C Pierce Salguero

Translating Buddhist Medicine in Medieval China

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

C. Pierce Salguero teaches Asian history at Penn State Abington and has written many books on Asian health and medical practices for general audiences.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 164mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 504g
• ISBN-13: 9780812246117
• ISBN-10: 081224611X
• Artikelnr.: 40307931

Autorenporträt

C. Pierce Salguero teaches Asian history at Penn State Abington and has written many books on Asian health and medical practices for general audiences.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Chapter 1. The Buddhist Medical Transmission
Chapter 2. Translators and Translation Practice
Chapter 3. Translating Medicine in Buddhist Scriptures
Chapter 4. Rewriting Buddhist Medicine
Chapter 5. Popularizing Buddhist Medicine
Conclusion
List of Abbreviations
Notes
List of Chinese and Japanese Characters
References
Index
Acknowledgments