[Literature research of Compendium of Materia Medica quoted from Bencao Tujing]

Abstract

According to the content of Compendium of Materia Medica quoted from Bencao Tujing(, Illustration Classics for Materia Medica), this paper analyzed Li Shizhen's treatment methods of Bencao Tujing, such as description mode, the first record of drug varieties, distinction of related drugs, the purpose of specific citation content, and the characteristics of citation literature. It is believed that Li Shizhen's citation on Bencao Tujing is comprehensive, scientific, and absorbed the essence of Bencao Tujing. It was a great contribution to Li Shizhen's successful compilation of Compendium of Materia Medica, and Li Shizhen insisted on the principle of treating repetition with deletions, treating deficiency with addition, and treating errors with correction. Li Shizhen corrected realistically the deficiency of "The pictures and annotations are different, the two are not matched with each other, or there are pictures without annotations, or there are articles without pictures,or there are right annotations with the wrong pictures" in Bencao Tujing.