承德郎太医院院判（臣）刘（文泰）（臣）王（ ）修职郎太医院御医（臣）高（廷和）
等谨
以所修本草品汇精要
进呈者（臣）等诚惶诚恐稽首顿首伏以民生有欲式弘虑患之规
王道无偏克广推仁之术盖大圣亦克用又虽小道必有可观顾兹本草之编实自炎黄而起李唐
之上代有发明赵宋以来时加增正传流已越乎千载锓梓奚啻乎数番奈何咨诹未遍于遐方兼之诠
释徒拘于已见多或过于 粗 识其皮肤遂俾千古不刊之书肆有累朝未就之歉时将有待事岂
徒然兹盖伏遇
皇帝陛下
乃圣乃神
允文允武
虚心讲学虽山川草木亦宁
留意生人暨鸟兽鱼鳖咸若
无为而治
有道之长迩者
慨医道之中衰
命（臣）等以复正顾惟朽质曷称
渊谋笔札屡勤于
尚方指麾一出于
宸断翻诸旧刻式用新图躬铅椠以冰兢抚心膺而汗愧定异同互考夫诸说大较就简以芟繁辨
真伪兼采夫群书时或补遗而辑略用严君臣使之别类分上中下之殊列部而系以条比种而详其地
凡诸草石金玉之类毛虫飞走之形而大纲毕举与夫性味气质之偏助合反忌之辨而细目俱陈于以
成之有名斯萃薄言观者按图可知是虽出于古人而实备于
今日典彝攸在恭敬是将聊伸犬马之忱敢谓无遗于一得猥辱腹心之视庶期有补于万分鄙华
陀终于不传嗤汉帝以为无益窃惟医流之用药譬则世主之抡才苟去取之未精实存亡之攸系但
（臣）等
陛下勿忘苦口之言
居安以虑危原诊而知政更期
万几之暇
善推所为克俾一世之民咸跻于寿
元气同天而不息
皇图配地之无疆（臣）等无任瞻
天仰
圣激切屏营之至谨以所修本草品汇精要四十二卷外目录一卷装成三十六帙随表上
进以闻（臣）等诚惶诚恐稽首顿首谨言
弘治十八年三月初三日承德郎太医院院判（臣）刘（文泰）等谨上表
奉命纂修本草品汇精要官员职名
总督
司设监太监 （臣）张 瑜
提调
中议大夫赞治尹通政使司右通政掌太医院事 （臣）施钦
中宪大夫通政使司右通政同掌太医院事 （臣）王玉
总裁
承德郎太医院院判 （臣）刘文泰
承德郎太医院院判 （臣）王
修职郎太医院御医 （臣）高廷和
副总裁
太医院冠带医士 （臣）崔鼎仪
太医院医士 （臣）卢志
太医院冠带医士 （臣）唐
纂修
太医院冠带医士 （臣）徐镇
太医院冠带医士 （臣）夏英
太医院医士 （臣）钱宙
太医院冠带医士 （臣）徐浦
太医院冠带医士 （臣）徐昊
太医院冠带医士 （臣）吴钱
太医院冠带医士 （臣）郑通
中书科儒士 （臣）王珑
太医院医士 （臣）刘
太医院冠带医士 （臣）张铎
催纂
承德郎太医院院判 （臣）张纶
承德郎太医院院判 （臣）方叔和
承德郎太医院院判 （臣）钱钝
誊录
中书科冠带儒士 （臣）吉庆
中书科冠带儒士 （臣）周时敕
中书科儒士 （臣）姜承儒
中书科儒士 （臣）仰仲瞻
太医院医士 （臣）吴恩
太医院医士 （臣）祝寿
太医院医士 （臣）王棠
太医院医士 （臣）方荣
太医院医士 （臣）祝恩
太医院冠带儒士 （臣）王宜寿
太医院医士 （臣）戴仲绅
太医院冠带医士 （臣）何祥
太医院冠带医士 （臣）李润
中书科冠带儒士 （臣）练元献
验药形质
奉议大夫通政使司右参议 （臣）丘 钰
奉议大夫太医院院使 （臣）李宗周
修职郎太医院御医 （臣）施鉴
修职郎太医院御医 （臣）刘珍
太医院惠民药局副使 （臣）杨恒
承德郎、太医院院判（臣）刘文泰，修职郎、太医院御医（臣）高廷和等人恭敬地呈上：
我们编纂的《本草品汇精要》，谨此进献。
我们怀着极度惶恐敬畏的心情，叩头顿首。想那百姓生活有欲望，因此需要弘扬预防祸患的规划；王道政治没有偏私，能够广泛推行仁爱的术法。即使是大圣人也认为，即便是小道（指医药等技艺），也一定有可取之处。看这《本草》的编纂，实际上起源于炎帝和黄帝时代。到了李唐王朝，历代都有新的发现和阐明；自赵宋以来，时时加以增补修正，流传已经跨越了千年，刻板印刷何止数次。无奈的是，咨询考察未能遍及遥远的地方，加之解释说明往往局限于已有的见解，大多过于粗疏，只识得皮毛，从而使得这部千古不朽的经典著作，留下了前朝未竟完成的遗憾。时机将要到来，事情难道只是偶然吗？
这大概是仰遇皇帝陛下，既圣明又神武，既有文治又有武功。虚心讲习学问，即使是山川草木，也不曾不留意关注。使人民以及鸟兽鱼鳖都顺遂和谐，达到无为而治的境界，成为有道之长的君主。近来，慨叹医学道统的中衰，命令我们这些人去恢复和校正。回想我们腐朽的身体，怎能配得上深远的谋略？笔札之事多次劳烦尚方（指宫廷御用），指挥调度完全出于皇帝的决断。翻检旧的刻本，采用新的图谱。亲自校对文字，战战兢兢如履薄冰；抚心自问，汗流浃背感到惭愧。确定异同，互相考证各种学说，大抵上是删繁就简，辨别真伪，兼采群书之长。有时补充遗漏，辑录概要，严格区分君、臣、佐、使的不同类别，分列上、中、下三品殊异。列出各部，并附上条目比较种类，详细记载其产地。凡是各类草、石、金、玉的性质，毛虫、飞禽走兽的形态，大纲全部列举；至于性味、气质、偏助、合反、禁忌的辨析，细目全部陈述。以此完成此书，名称汇聚，简要观看者按图即可知晓。这虽然是依据古人的记载，但实际上完备于今日。典章彝伦所在，我们恭敬地奉行，略微表达像犬马一样的忠诚，岂敢说没有遗漏一点所得？希望蒙受您像对待腹心一样看待，庶几能对万分之一的益处有所贡献。
鄙弃华佗医术最终失传，嘲笑汉帝认为医药无益。我私下认为，医家用药，就像世俗君主选拔人才一样，如果取舍不够精细，确实关系到生死存亡的大事。希望陛下不要忘记苦口良药之言，居安思危，通过诊察来了解政事得失。更希望在处理万机政务之余，善于推广所施行的善政，使一世的百姓都能达到长寿，元气与天同存而不息，皇图基业与大地一样无边无际。
我们不胜瞻望苍天、仰望圣德的激切屏营之情。恭敬地将编纂完成的《本草品汇精要》四十二卷，外加目录一卷，装订成三十六帙，随表上进，以闻知陛下。
我们怀着极度惶恐敬畏的心情，叩头顿首，恭敬陈言。
弘治十八年三月初三日，承德郎、太医院院判（臣）刘文泰等人恭敬上表。
奉命纂修《本草品汇精要》官员职名：
总督：司设监太监（臣）张瑜
提调：中议大夫、赞治尹、通政使司右通政、掌太医院事（臣）施钦；中宪大夫、通政使司右通政、同掌太医院事（臣）王玉
总裁：承德郎、太医院院判（臣）刘文泰；承德郎、太医院院判（臣）王[名缺]；修职郎、太医院御医（臣）高廷和
副总裁：太医院冠带医士（臣）崔鼎仪；太医院医士（臣）卢志；太医院冠带医士（臣）唐[名缺]
纂修：太医院冠带医士（臣）徐镇；太医院冠带医士（臣）夏英；太医院医士（臣）钱宙；太医院冠带医士（臣）徐浦；太医院冠带医士（臣）徐昊；太医院冠带医士（臣）吴钱；太医院冠带医士（臣）郑通；中书科儒士（臣）王珑；太医院医士（臣）刘[名缺]；太医院冠带医士（臣）张铎
催纂：承德郎、太医院院判（臣）张纶；承德郎、太医院院判（臣）方叔和；承德郎、太医院院判（臣）钱钝
誊录：中书科冠带儒士（臣）吉庆；中书科冠带儒士（臣）周时敕；中书科儒士（臣）姜承儒；中书科儒士（臣）仰仲瞻；太医院医士（臣）吴恩；太医院医士（臣）祝寿；太医院医士（臣）王棠；太医院医士（臣）方荣；太医院医士（臣）祝恩；太医院冠带儒士（臣）王宜寿；太医院医士（臣）戴仲绅；太医院冠带医士（臣）何祥；太医院冠带医士（臣）李润；中书科冠带儒士（臣）练元献
验药形质：奉议大夫、通政使司右参议（臣）丘钰；奉议大夫、太医院院使（臣）李宗周；修职郎、太医院御医（臣）施鉴；修职郎、太医院御医（臣）刘珍；太医院惠民药局副使（臣）杨恒
Chengde Lang (Attendant of the Palace for Meritorious Service), Vice Director of the Imperial Medical Academy, Subject Liu Wentai, and Xiuzhi Lang (Official of Cultivated Virtue), Imperial Physician of the Imperial Medical Academy, Subject Gao Tinghe, and others respectfully submit:
The *Bencao Huihui Jingyao* (Essential Compendium of Materia Medica) that we have compiled is hereby presented for Your Majesty's inspection.
With hearts full of extreme trepidation and reverence, we bow our heads to the ground and touch them to the floor. It is said that because people have desires, plans must be established to prevent potential disasters; the Kingly Way is unbiased and can broadly promote the art of benevolence. Even a Great Sage acknowledges that even minor arts (such as medicine) certainly have their merits. Regarding the compilation of this *Materia Medica*, it actually originated in the times of Yan Di (Flame Emperor) and Huang Di (Yellow Emperor). During the Li Tang Dynasty, each generation made new discoveries and elucidations; since the Zhao Song Dynasty, it has been continuously supplemented and corrected. Its transmission has spanned over a thousand years, and its woodblock printing has occurred countless times. However, inquiries and investigations were not conducted comprehensively across distant regions, and explanations were often confined to existing viewpoints, mostly remaining too superficial, knowing only the skin-deep aspects. This has left this timeless classic with the regret of unfinished work by previous dynasties. The time is now ripe; could this matter be merely coincidental?
This is due to encountering Your Majesty, who is both sagacious and divine, possessing both civil virtue and martial prowess. You study with an open mind, paying attention even to mountains, rivers, plants, and trees. You ensure that the people, as well as birds, beasts, fish, and turtles, live in harmony, achieving governance through non-action (Wuwei), becoming a ruler with the Dao. Recently, lamenting the decline of the medical tradition, You commanded us to restore and correct it. Reflecting on our decrepit bodies, how can we match Your profound strategies? The task of writing was frequently entrusted to the Shangfang (Imperial Workshop), and all directives issued from Your Imperial decision. We consulted old editions and adopted new illustrations. Personally overseeing the proofreading, we trembled with caution as if walking on thin ice; looking inward, we sweated with shame. We determined differences, cross-referenced various theories, generally simplifying complexity, distinguishing truth from falsehood, and collecting the strengths of numerous books. Occasionally supplementing omissions and compiling summaries, we strictly distinguished the roles of Sovereign (Jun), Minister (Chen), Assistant (Zuo), and Guide (Shi), categorizing herbs into Superior, Middle, and Inferior grades. We listed departments and attached comparative entries, detailing their origins. For all types of herbs, stones, metals, and gems, as well as the forms of hairy insects, flying birds, and running beasts, the general outline is fully enumerated; regarding the analysis of properties, flavors, qi, nature, bias, assistance, compatibility, opposition, and contraindications, the detailed items are all presented. Thus completing this book, names are gathered, and those who read briefly can understand by referring to the diagrams. Although based on ancient records, it is truly complete for today. Guided by canonical principles, we reverently carry out this task, expressing the loyalty of dogs and horses. How dare we claim there are no omissions in our single insights? We hope to be regarded as trusted advisors, hoping to contribute a fraction of benefit.
We disdain the fact that Hua Tuo's medical skills were eventually lost, and mock Emperor Han for considering medicine useless. I privately believe that physicians using medicines is akin to secular rulers selecting talent; if the selection and rejection are not precise, it indeed concerns matters of life and death. I hope Your Majesty will not forget the words of bitter medicine, remain vigilant in times of peace against danger, and understand governance through diagnosis. Furthermore, amidst the leisure of handling ten thousand affairs, may You kindly promote good governance, so that the people of this generation may all attain longevity, with their primordial Qi enduring as long as Heaven, and the imperial foundation being boundless as the Earth.
We are overwhelmed with the intense feeling of gazing up at Heaven and admiring Your Holiness. Respectfully, we present the completed *Bencao Huihui Jingyao*, consisting of forty-two volumes plus one volume of directory, bound into thirty-six fascicles, along with this memorial, for Your awareness.
With hearts full of extreme trepidation and reverence, we bow our heads to the ground and touch them to the floor, respectfully stating.
On the third day of the third month, the 18th year of Hongzhi, Chengde Lang, Vice Director of the Imperial Medical Academy, Subject Liu Wentai, and others respectfully submitted this memorial.
List of Officials Appointed to Compile the *Bencao Huihui Jingyao*:
Director-General: Eunuch Zhang Yu of the Sishi Jian (Palace Establishment Supervision Bureau)
Supervisors: Shi Qin, Zhongyi Dafu (Grand Master of Civil Discourse), Zanzhi Yin (Assistant Administrator), Right Tongzheng of the Tongzheng Si (Office of Transmission and Reception), in charge of the Imperial Medical Academy; Wang Yu, Zhongxian Dafu (Grand Master of Honorable Constitution), Right Tongzheng of the Tongzheng Si, co-in-charge of the Imperial Medical Academy
Chief Directors: Liu Wentai, Chengde Lang, Vice Director of the Imperial Medical Academy; Wang [Name Missing], Chengde Lang, Vice Director of the Imperial Medical Academy; Gao Tinghe, Xiuzhi Lang, Imperial Physician of the Imperial Medical Academy
Deputy Chief Directors: Cui Dingyi, Imperial Medical Academy Physician with Ribbon; Lu Zhi, Imperial Medical Academy Physician; Tang [Name Missing], Imperial Medical Academy Physician with Ribbon
Compilers: Xu Zhen, Imperial Medical Academy Physician with Ribbon; Xia Ying, Imperial Medical Academy Physician with Ribbon; Qian Zhou, Imperial Medical Academy Physician; Xu Pu, Imperial Medical Academy Physician with Ribbon; Xu Hao, Imperial Medical Academy Physician with Ribbon; Wu Qian, Imperial Medical Academy Physician with Ribbon; Zheng Tong, Imperial Medical Academy Physician with Ribbon; Wang Long, Confucian Scholar of the Zhongshu Ke (Secretariat); Liu [Name Missing], Imperial Medical Academy Physician; Zhang Duo, Imperial Medical Academy Physician with Ribbon
Expeditors: Zhang Lun, Chengde Lang, Vice Director of the Imperial Medical Academy; Fang Shuhe, Chengde Lang, Vice Director of the Imperial Medical Academy; Qian Dun, Chengde Lang, Vice Director of the Imperial Medical Academy
Transcribers: Ji Qing, Confucian Scholar with Ribbon of the Zhongshu Ke; Zhou Shichi, Confucian Scholar with Ribbon of the Zhongshu Ke; Jiang Chengru, Confucian Scholar of the Zhongshu Ke; Yang Zhongzhan, Confucian Scholar of the Zhongshu Ke; Wu En, Imperial Medical Academy Physician; Zhu Shou, Imperial Medical Academy Physician; Wang Tang, Imperial Medical Academy Physician; Fang Rong, Imperial Medical Academy Physician; Zhu En, Imperial Medical Academy Physician; Wang Yishou, Confucian Scholar with Ribbon of the Imperial Medical Academy; Dai Zhongshen, Imperial Medical Academy Physician; He Xiang, Imperial Medical Academy Physician with Ribbon; Li Run, Imperial Medical Academy Physician with Ribbon; Lian Yuanxian, Confucian Scholar with Ribbon of the Zhongshu Ke
Inspectors of Herb Properties and Forms: Qiu Yu, Fengyi Dafu (Grand Master of Enlightened Advice), Right Canyi of the Tongzheng Si; Li Zongzhou, Fengyi Dafu, President of the Imperial Medical Academy; Shi Jian, Xiuzhi Lang, Imperial Physician of the Imperial Medical Academy; Liu Zhen, Xiuzhi Lang, Imperial Physician of the Imperial Medical Academy; Yang Heng, Deputy Commissioner of the Huimin Pharmacy Bureau of the Imperial Medical Academy