Answer: B
"Shen Nong's Materia Medica" is referred to as "Ben Jing", "Ben Cao Jing" and "Shen Nong's Materia Medica". It was written under the name of Shennong and was probably written during the Eastern Han Dynasty (AD 25-219). It was not written by one person at a time. The book consists of ***3 volumes, including three drug classifications. The classification principle is: 120 kinds of top grade, non-toxic, for those who want to lighten the body and replenish qi, stay young and prolong life; 120 kinds of middle grade, non-toxic and poisonous, consider the appropriate ones, and want to curb diseases and nourish the weak; 125 kinds of low grade, many poisons, Those who want to eliminate cold and heat evil qi and break the accumulation to make the disease worse. This book is the earliest monograph on materia medica and has important scientific value and historical influence. It is one of the four classic works on medicine in my country.
"Compendium of Materia Medica" was written by Tao Hongjing of the Southern Dynasties (one of his works is Hongjing, with the word Tongming, and his names are Huayang Jushi, Huayang Seclusion, and Huayang Zhenren). It was written before the second year of Yongyuan (AD 500) of the Southern Qi Dynasty in the Northern and Southern Dynasties. The main achievements of the book include the creation of a new writing style: the classification of drugs is divided according to their natural attributes, and the three-class classification method of the "Ben Jing" is improved; the content of the drugs is divided into calligraphy with red ink and large and small fonts, maintaining the originality of the cited documents. Have a face.
"Revisiting Zhenghe Materia Medica" is referred to as "Reconstructing Zhenghe Materia Medica". The engraver was Zhang Cunhui, whose courtesy name was Wei Qing and whose hall name was Huimingxuan. Based on "Zhenghe Materia Medica" (Pang's edition), Zhang scattered "Ben Cao Yan Yi" one by one and reissued it. The postscript and Yingwei that were missing in the original "Zhenghe Materia Medica" were supplemented and renamed to the present name. It is actually a joint edition. The book has 30 volumes and contains about 1746 kinds of medicines. This book is the earliest existing complete combined edition of ancient Materia Medica. It was photocopied by People's Medical Publishing House in 1957 and has been widely circulated.
Compendium of Materia Medica, referred to as "Compendium of Materia Medica", was written by Li Shizhen in the Ming Dynasty and was completed in 1578. With 52 volumes, medicines are divided into 16 parts. This book can be called a masterpiece of Chinese medicine, with extensive content and rich collection. The book cites 84 ancient herbalists and 277 ancient and modern medical books. It also cites a large number of relevant documents from various works in the classics and history, with a total of more than 800 references. The book contains 1,892 kinds of medicines, 11,096 prescriptions, and 1,109 medicine maps. After its publication, it was fully or partially translated into Japanese, Korean, English, French, Italian, Russian and other languages.