The "Ben Cao Gang Mu" brings together ancient medicine, wisdom, and culture. German scholar and translator Paul U. Unschuld explains why it remains a crucial text — revealing the culture that underlies Chinese health care and politics.
By Paul U. Unschuld, translator of the Ben cao gang mu seriesThe Ben cao gang mu series is the first complete and annotated translation of the classic work, combining the original Chinese text and its English equivalent.The Ben cao gang mu is a unique document based on literal quotes fro
This post is part of our UC Press Editor Spotlight Series.For this year’s virtual Association for Asian Studies conference, we connected with UC Press Asian Studies Editor Reed Malcolm to talk about our program and what new projects he’s most excited about. Reed also discusses our Luminos Op