A Dictionary of the Huang Di Nei Jing Su Wen [With CDROM]

by Paul U. Unschuld and Hermann Tessenow

This dictionary reflects the English meanings of Chinese characters and character compounds laid down in the annotated edition of the Huang Di Nei Jing Su Wen, translated by Hermann Tessenow and Paul U. Unschuld. The Huang Di Nei Jing Su Wen is a seminal text of ancient Chinese medicine and natural philosophy. It reflects empirical knowledge and the doctrines of yin-yang and Five Agents in the perception of the human body and its organs,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520253582
• ISBN13: 9780520253582
• Release Date: May 2008
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 824 Pages
• Weight: 2.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.3" x 6.5" x 9.3"