Preliminary studies in Chinese alchemy
Subtitle: the Tan ching yao chueh, attributed to Sun Ssu-mo, 581?-after 672
By: by Nathan Sivin
Published: 1966
Language: eng
Notes: The editor's thesis (Ph. D.)--Harvard University, 1966.
Table of contents: title: ǂt Frontmatter; title: ǂt FOREWORD / ǂr Cohen, I. Bernard; title: ǂt PREFACE; title: ǂt CONTENTS; title: ǂt I. On the Reconstruction of Ancient Chinese Alchemy; title: ǂt II. Tan Chìng Yao Chueh: The Tradition and the Book; title: ǂt III. The Biography of Sun Ssu-mo: A Historiographie Inquiry; title: ǂt IV. Tan Ching Yao Chueh: Annotated Translation; title: ǂt V. Tan Ching Yao Chueh: Critical Edition of the Text; title: ǂt Appendix A. Medical Case History of Sun Ssu-mo; title: ǂt Appendix B. "Apothecaries' Measure" in the T'ang Period; title: ǂt Appendix C. Comparison of Elixir Names in Sun Ssu-mo's Lists with Those in Other Sources; title: ǂt Appendix D. Directions for Preparing the Reaction Vessel and Lute as given in Ch'ien chin fang; title: ǂt Appendix E. Table of Dates Concerned with the Life of Sun Ssu-mo; title: ǂt Appendix F. Sources for the Life and Legend of Sun Ssu-mo; title: ǂt Appendix G. Notes on the Identification of Substances Mentioned in Tan ching yao chueh; title: ǂt Appendix H. Notes on the Identification of Medical Disorders Mentioned in Tan ching yao chueh; title: ǂt Appendix I. On Understanding the Language of Early Chinese Chemistry and Pathology: A Bibliographical Essay; title: ǂt Appendix J. Published Translations of Chinese Alchemical Treatises; title: ǂt Index.