Translating Buddhist Medicine in Medieval China

Description:

Illuminates and analyzes the ways Chinese Buddhist writers understood and adapted Indian medical knowledge and healing practices and explained them to local audiences. By integrating religious studies, translation studies, and literature with the history of medicine, the book reconstructs the crucial role of translated Buddhist knowledge in the vibrant medical world of medieval China.

subjects: Medicine, chinese,  Buddhism, china,  Buddhist literature,  Medicine, religious aspects,  Medicine, medieval,  China, civilization,  Buddhist medicine,  History,  Chinese Medicine,  Civilization,  Buddhist influences,  Buddhism,  Translations into Chinese,  History and criticism,  Medicine,  Medieval Medicine,  China,  Chinese Traditional Medicine,  Medieval History,  Religion and Medicine,  Religious aspects