A history of Chinese science and technology. Volume 2 ([2014])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Yongxiang Lu, editor.
• Editors: Lu, Yongxiang, 1942-
• Other Names: Qian, Chuijun translator.; He, Hui translator.
• Contents: Foreword; Prelude; Contents; About Tan Sri Frank Tsao; Abstract; Medicine ; 1 Lecture 1 Overview of Traditional Chinese Medicine; 1.1 Acknowledging Traditional Chinese Medicine; 1.2 Medicine Is Intention; 1.3 Establishment and Vicissitudes of Traditions; 1.4 Understanding Traditional Chinese Medicine; 1.5 Basic Theories; 1.5.1 The Theory of Yin and Yang, and Five Elements; 1.5.2 Internal Organs and Visceral Phenomena; 1.5.3 The Channel Theory; 1.5.4 Pathogenic Theory; 1.5.5 Diagnostic Theory; 1.6 Internal and External Treatment; 1.6.1 Acupuncture; 1.6.2 Prescriptions. 1.6.3 Internal and External Treatment1.7 Knowledge About Drugs; 1.8 Theories of Health Preservation; 1.8.1 Taoist School and Health Preservation; 1.8.2 Physical Cultivating Technique; 1.8.3 Cultivation of Nature and Life; 1.8.4 Qigong and Dietetic Therapy; 2 Lecture 2 TCM Classics and Celebrated Masters; 2.1 Classics Overview; 2.1.1 About "Quantity" and "Quality" of TCM Works; 2.1.2 How to Think of Disappearance of Ancient Books; 2.1.3 How to Think of Value of Classics; 2.1.4 About Classics and Masterpieces of Later Generations; 2.2 Elegant Demeanor of Famous Doctors. 2.2.1 Bian Que and Qin Yueren2.2.2 Zhang Zhongjing and Hua Tuo; 2.2.3 Wang Shuhe and Huang-fu Mi; 2.2.4 Sun Simiao; 2.2.5 The Famous Four Doctors in Jin and Yuan Dynasties; 2.2.6 Zhang Jingyue and Li Shizhen; 2.2.7 Ye Tianshi; 2.2.8 Wang Qingren; 3 Lecture 3 Sino-Overseas Exchanges of Medicine; 3.1 Similarity and Peculiarity of Sino-Overseas Exchanges of Medicine Before the Late Ming and Early Qing Dynasties; 3.2 Taking Indian Medicine as an Example for Observing the Influence of Foreign Medicine; 3.2.1 Research on Traditional Indian Medicine; 3.2.2 Background Introduction. 3.2.3 Traditional Indian Medicine3.2.4 Exchanges of Chinese Medicine and Indian Medicine; 3.3 From "Chinese Prescription" to Know Acceptance, Transformation, and Innovation of Chinese Medicine in℗ Foreign Countries; 3.3.1 Ways of Absorbing Chinese Culture; 3.3.2 Relations Between Medical Schools and Traditional Chinese Medicine in Modern Times; 3.3.3 From the Theories of Tai Ji, Yin-Yang to the Method of "Abdominal Palpation Diagnosis"; 3.3.4 Typical Cases of Religious Medicine Integrating Chinese and Indian Medicine and Buddhism. 3.4 Influence of Introduction of Western Medicine on℗ Traditional Medicine3.4.1 Positive Influence in Logical Thinking and System Arrangement; 3.4.2 Positive Influence of Basic Physiological Knowledge; 3.4.3 Introspection and Cognition of One's Own Characteristics; 3.4.4 Pressure is Also a Driving Force; References; The Four Great Inventions ; 1 Lecture 1 Invention, Development, and Influences of Papermaking Technology; 1.1 Character Carriers Before the Invention of Papermaking Technology; 1.1.1 Shell and Bone Inscriptions; 1.1.2 Bronze and Pottery Inscriptions; 1.1.3 Boulder Inscriptions.
• Publisher Details: Heidelberg : Springer
• Publication Date: 2014
• Copyright Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (xv, 493 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 509.51; Science -- China -- History; Technology -- China -- History; SCIENCE -- History; Science; Technology; History & Archaeology; History - General; China; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783662441664; 3662441667; 3662441659; 9783662441657
• Related ISBNs: 9783662441657
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed October 22, 2014).
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