Geng Shizhen is an author about whom very little biographical information survives; the available public record is limited, and his native place, dates of birth and death, education, and medical career cannot be reliably established. Only one work by him is held in the collection, Shiji Biao (Table of the Ten Categories), classified under medicine. Judging from its title, the book likely relates to the traditional Chinese medical theory of the "ten categories" of formulas and may be arranged in tabular form, allowing readers to look up medicines by category and compare their functions. Such a format is fairly common in traditional medical literature, emphasizing clarity and practical use and reflecting the author's attention to the classification and clinical application of formulas. Given the scarcity of records, Geng Shizhen's overall body of work and medical thought cannot yet be fully outlined; from Shiji Biao alone, one can only infer a serious interest in organizing materia medica and formulas, while his life and scholarly influence await further sources.
