The governments of successive dynasties tended to see medical matters as an integral part of state administration. The government's involvement in medical matters mainly took place in the following areas: setting up medical institutions, compiling medical texts, engaging in disease control, and cracking down on shamans. This section presents works such as Taiping Huimin Hejiju Fang (Recipes to Benefit the People from the Pharmaceutical Bureau of the Taiping Reign) and the medical section of the Gujin Tushu Jicheng (Complete Collection of Pictures and Books of Ancient and Modern Times), as well as documentation from official archives. It provides an overview of government control of medical activities and government efforts to produce and disseminate orthodox medical knowledge, as a gateway to understanding the role of the state in the development of traditional medicine.
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Taiping Huimin Hejiju Fang (Formulary to Benefit the People from the Pharmaceutical Bureau of the Taiping Reign)
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Qinding Gujin Tushu Jicheng (Imperially Endorsed Complete Collection of Graphs and Writings of Ancient and Modern Times)
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Chunhuage Tie (Model Calligraphy of the Chunhua Archive)