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Title: A Dictionary of the Huang Di Nei Jing Su Wen
Condition: New
Author: Hermann Tessenow, Paul U. Unschuld
Format: Hardback
ISBN-10: 0520253582
EAN: 9780520253582
ISBN: 9780520253582
Publisher: University of California Press
Genre: Language & Reference
Release Date: 05/21/2008
Description: 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.
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Item Height: 229mm
Item Length: 152mm
Item Width: 58mm
Item Weight: 1270g
Release Year: 2008

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