Zhonghua Yi Shi Za Zhi. 1996 May;26(2):106-8.
Though there are a few studies on this Variorum, there still leave much to be desired on the studies of its original title, number of volume. Through careful study, based on materials newly found in Sui Book, Hua Yang Pu, and Daozang, it is claimed that the original name of the book was Ben Cao (Herbals), containing 3 volumes in which the 2nd is subdivided into 7 subvolumes, which may bear the title of Annotation of Herbological Canons.
虽然关于这部《集注》有一些研究,但在其原名、卷数的研究方面仍有许多不足之处。通过仔细研究,依据《隋书》《华阳谱》和《道藏》中新发现的材料,认为该书原名《本草》,共三卷,其中第二卷又细分为七个子卷,可能名为《本草经集注》。