Subject: Diseases--Causes and theories of causation--Early works to 1800

Nanjing 難經 [ch.11]. [Jap-Sin II-85.4]
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CollectionRicci Institute Library, ARSI
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LanguageChinese, Latin, Portuguese
TypeDigital text [pdf]
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ShelfDigital Archives, ARSI
Call NumberR127.1.N37
Descriptionpdf mss. [6 folios ; 28. 8 x 19.6 cm.]
NoteJapSin II, 85.4

A translation of chapter 11 of the Nanjing 難經 with a diagram.
Bamboo paper in six folios. 28. 8 x 19.6 cm.
A diagram of the viscera with the five elements that correspond to each of them. 61.5 x 28.1 cm.

On folio 1 there is a Latin inscription: “Notandum quod quae hic inferuntur de re medica, sic inserantur ut sine deformitate operis liberum sit Patri Prospero Intorcetta ea omnia penitus omittere.”
Included are some notes in Latin and Portuguese in eight sheets (15.2 x 12.5 cm), with one other sheet (22.3 x 14.2 cm). The Nanjing was originally known as Huangdi bashiyi nanjing 黃帝八十一難經 and is said to have been written in the third century B.C. The book was written in the form of questions and answers, containing a solution of eighty-one doubtful questions. It gives some fundamental theories on Chinese medicine with some analyses of diseases.

Source: Albert Chan, S.J., Chinese Books and Documents in the Jesuit Archives in Rome, p. 396.

Local access Digital Archives ARSI Jap-Sin I-IV folder.
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Zhu bingyuan hou lun 諸病源候論
AuthorChao Yuanfang 巢元方, active 605-616
PlaceBeijing Shi 北京市
PublisherRenmin weisheng chubanshe 人民衛生出版社
CollectionBibl. Sinensis Soc. Iesu
Edition第1版, 第5次印刷
LanguageChinese 中文
TypeBook
Series
ShelfReading Room
Call NumberRB151.C473 1982
Description2, 27, 268 p. ; 26 cm.
NoteZhu bingyuan hou lun 諸病源候論 / Chao Yuanfang dengzhu 巢元方等著.
"據清刊周氏醫學叢書本加句縮影"
First printing 1955. 1982 第1辦, 5次印刷--Colophon.
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