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Shi Xiangqian is a Chinese author with a broad range of publications, though publicly available information about him is limited and his biographical details have not been clearly recorded. Judging from the twenty-one works held in the collection, his writing spans medicine, education, popular science, and social culture. In medicine, he uses the idea of "living interpretation" to explain classics such as Treatise on Cold Damage, Essentials of the Golden Cabinet, and Systematic Differentiation of Warm Diseases, attempting to present traditional medical theory in an accessible way. His almanac-style works cover universities, cities, culture and tourism, Chinese medicine, and clinical medicine, reflecting a sustained commitment to compiling annual reference materials and organizing knowledge. Overall, his writing emphasizes knowledge popularization and practical reference, aimed at general readers and beginners in specialized fields, with a style centered on organization and summary that stresses readability.