money, tang dynasty, zhang yue

The Tang Dynasty’s Cash Pharmacopoeia: What Is Money?

The Cash Pharmacopoeia (Qian Bencao) was written by Zhang Yue, a high official in the imperial household — famous for his style of writing — during the Kaiyuan era of the Tang Dynasty. Is money a subject of traditional Chinese medicine? Not at all. The exquisite piece of writing was fashioned after The Classic of ...

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