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Jing shi zheng lei Daguan ben cao (Daguan classified and practical basic pharmacopeia based on historical classics) was compiled by Tang Shenwei, courtesy name Shenyuan, a native of Huayang, Chengdu, and a medical practitioner active in the 11th−12th centuries, who came from a family of physicians. Daguan refers to a reign period (1107−10) of Emperor Huizong of Song. During the reign of Yuanyou (1086−94), Tang’s tutor was the famed physician Li Duanbo. Tang collected and recorded every medical formula and theory from classical and historical works ...