Transforming Emotions With Chinese Medicine: An Ethnographic Account from Contemporary China (S U N Y Series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture) PDF
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Transforming Emotions with Chinese Medicine SUNY series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture Roger T. Ames, editor Transforming Emotions with Chinese Medicine An Ethnographic Account from Contemporary China Yanhua Zhang STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK PRESS Published by STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK PRESS, ALBANY © 2007 State University of New York All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission. No part of this book may be stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means including electronic, electrostatic, magnetic tape, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise without the prior permission in writing of the publisher. For information, address State University of New York Press 194 Washington Avenue, Suite 305, Albany, NY 12210-2384 Production by Christine Hamel Marketing by Michael Campochiaro Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Zhang, Yanhua. Transforming emotions with Chinese medicine : an ethnographic account from contemporary China / Yanhua Zhang. p. cm. -- (SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13: 978-0-7914-6999-6 (hardcover : alk. paper) ISBN-13: 978-0-7914-7000-8 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Medical anthropology--China. 2. Medicine, Chinese. 3. Traditional medicine--China. 4. Ethnopsychology--China. 5. Emotions--Social aspects-- China. I. Title. II. Series. GN296.5.C6Z53 2007 306.4´610951--dc22 2006012941 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 For my parents. Contents Tables ix Illustrations xi Acknowledgments xiii I. Introduction 1 II. Chinese Medicine: Continuity and Modern Transformations 17 III. The Chinese World of SHENTI (Body-Person) 31 IV. Contextualizing QINGZHI 情志 (Emotions) 53 V. Understanding ZHONGYI Clinical Classification 75 VI. Manifestations of YU (Stagnations) 87 VII. Clinical Process of TIAO (Attuning) 105 VIII. Conclusion 139 Appendix: Transcription Conventions 145 Notes 147 Bibliography 169 Index 187 vii Tables 4.1 Summary of the functions of the five visceral systems 68 4.2 Wuxing and the five-zang systems 70 4.3 Emotions and counteremotions 73 6.1 Zheng (syndromes) and qingzhi disorders 91 6.2 Distribution of qingzhi disorders according to zheng (Patterns) 92 ix
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