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Translating Buddhist medicine in medieval China / C. Pierce Salguero.

Van Pelt Library 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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