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題名 Visual representation and oral transmission of yangsheng techniques in Ming china
作者 陳秀芬
Chen, Hsiu-fen
貢獻者 歷史系
關鍵詞 yangsheng;daoyin;visual culture;oral tradition;Ming Dynasty
日期 2012.12
上傳時間 9-Dec-2013 10:39:35 (UTC+8)
摘要 Pictures of publications abound in Ming China (1368-1644). So do the illustrations of books on medicine and health maintenance. In the case of daoyin gymnastics, the number of their illustrations increases rapidly in particular during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. They are depicted in both yangsheng monographs and household almanacs. Some believe that the abundance of illustrations is due to the fierce competition in the publication industry and book marketing of the Ming. This article goes further to argue what the illustrations signify is not only the commercialisation of yangsheng knowledge, but the popularisation of the body techniques. These pictorial objects do make the written instructions more comprehensible. Another aspect that this article reveals is the verses, songs and maxims on yangsheng widely recorded in the Ming health manuals. These mnemonics help summarise yangsheng knowledge into an easy-to-remember form. They also indicate the influences from oral transmission of therapeutic techniques. With the aid of images and verbal evidence, Chinese yangsheng tradition handed down from the antiquity has been transformed in both its production and reception in the Ming times.
關聯 Asian Medicine - TRADITION and modernity, 7(1), 128-163
資料類型 article
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15734218-12341246
dc.contributor 歷史系en_US
dc.creator (作者) 陳秀芬zh_TW
dc.creator (作者) Chen, Hsiu-fenen_US
dc.date (日期) 2012.12en_US
dc.date.accessioned 9-Dec-2013 10:39:35 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.available 9-Dec-2013 10:39:35 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.issued (上傳時間) 9-Dec-2013 10:39:35 (UTC+8)-
dc.identifier.uri (URI) http://nccur.lib.nccu.edu.tw/handle/140.119/62267-
dc.description.abstract (摘要) Pictures of publications abound in Ming China (1368-1644). So do the illustrations of books on medicine and health maintenance. In the case of daoyin gymnastics, the number of their illustrations increases rapidly in particular during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. They are depicted in both yangsheng monographs and household almanacs. Some believe that the abundance of illustrations is due to the fierce competition in the publication industry and book marketing of the Ming. This article goes further to argue what the illustrations signify is not only the commercialisation of yangsheng knowledge, but the popularisation of the body techniques. These pictorial objects do make the written instructions more comprehensible. Another aspect that this article reveals is the verses, songs and maxims on yangsheng widely recorded in the Ming health manuals. These mnemonics help summarise yangsheng knowledge into an easy-to-remember form. They also indicate the influences from oral transmission of therapeutic techniques. With the aid of images and verbal evidence, Chinese yangsheng tradition handed down from the antiquity has been transformed in both its production and reception in the Ming times.en_US
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dc.relation (關聯) Asian Medicine - TRADITION and modernity, 7(1), 128-163en_US
dc.subject (關鍵詞) yangsheng;daoyin;visual culture;oral tradition;Ming Dynastyen_US
dc.title (題名) Visual representation and oral transmission of yangsheng techniques in Ming chinaen_US
dc.type (資料類型) articleen
dc.identifier.doi (DOI) 10.1163/15734218-12341246-
dc.doi.uri (DOI) http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15734218-12341246-