Chapter 1
Chronicle of Great Events Concerning Li Shizhen and
the Compendium of Materia Medica
During the Period of the Ming Dynasty (1518—1644) / 001
Chapter 2
Chronicle of Great Events Concerning Li Shizhen and
the Compendium of Materia Medica
During the Period of the Qing Dynasty (1644—1912) / 037
Chapter 3
Chronicle of Great Events Concerning Li Shizhen and the
Compendium of Materia Medica
During the Period of the Republic of China (1912—1949) / 103
Chapter 4
Chronicle of Great Events Concerning Li Shizhen and the
Compendium of Materia Medica
After the Founding of the People’s Republic of China (1949—2018) / 117
032 A 500-year Chronicle of Great Events of Li Shizhen and the Compendium of Materia Medica
Appendixes
Appendix 1
The Biography of Li Shizhen in Chronicle of Art and Literature (10th
scroll) of Chronicle of Qizhou in the 3rd Year of Emperor Kangxi’s
Reign in the Qing Dynasty (1664) / 216
Appendix 2
The Biography of Li Shizhen in Fang Ji of the History of the Ming
Dynasty (299th scroll) in the 4th Year of Emperor Qianlong’s Reign
in the Qing Dynasty (1739) / 222
Appendix 3
Further Textual Exegesis on Li Shizhen’s Birth and Death
Time / 224
Appendix 4
Family Tree of Li Shizhen / 246
Main References (in Chinese) / 248