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Bao ying quan shu (Complete book on infant care) was compiled by Xue Kai and expanded by Xue Ji, his son. This edition was printed in the 17th year (1589) of the Wanli reign by Zhao Kehuai (died 1603), a circuit inspector in Shaanxi. It has three prefaces: by Wang Ji, dated 1583; by Zhao Kehuai, dated 1582; and by Gong Yiqing, dated 1584. In his preface, Wang Ji indicated that the work had two juan, called internal and external juan. Zhao Kehuai stated in his preface that he acquired ...