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200 14$aThe monkey and the inkpot$b[electronic resource] $enatural history and its transformations in early modern China /$fCarla Nappi
210   $aCambridge, Mass. $cHarvard University Press$d2009
215   $a1 online resource (251 p.)
300   $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
311   $a0-674-03529-1 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $tFrontmatter --$tCONTENTS --$tList of Illustrations --$tEx-Voto --$tNote on Conversions --$tPrologue: A Curious Instinct, A Taste for Ink --$t1. Conception: Birth of a Naturalist --$t2. Generation: Anatomy of a Naturalist --$tINTERLUDE. Here Be Dragons: A Reader's Guide to the Bencao gangmu --$t3. Transformation: Elements of Change --$t4. Transformation: Sprouts of Change --$t5. Transformation: Bodies of Change --$t6. Transformation: Creatures of Change --$tConclusion. Rot and Rebirth: The Afterlife and Reincarnation of a Naturalist --$tAppendix A. Li Shizhen, Lidai zhujia bencao [Bencao works through the ages] --$tAppendix B. Contents of the Bencao gangmu [Systematic materia medica] --$tNotes --$tGlossary of Chinese Characters --$tIndex
330   $aThis 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.
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