A report of studies on the accuracy of references cited in Compendium of Materia Medica
10.3969/j.issn.1006-2157.2016.10.008
- VernacularTitle:《本草纲目》引用书名核准之研究报告
- Author:
Zhibin ZHANG
1
;
Jinsheng ZHENG
;
Dameng YU
;
Qiang LI
;
Yipin FAN
;
Wenjie ZHENG
Author Information
1. 中国中医科学院中医临床基础医学研究所 北京 100700
- Keywords:
Compendium of Materia Medica;
LI Shizhen;
reference citations;
bibliography;
Materia Medica in Daily Use;
Dietetic Materia Medica
- From:
Journal of Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
2016;39(10):824-827
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Checking the accuracy of references cited in Compendium ofMateria Medica is of significance for the research of Compendium ofMateria Medica.Furthermore,it can also serve as an example for ex-ploring the general rule on citations of historical documents by ancient authors.It has been found that there is a regularity in the format of the title of cited references,including book title,abridged title,alias title,author (surname,given name,secondary name,alternative name),name of reviser (surname, given name,secondary name,alternative name)etc.These references yield important significance for the discipline of literature.For example,by verifying the true and false of various editions of WU Rui’s Materia Medica in Daily Use of the Yuan Dynasty,the author of Dietetic Materia Medica of the Ming Dy-nasty and the true and false of its various editions can be thus confirmed.It is found that within the 276 references cited in the Compendium ofMateria Medica,64 cited references weren’t recorded in the for-mer bibliographies.Moreover,there were also other problems appearing in these cited historical docu-ments,such as two different books confused as one book,overlapping of books repeatedly,wrong cited book title,mistaken author,and with reference title but not really quoted etc.All these should be paid attention by the readers.
