The author of Dietary Herbals in the Ming Dynasty has always been controversial

such as LU He

WANG Ying

XUE Ji or without author.I ts compilation ye ar could not be determined either.It is verified that the original author was L U He in the early Ming Dynasty（about A.D.1500）.In about 1550

WANG Ying added a number of content and divided LU’s book into 2 volumes and 8 categories aft er h e retired.Although the content of 4-volume edition with LU’s signature during L ongqing period in the Ming Dynasty was as same as that of 2-volume edition

it was not LU’s original manuscript but WANG’s addition.Although the content o f Die tary Herbals in Brief Herbal signed with XUE Ji was as same as LU’s and WANG’s b ook

but its author could not be XUE Ji as the academic views were different fro m XUE.