何时希

He Shixi is represented in the Chinese book database by two medical works, both classified under medicine. Public information is limited: his life, native place, education, and dates of birth and death remain unknown, so an understanding of the author and his scholarship must rest mainly on the content of the works at hand. Judging from their titles, Appraisal of Three Medical Works by He Shixi and Appraisal of He's Specialized Works on Gynecology, both appear in the form of annotated collations and focus on the organization and study of medical texts, especially gynecology, an important branch of traditional Chinese medicine. Such collation work generally requires close reading of original texts, comparison of editions, careful weighing of wording, and the addition of commentary, offering practical help for the accurate transmission of texts and for academic discussion. Readers who wish to know this author better should consult the actual content of these two books and consider his methods of textual criticism and style of commentary.