{"product_id":"ben-cao-gang-mu-volume-li-shizhen-9780520379923","title":"Ben Cao Gang Mu, Volume IX: Fowls, Domestic and Wild Animals, Human Substances Volume 9","description":"Volume IX in the \u003ci\u003eBen cao gang mu\u003c\/i\u003e series offers a complete translation of chapters 47 through 52, devoted to fowls, domestic and wild animals, and human substances. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The \u003ci\u003eBen cao gang mu\u003c\/i\u003e is a sixteenth-century Chinese encyclopedia of medical matter and natural history by Li Shizhen (1518-1593). The culmination of a sixteen-hundred-year history of Chinese medical and pharmaceutical literature, it is considered the most important and comprehensive book ever written in the history of Chinese medicine and remains an invaluable resource for researchers and practitioners. This nine-volume series reveals an almost two-millennia-long panorama of wide-ranging observations and sophisticated interpretations, ingenious manipulations, and practical applications of natural substances for the benefit of human health. Paul Unschuld's annotated translation of the \u003ci\u003eBen cao gang mu\u003c\/i\u003e, presented here with the original Chinese text, opens a rare window into viewing the people and culture of China's past. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Li Shizhen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520379926\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520379923\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/02\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 1084\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.30w x 2.20d","brand":"Li Shizhen","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43943472791807,"sku":"9780520379923","price":190.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_1b705cb4-2f16-47e3-9f3e-1ad309ca567b.jpg?v=1681498315","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ben-cao-gang-mu-volume-li-shizhen-9780520379923","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}