The Monkey and the Inkpot : : Natural History and Its Transformations in Early Modern China / / Carla Nappi.
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). In the first book-length study in...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package |
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Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2010] ©2009 |
Year of Publication: | 2010 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- List of Illustrations
- 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