Ben Cao Gang Mu, Volume IX: Fowls, Domestic and Wild Animals, Human Substances Volume 9
Li Shizhen
(Author)
Paul U. Unschuld
(Translator)
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Description
Volume IX in the Ben cao gang mu series offers a complete translation of chapters 47 through 52, devoted to fowls, domestic and wild animals, and human substances. The Ben cao gang mu is a sixteenth-century Chinese encyclopedia of medical matter and natural history by Li Shizhen (1518-1593). The culmination of a sixteen-hundred-year history of Chinese medical and pharmaceutical literature, it is considered the most important and comprehensive book ever written in the history of Chinese medicine and remains an invaluable resource for researchers and practitioners. This nine-volume series reveals an almost two-millennia-long panorama of wide-ranging observations and sophisticated interpretations, ingenious manipulations, and practical applications of natural substances for the benefit of human health. Paul Unschuld's annotated translation of the Ben cao gang mu, presented here with the original Chinese text, opens a rare window into viewing the people and culture of China's past. Product Details
Price
$228.00
Publisher
University of California Press
Publish Date
February 02, 2021
Pages
1084
Dimensions
6.3 X 9.1 X 2.2 inches | 3.35 pounds
Language
English
Type
Hardcover
EAN/UPC
9780520379923
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Paul U. Unschuld is Professor and Director at the Institute for Chinese Life Sciences, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin.