Name: The Monkey and the Inkpot
ISBN: 9780674035294

作者: Carla Nappi
出版社: Harvard University Press
副标题: Natural History and Its Transformations in Early Modern China
出版年: 2009-10-15
页数: 250
定价: USD 48.50
装帧: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780674035294

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This 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).

The encyclopedic Bencao gangmu is widely lauded as a classic embodiment of pre-modern Chinese medical thought. In t...

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作者简介 · · · · · ·

Carla Nappi is Assistant Professor of History at the University of British Columbia.

目录 · · · · · ·

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
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黄永砯的签纸和博尔赫斯的猴子，共同指向了理解自然史的几个核心问题：位置的重要性、好奇心的功能，以及语言与现实世界在文本、实体和感知上的联系。关于这些问题，一直以来都有大量讨论文献，近年来更是越来越多，它们始终关注自然科学历史传统的出现和发展，为方便起见，我们可以将这些文献归属的世界统称为西方世界。 (查看原文)

韧勉 2赞 2023-02-09 09:24:19

—— 引自章节：前言嗜墨：好奇的天性