{"product_id":"a-catalog-of-benevolent-items-li-shizhens-compendium-of-classical-chinese-knowledge-paperback","title":"A Catalog of Benevolent Items: Li Shizhen's Compendium of Classical Chinese Knowledge - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLi Shizhen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003ePaul U. Unschuld\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDistills ten volumes, four dictionaries, and 1,800 years of knowledge into an authoritative introduction to the \u003ci\u003eBen cao gang mu\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The \u003ci\u003eBen cao gang mu \u003c\/i\u003ewas the world's most comprehensive encyclopedia of natural history and medicine when it was published in China in 1593. In fifty-two chapters, the physician Li Shizhen recorded two millennia of medical observations, interpreting the wide-ranging uses of plants, animals, minerals, and artificial substances and including countless verbatim quotations along with his own evaluations. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Edited and translated by Paul U. Unschuld, \u003ci\u003eA Catalog of Benevolent Items\u003c\/i\u003e provides thoughtfully curated selections from the \u003ci\u003eBen cao gang mu\u003c\/i\u003e, organized by theme. This anthology offers little-known details of China's historical knowledge of nature; traditional Chinese medicine and its theoretical foundations; social and cultural facets of ancient Chinese civilization not documented elsewhere; and the information management of a sixteenth-century Chinese scholar.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaul U. Unschuld's translation of the \u003ci\u003eBen cao gang mu\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eis a monumental achievement of scholarship, and one that makes available to English readers its incredible trove of information about premodern Chinese culture. \u003ci\u003eA Catalog of Benevolent Items\u003c\/i\u003e introduces some of those treasures in a thematic reader that will appeal to students, curious readers, and anyone interested in natural history and the nature of knowledge.--Andrew Schonebaum, Associate Professor of Chinese Studies, University of Maryland \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Unschuld's complete \u003ci\u003eB\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003een cao gang mu\u003c\/i\u003e translation is a milestone for Chinese medicine, providing an essential window on Li Shizhen's masterwork. Astutely organized by topic with Unschuld's critical introduction to each section, \u003ci\u003eA Catalog of Benevolent Items\u003c\/i\u003e is a necessary companion to the full work, both engaging and enlightening the reader.\"--Donald Harper, Centennial Professor of Chinese Studies, University of Chicago \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"This work will be useful to medical professionals, researchers, and teachers of Chinese medicine, history, and culture--an invaluable resource that can then be used to examine the depths of the complete volumes and dictionaries that comprise the \u003ci\u003eB\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003een cao gang mu\u003c\/i\u003e.\"--Z'ev Rosenberg, author of \u003ci\u003eReturning to the Source: Han Dynasty Medical Classics in Modern Clinical Practice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul U. Unschuld\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor and Director of the Institute for the Theory, History, and Ethics of Chinese Life Sciences at Charité - Medical University, Berlin. His previous books include \u003ci\u003eMedicine in China: A History of Ideas\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWhat Is Medicine? Western and Eastern Approaches to Health Care\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 410\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45548601639014,"sku":"9780520404243","price":49.05,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/n-hcQ2w0kw9780520404243.webp?v=1777031435","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/a-catalog-of-benevolent-items-li-shizhens-compendium-of-classical-chinese-knowledge-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}