Compendium of Materia Medica and Pharmaceutical Works, 52 volumes, written by Li Shizhen in Ming Dynasty, published in 1590. The book * * * 1.9 million words, including 1892 kinds of drugs, collected 1 1096 prescriptions, drew 1 160 beautiful illustrations, and divided them into 16. This is an ancient Han tradition in China. On the basis of inheriting and summarizing the achievements of predecessors' materia medica, Li Shizhen combined with a lot of pharmaceutical knowledge accumulated by the author through long-term study and interview, and through practice and study, it took decades to compile a masterpiece. This book not only corrects some mistakes in the past materia medica, but also synthesizes a lot of scientific data, puts forward a more scientific classification method of drugs, incorporates advanced biological evolution ideas, and embodies rich clinical practice. This book is also a natural history book with world influence. Xu Guangqi-A Complete Book of Agricultural Management
Song Ying Xing —— Heavenly Creations
Wu Kai in the Heavenly Palace was first published on 1637 (the tenth year of Chongzhen in Ming Dynasty). Heavenly Creations is the first comprehensive work on agriculture and handicraft production in the world. It is a comprehensive scientific and technological work in ancient China. Others call it an encyclopedic work. The writer is Song, a scientist in Ming Dynasty. Foreign scholars call it "China17th century craft encyclopedia". In the book, the author emphasizes that human beings should live in harmony with nature and human resources should cooperate with natural forces. It is the most abundant historical data of science and technology in China. It focuses more on handicrafts and reflects the productive forces of capitalism in China in the late Ming Dynasty.
Xu Guangqi-A Complete Book of Agricultural Management
The Book of Agricultural Administration was written in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, which basically covered all aspects of agricultural production and people's life of the Han nationality in ancient China, and there was a basic idea running through it, namely Xu Guangqi's thought of "agricultural administration" to govern the country and protect the people. Carrying out this idea is the characteristic that distinguishes Encyclopedia of Agricultural Administration from other large agricultural books. Because the working people of Han nationality have accumulated thousands of years of farming experience, they have left a wealth of China's agricultural works. Most pre-Qin books have agricultural chapters. Other large-scale agricultural books, whether Qi Yao Min's Book by Jia Sixie in the Northern Wei Dynasty or Wang Zhen's agricultural books in the Yuan Dynasty, are purely technical agricultural books. Although they focus on the concept of agriculture, they focus on production technology and knowledge.