Comprehensive Anthology of Sources Old and New
Gu jin tu shu ji cheng is an immense, encyclopedic anthology compiled by Chen Menglei et al. and presented to the throne in 1726. The section on medicine (yi bu ) occupies 520 juan and incorporates all or parts of more than 120 earlier books in a topical arrangement. A major source for TCM, the medical portion has been separately reprinted. This is the movable-type Qing Wuying Palace edition. The book is shown at the right.