Translating Buddhist Medicine in Medieval China
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Author
Publication
2014-07-01 - University of Pennsylvania Press
Language
English
Word Count
64,000 words, Guess
Page Count
256 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- ISBN-10081224611X
- ISBN-139780812246117
- Library of Congress Control Number2014007125
- OCLC Control Number860943808
- Better World Books9780812246117
and 1 more
- Open LibraryOL27546961M
Classifications
- LCCR135.6.S25 2014
- LCCR135.6 .S25 2014
Description
Illuminates and analyzes the ways Chinese Buddhist writers understood and adapted Indian medical knowledge and healing practices and explained them to local audiences. By integrating religious studies, translation studies, and literature with the history of medicine, the book reconstructs the crucial role of translated Buddhist knowledge in the vibrant medical world of medieval China.
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