Classification systems of ancient books on traditional Chinese medicine and their evolution / 中华医学图书情报杂志

ABSTRACT

The ancient books on traditional Chinese medicine are mainly covered in the comprehensive bibliogra-phies and special bibliographies of traditional Chinese medicine in the past ages.Their classification was thus de-scribed in the Seven-Classification System, Four-Classification System, Twelve-Classification System,Bibliogra-phy of medical collection and General Bibliography of ancient books on traditional Chinese medicine, followed by an analysis of the classification systems of ancient books on traditional Chinese medicine in the past ages and their evo-lution, which helps to search the medical literature from the vast ancient books according to their classification.