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Author Unschuld, Paul U. (Paul Ulrich), 1943-

Title Huang Di nei jing su wen : nature, knowledge, imagery in an ancient Chinese medical text, with an appendix, the doctrine of the five periods and six qi in the Huang Di nei jing su wen / Paul U. Unschuld.

Publication Info. Berkeley : University of California Press, 2003.

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 520 pages) : illustrations
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Physical Medium polychrome
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 495-502) and index.
Summary A foundation of Chinese life sciences and medicine, the 'Huang Di Nei Jing Su Wen' is now available in a complete, fully annotated English translation. Also known as 'Su Wen', or 'The Yellow Emperor's Inner Classic', this influential work came into being over a long period reaching from the 2nd century BCE to the 8th century CE.
Contents Prefatory Remarks; I Bibliographic History of the Su wen; II The Meaning of the Title Huang Di nei jing su wen; III Early Su wen Texts and Commentaries before the Eleventh Century; IV Origin and Tradition of the Textus Receptus of the Su wen; V A Survey of the Contents of the Su wen; VI Epilogue: Toward a Comparative Historical Anthropology of Medical Thought; Notes; Appendix: The Doctrine of the Five Periods and Six Qi in the Huang Di nei jing su wen; Bibliography; Index.
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Language Text includes some Chinese words.
Subject Su wen.
Su wen.
Su wen.
Suwen.
Medicine, Chinese -- Early works to 1800.
Medicine, Chinese.
Chronological Term Early works to 1800
Genre/Form Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Early works.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Unschuld, Paul U. (Paul Ulrich), 1943- Huang Di nei jing su wen. Berkeley : University of California Press, 2003 0520233220 (DLC) 2002027170 (OCoLC)50695107
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