The Monkey and the Inkpot: Natural History and Its Transformations in Early Modern China by Carla Nappi

The Monkey and the Inkpot: Natural History and Its Transformations in Early Modern China

Carla Nappi

234 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction history science informative reflective relaxing medium-paced
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This is the story of a Chinese doctor, his book, and the creatures that danced within its pages. The Monkey and the Inkpot introduces natural history in sixteenth-century China through the iconic Bencao gangmu (Systematic materia medica) of Li Shi...

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