54 BOTANICON SINICUM. 
by [ #1 Zu Ho: On the substances employed for food.” About 
Lu Ho see list of works 857. 
39. The € §& AK ¥i Shi kien pen ts‘ao, a treatise of the same 
character as the preceding, by ¥¢ Jet Ning Yiian, published 
during the reign of Kia tsing (1522—67), 
40. The Ax #8 #7 #3 Pen ts‘ao hui pien, in 20 books, published 
likewise during the reign of Kia tsing, by 7p BE Wang Ki, a 
celebrated physician of that period, a native of K‘i men (Hui chou 
fu, An hui). Literary appellation 4 xz Sheng chi. His bio- 
graphy Ming shi, 299, 
41. The Ay Bi 3 A Pen ts‘ao meng ts‘tian, in 12 books, 
published towards the end of the Kia tsing period, about 1567, by 
Bi SE GE Ch‘en Kia mo, likewise a physician of K‘4 men. Literary 
appellation Z& 3K Ting ts‘ai. 
42. THE AN 74 fi] HH PEN TS‘AO KANG MU. 
This celebrated Chinese Materia medica, written more than 
800 years ago, which we are now about to review, is well known 
also in Europe. ‘Translations from it have frequently been 
published by European sinologues, It forms the type of all the 
Chinese productions of this class, is held in high esteem by the 
Chinese, and represents indeed the most important native work 
on Materia medica and Natural History. It is the first treatise 
of this kind in which the matter is more criti 
= HF ZH LA Shi chen, the famous author of the Pen ts‘ao kang 
- mu, was born at Wir JH K4 chou in Hu pei, probably in the first 
quarter of the 16th century, and died towards the close of the 
Same century. His literary name was He BE Tung pi. He wrote 
also under the pseudonym of 3§4 339 Pin hu. As was the case 
with the majority of the early Chinese physicians of note, Li 
Shi chen was not a professional medical man, but a civil function- 
ary and magistrate of the district of xe HR Peng ki (Tung 
cally treated. 
17 There is another treatise with the same title by Hu Wen huan 
= also of the Ming period, See the catalogue Hui k‘o shu eB f 
