BOTANICON SINICUM. 43 
physician, a native of $£ [# Io ling (near the present Nan king), 
The Emperor Kao ti of the ‘I's‘i dynasty, 479—482, made him pre- 
ceptor of the Imperial princes; and the Emperor Wu ti of the Liang, 
502—550, was at one time among the number of his disciples. 
T‘ao Hung king subsequently retired into seclusion among the 
recesses of the mountain 2] fh [lj How ki shan,™ where the 
eighth of the haunted grottoes of the Taoists, the #€ PE aj 
Hlua yang tung is situated, and devoted himself to meditation and 
study. The Emperor Wu ti endeavoured in vain to attract him into 
public life, and was accustomed to consult him. (Mayers’ Chin. 
Read. Man. p. 214). T‘ao Hung king is also known under the 
. name of ff] f2 FE T'ao yin kii (‘T‘ao the hermit) or % PE HB 
Hua yang chen jen (the saint of Hua yang). Besides this he is 
Sometimes styled 37 HA) T*ung ming (his literary appellation). 
Li Shi chen states that the Shen nung Pen ts‘ao king specifies 
in three books 865 drugs in accordance with the number of days. 
T‘ao Hung king in the Pie lu added 865 new medicines recom- 
mended by famous physicians of the Han and Wei dynasties. 
This treatise comprised seven books. The text of Shen nung’s Ma- - 
teria medica was represented in it by red characters, whilst T‘ao 
Hung king’s additions were written in black characters. He 
_presented his composition to the Emperor Wu ti of the Liang. One 
chapter of the Pie lu, treating of the preparation of medicines, is 
reproduced in the Pen ts‘ao kang mu, book la fol. 55 sq., and 
was translated into French by Visdelou. Cnf. Du Halde: La 
Chine IIT, 453—459. 
8. The 3% #4 3 Yao tsung hiie, another treatise on medicines, 
in two books, is a production of the same author. 
9. The =+- 4> 74 Tsien kin shi chi, a treatise on articles of 
food and the preservation of health by #4 Bi 3% Sun Sz mo, an 
erudite scholar deeply versed in Taoist ios and in the art of 
healing, who flourished at the commencement of the 7th century 
A.D. Mayers’ Chin. Read. Man. p. 194. He was a native of 
12a The Kou kit shan, called also 3 [[] Mao shan, is one of the reputed 
_ Mountains of the Taoists. According to Chinese maps it is situated south-east of Kii 
yung hien (Kiang ning fu [Nanking], Kiang su), 
