Chapter 1 Chronicle of Great Events Concerning Li Shizhen and the Compendium of Materia Medica During the Period of the Ming Dynasty (1518—1644) / 001 Chapter 2 Chronicle of Great Events Concerning Li Shizhen and the Compendium of Materia Medica During the Period of the Qing Dynasty (1644—1912) / 037 Chapter 3 Chronicle of Great Events Concerning Li Shizhen and the Compendium of Materia Medica During the Period of the Republic of China (1912—1949) / 103 Chapter 4 Chronicle of Great Events Concerning Li Shizhen and the Compendium of Materia Medica After the Founding of the People’s Republic of China (1949—2018) / 117 032 A 500-year Chronicle of Great Events of Li Shizhen and the Compendium of Materia Medica Appendixes Appendix 1 The Biography of Li Shizhen in Chronicle of Art and Literature (10th scroll) of Chronicle of Qizhou in the 3rd Year of Emperor Kangxi’s Reign in the Qing Dynasty (1664) / 216 Appendix 2 The Biography of Li Shizhen in Fang Ji of the History of the Ming Dynasty (299th scroll) in the 4th Year of Emperor Qianlong’s Reign in the Qing Dynasty (1739) / 222 Appendix 3 Further Textual Exegesis on Li Shizhen’s Birth and Death Time / 224 Appendix 4 Family Tree of Li Shizhen / 246 Main References (in Chinese) / 248