46 BOTANICON SINICUM. 
18. The AL Bi PE HE FA Pen ts‘ao sing shi lei, in one book, by © 
FL 3% Fy Tu Shan fang, a physician of the Chinese metropolis. — 
‘ime unknown. But Li Shi chen ranges him among the T‘ang — 
authors. ‘ 
19. The £¢ PE AK BE Shi sing pen ts‘ao, in 10 books, by 
BR cE Chen Shi lang, a learned physician of Kien chou 
(Pao ning fu, Sz’ ch‘nan) in the 10th century. This is a com- | 
pilation from previous works on Materia medica, with some ad-— 
ditional matter on dietetic food. ; 
20. The 3 AK YE Shu Pen ts‘ao was compiled about the 
middle of the 10th century by order of 3& {8 Meng Ch‘ang, 
prince of Shu (the modern Sz’ ch‘uan, then governed by an in- 
dependent ruler). The prince entrusted with this task #3 (R FL 
Han Pao sheng, a Doctor of the Academy, and some distinguished _ 
physicians, and wrote himself the preface to the work, which was 
published in 20 books, illustrated by wood-cuts. It professes to 
be a revision and an amplification of the T‘ang Pen ts‘ao (see 11). 
21. The A SE 24 3 AK ES Ji hua Chu hia pen ts‘ao, published — 
about A. D. 970, in 20 books, by K WB Ta Ming (literary ap- 
pellation Ji hua), a native of Tung lai (Shantung province). 
22. The By #¥ AL HL Kai pao Pen ts‘ao, or Materia medica 
of the period K‘ai pao (A. D. 968—976) of the Sung dynasty. 
drawn up by command of the first emperor of this dynasty by 
$i) $4 Liu Han, Court physician, and FE ;& Ma Chi, a Taois 
scholar and physician, who were assisted in the completion 0: 
their task by nine other scholars. They brought together in this 
work the principal matter of all previous treatises on Materia — 
medica, and described 133 new specimens. In all there are 983 
objects detailed in it. ; ‘ 
"_ 23. The $f ak AH RE AR BL Kia yu Pu chu Pen ts‘ao, the 
Pen ts‘ao revised and commented upon, published during the period 
Kia yu (of the Sung). It was compiled in compliance with an 
