Huang Di Nei Jing Su Wen: Nature, Knowledge, Imagery in an Ancient Chinese Medical Text: With an Appendix: The Doctrine of the Five Periods and

by Paul U. Unschuld

Book Overview

The Huang Di nei jing su wen, known familiarly as the Su wen, is a seminal text of ancient Chinese medicine, yet until now there has been no comprehensive, detailed analysis of its development and contents. At last Paul U. Unschuld offers entry into this still-vital artifact of China's cultural and intellectual past.

Unschuld traces the history of the Su wen to its origins in the final centuries B.C.E., when numerous...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520233220
• ISBN13: 9780520233225
• Release Date: April 2003
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 536 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.4" x 9.2"