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Monkey and the Inkpot

Name: Monkey and the Inkpot
Brand: Harvard University Press
SKU: 9780674035294
Price: 288.52 PLN
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Natural History and Its Transformations in Early Modern China

Autor: Carla Nappi

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Oprawa: Twarda

Wydawca: Harvard University Press

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This is the story of a Chinese doctor, his book, and the creatures that danced within its pages. "Th...

Informacje o książce

Autor

Carla Nappi

Język

Angielski

Oprawa

Książka - Twarda

Data wydania

2009

strony

250

EAN

9780674035294

ISBN

0674035291

Enbook ID

04635372

Wydawca

Harvard University Press

Waga

506

Wymiary

165 x 245 x 20

Pełny opis

This is the story of a Chinese doctor, his book, and the creatures that danced within its pages. "The Monkey and the Inkpot" introduces natural history in sixteenth-century China through the iconic Bencao gangmu (Systematic materia medica) of Li Shizhen (1518-1593). The encyclopedic Bencao gangmu is widely lauded as a classic embodiment of pre-modern Chinese medical thought. In the first book-length study in English of Li's text, Carla Nappi reveals a 'cabinet of curiosities' of gems, beasts, and oddities whose author was devoted to using natural history to guide the application of natural and artificial objects as medical drugs. Nappi examines the making of facts and weighing of evidence in a massive collection where tales of wildmen and dragons were recorded alongside recipes for ginseng and peonies. Nappi challenges the idea of a monolithic tradition of Chinese herbal medicine by showing the importance of debate and disagreement in early modern scholarly and medical culture. "The Monkey and the Inkpot" also illuminates the modern fate of a book that continues to shape alternative healing practices, global pharmaceutical markets, and Chinese culture.