Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c6.s2.t3.36

v1.c6.s2.t3.36

Li Shizhen, whose courtesy name was Dongbi, was also known as Binhu. He came from Qizhou, Hubei (Qichun, Hubei). He was born in a well-known family of traditional Chinese medicine. Being edified by what he saw, he visited famous doctors and accumulated many medicine books while especially being fond of conducting site investigations on herbal medicines, and finally compiled *Compendium*