Ben Cao Gang Mu. Volume VI, Vegetables, Fruits /
Volume VI in the Ben cao gang mu series offers a complete translation of chapters 26 through 33, devoted to vegetables and fruits. The Ben cao gang mu is a sixteenth-century Chinese encyclopedia of medical matter and natural history by Li Shizhen (1518-1593). The culmination of a sixteen-hundred-yea...
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| स्वरूप: | Licensed eBooks |
| भाषा: | अंग्रेज़ी चीनी |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
[2024]
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| श्रृंखला: | Ben Cao Gang Mu: 16th Century Chinese Encyclopedia of Materia Medica and Natural History Series.
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| ऑनलाइन पहुंच: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/jj.8784681 |
विषय - सूची:
- Cover
- Series List
- Title Page
- Contents
- 1. Prolegomena
- 1.1 History of Chinese Materia Medica Literature
- 1.2 Structure and Contents of the Ben Cao Gang Mu
- 1.3 Biographical Sketch of Li Shizhen (1518-1593)
- 2. Notes on the Translation
- 3. Wang Shizhen's Preface of 1590
- 4. Translation of the Ben Cao Gang Mu, ch. 26 through 33
- Vegetables I, Fragrant-Acrid [Items], Chapter 26
- Contents
- Entries
- Vegetables II, Soft[ing] and Smooth[ing items], Chapter 27
- Contents
- Entries
- Vegetables III, Melons, Chapter 28
- Contents
- Entries
- Vegetables IV, Water Vegetables
- Contents
- Entries
- Vegetables V, Mushrooms-Fungi
- Contents
- Entries
- Fruits I, Five Fruits, Chapter 29
- Contents
- Entries
- Fruits II, Mountain Fruits, Chapter 30
- Contents
- Entries
- Fruits III, Non-Chinese Fruits, Chapter 31
- Contents
- Entries
- Fruits IV, Spices, Chapter 32
- Contents
- Entries
- Fruits V, Melons and Berries Chapter 33
- Contents
- Entries
- Fruits VI, Water Fruits
- Contents
- Entries
- Appendix
- 5. Weights and Measures
- 5.1 Measures of Capacity
- 5.2 Measures of Weight
- 5.3 Measures of Length
- 5.4 Measures of the Size of Pills
- 6. Lists of Substances
- 6.1 Identification of Pharmaceutical Substances of Plant Origin Mentioned in BCGM ch. 26
- 33 in Passing. Herbs with an Entry of their Own are Marked with their Entry Number
- 6.2 Substances Discussed in Chapters 26
- 33 in a Separate Entry. Listed in Alphabetical Order of their Proper Pin Yin Names with their Popular English Names and References to their Entry.