1. 望文生训
1. 结果李时珍的植物释名存在比附字形、望文生训，错用声训，误以修辞义为命名义等错误方法。结论《本草纲目》植物释名尽管存在误释，但其可信率达65.8%，其植物命名研究已经达到当时最高水平。
ConclusionThere exist some wrong explanations on plant-naming in Li Shizhen's Compendium of Materia Medica, but the confidence rate is up to 65.8% and the study of plant-naming had already reached a very high level at that time.