Review of A Catalog of Benevolent Items: Li Shizhen’s Compendium of Classical Chinese Knowledge. Selected Entries from the Ben Cao Gang Mu

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A Catalog of Benevolent Items: Li Shizhen’s Compendium of Classical Chinese Knowledge. Selected Entries from the Ben Cao Gang Mu. Translated, edited, and introduced by Paul U. unSchuLD. univerSitY of caLifornia PreSS, 2024. Pp. 410. $95, £80 (cloth); $29.95, £25 (paper, ebook).