list 528. E 
8. jk Ko Hung, a native of Kii yung (Kiang ning fu, Kiangsu), a celebrated : 
Taoist and Alchymist, died A, D. 330. Literary name 52) Fh -f- Pao po ts. 
Mayers’ Chin. Read. Man. p. 86; Tsin shu 72, About his works on Alchymy and § 
Medicine see alph. list 63, 579, 694, 695, 769. 4a 
9 & Fi Auang Fu, and 10 3 -f- IB. i Shichen. 1 have not been able to — 
find these names in Chinese biographical dictionaries or medical works. Perhaps 
F=3 Hh fig Zuang Fu mi, a celebrated scholar A. D, 215—282, who has also left 
some works on medicine, and ZS J} z Li Shi chen, the author of the Pen ts‘ao 
kang mu. ; 
In the temple Tung yo miao, near Peking, there are also tablets of the ten celebrated 
doctors, and here we find instead of Huang fu and Li shi chen two other names, viz.: | 
FR FA Gt Sun Sze mo and Ee BE HA Wei Tse’ tong. The first was a celebrated — 
Taoist and physician of the 7th century (see further on works on Materia medica No. 9), _ 
the second a famous Court physician in the beginning of the 8th century. He is mentioned 
in the Kiu Tang shu 191. | 
For biographical notices regarding other celebrated Chinese physicians (Bridgman’ 
Chin. Chrest. p. 498, 499) see the alph. list. 
