Translating Buddhist Medicine in Medieval ChinaC. Pierce Salguero

Translating Buddhist Medicine in Medieval China

C. Pierce Salguero · 2014

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Illuminates and analyzes the ways Chinese Buddhist writers understood and adapted Indian medical knowledge and healing practices and explained them to local audiences. By integrating religious studies, translation studies, and literature with the history of medicine, the book reconstructs the crucial role of translated Buddhist knowledge in the vibrant medical world of medieval China.

Book details

Year: 2014
Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Editions: 3
Pages: 256
ISBN: 9780812246117

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