the_art_of_medicine_in_early_china[miranda_brown]

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1、THEARTOFMEDICINEINEARLY CHINAInthisbook,MirandaBrowninvestigatesthemythsthatacupuncturistsandherbalistshavetoldaboutthebirthofthehealingarts.MovingfromtheHan(206BC–AD220) andSong(960–1279)dynastiestothetwentiethcentury,BrowntracestherichhistoryofChinesemedicalhistoriographyandthegraduale

2、mergenceofthearchiveofmedicaltradition.Sheexposesthehistoricalcircumstancesthatshapedthecurrentimageofmedicalprogenitors: theancientbibliographers,medievaleditors,andmodernreformersanddefendersofChinesemedicinewhocontributedtothecontemporaryshapeofthearchive.Browndemonstrateshowancientan

3、dmedievalwaysofknowingliveoninpopularnarrativesofmedicalhistory,bothinmodernAsiaandintheWest.Shealsorevealsthesurprisingandoftenunacknowledgeddebtthatcontemporaryscholarsowetotheirpremodernforbearersforthecategories,frameworks,andanalytictoolswithwhichtostudythedistant past.MirandaBrowni

4、sanassociateprofessorofAsianlanguagesandculturesattheUniversityofMichigan.ShehaspublishednumerousarticlesonvariousaspectsofChinesemedicalandculturalhistoryinbothEnglishandChinese.SheistheauthorofThePoliticsofMourninginEarlyChina(2007)andthecoauthorofABriefHistoryofChineseCivilization(201

5、2,withConradSchirokauer).SheisacoeditorofFragments: InterdisciplinaryApproachestotheStudyofAncientandMedievalPasts,ajournalthatshefoundedwithleadingU.S. scholars.THEARTOFMEDICINEINEARLY CHINATHEANCIENTANDMEDIEVALORIGINSOFAMODERNARCHIVEMIRANDA BROWNUniversityofMichigan32AvenueoftheAmerica

6、s,New York,NY10013-2473, USACambridgeUniversityPressispartoftheUniversityofCambridge.ItfurtherstheUniversity’smissionbydisseminatingknowledgeinthepursuitofeducation,learning,andresearchatthehighestinternationallevelsofexcellence.www.cambridge.orgInformationonthistitle: www.cambridge.org/

7、9781107097056©MirandaBrown 2015Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexceptionandtotheprovisionsofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements,noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplacewithoutthewrittenpermissionofCambridgeUniversity Press.Firstpublished 2015PrintedintheUnited