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Translating Buddhist medicine in medieval China / C. Pierce Salguero.
LIBRA R135.6 .S25 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Salguero, C. Pierce, author.
- Series:
- Encounters with Asia
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Buddhist medicine--China--History.
- Buddhist medicine.
- Medicine, Chinese--China--History.
- Medicine, Chinese.
- Medicine, Medieval.
- Buddhist literature--Translations into Chinese.
- Buddhist literature.
- History.
- China--Civilization--Buddhist influences.
- China.
- Civilization.
- Buddhism--China--History.
- Buddhism.
- Buddhist literature--Translations into Chinese--History and criticism.
- Medicine--Religious aspects--Buddhism.
- Medicine.
- Medicine, Medieval--China.
- China--Civilization--221 B.C.-960 A.D.
- China--Civilization--960-1644.
- Physical Description:
- 245 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2014]
- Summary:
- Illuminates and analyzes the ways Chinese Buddhist writers understood and adapted Indian medical knowledge and healing practices and explained them to local audiences. By integrating religious studies, translation studies, and literature with the history of medicine, the book reconstructs the crucial role of translated Buddhist knowledge in the vibrant medical world of medieval China.
- Contents:
- The Buddhist Medical Transmission
- Translators and Translation Practice
- Translating Medicine in Buddhist Scriptures
- Rewriting Buddhist Medicine
- Popularizing Buddhist Medicine.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780812246117
- 081224611X
- OCLC:
- 860943808
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