title: [Academic heritage of Jiu huang ben cao (Materia Medica for Relief of Famines) in Japan].
abstract: Jiu huang ben cao (Materia Medica for Relief of Famines) was the first monograph on famines herbal in the history of China, which creates a new research field of edible plants. Around the middle and late 17th century, Jiu huang ben cao was spread to Japan and aroused great attention of famous Japanese herbalists. Thus, all versions of different edition systems were circulated in Japan. Later, some famous Japanese scholar ssuccessively quoted texts of Jiu huang ben cao from the Nong zheng quan shu (Whole book on Agricultural Administration) spread in Japan, and block-printed it as an independent work. As a result, Jiu huang ben cao virtually circulated widely in Japan.
authors.affiliation: China Institute for History of Medicine and Medical Literature, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100700, China.
authors.forename: Huiling
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: He
authors.affiliation: China Institute for History of Medicine and Medical Literature, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100700, China.
authors.forename: Yongzhi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xiao
mesh_terms: D001877:Books / Q000266:history*; D002681:China; D049669:History, 16th Century; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D007564:Japan; D008419:Materia Medica / Q000266:history*; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional / Q000266:history*; D013217:Starvation
chemical_list: D008419:Materia Medica