Translating Buddhist Medicine in Medieval China

by C. Pierce Salguero

The transmission of Buddhism from India to China was one of the most significant cross-cultural exchanges in the premodern world. This cultural encounter involved more than the spread of religious and philosophical knowledge. It influenced many spheres of Chinese life, including the often overlooked field of medicine. Analyzing a wide variety of Chinese Buddhist texts, C. Pierce Salguero examines the reception of Indian medical ideas in medieval...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081224611X
• ISBN13: 9780812246117
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.1"