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- 自然史
- 科学史
- 海外中国研究
- 李时珍
- 历史
- 醫療史
- 本草纲目
- nature_history
- 寓言故事
- 动物主题
- 经典童话
- 儿童读物
- 想象力
- 智慧故事
- 中国文化
- 启蒙教育
- 幽默风格
- 语言学习
具体描述
This is the story of a Chinese doctor, his book, and the creatures that danced within its pages. The Monkey and the Inkpot introduces natural history in sixteenth-century China through the iconic Bencao gangmu (Systematic materia medica) of Li Shizhen (1518–1593).
The encyclopedic Bencao gangmu is widely lauded as a classic embodiment of pre-modern Chinese medical thought. In the first book-length study in English of Li’s text, Carla Nappi reveals a “cabinet of curiosities” of gems, beasts, and oddities whose author was devoted to using natural history to guide the application of natural and artificial objects as medical drugs. Nappi examines the making of facts and weighing of evidence in a massive collection where tales of wildmen and dragons were recorded alongside recipes for ginseng and peonies.
Nappi challenges the idea of a monolithic tradition of Chinese herbal medicine by showing the importance of debate and disagreement in early modern scholarly and medical culture. The Monkey and the Inkpot also illuminates the modern fate of a book that continues to shape alternative healing practices, global pharmaceutical markets, and Chinese culture.
作者简介
Carla Nappi is Assistant Professor of History at the University of British Columbia.
目录信息
Ex-Voto
Note on Conversions
Prologue: A Curious Instinct, A Taste for Ink
1. Conception: Birth of a Naturalist
2. Generation: Anatomy of a Naturalist
Interlude: Here Be Dragons: A Reader’s Guide to the Bencao gangmu
3. Transformation: Elements of Change
4. Transformation: Sprouts of Change
5. Transformation: Bodies of Change
6. Transformation: Creatures of Change
Conclusion: Rot and Rebirth: The Afterlife and Reincarnation of a Naturalist
Appendix A. Li Shizhen, Lidai zhujia bencao [Bencao works through the ages]
Appendix B. Contents of the Bencao gangmu [Systematic materia medica]
Notes
Glossary of Chinese Characters
Index
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写法非常飘逸富有想象力。
评分這位姐的寫作方式很奇特。。就像她在ubc的中國史課程設計一樣
评分finally understood it. recommend!
评分有個奇怪的開頭，以及很多奇怪的小標題。但其實主要內容是要強調李時珍那個乍看之下難以理解，其實自成邏輯世界。這觀點我完全同意，但不是那麼意外。不過這本書若放在史學史的脈絡下自有其意義。
评分奇怪的走向。开头奇怪，联想能力啊。读完introduction以后以为我知道她要写啥，然后每章都超出我预测。估计是我十年前翻本草纲目太草率啦。
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