The monkey and the inkpot : natural history and its transformations in early modern China
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書誌事項
The monkey and the inkpot : natural history and its transformations in early modern China
Harvard University Press, 2009
大学図書館所蔵 全4件
  青森
  岩手
  宮城
  秋田
  山形
  福島
  茨城
  栃木
  群馬
  埼玉
  千葉
  東京
  神奈川
  新潟
  富山
  石川
  福井
  山梨
  長野
  岐阜
  静岡
  愛知
  三重
  滋賀
  京都
  大阪
  兵庫
  奈良
  和歌山
  鳥取
  島根
  岡山
  広島
  山口
  徳島
  香川
  愛媛
  高知
  福岡
  佐賀
  長崎
  熊本
  大分
  宮崎
  鹿児島
  沖縄
  韓国
  中国
  タイ
  イギリス
  ドイツ
  スイス
  フランス
  ベルギー
  オランダ
  スウェーデン
  ノルウェー
  アメリカ
注記
Includes bibliographical references and index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
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.
目次
* List of Illustrations * Ex-Voto * Note on Conversions * Prologue: A Curious Instinct, A Taste for Ink * Conception: Birth of a Naturalist * Generation: Anatomy of a Naturalist INTERLUDE: Here Be Dragons: A Reader's Guide to the Bencao gangmu * Transformation: Elements of Change * Transformation: Sprouts of Change * Transformation: Bodies of Change * Transformation: Creatures of Change * Conclusion. Rot and Rebirth: The Afterlife and Reincarnation of a Naturalist * Appendix A. Li Shizhen, Lidai zhujia bencao [Bencao works through the ages] * Appendix B. Contents of the Bencao gangmu [Systematic materia medica] * Notes * Glossary of Chinese Characters * Index
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