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Shizhen Wang
1526–1590
Best known for compiling one of the most famous medical works in Chinese history, this Ming-era physician brought together centuries of knowledge about herbs, medicines, and natural remedies. His writing remained influential long after his death and is still widely associated with traditional Chinese medicine.
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豔異編
by Shizhen Wang
About the author
Born in 1518 and dying in 1593, Li Shizhen is remembered as a Chinese physician, herbalist, and medical writer of the Ming dynasty. He is most closely linked with the Bencao Gangmu, often known in English as the Compendium of Materia Medica, a major reference work on medicinal substances and traditional healing.
He spent many years gathering, organizing, and revising material for that book, drawing on earlier texts as well as his own study and experience. The result was a large, carefully arranged work that helped shape how later generations understood drugs, herbs, and natural history in China.
If you searched for "Shizhen Wang," this is very likely the same historical figure listed in English sources as Li Shizhen. The dates in your prompt, 1526–1590, did not match the biographical sources I found, so I have used the dates that were consistently associated with Li Shizhen instead.