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Translating Buddhist Medicine in Medieval China (Hardcover) Loot Price: R1,544
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Translating Buddhist Medicine in Medieval China (Hardcover): C. Pierce Salguero

Translating Buddhist Medicine in Medieval China (Hardcover)

C. Pierce Salguero

Series: Encounters with Asia

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The transmission of Buddhism from India to China was one of the most significant cross-cultural exchanges in the premodern world. This cultural encounter involved more than the spread of religious and philosophical knowledge. It influenced many spheres of Chinese life, including the often overlooked field of medicine. Analyzing a wide variety of Chinese Buddhist texts, C. Pierce Salguero examines the reception of Indian medical ideas in medieval China. These texts include translations from Indian languages as well as Chinese compositions completed in the first millennium C.E. Translating Buddhist Medicine in Medieval China illuminates and analyzes the ways Chinese Buddhist writers understood and adapted Indian medical knowledge and healing practices and explained them to local audiences. The book moves beyond considerations of accuracy in translation by exploring the resonances and social logics of intercultural communication in their historical context. Presenting the Chinese reception of Indian medicine as a process of negotiation and adaptation, this innovative and interdisciplinary work provides a dynamic exploration of the medical world of medieval Chinese society. At the center of Salguero's work is an appreciation of the creativity of individual writers as they made sense of disease, health, and the body in the context of regional and transnational traditions. By integrating religious studies, translation studies, and literature with the history of medicine, Translating Buddhist Medicine in Medieval China reconstructs the crucial role of translated Buddhist knowledge in the vibrant medical world of medieval China.

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Imprint: University of PennsylvaniaPress
Country of origin: United States
Series: Encounters with Asia
Release date: July 2014
First published: 2014
Authors: C. Pierce Salguero
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover - Paper over boards
Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 978-0-8122-4611-7
Categories: Books > Medicine > General issues > History of medicine
Books > Humanities > History > World history > 500 to 1500
Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General
Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Non-Christian religions > Religions of Indic & Oriental origin > Buddhism > General
Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General
Books > History > World history > 500 to 1500
Books > Religion & Spirituality > Non-Christian religions > Religions of Indic & Oriental origin > Buddhism > General
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LSN: 0-8122-4611-X
Barcode: 9780812246117

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