Li shizhen and the spirit of investigation of things and the extension of knowledge
Li Shizhen was a Ming Dynasty physician and was greatly influenced by the New-Confucian beliefs of the time. Although Ben Cao Gang Mu (《本草纲目》Compendium of Materia Medica) is a monograph on medicine, its purpose is “to investigate things.” The best way to get to know historical figures is to restore...
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| description | Li Shizhen was a Ming Dynasty physician and was greatly influenced by the New-Confucian beliefs of the time. Although Ben Cao Gang Mu (《本草纲目》Compendium of Materia Medica) is a monograph on medicine, its purpose is “to investigate things.” The best way to get to know historical figures is to restore facts. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8244a617b69f4f56a1974c58e7085d922022-12-22T00:24:24ZengWolters Kluwer Health/LWWChinese Medicine and Culture2589-96272589-94732018-01-011311612010.4103/CMAC.CMAC_41_18Li shizhen and the spirit of investigation of things and the extension of knowledgeRuixian ZhangLi Shizhen was a Ming Dynasty physician and was greatly influenced by the New-Confucian beliefs of the time. Although Ben Cao Gang Mu (《本草纲目》Compendium of Materia Medica) is a monograph on medicine, its purpose is “to investigate things.” The best way to get to know historical figures is to restore facts.http://www.cmaconweb.org/article.asp?issn=2589-9627;year=2018;volume=1;issue=3;spage=116;epage=120;aulast=Zhangben cao gang mu (《本草纲目》compendium of materia medica)li shizhenneo-confucianism |
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| topic | ben cao gang mu (《本草纲目》compendium of materia medica) li shizhen neo-confucianism |
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