大明會典

Dà Míng huì diǎn — “Collected Statutes of the Great Míng”.

The Míng dynasty’s principal administrative compendium of governmental ordinances, offices, and ceremonial regulations. First compiled under Xiàozōng 孝宗 in the Hóngzhì 弘治 era (presented 1502, printed 1509) and successively re-edited under Jiājìng 嘉靖 (1550) and most influentially under Wànlì 萬曆 (228 juǎn, completed 1587). The Tàiyīyuàn 太醫院 section codifies the 十三科 (Thirteen Departments) curriculum — dàfāngmài, xiǎofāngmài, fùrén, chuāngyáng, zhēnjiǔ, yǎn, kǒuchǐ, yànhóu, shāngzhé, jīnzú, ànmó, zhùyóu, jìnkē — inherited from the Yuán Tàiyīyuàn reorganisation of 1268.