Chinese Alchemy : : Preliminary Studies / / Nathan Sivin.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
• VerfasserIn: Sivin, Nathan,
• MitwirkendeR: Cohen, I. Bernard,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2013]; ©1968
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Edition: Reprint 2014
• Language: English
• Series: Harvard Monographs in the History of Science ; 2
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (339 p.) :; 10 halftones

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- FOREWORD -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- I. On the Reconstruction of Ancient Chinese Alchemy -- II. Tan Chìng Yao Chueh: The Tradition and the Book -- III. The Biography of Sun Ssu-mo: A Historiographie Inquiry -- IV. Tan Ching Yao Chueh: Annotated Translation -- V. Tan Ching Yao Chueh: Critical Edition of the Text -- Appendixes Index -- Appendix A. Medical Case History of Sun Ssu-mo -- Appendix B. “Apothecaries’ Measure” in the T’ang Period -- Appendix C. Comparison of Elixir Names in Sun Ssu-mo’s Lists with Those in Other Sources -- Appendix D. Directions for Preparing the Reaction Vessel and Lute as given in Ch’ien chin fang -- Appendix E. Table of Dates Concerned with the Life of Sun Ssu-mo -- Appendix F. Sources for the Life and Legend of Sun Ssu-mo -- Appendix G. Notes on the Identification of Substances Mentioned in Tan ching yao chueh -- Appendix H. Notes on the Identification of Medical Disorders Mentioned in Tan ching yao chueh -- Appendix I. On Understanding the Language of Early Chinese Chemistry and Pathology: A Bibliographical Essay -- Appendix J. Published Translations of Chinese Alchemical Treatises -- Index