Relation between the Chinese Herbal Medicine and 《Guanzi·Diyuan》

In 《Guanzi·Diyuan》, it records some problems about terra and species .In the article, they are sorted and named by Five Elements. Otherwise it describes the existing status and interoperable nexus, incluods the rule between plants and terra, the living status of the medicinal herbs , the reproduction of five scented plants in farmland. It reveals the deeply influences of Five Elements Theory on the development of Chinese traditional agriculture as well as the Chinese Traditional Medicine. The suitable environment of herbal growth, the cultivation of traditional Chinese Drugs and the“Genuine Crude Drugs” are also be introduced by this monograph. Thus we can conclude it is not only a work on traditional agricultural botanic ecology,but a valuable literature about the traditional medicinal materials in Qin Dynasty.Concerning the importance on the history,cultivation and the textual research of traditional herbal medicine, it is worth us pay more attention.