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SUMMARY:Materia Medica and its Study in History of China (历史中的本
 草与本草学) - Emma He Bian\, Ph.D candidate in Dept. of the History o
 f Science\, Harvard University
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DESCRIPTION:What is Chinese materia medica? Is it a book\, a genre\, or a 
 peculiar kind of world view? In the history of China\, what kinds of actor
 s were creating\, transmitting and studying materia medica texts\, and how
  should we place the Chinese term bencao vis-à-vis other disciplines\, su
 ch as natural history\, pharmacology and botany? How should we consider th
 e great compilation <Bencao gangmu> in the history of Chinese materia medi
 ca? My research focuses on the evolution of pharmacology and society in 16
 th-18th century\, and in my presentation I shall try to draw some connecti
 ons between the learning of materia medica and some aspects of late imperi
 al Chinese society and culture.
LOCATION:Room 7\, Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies\, Sidgwick A
 venue\, CB3 9DA 
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