9 classical works, close to their sources.

Explore the complete inventory, transcribed text, and original scans. Historical material is distinguished from modern practice proposals.

Shennong Bencaojing

Explore historical classifications of plants, grains, minerals, and other materials, separately from use instructions.

Complete published transcription of the upper, middle, and lower books

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Qimin Yaoshu

Follow cultivation, ingredients, brewing, and preservation across the complete agricultural work.

All 10 volumes and four introductory or closing texts

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Yojokun

Scans of the 1834 edition, covering daily living, food, and rest in their historical context.

Original scans of all eight volumes and the appendix

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Yinshan Zhengyao

Read historical views of seasons, grains, ingredients, and drinks. Historical food prohibitions, prescriptions, and poisoning remedies are separate from modern guidance.

All 24 chapters of the three volumes, with published introductory and closing texts

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The Classic of Tea

Explore tea materials, tools, water, preparation, and drinking. Historical effects and water or preparation advice are not modern efficacy or food-safety standards.

The Siku Quanshu edition: introductory notice and all three volumes

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Shiliao Bencao

Read food and materia-medica records while preserving visible gaps and excerpts from other works. No modern translation or scan collation has been completed. Historical effects and administration are not modern recommendations.

Complete published transcription, including upper, middle, lower, and supplementary material; not a claim of an intact original

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Yangxing Yanming Lu

Read historical accounts of rest, food, movement, and daily care. Visible gaps in the transcription are retained. Attribution and scan collation remain unverified. Mineral ingestion, breath retention, daoyin, and sexual regimens are not modern practice instructions.

Complete published transcription, including the preface and all six chapters of the two volumes

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Zunsheng Bajian

Explore seasonal living, homes, food, tea, and leisure across the complete adopted edition. Visible gaps and unresolved glyphs in the transcription are retained. Scan collation has not been completed. Historical food prohibitions, treatments, ingestion regimens, elixirs, and breath retention are not modern recommendations.

The Siku Quanshu edition: introductory notice and all 19 volumes

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Coverage and verification status

Transcriptions
8 works, comprising 102 volumes, prefaces, and other source units. Each transcription has a fixed revision; the inventory records its adopted coverage.

Huangdi Neijing / Shennong Bencaojing / Qimin Yaoshu / Yinshan Zhengyao / The Classic of Tea / Shiliao Bencao / Yangxing Yanming Lu / Zunsheng Bajian

Original scans
1 work, 9 scan volumes, and 452 images. Corresponding PDFs have been acquired and checksummed.

Yojokun

Not yet verified
Complete transcription-to-scan collation, full translations, and clinical efficacy. Yojokun is available as scans; its transcription is not complete.

Attribution and reuse

Transcriptions come from Wikisource and its contributors. Each unit links its revision, original page, and contributor history. The site displays CC BY-SA 4.0 terms.

Yojokun images are published by the National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics under CC BY 4.0. A work’s original composition and its surviving editions have different dates.