Among the masterpieces of Ming and Qing Dynasties, Chen Menglei was the editor-in-chief.
Chen Menglei edited The Famous Books of Ming and Qing Dynasties, The Collection of Ancient and Modern Books and The Complete Collection of Medical Department. Integration of Ancient and Modern Books is the largest book of its kind in China, and the medical part is the complete collection of medical departments. There are 520 volumes and about 9.5 million words in The Complete Works of Medical Department of Ancient and Modern Books Integration. This book collects more than 20 kinds of documents/kloc-0, and classifies them from Neijing to the early Qing Dynasty.