General History of Chinese Science and Technology: Medicine, Arithmetic, Natural History
by Editor-in-chief Jiang Xiaoyuan
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Chinese medicine first emerged from witch doctors. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, witch doctors and doctors were separated, and a systematic medical knowledge system was gradually formed. Medical classics represented by the Huangdi Neijing and Treatise on Febrile Diseases and Miscellaneous Diseases were produced. The development of medicine is inseparable from drugs. "The Study of Materia Medica" is the traditional Chinese pharmacology, among which the "Compendium of Materia Medica" written by Li Shizhen in the Ming Dynasty is the most well-known to the public. In addition to being used in astronomy and calendars, ancient Chinese arithmetic is also related to practical matters such as land measurement, map surveying, tax calculation, and water conservancy project construction. The "Ten Books on Arithmetic" represented by "Nine Chapters on Arithmetic" are the great crystallization of ancient Chinese mathematical thought from the Han Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty. During the Song, Jin and Yuan dynasties, outstanding mathematicians such as Qin Jiushao, Li Ye, Yang Hui and Zhu Shijie pushed traditional Chinese arithmetic theory to a climax.
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