Chinese Alchemy: Preliminary Studies

Nathan Sivin

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Chinese Alchemy

Preliminary Studies

Nathan Sivin

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 1968

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Volume 2 | Harvard Monographs in the History of Science

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Chemistry Chemistry, other

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
FOREWORD I. Bernard Cohen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
PREFACE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xiii
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	xxi
I. On the Reconstruction of Ancient Chinese Alchemy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
II. Tan Chìng Yao Chueh: The Tradition and the Book Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	35
III. The Biography of Sun Ssu-mo: A Historiographie Inquiry Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	81
IV. Tan Ching Yao Chueh: Annotated Translation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	145
V. Tan Ching Yao Chueh: Critical Edition of the Text Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	215
Appendixes Index
Appendix A. Medical Case History of Sun Ssu-mo Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	249
Appendix B. “Apothecaries’ Measure” in the T’ang Period Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	252
Appendix C. Comparison of Elixir Names in Sun Ssu-mo’s Lists with Those in Other Sources Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	257
Appendix D. Directions for Preparing the Reaction Vessel and Lute as given in Ch’ien chin fang Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	262
Appendix E. Table of Dates Concerned with the Life of Sun Ssu-mo Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	265
Appendix F. Sources for the Life and Legend of Sun Ssu-mo Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	268
Appendix G. Notes on the Identification of Substances Mentioned in Tan ching yao chueh Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	272
Appendix H. Notes on the Identification of Medical Disorders Mentioned in Tan ching yao chueh Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	295
Appendix I. On Understanding the Language of Early Chinese Chemistry and Pathology: A Bibliographical Essay Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	306
Appendix J. Published Translations of Chinese Alchemical Treatises Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	322
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	325

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October 1, 2013

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9780674434370

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February 5, 1968

Hardcover ISBN:

9780674434363

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Front matter:

24

Main content:

339

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9

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10 halftones

https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674434370

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Keywords for this book

Alchemy -- China -- History.; Chemistry -- China -- History.; Medicine, Chinese Traditional -- history.; Alchemy -- China.

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