"Shen Nong's Materia Medica" Exegesis History Research

Shennong’s Classic of the Materia Medica(Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing)(hereinafter referred to as this Classic)is the earliest existing pharmaceutical monograph in China,while exegetics is a bridge between ancient and modern and an important tool for the interpretation of ancient books and literature.This subject takes the exegeesis of 365 drugs in the exegeesis works of the past Chinese classics,From a historical perspective,The whole process of the generation,development and prosperity of the exegesis of this Bible,Reflects the relationship between inheritance and development between the ancient notes of the Bible;At the same time,on the basis of analyzing the ancient notes of each era from the perspective of exegesis,Discuss the difference and connection between the ancient notes and ordinary exegesis,Then summarize the characteristics of this cursive script embodied in the exegesis of this classics in various times,In order to provide reference for the study of modern herbs and the exegeesis of ancient Chinese medicine books.This paper mainly uses the methods of literature,history,exegeesis,and combines comprehensive research and typical analysis in the research process,and compares the exegeesis with ordinary exegeesis and the inheritance and development of exegeesis in different times.The subject of the paper follows the historical stages of the Bible exegesis,The pre-Qin and Han dynasties were in the infancy of herbal exegesis;The Wei,Jin and Southern and Northern Dynasties were the foundation period of the Ben Sutra exegesis,The creation of the Annotation of Materia Medica(Ben Cao Jing Ji Zhu)marks the establishment of the"Annotation" exegesis style;The Sui,Tang Dynasties and the Five Dynasties were the development period of the Ben Sutra exegesis,It is the breakthrough in the content and method of exegesis;The Song and Jin dynasties were in a prosperous period,It is mainly the attention and application of "Er ya" and other exegetical achievements of the Materia Medica Arranged According to Pattern(Zheng Lei Ben Cao),The collection of exegesis materials,difficult word notes,herbal name exegesis is very rich,And the innovation in the exegesis content and methods of education;Yuan Ming is a turning point,Li Shizhen’s Grand Compendium of Materia Medica(Ben Cao Gang Mu)and Miao Xiyong’s Shennong Materia Medica Texa Shu(Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing Shu)together formed the turning point of the exegesis of this Sutra,The former makes great achievements in exegesis content,Completed the transformation from the exegesis and examination to the interpretation of pharmacology,The latter completes the transformation of the exegetic work type,That is,from the layers of annotation with the Bible as the core to the exegesis devoted to the pharmacological exploration of the Bible;The Qing Dynasty was the peak of the This Bible exegesis,A substantial increase in exegetical works,Exegesis content is greatly rich,The correct use of the main methods,Our Bible exegesis has achieved remarkable achievements.The study drew the following conclusions:First,the exegesis of the previous dynasties has inherited and developed all the previous generations,which has both its own characteristics and common characteristics.Second,the exegesis of the Song and Jin Dynasty was different from ordinary exeegetics,mutual interpretation and prescription medicine;the exegesis formed from herbal exegesis in the Yuan and Ming Dynasties,and the prosperity of exeegtics in the Qing Dynasty had an important influence on the exegesis of the Bible.Third,exegesis can be verified through clinical practice,which is the biggest difference between the exegesis of ordinary exegetics.Mutual interpretation and prescription release are the effective ways and special points for the exegesis of this Bible.Fourthly,the origin and development of exegesis in this Bible also reflects the process of continuous in-depth understanding of herbal medicine,from the development of exegesis to the interpretation of medicinal pharmacology.This paper for the first time makes a systematic combing and summary of the exegesis history of the Shen Nong’s Classic of the Materia Medica(Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing),which is conducive to forming the overall observation of the exegesis history of the ancient Shen Nong’s Classic of the Materia Medica(Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing).First,this paper proposes two types of exegesis works:the mainstream herbal works compiled by Tao Hongjing as the inheritance system,that is,the Collection of Materia Medica(Ben Cao Jing Ji Zhu),New Materia Medica(Xin Xiu Ben Cao),Materia Medica Arranged According to Pattern(Zheng Lei Ben Cao),Grand Compendium of Materia Medica(Ben Cao Gang Mu),and the herbal works of the classics in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.Then through the process of exegesis,development,the exegesis discusses the exeegtics,exegesis content,exegesis characteristics,exegesis achievements and deficiencies,for some controversial textual research,is helpful to fully understand the situation of the exegesis and the uniqueness of the exegesis,for deep understanding of the text of the enlightenment.Secondly,This paper has unique research on exeggeesis in Song and Jin Dynasty and Qing Dynasty,The former put forward the distinction between "overall exegesis" and "internal exegesis" in this period,Drug maps and prescriptions are the unique contents of the exegesis of this Bible,Mutual release of pictures and medicine is the unique way of exegesis of this Bible,It is also pointed out that the difficult notes for this Sutra appeared in a large number in the Song Dynasty,It is an important characteristic different from other historical periods;The latter discusses the exegesis content of this Bible in detail,Summarize its rules,Insummarize its method,To out the unique statement of exegesis,For understanding the Bible,Reading the annotation of the text has a summarized role.Finally,this paper examines the exeegtics of the two,reflects on the common problems,reveals the common content(medicine and prescription)and characteristics(mutual interpretation,prescription,sentence application,etc.),summarizes the common characteristics of exeegtics,and summarizes the inheritance and innovation of the exegesis from the historical perspective,and analyzes the characteristics of the exegetics,which can provide reference for the study of herbal and TCM exegetics.