Ben Cao Gang Mu Volume II [Ch. 5-11.]: Waters, fires, soils, metals, jades, stones, minerals, salts
Volume II in the Ben cao gang mu series offers a complete translation of chapters 5 through 11, devoted to waters, fires, soils, metals, jades, stones, minerals, and salts. The Ben cao gang mu is a sixteenth-century Chinese encyclopedia of medical matter and natural history by Li Shizhen (1518–1593)...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oakland, California
University of California Press
2021, ©2021
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| Series: | Ben cao gang mu: 16th Century Chinese encyclopedia of "Materia medica" and natural history
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| Collection: | DeGruyter MPG Collection - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- 1. Prolegomena
- 2. Notes on the Translation
- 3. Wang Shizhen's preface of 1590
- 4. Translation of the Ben cao gang mu 本草綱目. Chapters 5 - 11.
- Section Waters. Chapter 5
- Group I: Waters of Heaven
- Group II: Waters of the Earth
- Section Fires. Chapter 6
- Section Soils. Chapter 7
- Section Metals and Stones. Chapter 8
- Group I: Metals
- Group II: Jades
- Section Stones. Chapter 9
- Group III: Stones
- 石部第十卷 Chapter 10: Section of Stones
- Group IV: Stones
- Section Stones. Chapter 11
- Group V: Salt Stones/Minerals
- Appendix 附錄
- Appendix
- 5. Weights and measures
- 6. Appendix Pharmaceutical Substances of Plant Origin mentioned in BCGM ch 5 - 11 in passing