Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c6.s2.t4.6

v1.c6.s2.t4.6

dynasties, learned from sutras extensively, deleted complicated contents, absorbed advantages of various schools, and compiled the book in the third year of Yonghui period (652). The book’s name came from the sentence that “importance was attached to human life, it valued a thousand pieces of gold and virtues exceeded relief in a region so it was named”. *Valuable prescriptions for Emergency* had 30 volumes, dividing into 232 sections, covered over 5,200 prescriptions and had rich collections and profound contents which was a great medical work in the nature of encyclopedia and made outstanding contributions to the development of traditional Chinese medicine for later generations.