英国生物学大咖、中国流行乐王者、中国古代医药学家，达尔文、周杰伦、李时珍三个人居然神奇地串在了一起!

英国著名生物学家达尔文曾在他的《物种起源》等著作中多次提及一本神秘的“中国古代百科全书”。经考证，达尔文所说的这本“中国古代百科全书”指的便是中医典籍《本草纲目》。

Darwin, the greatBritishbiologistmentionedseveral times in his incredible masterpieces such as On the Origin ofSpeciesabout a mysterious "ancient Chinese encyclopedia". Studiesshowthathe was referring toBen Cao Gang Mu (The Compendium of Materia Medica) compiled and edited by Li Shizhen, the outstanding Chinese herbalist and pharmacologist,and publishedin the late16th century.

《本草纲目》由中国明朝医学家李时珍历时27年编撰而成，是几千年来中国药物学的总结，对人类近代科学以及医学影响深远。2011年，联合国教科文组织将《本草纲目》收录进“世界记忆名录”，这是中国中医药文献首次在国际上获得认可。直至今日，《本草纲目》仍是中医案头必备典籍。

Ben CaoGang Muis an encyclopedicgathering of medicine, natural history,and Chineseherbology. In 2011, UNESCO registeredBen CaoGang Mu into the Memory of the World, indicatingthat ancient Chinese medical literature wasfirst recognized by the world. To this day, it is still one of the essential classics in thefield of traditional Chinese medicine.

2009年，周杰伦的一曲《本草纲目》风靡全球。在这首杂糅了美式嘻哈和中国风的流行曲中，共出现了马钱子、决明子、苍耳子、莲子等16味中药，让新世纪的年轻人再次认识了传统中医药的智慧。

Jay Chou, thefamousChinese pop star， releaseda songtitledBen CaoGang Mu, andwent viral in the world. In the lyrics,16traditional Chinese herbal medicines were mentioned, including Maqianzi,Juemingzi, Cang'erzi, Lianzi, etc.

从达尔文口中神秘的“中国古代百科全书”到脍炙人口的“外邦来学汉字激发我民族意识”再到那本传世巨著《本草纲目》，三位这辈子想不到一块儿去的人物的平行时空就这么神奇地交汇了……

From one of the greatest moguls in British biological history, the musical kings of Chinese pop, and the sacred physician in ancient Chinese history, from the mysterious “Chinese encyclopedia” to the popularly sung lyric “the foreigners are going to learn Chinese, it stimulates my patriotic awareness” to the masterpiece which was passed down from generation to generation, Ben Cao Gang Mu (the Compendium of Materia Medica), you have no idea how parallel universes can overlap with each other since it does bring three of these tycoons together in just one piece of story.