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        Ming dynasty written by li shizhen landmark of Chinese materia medica book "compendium of materia medica", in Chinese medicine, health, nutrition, and even a zoology, botany, have objective record, insightful, analysis and discussion for over four hundred years, the book edition, long pin and far-reaching influence. However, when the publication of the compendium of materia medica is not easy. 
 
        Li shizhen "compendium of materia medica" this book written, spent 27 years. Seven years wanli (1579), li shizhen with compendium of materia medica manuscripts came to nanjing, want to find a "bookshop" (now press) to publish this book engraving. Because at that time, li shizhen, however, no fame, in the eyes of the bookseller, he is just a rural doctor from hubei mountains, and, like "compendium of materia medica" a magnum opus of 52 volume, is not suitable for ordinary taste novel, nor can let the reader earning fame reference books, published after also won't become bestsellers, so, the bookseller of the compendium of materia medica manuscripts of li shizhen brought is not interested in, no one is willing to publish. 
 
        Face no published, in the end, li shizhen decided to think of other ways. He's not too far from the nanjing taicang visited the literary arena leader wang shizhen. However, li shizhen and wang shizhen had only l, wang shizhen in hubei as HuGuang li shizhen had seen a provincial judges. The world changes, when li shizhen also don't know the name wang shizhen would prefer don't want to help you, just want to please wang shizhen for their compendium of materia medica to write a preface, to enhance the value of compendium of materia medica. 
 
        Wang shizhen was a man of great eye, he was warmly received by li shizhen, and listen to the li shizhen in compendium of materia medica in this book, and very appreciated. But, wang shizhen was no promise writing sequence for the compendium of materia medica, he wants li shizhen of the compendium of materia medica first manuscript to stay, he wants to read a book before deciding whether completely for the written order. 
 
        Li shizhen in the compendium of materia medica manuscripts wang shizhen there for ten years. Wang shizhen read the "compendium of materia medica", after the manuscript in the eighteenth year of wanli (1590) the New Year's Lantern Festival and readily to compendium of materia medica wrote an article is permeated with the prologue of heartfelt praise, call it the "standard of Canon, the monarch and the secret 箓, the heavy treasure of the subjects". In the preface, wang shizhen don't forget to at the time of "bookshop" highly recommend this book. This decade, li shizhen and its future generations will not stop to the continuous improvement of the "compendium of materia medica" this book. 
 
        Because of wang shizhen enthusiastic admiration and strongly recommended, unknown li shizhen and compendium of materia medica soon got the favour of booksellers. 24 years wanli (1596), "compendium of materia medica", finally came out, after more spread more widely, there are many versions. (Xu Chengwen)
 
 
 
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