Kirk, Nalini

Ben cao gang mu dictionary

by Buell, Paul David, Unschuld, Paul Ulrich, Zheng, Jinsheng, Kirk, Nalini

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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 ma…

Ben cao gang mu dictionary

by Unschuld, Paul U., Buell, Paul D., Zheng, Jinsheng, Kirk, Nalini

0 Type: Book

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. PERSONS AND LITERARY SOURCES -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- W -- X -- Y -- Z -- III. APPENDICES -- Appendix A. Chinese Dynasties -- Appendix B.…