Dictionary of the Ben cao gang mu : Chinese historical illness terminology. Volume 1 / edited by Zhang Zhibin, Paul U. Unschuld.

Includes bibliographical references.

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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.

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. Its description of almost 1,900 pharmaceutically used natural and man-made substances marks the apex of the development of premodern Chinese pharmaceutical knowledge. The Ben cao gang mu dictionary offers access to this impressive work of 1,600,000 characters. This first book in a three-volume series.

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