Collected Illustrations of the Three Realms: The Human Body
三才圖會(五十六)
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The 'Sancai Tuhui' is a massive 106-chapter Ming Dynasty encyclopedia. While specific diagrams and technical captions from the 'Human Body' (Shenti) section have been translated and analyzed in scholarly works such as Joseph Needham's 'Science and Civilisation in China' and various histories of Chinese medicine, no complete, standalone English translation of this specific section has been published. Catalog searches confirm the absence of a full translation, identifying only academic secondary sources that reference the work.
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Step into a world where the human body is a cosmic landscape, governed by 'Officials' and spirits like the 'Dragon Mist.' This volume of the Sancai Tuhui reveals the profound diagnostic secrets of the Ming Dynasty, from reading the shape of one's ears to mapping the meridians against the stars.
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