Bencao Gangmu
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Bencao Gangmu is a monumental 16th-century Chinese pharmacopeia and natural history encyclopedia that systematically documents medicinal substances, their properties, and uses in traditional Chinese medicine.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Bencao Gangmu canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8021110 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Bencao Gangmu Context triple: [Li Shizhen, notableWork, Bencao Gangmu]
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The Book of Medicines
The Book of Medicines is a poetry collection by Chickasaw writer Linda Hogan that weaves Indigenous spirituality, environmental themes, and personal healing into lyrical meditations on land and body.
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Siku Quanshu
Siku Quanshu is an enormous 18th-century Chinese imperial encyclopedia and library collection that systematically compiled, edited, and classified the major works of Chinese literature, history, philosophy, and classics.
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Jiu Zhang
Jiu Zhang is an ancient Chinese poetic work traditionally attributed to the poet Qu Yuan and regarded as one of the key pieces in the classical anthology Chu Ci.
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Daozang
Daozang is the vast canonical collection of Taoist scriptures, rituals, and commentaries compiled over centuries as the primary literary foundation of Taoist religious and philosophical tradition.
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Baohe Dian
Baohe Dian is the Hall of Preserving Harmony, one of the principal ceremonial halls within Beijing’s Forbidden City, historically used for important imperial events and examinations.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Bencao Gangmu Target entity description: Bencao Gangmu is a monumental 16th-century Chinese pharmacopeia and natural history encyclopedia that systematically documents medicinal substances, their properties, and uses in traditional Chinese medicine.
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A.
The Book of Medicines
The Book of Medicines is a poetry collection by Chickasaw writer Linda Hogan that weaves Indigenous spirituality, environmental themes, and personal healing into lyrical meditations on land and body.
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B.
Siku Quanshu
Siku Quanshu is an enormous 18th-century Chinese imperial encyclopedia and library collection that systematically compiled, edited, and classified the major works of Chinese literature, history, philosophy, and classics.
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C.
Jiu Zhang
Jiu Zhang is an ancient Chinese poetic work traditionally attributed to the poet Qu Yuan and regarded as one of the key pieces in the classical anthology Chu Ci.
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D.
Daozang
Daozang is the vast canonical collection of Taoist scriptures, rituals, and commentaries compiled over centuries as the primary literary foundation of Taoist religious and philosophical tradition.
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E.
Baohe Dian
Baohe Dian is the Hall of Preserving Harmony, one of the principal ceremonial halls within Beijing’s Forbidden City, historically used for important imperial events and examinations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chinese pharmacopeia
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Ming dynasty work ⓘ medical encyclopedia ⓘ natural history encyclopedia ⓘ |
| author | Li Shizhen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| century | 16th century ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | China ⓘ |
| dateOfCompletion | 1578 ⓘ |
| dynasty | Ming dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| field |
materia medica
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natural history ⓘ pharmacology ⓘ traditional Chinese medicine ⓘ |
| firstPrintedEdition | late 16th century ⓘ |
| hasGenre | materia medica compendium ⓘ |
| hasNotableFeature |
integration of medical and natural history observations
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systematic classification of medicinal substances ⓘ |
| includes |
citations of earlier medical texts
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classification of drugs by nature and flavor ⓘ corrections of earlier materia medica ⓘ information on collection and storage ⓘ information on habitats of substances ⓘ |
| influenced |
East Asian medicine
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Japanese Kampo medicine NERFINISHED ⓘ Korean traditional medicine ⓘ Vietnamese traditional medicine ⓘ |
| language | Classical Chinese ⓘ |
| numberOfEntries | 1892 ⓘ |
| numberOfIllustrations | over 1100 ⓘ |
| numberOfVolumes | 52 ⓘ |
| originalTitleScript | 本草綱目 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| periodOfCompilation | over 30 years ⓘ |
| recognizedAs |
classic of traditional Chinese medicine
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landmark in Chinese pharmacology ⓘ |
| structure |
16 divisions
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60 categories ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
animal-derived drugs
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botanical drugs ⓘ dietary therapy ⓘ hygiene ⓘ medicinal substances ⓘ mineral drugs ⓘ preparation methods ⓘ processing of medicines ⓘ therapeutic indications ⓘ toxicology ⓘ |
| titleTranslation | Compendium of Materia Medica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Subject: Bencao Gangmu Description of subject: Bencao Gangmu is a monumental 16th-century Chinese pharmacopeia and natural history encyclopedia that systematically documents medicinal substances, their properties, and uses in traditional Chinese medicine.
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