title: [Preliminary research on the transmission of official printed medical books in the Song dynasty].
abstract: In the Song dynasty, central and municipal governments edited and published a large quantity of medical books. Surveying the transmission of official printed books is important in exploring the process of the transmission of medical knowledge in the Song dynasty. Various library catalogues and related historical materials provided convenient sources for research on the transmission of these medical books. Collections of archives, sales to the public and grants from the court for court ministers, foreign countries and municipalities were the main routes of medical book transmission, by which medical knowledge was widely spread among both city and local areas, to intellectuals and the general public, and which laid the foundation for the prosperity of medicine in the Song dynasty.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chinese Language and Literature, Peking University, Beijing, 100781, China.
authors.forename: Ming-Xin
authors.initials: MX
authors.lastname: Lu