Individual itineraries and the circulation of scientific and technical knowledge in East Asia (16th–20th centuries)

Mention of Jiangnan trees and cereals: they come out earlier than in the North, but are ripe at the same time as they take longer to ripen.

Kangxi describes how Korean paper is pounded in Jiangnan in Ji xia ge wu bian 28_12

Kangxi discusses the various names of mumei 木莓 (Rubus swinhoei), which are called shemei 蛇莓 by Jiangnan people.

Kangxi identifies liquidambars 梌樹 in the North and maple trees 楓樹 in the South in Ji xia ge wu bian 30_04

Kangxi discusses the imperial rice which does not grow well in Zhejiang and Jiangsu in Ji xia ge wu bian 31_04

Kangxi interprets hibernation of bears as a form of fasting, during which one feeds on qi 氣 in Ji xia ge wu bian 31_05