Rebirth 1977 Great Era

Chapter 305 What if Li Shizhen is wrong?

Knowing that these two people's books were based on the classic "Imperial Collection of Medical Prescriptions", all Fang Yan's doubts were resolved at once.

This book, which condenses 1447 ancient medical books, was written by Joseon in 152.

Then it was plundered by Xiao Zi in 1598.

Around 1800, Yoshiwara Xingmeng, referring to the ancient Chinese medical texts in this set of books, completed his "Xingmeng Zhai Bone Correction Essentials".

Then in 1808, Hamada's medical officer Ninomiya Hikonobu gathered the original team of Yoshiwara Anmo and wrote the book "Chinese Bone Setting Illustrated Book".

All the correct Han Dynasty prescription units in it are because they are clearly recorded in the ancient book materials in "Yuxiu Yifang Leiju".

After stringing this information together, the entire timeline becomes clear.

……

It's time to get off work and have lunch.

Fangyan put away the book given by Le Miao, then took off his white coat, went out, got on his bike and headed towards the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Street.

When he returned home, Fangyan discovered that there were extra guests at home today.

It turned out to be Chen Kaige.

According to my mother, Chen Kaige found her in the hospital at 11 o'clock in the morning.

He said he was looking for Fang Yan and Fang Chen, so I ordered an extra meal at noon and asked him to stay here for a quick meal.

After the meal was served, Chen Kaige said to Fang Yan:

"Brother Fang, Brother Fang Chen's "Birch Forest" is a big hit this time!"

Fangyan asked:

"Is the information accurate?"

He only knew that sales near his home were indeed very good and were sold out early, but he had no information about sales in other places.

Chen Kaige said:
"It's absolutely true. According to the publisher, several cities sold out all the books for the week on the first day. I got the exact news from Uncle Cai at noon."

"I'm coming right over to let you know I'm here."

Fang Yan nodded slightly and said:
"Yeah, that's a great thing."

Other people in the family also nodded, especially my mother, who could hardly suppress the smile.

Chen Kaige said:
"Of course not. The publisher has already applied for an additional print run."

"It is said that there are shops selling second-hand books now, and the demand is insufficient to meet the supply."

My mother He Huiru put some food into Chen Kaige's bowl with chopsticks and said to him:
"Thank you, Xiao Chen, for making you make a special trip."

Chen Kaige said with a smile:

"Well, I've been studying for the college entrance exam at home every day, and it's hard to find a chance to go out and get some fresh air."

Then he asked:
"By the way, I just heard you say that Brother Fang Chen will be back in the afternoon? When exactly?"

Fangyan took over the conversation and said:

"The train is at 6:50 tonight. How about coming over for dinner?"

It can be seen that as long as the time is right, Chen Kaige still wants to wait here for Fang Chen to come back.

After hearing what Fangyan said, he immediately said:
"That's too late. Your family will be reunited tonight, so I won't join in the fun."

"Brother Fang, just tell him that I will pick him up to go to the publishing house tomorrow morning."

Fang Yan nodded and said:
"Okay, then you take care of it."

Chen Kaige waved his hand and said:

"Well, we're all brothers, I just help run errands, it's no big deal."

They then ate and chatted, and after the meal, Fang Yan sent Chen Kaige to the door.

At the door, Fang Yan said to Chen Kaige:
"I'm sorry for the poor hospitality today, so just eat something casual. I'll cook for you myself when I'm free later."

After hearing this, Chen Kaige smiled and said:

"Oh, that's great. To be honest, Brother Fang, I've been waiting for you to say this!"

Last time I ate food cooked in dialect, and afterwards I felt that everything I ate was not quite as good.

I came here today with the intention of eating for free, but I didn't expect that they would eat in the cafeteria at noon. I miscalculated.

After saying a few more words, Chen Kaige waved goodbye:
"Then I'll go first, Brother Fang."

Fangyan nodded:
"Okay, go slower on your way."

……

After seeing off Chen Kaige who came to report the good news, Fang Yan and his family left the courtyard and went to work.

This time, Fangyan came to the institute with two books he had written during his childhood and went to find Mr. Cheng immediately.

Mr. Li Cheng from the office is resting his eyes after lunch.

I was still a little confused when Fangyan knocked on the door and found me, but when I saw the two books Fangyan took out, I immediately perked up.

Then Fangyan told him the timeline.

Mr. Cheng, who was well-versed in ancient books, had heard of the book "Imperial Collection of Medical Prescriptions", but he only knew that it was compiled by Korea in the eighth year of the reign of Emperor Yingzong of the Ming Dynasty in China. Korea spent 32 years collecting a large number of ancient books passed down from China to compile this book.

As for what happened to the book later, he didn't know. After all, he didn't have any obsession with books that he couldn't see abroad.

After hearing Fangyan tell him the whole story, he realized that this was the case.

Of course, in the future history, dialects will definitely not be spoken.

It only says that in 1965, Lee Jong-kyu, president of Dongyang Medical University in Seoul, formed a committee and recruited 4.893 people to revise the set of books.

Upon hearing this, Old Cheng said excitedly, "That is to say, if we can get this set of books, all the ancient books that have been lost in our country can be brought to light again!"

Fang Yan nodded and said:
"That's the theory, but Xiaoshi will definitely not give us everything, so even if we get this set of books from the Koreans, it probably won't be of much use."

Mr. Cheng shook his head and said:

"No, after all, it's 950 million words, so even if I can get a useful prescription, it would be good!"

Then he began to mutter:
"I just don't know if I can get it through diplomatic channels..."

"We have been communicating and learning for many years, and they have learned a lot from us. If we give them some suggestions, they might be able to come up with something else for us."

After saying that, he patted Fangyan on the shoulder:

"Fang Yan, your news is very important!"

Fangyan was speechless. He felt that Old Cheng had overestimated the other party's integrity. The nature of those two countries was like that of Pixiu, they only take in and never give out.

So-called communication is nothing more than letting them get something for free.

If you want to ask them for something, you have to be careful that what they spit out may be poisonous.

Fang Yan said to Mr. Cheng:
"Actually what I want to talk about today is not this matter, but the prescription for bone injuries in it."

"Oh?" Old Cheng was startled, then he turned to the recipe at the back.

Fangyan pointed to the Chinese Bone Setting Diagram and said:
"These sixty-six prescriptions should all be ancient Chinese medicine prescriptions that they copied from the book 'Yu Xiu Yi Fang Lei Ju'. Some of the prescriptions in it can still be found in ancient books today."

"For example, the Caowu powder here comes from Volume 18 of the Shiyi Dexiao Fang written by Wei Yilin in the Yuan Dynasty. It has the effect of numbness and unconsciousness of pain, and is mainly used to treat injured joints that cannot return to their original positions."

"'Shiyi Dexiao Fang' is a collection of prescriptions handed down from five generations of the Wei family. It was copied in the Qing Dynasty's Siku Quanshu and published in China in 1949. The prescriptions are exactly the same, but if you look at their dosage standards, do you find anything?"

"Hmm? Let me take a look." Old Cheng looked in the direction Fangyan pointed.

Then he frowned and said:

"The amount of Chuanwu and Pinellia is... a bit large! According to their calculation, it is 150g in total."

Fangyan nodded:
"That's right, our recipe uses 15g, only one-tenth of theirs."

Mr. Cheng pondered for a while and asked:
"Did they write it so big on purpose?"

Fangyan shook his head and said:
"Although I don't rule out this possibility, I think it's unlikely."

"I think they used the correct measurement unit conversion method of the Han Dynasty, which is why it is different from our conversion method."

Mr. Cheng frowned:
"You mean... we are wrong?"

Fangyan nodded and finally came to this point.

Mr. Cheng rubbed his brows and said:
"That's written in the Compendium of Materia Medica."

Fangyan hesitated for a moment, then responded in a low voice:
"Then have you ever thought about the possibility that Li Shizhen might be wrong?"

Mr. Cheng's eyes suddenly widened:
"It's not fun to say that."

At this moment, the bronze weight of the Grand Minister of Agriculture has not been unearthed yet, so I can only guide Mr. Cheng slowly.

Fangyan pointed to it and said:

"Look at the recipes here. As long as you can find a comparison, the dosage is ten times larger than ours. Don't you think there's something wrong with this?"

"And the special heart-saving soup we used, wouldn't the person be fine even if we used such a large amount?"

Mr. Cheng pondered for a while, closed the book, and said to Fang Yan:

"Don't tell anyone about this for now. I'll find someone to test the prescription first."

"If I can prove the effectiveness of a few more prescriptions, I'll report it again."

Fangyan knew that Old Chengtou had already come up with an idea, and as long as he went to verify it, he would definitely get something out of it.

So he nodded and said:

"Okay, I'll leave these two books here for you."

"You can use it as a reference for research."

Mr. Cheng asked Fang Yan:

"You don't keep a copy for yourself? Aren't you learning bone-setting techniques?"

"I've learned it." Fangyan said.

After saying this, he said goodbye to Mr. Cheng and went to write a book.

That afternoon, Mr. Cheng took the book to the school to discuss with Wang Yuchuan.

Subsequently, a test project was secretly launched.

In addition, the book series "Imperial Collection of Medical Prescriptions" also caught their attention.

They also specially checked the information and found that it was exactly the same as the dialect.

The Library and Mausoleum Department is an internal bureau of the Imperial Household Department of Xiaori Palace, which specializes in the management and restoration of royal genealogies, documents and materials, as well as mausoleum management.

There are library classes, repair classes, mausoleum classes and five major mausoleum office classes. There are 18384 volumes and 10568 pages of Chinese books alone, which they got for free from successive dynasties.

Since the "Imperial Collection of Medical Prescriptions" is currently kept in the Imperial Household Agency's Archives and Mausoleums Department, we must definitely try to send someone to see if it can be exchanged.

We can't just let them live a free life. If we really want to test them and find out that they are stingy, we have to change our strategy.

Time passed quickly and it was time to get off work in the blink of an eye.

After Fangyan finished a busy afternoon of writing a book, he rushed home.

In more than an hour, the train carrying my younger brother and older sister's family from Inner Mongolia will arrive at the station.

My brother-in-law and nephews and nieces, whom I have never met before, are also meeting for the first time.

PS: The 6000-word basic chapter has been updated
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