席文：Health Care in Eleventh-Century China出版
Author: Nathan Sivin（席文）
Publisher: Springer; Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015 edition (October 22, 2016)
ISBN: 9783319369556
Price: $159
Pages: 223
Introduction:
By examining all the prevalent varieties of therapy from self-care to religious ritual, this book explores health care practices in China, before modern times. In ancient China most people were unable to afford a doctor, even in the unlikely case that one lived near their village and was willing to treat peasants. What did they do when their children got sick? The answer is to be found in this book, which goes far beyond the history of medicine. The author uses methods of medical anthropology to explain the curative roles of popular religion, Daoism, Buddhism and the therapeutic rites performed by imperial officials. Readers will discover the steady interaction of religious healing and classical medicine in this culture. This highly readable book builds on over forty years of study and analysis of early liturgical and medical writings and a wide variety of other sources. Its focus on the eleventh century throws new light on a period of rapid transition in many aspects of therapy and it will appeal to scholars and general readers alike.
About the Author
Nathan Sivin (born 11 May 1931), also known as Xiwen (Chinese: 席文), is an American author, scholar, sinologist, historian, essayist, and currently professor emeritus at the University of Pennsylvania.The major areas of study and focus in Nathan Sivin's career and written publications have been in the history of science and technology in China, Traditional Chinese medicine, Chinese philosophy, and Chinese religious beliefs. He speaks four different foreign languages and has traveled abroad to many countries, on four continents, numerous times since the 1960s. In his written works he has also collaborated with many other prominent scholars, such as G.E.R. Lloyd, A.C. Graham and Joseph Needham.
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