Searching for the Dao of Medicine : Landscapes of Thoughtful Practice in Late Imperial China

In late imperial China, debates over how virtuosity in medical practice might be cultivated unfolded within a world that connected physicians to scholars, poets, calligraphers, Buddhist monks, Daoist life-cultivation experts and military strategists. This book traces these debates, showing how medic...

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Autor principal: Volker Scheid
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Publicado: Berghahn Books 2026
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