中国的《唐本草》是世界上最早的一部国家药典。编成于唐朝唐高宗显庆4年(公元659年)。
“ The Tang Ben Cao ”, completed in the fourth year of the reign of Emperor Gaozong ( Xian Qing ) of the Tang Dynasty ( 618 A.D. - 907 A.D. ), was the earliest book on medicine in the world .