03514nam 2200709 a 450 991046022560332120211209001252.00-674-05435-010.4159/9780674054356(CKB)2670000000040440(OCoLC)650350221(CaPaEBR)ebrary10402505(SSID)ssj0000423418(PQKBManifestationID)11287774(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000423418(PQKBWorkID)10439673(PQKB)10356966(MiAaPQ)EBC3300842(DE-B1597)457716(OCoLC)979575708(DE-B1597)9780674054356(Au-PeEL)EBL3300842(CaPaEBR)ebr10402505(EXLCZ)99267000000004044020090227d2009 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe monkey and the inkpot[electronic resource] natural history and its transformations in early modern China /Carla NappiCambridge, Mass. Harvard University Press20091 online resource (251 p.)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-674-03529-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter --CONTENTS --List of Illustrations --Ex-Voto --Note on Conversions --Prologue: A Curious Instinct, A Taste for Ink --1. Conception: Birth of a Naturalist --2. Generation: Anatomy of a Naturalist --INTERLUDE. Here Be Dragons: A Reader's Guide to the Bencao gangmu --3. Transformation: Elements of Change --4. Transformation: Sprouts of Change --5. Transformation: Bodies of Change --6. Transformation: Creatures of Change --Conclusion. Rot and Rebirth: The Afterlife and Reincarnation of a Naturalist --Appendix A. Li Shizhen, Lidai zhujia bencao [Bencao works through the ages] --Appendix B. Contents of the Bencao gangmu [Systematic materia medica] --Notes --Glossary of Chinese Characters --IndexThis is the story of a Chinese doctor, his book, and the creatures that danced within its pages. The Monkey and the Inkpot introduces natural history in sixteenth-century China through the iconic Bencao gangmu (Systematic materia medica) of Li Shizhen (1518 - 1593). In the first book-length study in English of Li's text, Carla Nappi reveals a "cabinet of curiosities" of gems, beasts, and oddities whose author was devoted to using natural history to guide the application of natural and artificial objects as medical drugs.Natural historyChinaHistory16th centuryMedicine, ChineseHistory16th centuryNaturalistsChinaBiographyPhysiciansChinaBiographyScholarsChinaBiographyLearning and scholarshipChinaHistory16th centuryChinaIntellectual life1368-1644Electronic books.Natural historyHistoryMedicine, ChineseHistoryNaturalistsPhysiciansScholarsLearning and scholarshipHistory508.0951NK 3400rvkNappi Carla Suzan1977-959652MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910460225603321The monkey and the inkpot2485772UNINA