Discussion on Edition and Features of Japan Block-Printed Discussion on Formulas from the Inner Platform of the Golden Mirror
XU Hong's Discussion on Formulas from the Inner Platform of the Golden Mirror is one of the significant works to study Treatise on Cold Pathogenic Diseases from the perspective of Chinese formula research,which was reprinted in Japan.There should be only one Japan block-printed edition,that is,the fourth year of Wenzheng edition.Through data analysis,Discussion on Formulas from the Inner Platform of the Golden Mirror should be introduced to Japan from the late Ming Dynasty to 1810.Because of its academic value and the development requires of Chinese Medicine in Japan at that time,under the proposal of Senda Kyo,Tanba Mototane hosted the work of reprint.This paper introduced the fourth year of Wenzheng edition collected by Waseda University,and investigated the edition features in the four aspects:keeping the original appearance,modifying explicit mistakes,textual research on XU Hong,and taboo words.It was found that the fourth year of Wen-zheng edition has higher value of bibliography,and makes great significance to the preservation and dissemination of Discussion on Formulas from the Inner Platform of the Golden Mirror.
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