Translating Buddhist Medicine in Medieval China
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: Jul 01, 2014
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780812246117
Description: 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.
Notes: Source title: Translating Buddhist Medicine in Medieval China (Encounters with Asia)