Abstract
Taiping Yulan(, Imperial overview from the Taiping reign or Readings of the Taiping Era) was a large encyclopedia which compiled by Li Fang in the early Northern Song Dynasty. Its content was broad and the resources of quotation were varied. It contained a large number of medical knowledges. Among this book, the "Fangshu" volume consisted of 18 parts, the first five volumes of health and medical recorded 4 methods of health preservation (nurturing vitality), 88 practitioners, cited 59 kinds of literatures and 160 historical materials. It has important academic value to the study of ancient health preservation and inheritance development of medical school.
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