History of Medicine: ChinaArchived 2021-10-04 at the Wayback Machine / Encyclopædia Britannica // "There were famous herbals from ancient times, but all these, to the number of about 1,000, were embodied by Li Shijen in the compilation of Bencao gangmu (the “Great Pharmacopoeia”) in the 16th century CE."
History of Medicine: ChinaArchived 2021-10-04 at the Wayback Machine / Encyclopædia Britannica // "There were famous herbals from ancient times, but all these, to the number of about 1,000, were embodied by Li Shijen in the compilation of Bencao gangmu (the “Great Pharmacopoeia”) in the 16th century CE."