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Meng Shen was a Chinese author in the fields of diet and materia medica. Publicly available information about his life is limited: his birth and death years, native place, and educational background are not clearly recorded. Three of his works are held in the collection, including Food Therapy Materia Medica and its annotated translation, as well as The Five Flavors of Food (4 volumes). These works show that Meng Shen focused on combining knowledge of materia medica with everyday diet, exploring how food can nourish the body and connecting flavor with health. His writings span medicine, health, and culture, offering practical dietary entries while reflecting ancient Chinese understanding of the relationship between food and wellbeing, and they have had some influence on later works on food therapy.