Lǐ Shízhēn Review -- Chinese Thinker Review Series

Author: Tang Mingbang
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Publish Date: 1991-03-01
Features: Li Shizhen was a famous Ming Dynasty medical scientist, pharmacologist, and world cultural figure. His Compendium of Materia Medica is hailed as the 16th-century encyclopedia of China. A Critical Biography of Li Shizhen provides the first systematic evaluation of this scientist's historical significance and great achievements in the history of medicine, culture, and thought. The book vividly describes Li Shizhen's arduous path to self-taught success, comprehensively summarizes his achievements in climbing the scientific peak, and highly praises his major contributions to medicine and pharmacology. The book emphasizes showcasing Li Shizhen's brilliant thoughts, citing extensive philosophical materials and elaborating in detail, making readers firmly believe that Li Shizhen truly deserves admiration as an intellectual. He creatively applied traditional scientific methods and dialectical thinking, adhering to materialist naturalism and a pragmatic approach to knowledge, thereby achieving significant scientific accomplishments.