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Acknowledgements
We thank the many graduate students who have participated in the collection of historical materials for the “Annals of Epidemics in China over the Past 3000 Years”. We also thank Jan Bloemendal for comments and English improvement and Drs. Yajun WANG and Zimo LI for their assistance with producing the figures. This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 41790421) and the National Social Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 12 & ZD145).
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