著名英国学者李约瑟博士与其合作者们合著的《中国科学技术史》(Science and Civilisatioa in China),在1980年出版了第五卷第四分卷英文版。至此,中国炼丹史(外丹)部分已经出齐。考虑到中译本一时不易出版,而且国内刊物包括化学刊物,尚未对李氏专著的化学史有关分卷作过介绍,这里对最新的一个分卷加以简略评介。李约瑟巨著原计划出七大卷,其中一卷为对中国 The famous British scholar Dr. Joseph Needham and his collaborators “Science and Civilization in China” (Science and Civilisatioa in China), in 1980 published the fifth volume fourth volume English. At this point, the history of alchemy in China (Alien) has been part of Qi. Taking into account the temporary translation of the Chinese version is not easy, and domestic journals, including chemical journals, has not been on Lee’s monographs on the history of chemistry sub-volume introduced, here a brief summary of the latest sub-volume. Joseph Needham original planned seven volumes, of which one volume for China