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Nan Jing: The Classic of Difficult Issues
Paul U. Unschuld
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Description for Nan Jing: The Classic of Difficult Issues
hardcover. Compiled in China during the first century CE, marking both an apex and a conclusion to the initial development stages of Chinese medicine, this edition provides insights into the processes of reception and transmission of ancient Chinese concepts from the Han era to the present time. Num Pages: 648 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; MX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 237 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1060.
This newly revised and updated edition of Paul U. Unschuld's original 1986 groundbreaking translation reflects the latest philological, methodological, and sinological standards of the past thirty years. The Nan Jing was compiled in China during the first century C.E., marking both an apex and a conclusion to the initial development stages of Chinese medicine. Based on the doctrines of the Five Phases and yinyang, the Nan Jing covers all aspects of theoretical and practical health care in an unusually systematic fashion. Most important is its innovative discussion of pulse diagnosis and needle treatment. This new edition also includes selected commentaries ... Read more
This newly revised and updated edition of Paul U. Unschuld's original 1986 groundbreaking translation reflects the latest philological, methodological, and sinological standards of the past thirty years. The Nan Jing was compiled in China during the first century C.E., marking both an apex and a conclusion to the initial development stages of Chinese medicine. Based on the doctrines of the Five Phases and yinyang, the Nan Jing covers all aspects of theoretical and practical health care in an unusually systematic fashion. Most important is its innovative discussion of pulse diagnosis and needle treatment. This new edition also includes selected commentaries ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
1059g
Number of Pages
648
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520292277
SKU
V9780520292277
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About Paul U. Unschuld
Paul U. Unschuld is Professor and Director of the Horst-Goertz Endowment Institute for the Theory, History, and Ethics of Chinese Life Sciences at Charite-Medical University, Berlin. His previous books include Medicine in China: A History of Ideas and What Is Medicine? Western and Eastern Approaches to Health Care.
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