The Resource The monkey and the inkpot : natural history and its transformations in early modern China, Carla Nappi
The monkey and the inkpot : natural history and its transformations in early modern China, Carla Nappi
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- Summary
- "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)." "The encyclopedic Bencao gangmu is widely lauded as a classic embodiment of pre-modern Chinese medical thought. In the first book-length study in English of Li's text, Carla Nappi reveals a "cabinet of curiosities" of gems, beasts, and oddities whose author was devoted to using natural history to guide the application of natural and artificial objects as medical drugs. Nappi examines the making of facts and weighing of evidence in a massive collection where tales of wildmen and dragons were recorded alongside recipes for ginseng and peonies." "Nappi challenges the idea of a monolithic tradition of Chinese herbal medicine by showing the importance of debate and disagreement in early modern scholarly and medical culture. The Monkey and the Inkpot also illuminates the modern fate of a book that continues to shape alternative healing practices, global pharmaceutical markets, and Chinese culture."--Jacket
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xii, 234 pages)
- Contents
-
- Prologue
- Conception: Birth of a naturalist
- Generation: Anantomy of a naturalist
- (Interlude) Here be dragons: A reader's guide to the Bencao gangmu
- Transformation: Elements of change
- Transformation: Sprouts of change
- Transformation: Bodies of change
- Transformation: Creatures of change
- Conclusion. Rot and rebirth: The afterlife and reincarnation of a naturalist
- Appendices. A: Li Shizhen, Lidai zhujia bencao [Bencao works through the ages]; B: Contents of the Bencao gangmu [Systematic materia medica]
- Isbn
- 9780674054356
- Label
- The monkey and the inkpot : natural history and its transformations in early modern China
- Title
- The monkey and the inkpot
- Title remainder
- natural history and its transformations in early modern China
- Statement of responsibility
- Carla Nappi
- Subject
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- Arzneibuch
- Ben cao gang mu (Li, Shizhen)
- Biographies
- Biography
- China
- China
- China
- China
- China -- Intellectual life -- 960-1644
- Education -- history
- Geschichte 1500-1600
- HISTORY -- Modern -- 16th Century
- History
- History, Early Modern 1451-1600
- Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
- Intellectual life
- Learning and scholarship
- Learning and scholarship -- China -- History -- 16th century
- Li, Shizhen
- Li, Shizhen, 1518-1593
- Li, Shizhen, 1518-1593
- Li, Shizhen, 1518-1593
- Li, Shizhen, 1518-1593 -- Influence
- Medicine, Chinese
- Medicine, Chinese -- History -- 16th century
- Medicine, Chinese Traditional -- history
- Medizin -- China -- Geschichte 16. Jh
- NATURE -- Essays
- NATURE -- Reference
- Natural history
- Natural history -- China -- History
- Naturalists
- Naturalists -- China -- Biography
- Physicians
- Physicians -- China -- Biography
- Physicians -- history
- Scholars
- Scholars -- China -- Biography
- TRAVEL -- Special Interest | Ecotourism
- 960-1644
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "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)." "The encyclopedic Bencao gangmu is widely lauded as a classic embodiment of pre-modern Chinese medical thought. In the first book-length study in English of Li's text, Carla Nappi reveals a "cabinet of curiosities" of gems, beasts, and oddities whose author was devoted to using natural history to guide the application of natural and artificial objects as medical drugs. Nappi examines the making of facts and weighing of evidence in a massive collection where tales of wildmen and dragons were recorded alongside recipes for ginseng and peonies." "Nappi challenges the idea of a monolithic tradition of Chinese herbal medicine by showing the importance of debate and disagreement in early modern scholarly and medical culture. The Monkey and the Inkpot also illuminates the modern fate of a book that continues to shape alternative healing practices, global pharmaceutical markets, and Chinese culture."--Jacket
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1977-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Nappi, Carla Suzan
- Dewey number
- 508.0951
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Language note
- In English
- LC call number
- QH21.C6
- LC item number
- N37 2009
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- NLM call number
-
- 2009 K-656
- QH 21.C6
- NLM item number
- N217m 2009
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Li, Shizhen
- Li, Shizhen
- Li, Shizhen
- Natural history
- Medicine, Chinese
- Naturalists
- Physicians
- Scholars
- Learning and scholarship
- China
- Education
- History, Early Modern 1451-1600
- Medicine, Chinese Traditional
- Physicians
- China
- Li, Shizhen
- Li, Shizhen
- Li, Shizhen
- NATURE
- NATURE
- TRAVEL
- HISTORY
- Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
- Intellectual life
- Learning and scholarship
- Medicine, Chinese
- Natural history
- Naturalists
- Physicians
- Scholars
- China
- Arzneibuch
- Medizin
- China
- Label
- The monkey and the inkpot : natural history and its transformations in early modern China, Carla Nappi
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-205) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Prologue -- Conception: Birth of a naturalist -- Generation: Anantomy of a naturalist -- (Interlude) Here be dragons: A reader's guide to the Bencao gangmu -- Transformation: Elements of change -- Transformation: Sprouts of change -- Transformation: Bodies of change -- Transformation: Creatures of change -- Conclusion. Rot and rebirth: The afterlife and reincarnation of a naturalist -- Appendices. A: Li Shizhen, Lidai zhujia bencao [Bencao works through the ages]; B: Contents of the Bencao gangmu [Systematic materia medica]
- Control code
- 650350221
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xii, 234 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780674054356
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other control number
- 10.4159/9780674054356
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt134914n
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)650350221
- Label
- The monkey and the inkpot : natural history and its transformations in early modern China, Carla Nappi
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-205) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Prologue -- Conception: Birth of a naturalist -- Generation: Anantomy of a naturalist -- (Interlude) Here be dragons: A reader's guide to the Bencao gangmu -- Transformation: Elements of change -- Transformation: Sprouts of change -- Transformation: Bodies of change -- Transformation: Creatures of change -- Conclusion. Rot and rebirth: The afterlife and reincarnation of a naturalist -- Appendices. A: Li Shizhen, Lidai zhujia bencao [Bencao works through the ages]; B: Contents of the Bencao gangmu [Systematic materia medica]
- Control code
- 650350221
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xii, 234 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780674054356
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other control number
- 10.4159/9780674054356
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt134914n
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)650350221
Subject
- Arzneibuch
- Ben cao gang mu (Li, Shizhen)
- Biographies
- Biography
- China
- China
- China
- China
- China -- Intellectual life -- 960-1644
- Education -- history
- Geschichte 1500-1600
- HISTORY -- Modern -- 16th Century
- History
- History, Early Modern 1451-1600
- Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
- Intellectual life
- Learning and scholarship
- Learning and scholarship -- China -- History -- 16th century
- Li, Shizhen
- Li, Shizhen, 1518-1593
- Li, Shizhen, 1518-1593
- Li, Shizhen, 1518-1593
- Li, Shizhen, 1518-1593 -- Influence
- Medicine, Chinese
- Medicine, Chinese -- History -- 16th century
- Medicine, Chinese Traditional -- history
- Medizin -- China -- Geschichte 16. Jh
- NATURE -- Essays
- NATURE -- Reference
- Natural history
- Natural history -- China -- History
- Naturalists
- Naturalists -- China -- Biography
- Physicians
- Physicians -- China -- Biography
- Physicians -- history
- Scholars
- Scholars -- China -- Biography
- TRAVEL -- Special Interest | Ecotourism
- 960-1644
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