![]() | The Monkey and the Inkpot: Natural History and Its Transformations in Early Modern China Subjects: Natural history -- China -- History -- 16th century; Medicine Chinese -- History -- 16th century; Li Shizhen 1518–1593. Ben cao gang mu; Li Shizhen 1518–1593 -- Influence; Li Shizhen 1518–1593; Naturalists -- China -- Biography; Physicians -- China; 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 Shizhen (1518-1593). |
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