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A Dictionary of the Huang Di Nei Jing Su Wen

Hermann Tessenow author Paul U Unschuld author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:University of California Press

Published:17th Jun '08

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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 original printing of this title contained an enclosed CD containing two concordances that list all characters along the pinyin-alphabetical sequence.

"Tessenow and Unschuld ... have provided a powerful tool for verifying and deepening our understanding of the text, and developed a format for future publications that will have a lasting impact." Times Literary Supplement (TLS)

ISBN: 9780520253582

Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 58mm

Weight: 1270g

824 pages