2 Water as Homology in the Construction of Classical Chinese Medicine

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Foreword ix
4. Preface xi
5. Acknowledgments xvii
6. 1 A Fluid Cosmos 1
7. 2 Water as Homology in the Construction of Classical Chinese Medicine 19
8. 3 Destruction of Temples and Arresting Spirits 51
9. 4 Patterns in Stone 75
10. 5 Humans Can Broaden the Way, Sages Can Continue and Carry Out the Workings of Tian 93
11. 6 Exorcism and the Spirit Turtle 117
12. 7 Transcription Notes on the “Mind as Ruler” Section in the Tsinghua Bamboo Manuscript The Heart Is Called the Center Xin shi wei zhong 心是謂中) 147
13. 8 Texts, Historicity, and Metaphors in Early China 163
14. 9 Some Remarks on the Value and Inner Meaning of the Way of Archery 189
15. 10 The Meaning of the Graph and Word ge 革 in the Huayuanzhuang East Oracle Bone Corpus and Related Questions 201
16. 11 Notes on a Cornerstone of Early Chinese Argumentative Rhetoric 211
17. List of Contributors 241
18. Index 243