Study Of Edition & Dissemination On Pen-ts' Ao Kan-mu

Li-shizhen(李时珍) was a great doctor and scientist in Ming-dynasty(明代) of ancient china. He is famous for his splendid work namedPen-ts'ao Kan-mu(《本草纲目》). This work has printed over 100 editionsin china until now. These editons is all from the first editon, Jin-lingedition(金陵版). All of these editions was distinguished three systemsof edition:Jiang-xi edition(江西版),Hang-zhou edittion(杭州版) & He-feiedition(合肥版) based on the drawing about chinese herbs(图版). Thiswork had ever spread the Asia-Europe continent, even it influences thewhole world now.