{"product_id":"dictionary-of-the-ben-cao-hua-linfu-9780520291966","title":"Dictionary of the Ben Cao Gang Mu, Volume 2: Geographical and Administrative Designations","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eBen cao gang mu\u003c\/i\u003e, compiled in the second half of the sixteenth century by a team led by the physician Li Shizhen (1518-1593) on the basis of previously published books and contemporary knowledge, is the largest encyclopedia of natural history in a long tradition of Chinese materia medica works. Its description of almost 1,900 pharmaceutically used natural and man-made substances marks the apex of the development of premodern Chinese pharmaceutical knowledge. The \u003ci\u003eBen cao gang mu\u003c\/i\u003e dictionary offers access to this impressive work of 1,600,000 characters. This second book in a three-volume series verifies and localizes all 2,158 geographical and associated administrative names referred to in the \u003ci\u003eBen cao gang mu\u003c\/i\u003e in connection with the origin and use of pharmaceutical substances.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hua Linfu, Paul D. Buell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520291964\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520291966\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 11\/22\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 466\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.40d","brand":"Hua Linfu","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44056222367999,"sku":"9780520291966","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_72afffbd-7e2f-4cc4-ac3d-6ba6c17b58b2.jpg?v=1685040173","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dictionary-of-the-ben-cao-hua-linfu-9780520291966","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}