[Discuss on evidence for the edition division of Zhenglei Bencao-including the belongings of Shaoxing Bencao and Xinbian Leiyao Tuzhu Bencao].

ABSTRACT

Before discussion of the editions of Zhenglei Bencao, the relation between the book and its circulating editions (including the features of those editions) should be investigated. Those circulating editions should include preface and materia medica systematics. Their contents should include the text and figures from Bencao Tujing, text from Jiayou Bencao and contents added by TANG. According to the features above, it was found that Shaoxing Bencao was not the circulating edition of Zhenglei Bencao while Xinbian Leiyao Tuzhu Bencao was.