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OverviewUnder the rule of the descendants of Chinggis Khan (1167-1227), China saw the development of a new culture in which medical practice came to be considered a highly respected occupation for elite men. During this period, further major steps were also taken towards the codification of medical knowledge and promotion of physicians’ social status. This book traces the history of the politics, institutions, and culture of medicine of China under Mongol rule, through the eyes of a successful South Chinese official Yuan Jue (1266-1327). As the first comprehensive monograph on history of medicine in China under the Mongols, it argues that this period was a separate moment in Chinese history, when a configuration of power different from that of previous and succeeding periods created its own medical culture. The Politics of Chinese Medicine under Mongol Rule emphasizes the impact of the political and institutional changes caused by the Mongols and their collaborators on the social and cultural history of medicine, which culminated in the medical theory of Zhu Zhenheng (1282–1358), still influential in East Asian medicine. Using a variety of Chinese-language sources including gazetteers, legal texts, biographies, poems, and medical texts, it analyses the roles of the Mongols and West and Central Asians as cultural brokers and also as unifiers of China. Further, it views North and South Chinese elites as agents of historical change rather than as victims of Mongol oppression. Underlining the complexity of the history of China under the Mongols and the significance of time and geography for the study of this history, this book will be of great interest to students and scholars of Chinese medical history, Chinese social and cultural history, and medieval global history. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Reiko Shinno (University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, USA)Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 0.294kg ISBN: 9781138099326ISBN 10: 1138099325 Pages: 194 Publication Date: 25 May 2017 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education , Undergraduate Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents1. Yuan Jue and His Family 2. The Mongol Conquest and the New Configuration of Power, 1206-76 3. The Reunification of China, 1276-1300 4. The South Chinese Participation in the Imperial Politics, 1300-1368 5. Illnesses and Doctors in Patients’ Eyes 6. Medical Books and TheoriesReviewsThis book will deservedly be an oft-quoted reference in scholarship on this vital period in the history of Chinese medicine. Yi-Li Wu, East Asian Science, Technology and Medicine 53 (2021) Author InformationReiko Shinno is Professor in the Department of History at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, USA. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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