The Original Text and Translation of Compendium of Materia Medica in Ancient Chinese Medicine

The original text and translation of Compendium of Materia Medica of Ancient Chinese Medicine are as follows:

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Ji Yue said, I hope that Long Guang will know Gu Jian, and the inkstone will be full of pearls, and the sheep will be traded in the morning. After a pause, natural history is called Hua, argumentation is called Kang, and analysis of real jade is called a meal, just as the morning star.

Chuqi went to the East Wall of Yang Lijun and stayed in Heshan Park for several days every day. Look at him, he looks like a dead man, but he looks like a dead man and talks about it with relish. He is really from Beidou South. Compendium of Materia Medica has dozens of volumes. He said to Yu, "I am so precious and humble." Young people overcome many diseases and blunt their vertebrae; Studying classics for a long time is like a crutch.

Then I fished and hunted books, collected hundreds of scholars, ordinary scholars, history, classics, biographies, phonology, agricultural gardens, medical divination, astrology and Yuefu, and said a few words. In ancient times, there was a book "Materia Medica", which was written by Han, Liang, Tang, Song and Xia, with outdated annotations. The first is the omission of fallacy, which cannot be counted. Dare to make up Mo Zhi, making it up is right.

Over 30 years old, there are more than 800 books, and the manuscripts are easy to change. Those who reply will be punished, those who are absent will be arrested, and those who are wrong will be brought to justice. There are 8 kinds of old books 15 18, and 374 kinds of medicines are added today, which are divided into 16 parts and written into 52 volumes. Although it is not integrated, it is also carefully written and is called Compendium of Materia Medica. I am willing to beg for a word to support eternal life. "

To play with Zheng carefully, every drug label should take the name as the key link and attach the description name for the purpose, which is also the beginning; The second time is to collect answers, debate doubts, right and wrong, and detail the shape of its native products; Followed by smell, indications, attached prescriptions, and its body use. Legends from the upper tombs to the lower ones are all related.

Entering the Garden of the Golden Valley, the colors are gorgeous, and the treasures are well known when you enter the Palace of the Dragon King. As for curly jade, hair can also be indexed. The breadth of knowledge is not complicated but detailed and important; After all, you can see the deep sea directly. Is this just a medical book? The subtlety of true reason, the universal password of things, the secret of emperors, and the treasure of subjects. Li Jun attaches great importance to He Qinzai! Hey! If the jade is cut, it will lose its purple and be crooked, which will do harm for a long time. Therefore, when arguing about the bones of the car, we must be honest and visit.

An interview with a salesman. Yu Fang wrote Zhou Yan, and Bo Gu, like Dan Yin Yan, was short of people, so he was lucky to keep this collection! It's also a collection, and the caves hidden deep in the mountains are not suitable, and they are stubborn. They will be descendants of the world, and they are too mysterious!

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There was a man named Li Shizhen in Qiyang (now Qichun County, Hubei Province). One day, I met him in the mountains west of Long Fu Temple in Taicang County, Jiangsu Province, and drank with him for a few days. I watched him carefully, and his face was moist and shiny, thin, full of energy and humorous. South of Beidou, the first person in Li Shizhen.

(This is a compliment to Li Shizhen.) He opened his luggage, but there was nothing extra, only a few dozen volumes of Compendium of Materia Medica, and said to me, "Shizhen is from Hubei, young and sick, and born clumsy. When I grow up, I love reading classical works, just like eating honey, so I read widely and collected hundreds of works. I wrote down all the books, history, classics, biographies, phonology, medical divination, astrology and Yuefu after reading them.

Originally, Shennong had a copy of Materia Medica with many annotations from Han, Liang, Tang and Song Dynasties to now, but there are also many mistakes and false theories. So I take the liberty to swear that I will try my best to write (this book). After more than 30 years of hard work, I have consulted more than 800 books and revised the manuscript three times.

Duplicate deletion, omission addition and error correction. The old materia medica (15 18) now has 374 kinds, which are divided into 16 copies and compiled into 52 volumes. Although it is not completed, it is basically completed, and it is signed as Compendium of Materia Medica. I hope you can preface this book and make it immortal. "

I opened the book and studied it carefully. I see that every medicine is marked with the correct name "class" and alias "eye". Starting with proof, through sorting out, distinguishing doubts, correcting errors, arranging the shapes of unearthed plants, and then explaining their functions through smell, indication and attachment. From ancient allusions to folklore, there is nothing related to medicine that cannot be described.

Just like entering the garden of Jingu (here the metaphor is rich in content and beautiful), there are many varieties and dazzling colors; Just like boarding the palace, the treasure is unobstructed; Like a curling jade carving, exquisite. Many but not complicated, detailed and focused, covering the thorough verification of research and seeing the essence of things directly. How can this be just a medical book? !

This is really a grand ceremony to explain the exquisite truth of life and everything, a secret record of the emperor and a treasure of the people. What great efforts Li Shizhen has made for the benefit of others! Baoyu has not been dissected, and there has not been a long dispute between true and false. Therefore, we have to wait for Confucius to identify a big bone that only a whole car can carry (Mandarin. Lu).

To know the support stone of Vega, we must visit Yan Junping, who sells divination. I am writing Zhou Kun Hu Yan. Unfortunately, there are no descendants from Tiger's Eye before Dan (a textual research work by Yang Shen in Ming Dynasty). How lucky I am to see this Compendium of Materia Medica! It is not appropriate to hide this book in a cave in the deep mountain. Why not carve it for later generations to study, just like Ty Xuan Jing in Yang Xiong!