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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Wolters Kluwer Health/LWW
2018-01-01
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| Series: | Chinese Medicine and Culture |
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| Online Access: | http://www.cmaconweb.org/article.asp?issn=2589-9627;year=2018;volume=1;issue=3;spage=116;epage=120;aulast=Zhang |