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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