张占江

Zhang Zhanjiang is an author focusing on medicinal plants and traditional Chinese medicinal materials. Public information about him is limited, and details such as his dates of birth and death, nationality, education, and professional positions are not clearly recorded. Four of his works are included in the collection, all centered on medicinal plant resources, the cultivation of genuine regional medicinal materials, and the propagation of medicinal plants. These include an illustrated color guide to the diagnosis and control of diseases and pests affecting the "Ten Guangxi Medicinal Materials" and other characteristic Guangxi herbs, a dictionary of medicinal plant resources in Guilin, a technical guide to cultivating and raising genuine regional medicinal materials in Guangxi, and a work on rapid propagation techniques for medicinal plants through tissue culture. These works show that his writing takes Guangxi's local medicinal material resources as its core, combining resource surveys and documentation with pest and disease identification and control and practical propagation techniques. He often adopts the forms of color illustrated guides and technical manuals, emphasizing the pairing of images with text and operational feasibility, and serving frontline production as well as related teaching and research. His works are commonly classified under medicine, agriculture and forestry, and popular science, reflecting strong practicality and local characteristics.