A Dictionary of the Huang Di Nei Jing Su Wen (Philip E. Lilienthal Book in Asian Studies) | 
| Authors: Hermann Tessenow, Paul U. Unschuld
Publisher: University of California Press
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 906315
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
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Pages: 824
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.4
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 6.3 x 2.4
ISBN: 0520253582
Dewey Decimal Number: 610.3
EAN: 9780520253582
ASIN: 0520253582
Publication Date: May 21, 2008
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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, qi and the blood, pathogenic agents, concepts of disease and diagnosis, and a variety of therapies, including acupuncture. The dictionary comes with a CD containing two concordances that list all characters along the pinyin-alphabetical sequence.
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