Approaches to Traditional Chinese Medical Literature

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Prof. Dr. phil. Paul U. Unschuld, M.P. H. studierte Pharmazie, Sinologie und Politische Wissenschaften in München, sowie Public Health in Baltimore/USA. Er begann seine Universitätslaufbahn 1977 im Department of Behavioral Sciences an der Johns Hopkins University und ist seit 1986 Professor und Vorstand des Instituts für Geschichte der Medizin der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in München. Im Mittelpunkt seines wissenschaftlichen Wirkens liegt der Vergleich der Geschichte, Theorie und Ethik der Medizin in Europa und China.

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Proceedings of an International Symposium on Translation Methodologies and Terminologies

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Chinese Studies and the Issue of Fachprosa Research.- I: The Study of Ancient Chinese Medical Literature in Contemporary China and Japan. Surveys and Examples.- Classic Chinese Medical Literature in Contem-Porary China: Texts Selected for Modern Editions, and Problems Associated with This Work.- The Interpretation of Classical Chinese Medical Texts in Contemporary Japan: Achievements, Approaches, and Problems.- The Collation and Annotation of the Rare Book Lü Chanyan Bencao: A Medical Literature Research Project.- The Pen-Ts'ao Pei-Yao: A Modern Interpretation of Its Terminology and Contents.- II: Translating Chinese Medical Literature into European Languages. General Considerations.- Rectifying the Names: Suggestions for Standardizing Chinese Medical Terminology.- Obstacles to Translating Classical Chinese Medical Texts into Western Languages.- In Search of a Term Translation Strategy for Chinese Medical Classics.- III: Reflections Associated with the Rendering of Specific Texts.- Linguistic Reflections on the Translation of Chinese Medical Texts.- Terminological Problems Encountered and Experiences Gained in the Process of Editing a Commentated Nan-Ching Edition.- The Yin-Shan Cheng-Yao, A Sino-Uighur Dietary: Synopsis, Problems, Prospects.- Translating and Interpreting the Fu-Ch'i Ching-i Lun: Experiences Gained from Editing A T'ang Dynasty Taoist Medical Treatise.- IV: The Status of Research of Ancient Indian, Arabic, and European Medical Texts.- Terminological Problems in the Process of Editing and Translating Sanskrit Medical Texts.- The Philological Rendering of Arabic Medical Texts into Modern Western Languages.- The Corpus Medicorum Graecorum et Latinorum: Problems Related to the Philological Rendering of Medical Texts from Classic European Antiquity.-List of Authors.