MARC Record from harvard_bibliographic_metadata

LEADER: 03374nam a22004698a 4500
001 011970141-3
005 20090922115350.0
008 090227s2009 maua b 001 0deng
010 $a 2009009041
020 $a9780674035294 (alk. paper)
035 0 $aocn314378750
040 $aDLC$cDLC
043 $aa-cc---
050 00 $aQH21.C6$bN37 2009
060 00 $a2009 K-656
060 10 $aQH 21.C6$bN217m 2009
082 00 $a508.0951$222
100 1 $aNappi, Carla Suzan,$d1977-
245 14 $aThe monkey and the inkpot :$bnatural history and its transformations in early modern China /$cCarla Nappi.
260 $aCambridge, Mass. :$bHarvard University Press,$cc2009.
300 $axii, 234 p. :$bill. ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 1 $a"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."--Jacket.
505 0 $aPrologue -- Conception: Birth of a naturalist -- Generation: Anantomy of a naturalist -- (Interlude) Here be dragons: A reader's guide to the Bencao gangmu -- Transformation: Elements of change -- Transformation: Sprouts of change -- Transformation: Bodies of change -- Transformation: Creatures of change -- Conclusion. Rot and rebirth: The afterlife and reincarnation of a naturalist -- Appendices. A: Li Shizhen, Lidai zhujia bencao [Bencao works through the ages]; B: Contents of the Bencao gangmu [Systematic materia medica].
650 0 $aNatural history$zChina$xHistory$y16th century.
650 0 $aMedicine, Chinese$xHistory$y16th century.
600 10 $aLi, Shizhen,$d1518-1593.$tBen cao gang mu.
600 10 $aLi, Shizhen,$d1518-1593$xInfluence.
600 10 $aLi, Shizhen,$d1518-1593.
650 0 $aNaturalists$zChina$vBiography.
650 0 $aPhysicians$zChina$vBiography.
650 0 $aScholars$zChina$vBiography.
650 0 $aLearning and scholarship$zChina$xHistory$y16th century.
651 0 $aChina$xIntellectual life$y960-1644.
600 12 $aLi, Shizhen,$d1518-1593.
650 12 $aNatural History$zChina$xHistory.
650 22 $aEducation$zChina$xHistory.
650 22 $aHistory, Early Modern 1451-1600$zChina.
650 22 $aMedicine, Chinese Traditional$zChina$xHistory.
650 22 $aPhysicians$zChina$xHistory.
988 $a20090512
906 $0DLC