Dictionary of the Ben cao gang mu : Chinese historical illness terminology. Volume 1 /

The Ben cao gang mu, compiled in the second half of the sixteenth century by a team led by the physician Li Shizhen (1518-1593) on the basis of previously published books and contemporary knowledge, is the largest encyclopedia of natural history in a long tradition of Chinese materia medica works. I...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Zhang, Zhibin, 1953- (Editor ), Unschuld, Paul U. (Paul Ulrich), 1943- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2014.
Temas:
Li, Shizhen, > 1518-1593. > Ben cao gang mu.
Ben cao gang mu (Li, Shizhen)
1500-1599
Medicine, Chinese > History > 16th century.
Medicine, Chinese > Terminology.
Materia medica, Vegetable > China > History > 16th century.
Médecine chinoise > Histoire > 16e siècle.
Médecine chinoise > Terminologie.
Phytothérapie > Chine > Histoire > 16e siècle.
MEDICAL > Pharmacology.
REFERENCE > Dictionaries.
Materia medica, Vegetable.
Medicine, Chinese.
China.
History.
Terminology.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Ben Cao Gang Mu Dictionary Volume One; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; I. Introduction; 1. The Ben cao gang mu Project; 2. The Heterogeneity of Early Illness Terminology; 3. The Concept of Disease and Symptoms; 4. Technical Terminology; 5. Vernacular-Descriptive Terms; 6. Terms Reflecting the Mechanics of the Human Organism; 7. Locally Specific Terms; 8. Demon Belief Terms; 9. This Dictionary's Underlying Principles; 9.1. Pseudocomposites; 9.2. Two Terms-One Meaning; 9.3. One Term-Different Meanings; 9.4. Meanings Selected by Li Shizhen.
  • 9.5. Meanings Introduced by Li Shizhen9.6 Error and Intention: The Divergence of the BCGM from Its Sources; 9.6.1. Intentional Divergence-in Style; 9.6.2. Intentional Divergence-in Technical Terms; 9.6.3. Erroneous Divergence; 9.6.4. Divergence-Reasons Unclear; 10. The Structure of the Entries of this Dictionary; II. Ben cao gang mu Dictionary; 1. Abbreviations; 2. Dictionary; 3. Appendix 1: Book Titles Referred to and Quoted in the Dictionary Entries ; 4. Appendix 2: Pharmaceutical Substances Referred to in the Dictionary Entries.

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