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