Ben Cao Gang Mu Volume IX [Ch. 47-52.]: Fowls, domestic and wild animals, human substances
Volume IX in the Ben cao gang mu series offers a complete translation of chapters 47 through 52, devoted to fowls, domestic and wild animals, and human substances. The Ben cao gang mu is a sixteenth-century Chinese encyclopedia of medical matter and natural history by Li Shizhen (1518-1593). The cul...
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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 47 - 52
- Fowl I. Water Fowl, Chapter 47
- Fowl II. Land Fowl. Chapter 48
- Fowl III. Forest fowl. Chapter 49
- Four Legged Animals I. Domestic Animals. Chapter 50
- Four legged Animals II. Section Wild Animals. Chapter 51
- Human [Substances] I, Chapter 52
- Appendix