TY - GEN N2 - 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). In the first book-length study in English of Li's text, Carla Nappi reveals a "cabinet of curiosities" of gems, beasts, and oddities whose author was devoted to using natural history to guide the application of natural and artificial objects as medical drugs. DO - 10.4159/9780674054356 DO - doi AB - 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). In the first book-length study in English of Li's text, Carla Nappi reveals a "cabinet of curiosities" of gems, beasts, and oddities whose author was devoted to using natural history to guide the application of natural and artificial objects as medical drugs. T1 - The Monkey and the Inkpot :Natural History and Its Transformations in Early Modern China / AU - Nappi, Carla, JF - Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package JF - HUP eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013 JF - HUP eBook Package Backlist 2000-2014 JF - HUP eBook Package Backlist 2000-2015 CN - QH21.C6 LA - eng LA - In English. ID - 1478851 KW - Education KW - History, Early Modern 1451-1600 KW - Learning and scholarship KW - Medicine, Chinese Traditional KW - Medicine, Chinese KW - Natural history KW - Natural history KW - Naturalists KW - Nature KW - Nature KW - Physicians KW - Physicians KW - Scholars KW - Travel KW - Arzneibuch KW - HISTORY / Asia / China. SN - 9780674054356 TI - The Monkey and the Inkpot :Natural History and Its Transformations in Early Modern China / LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674054356 UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674054356 ER -