[The version and literature value of 45 volumes of Yixue Gangmu in the Ming Dynasty]

Abstract

The existing 45 volumes of Yixue Gangmu(, Compendium of Medicine) in Ming dynasty is the most similar to its original book by Lou Ying. The discovery of these volumes is of just as great significance to the study of Yixue Gangmu, as the discovery of The New Version of Sun Zhenren Qianjin Fang (, The Immortal Sun's Precious Formulary) in Song Dynasty was to the study of Beiji Qianjin Yao Fang (, Essential Recipes for Emergent Use Worth A Thousand Gold). The discovery of the 45 volumes of Yixue Gangmu in Ming Dynasty has a unique literature value for the annotation of medical classics, identification and collation of medical books in Jin and Yuan Dynasties.