Despeux, Catherine (ed.) 2010, Médecine, religion, et société dans la Chine médiévale: Étude de manuscrits chinois de Dunhuang et de Turfan (Medicine, Religion, and Society in Medieval China: A Study of the Chinese Manuscripts from Dunhuang and Turfan), Paris: Collège de France, Institut des Hautes Études Chinoises. Pp. 1386. ISBN 978-2-85757-068-6. French
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"Despeux, Catherine (ed.) 2010, Médecine, religion, et société dans la Chine médiévale: Étude de manuscrits chinois de Dunhuang et de Turfan (Medicine, Religion, and Society in Medieval China: A Study of the Chinese Manuscripts from Dunhuang and Turfan), Paris: Collège de France, Institut des Hautes Études Chinoises. Pp. 1386. ISBN 978-2-85757-068-6. French" published on 20 Jan 2012 by Brill.
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The 2010 publication led by Despeux is the most comprehensive resource in a Western language to date on the Dunhuang and Turfan medical manuscripts.
“Finally, this 2010 publication led by Despeux has resulted in the publication of the most comprehensive resource on the Dunhuang and Turfan medical manuscripts in a Western language to date.”
Quote in the paperSubstantial claim- Rests on an assumption: The era between the Han classical medical tradition and its Song state-sponsored revival was a dynamic period of great flourishing.
- Rests on an assumption: The discovery of Dunhuang and Turfan texts that mix religious, magical, and medical knowledge has transformed the study of Chinese religious history in recent decades and is now beginning to transform the historiography of Chinese medicine.
- Rests on an assumption: The richness and diversity of medieval healing culture is most striking in the manuscripts recovered from the Silk Road oases of Dunhuang and Turfan.
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The 2003 French-language volume edited by Marc Kalinowski, though not solely medical, introduced a selection of Dunhuang texts on mantic practices for understanding and curing disease.
“A 2003 French-language volume edited by Marc Kalinowski, while not exclusively medical in its focus, provided a starting point by introducing a selection of Dunhuang texts on mantic practices related to understanding and curing disease.”
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Findingown dataThe work Médecine, religion, et société dans la Chine médiévale is published in three volumes.
“Médecine, religion, et société dans la Chine médiévale comprises three volumes.”
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Findingnone givenThe third volume consists of just under 240 pages of bibliographies and reference materials.
“Supplementing these essays, the third volume consists of just under 240 pages of bibliographies and reference materials.”
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Findingown dataThe third volume includes a Chinese-French glossary that contains Latin names for plants.
“as well as a Chinese-French glossary that includes Latin names for plants.”
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FindingreasoningThe current project differs from the Lo and Cullen volume in that the latter contains highly focused reports on individual texts geared toward specialists.
“This is one of the ways in which the current project differs from the previous Lo and Cullen volume, which contains a number of highly focused reports on individual texts that are geared toward specialists.”
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Findingown dataThe third volume includes indices of calendrical units, pulse terminology, moxibustion points, and dietary prohibitions.
“the inclusion of indices of calendrical units, pulse terminology, moxibustion points, and dietary prohibitions.”
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Findingnone givenMost of the authors have written synthetic overviews of their chosen themes that bring together a wide range of sources, provide historical context, and remain accessible to non-specialists.
“Rather than focusing narrowly on individual manuscripts, most of the authors have written synthetic overviews of their chosen themes that bring together a wide range of sources, provide important historical context, and remain accessible to non-specialists.”
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Findingnone givenThe third volume includes extensive lists of symptoms and medical formulae.
“There are also extensive lists of symptoms and medical formulae”
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PremisecitationThe study of Silk Road manuscripts has become an established field, with three groundbreaking Western-language publications appearing in the last ten years.
“The study of Silk Road manuscripts has now become an established endeavour in our field, with three groundbreaking publications appearing in Western languages over the past ten years.”
Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim0 of 3 sources checked- cites Kalinowski, M. (ed.) 2003
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- cites Lo, V. and C. Cullen (eds.)2005
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- cites Despeux, Catherine (ed.) 2010
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PremisecitationThe 2005 publication edited by Vivienne Lo and Christopher Cullen introduced English readers to the variety of Dunhuang medical manuscripts and to the work of leading Chinese and European researchers.
“A 2005 publication edited by Vivienne Lo and Christopher Cullen introduced English readers to the variety of medical manuscripts from Dunhuang, as well as to the work of some of the leading Chinese and European researchers involved in their study.”
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The era between the Han classical medical tradition and its Song state-sponsored revival was a dynamic period of great flourishing.
“The period between the emergence of the classical medical tradition in the Han and its revival under state sponsorship in the Song was a dynamic time of great efflorescence.”
The paper relies on this without support.
The discovery of Dunhuang and Turfan texts that mix religious, magical, and medical knowledge has transformed the study of Chinese religious history in recent decades and is now beginning to transform the historiography of Chinese medicine.
“The discovery of these texts containing syncretic mixtures of religious, magical, and medical knowledge has revolutionized the study of the history of Chinese religion in the past few decades, and has now begun to have a similar effect on the historiography of Chinese medicine.”
The paper relies on this without support.
The richness and diversity of medieval healing culture is most striking in the manuscripts recovered from the Silk Road oases of Dunhuang and Turfan.
“Nowhere is the richness and diversity of medieval healing culture more striking than in the manuscripts that were recovered from the Silk Road oases of Dunhuang and Turfan.”
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Medieval Chinese Medicine: The Dunhuang Medical Manuscripts
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- Authors
- Salguero, C. P.
- Affiliations
- Pennsylvania State University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Salguero, C. Pierce
- ORCID
- Salguero, C. Pierce
- Venue
- Asian Medicine
- Publisher
- Walter de Gruyter GmbH
- Published
- 2012-01-20
- Volume
- 7
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 490-491
- ISSN
- 1573-420X (ISSN-L)
- 1573-4218
- OpenAlex
- W1974995072
- Cited by
- 0
- References
- 2
- Type
- book review
- Language
- fr
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Asian Medicine (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Chinese history and philosophy
- Keywords
- medicine, religion, society, medieval China, Dunhuang manuscripts, Turfan manuscripts, Chinese medical texts, Buddhist medicine
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