Yě cài bó lù 野菜博錄

Comprehensive Records of Wild Vegetables by 鮑山 (Bào Shān, 明)

About the work

A 4-juan Late-Míng wild-edible-plants reference by Bào Shān, extending the Jiù huāng běn cǎo (KR3d0006) tradition of Zhū Sù. Composition: bracketed to ca. 1622 (the latest reasonable Late-Míng dating). The frontmatter brackets to 1622–1622.

Abstract

The Yě cài bó lù is one of the principal Late-Míng applied-botanical works in the famine-relief edible-plants tradition. The bibliographic record: Míng shǐ yìwén zhì; SKQS Zǐbù — Nóngjiā lèi.