China Books

This is a series of basic Chinese textbooks designed primarily for those studying Traditional Chinese Medicine. The complete set consists of two parts, both of which contain ‘Reading and Writing,’ and ‘Listening’ and ‘Speaking.’ The first part introduces a basic understanding of Chinese pronunciation, grammar, and characters, while the second part focuses mainly on commonly used words and regular forms. (ISBN:7561906846) (For this item please quote stock ID 14497) ISBN: 7561906846

A Chinese-English dictionary with 1000 selected traditional Chinese medicine terms. Notes and explanations in Chinese and English, and pinyin annotations, are also included. (For this item please quote stock ID 15627) ISBN: 9787810104685

(For this item please quote stock ID 25757) ISBN: 9787801566584

The book has selected 100 practical Chinese sentences associated with TCM. These sentences can help students who plan to major in TCM master certain amount of TCM knowledge. They can also help other learners understand traditional Chinese culture, increase their proficiency in Chinese and solve basic language problems associated with TCM. (For this item please quote stock ID 31029) ISBN: 9787040215649

This book consists of 15 units: Seeing a Doctor & First Visit, Medicine, Surgery, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Pediatrics, Neurology & Psychiatry, Ophthalmology, Otorhinology, Stomatology, Dermatology, Laboratory Tests & Other Diagnostic Methods, Health Instruction, Nursing, Physical Therapy and Other Topics. (For this item please quote stock ID 24829) ISBN: 9787117042932

These two volumes teach the language of contemporary Chinese technical literature. The subject matter is Chinese medicine, and all 128 texts are excerpted from an introduction to Chinese medicine written by Qin Bowei, one of the founders of modern Chinese medicine and a medical writer. The work is a superb supplement for students of Chinese and an effective course of study for clinicians or scholars who require only the skills necessary to use Chinese technical periodicals, papers, and texts. The first volume teaches vocabulary, a completed transliteration in pinyin and a finished English translation accompany the Chinese. Contemporary simplified character discussions of the fundamental principles of Chinese medicine are provided. The second volume teaches analysis of Chinese texts by showing how to identify the basic statement of a sentence and the adjunct statements completing its meaning. (For this item please quote stock ID 13642) ISBN: 9780912111476

These two volumes teach the language of contemporary Chinese technical literature. The subject matter is Chinese medicine, and all 128 texts are excerpted from an introduction to Chinese medicine written by Qin Bowei, one of the founders of modern Chinese medicine and a medical writer. The work is a superb supplement for students of Chinese and an effective course of study for clinicians or scholars who require only the skills necessary to use Chinese technical periodicals, papers, and texts. The first volume teaches vocabulary, a completed transliteration in pinyin and a finished English translation accompany the Chinese. Contemporary simplified character discussions of the fundamental principles of Chinese medicine are provided. The second volume teaches analysis of Chinese texts by showing how to identify the basic statement of a sentence and the adjunct statements completing its meaning. '...an excellent text for the student of Chinese medicine who wants to gain further understanding by reading text in the original. Paul Unschuld’s translations are clear and precise and his choice of material is excellent. My students love it.' - Marnae Ergil, Pacific Institute of Oriental Medicine 'The sixteen lessons...offer any student of Chinese who interests are not focused on medicine a plethora of insights into notions and concepts that may not be known to him/her from other realms of Chinese intellectual culture...If used as an instrument to decipher medical texts and as a survey of the characteristics of traditional Chinese medicine, these two volumes are a welcome and recommendable compendium for medical personnel with some prior knowledge of Chinese and also for sinologists.' - Elizabeth Kurz, CHUN (For this item please quote stock ID 13643) ISBN: 9780912111469

This work forms an integral part of the Chinese Medical Characters series for students and practitioners who are engaged in the study of Chinese medicinal language. It presents the first 100 characters based upon frequency of use in medicinal texts, as well as an overall program designed to help the student acquire the necessary tools for building a thorough vocabulary. This first volume represents the basics of Chinese characters along with the etymologies of the 100 most commonly seen characters. Designed as a workbook, it offers students practice in learning to read, recognise, and write the characters and provides the basic tools that students need to become familiar with the written language of Chinese medicine and thereby enrich their studies. (For this item please quote stock ID 20619) ISBN: 9780912111681

This work forms an integral part of the Chinese Medical Characters series for students and practitioners who are engaged in the study of Chinese medicinal language. This volume continues the style of presentation in Volume One, featuring the root vocabulary of acupoints and their function within the conceptual system of Chinese medicine. The format of the second volume is the same as that of the first. Each of the 100 characters is introduced in its simplified and complex forms with significs and stroke counts for both forms. The most commonly used equivalents of the characters are also shown. Further descriptions give the composition of the character, explain the evolution of its meanings, and give examples of character combinations. A final section sets out the stroke sequence for the character and includes space for students to practice writing the characters. The Chinese name reflects a point's location, function, yin-yang and five-phase affiliation, or relationship to the channel system. Thus they tell students something about the clinical utilisation of the point, or provide a mnemonic key to important features of its use. For easy review purposes, an appendix contains a systematic list of channel point names which are exclusively comprised of characters introduced in this book and in Volume One. When you have mastered these two books, you will be amazed at how many point names you can read for yourself (For this item please quote stock ID 23663) ISBN: 9780912111698

This work offers a selection of 60 texts with vocabulary and translation, compiled and translated from 33 classics including the Huang Di Nei Jing, Yi Xue, Nan Jing, Shi Ji, San Yin Lun, Shang Han Lun, Ben Cao Gan Mu, and Pi Wei Lun. The texts are presented in 10 lessons. Each lesson provides information on the issues that have gained the most attention in the West: general values, structure and function of the organism, concepts of disease and diagnosis, principles of therapy, pharmaceutics, and needle treatment. Intended to optimise student study, each monograph includes the Chinese text in easily readable type size; a table containing each Chinese character with its pinyin and English translation; a pinyin translation of the excerpt; an English translation of the excerpt; and translational notes. A vocabulary is provided which builds up as the lessons progress and which emphasises medical terminology. Also included is a final glossary of all the characters introduced in the individual texts, which allows the student to systematically access the classical Chinese medical literature. The work also contains a detailed guide to currently available dictionaries, biographies, and bibliographies, thus making it indispensable as a starting point for the study of the primary sources of Chinese traditional medicine. Given the widespread and increasing interest in traditional Chinese life sciences, this work will receive wide attention. It lends itself as a textbook for academic Chinese language courses and for private use. Even for readers not intending to study 'medical' Chinese language, this book presents rich data on ancient Chinese life science and medicine since – with only very few exceptions – all texts reproduced here are translated into a Western language for the first time. Paul Unschuld is the head of the Institute for the Study of Medicine in Munich Germany. His prior works include the foremost translations of the seminal classics of Chinese medicine. [Synopis from Redwing Reviews] (For this item please quote stock ID 25158) ISBN: 9780912111810

A very sophisticated and highly useful work for the student or practitioner of Chinese medicine wanting to acquire original medical language. It is aimed at those who already have a knowledge of Chinese character compostion, how they are written, and how they are pronounced. While the text itself can be navigated entirely in pinyin, students should know how to use Chinese language dictionaries. Anyone who has a basic knowledge of Chinese can use this book to acquire the more than 2500 terms covered by this text. The book is presented in three parts. The first describes the basic features of the literary language of Chinese medicine, its relationship to the language of the classical period and to the modern vernacular of northern China, known as ‘Mandarin.’ It explains many grammatical constructions commonly encountered in Chinese medical texts, and describes in detail how Chinese medical terms are composed. The second part presents the terminology of Chinese medicine in its component characters. The characters are introduced in sets according to subject matter (for example, the terms related to the five phases, terms related to inspection of the tongue, terms related to pulse-taking, terms related to women’s diseases, etc). Pinyin pronunciation and English rendering are given with Kenyon and Knott phonetic transcriptions of the English renderings for the benefit of non-English-speaking learners. Each of these lists is followed by a third section that presents examples of compound terms that use the characters already introduced. The examples are then followed by self-test drills on vocabulary items. An answer key is provided at the end of the book. The text begins with an explanation of the grammar and continues with vocabulary sections covering Basic Theories, Diseases, Pathomechanisms and Pattern Identification, Principles and Methods of Treatment, Chinese Pharmaceutics and Acupuncture. Students wishing to find out more about Chinese medical terms and concepts can consult A Practical Dictionary of Chinese Medicine by the same authors. The four appendices include answers to the 912 self-test questions, Chinese medicinals and formulas by treatment principle (e.g. exterior-resolving formulas) and the names of channel points. A complete English-Pinyin-Chinese and Pinyin-Chinese-English index of all the single characters introduced in the text provides access to the basic elements of the terminology. (For this item please quote stock ID 16175) ISBN: 9780912111650

Using this book, you can be translating modern medical Chinese within hours! This book will not teach you to read a Chinese newspaper or how to order a meal in a Chinese restaurant. What it will teach you is a quick, practical method of accessing the modern medical literature coming out of China today. This is how the author taught himself to do it and he shares all his tips, tricks, and shortcuts with you. Gain immediate access to the latest clinical research on diseases that you see if the clinic every day! In this workbook you will learn: >how to look up Chinese characters in a Chinese-English dictionary >how to interpret the characters once you have looked them up >how to use quick 'cheat sheets' for identifying: Chinese acupuncture point name; Chinese medicinal names; Chinese formulae names >how to purchase Chinese medical texts by mail >how to subscribe to Chinese medical journals from China >what to translate & what not to, as a beginner >how typical Chinese journal articles & clinical manuals are set up (For this item please quote stock ID 7040) ISBN: 9780936185996

This book has been prepared in an effort to address the pressing need for a common language, i.e. international standard terminology and technical terms to be used in traditional medicine. The number of commonly used terms in traditional medicine is estimated to be more than 4000, most of which are included in this book, which is designed for use by students and clinical practitioners and researchers in the Western Pacific Region. It seeks to establish standardized translations of traditional Chinese terminology (for the purposes of this book, traditional as opposed to simplified Chinese Characters are used) and offers translations in both directions. Temporary Advisers: Professor WISEMAN Nigel,Professor LI Zhaoguo, Professor UNSCHULD Paul, Professor YAMASHITA Hitoshi, Professor XUE Charlie, etc. Observers: Professor CAI Jingfeng, Porfessor MA Kanwen, etc. Final peer reviewers: Dr. BENSKY Dan, Professor LIU Liang, Dr. REID Tony, Professor UNSCHULD Paul, Professor WHITE Paul, Professor ZALAWSKI Christopher, etc. (For this item please quote stock ID 28675) ISBN: 9789290612483

Highly recommended - Steven Clavey A boon to practitioners of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) - in their professional life and on visits to China!

~Chinese for TCM Practitioners teaches simple spoken Chinese and the terminology of Chinese medicine. The language section is based on practical phrases used in everyday situations and in the clinic. The accompanying compact discs bring the spoken word to life and make learning Chinese a practical reality. Disc 1 covers basic Chinese, and Disc 2 covers TCM terminology. A little familiarity with Chinese can make learning Chinese herbs and formulas so much easier. Names can indicate whether it is a root, a leaf or a flower, and formula names become more meaningful. Features:
>Classic quotes & proverbs >A full glossary of all Channel acupoints >The Ten Stems & Twelve Branches >Chronological table of Chinese history >Historical milestones in TCM history Contents:
Section One: Theory >Chapter 1: Reading Pinyin >Chapter 2: Chinese Characters: History & Composition >Chapter 3: Chinese Characters: Strokes & Stroke Order >Chapter 4: Chinese Characters: Dictionary Usage >Chapter 5: Difficulties in Translation: Linguistic, Cultural & Social Differences Section 2: Common Words & Phrases >Chapter 6: Basic Sentence Structure: Questions & Statements >Chapter 7: Greetings >Chapter 8: Introductions: Professions, Nationalities, Age >Chapter 9: Family >Chapter 10: Visiting Friends & Dining >Chapter 11: Shopping >Chapter 12: In The Clinic >Chapter 13: Times, Dates & Appointments Section 3: TCM Terminology >Chapter 14: Fundamental Terms >Chapter 15: Diagnosis >Chapter 16: Treatment Principles & Diagnostic Patterns Section 4: Acupoints, Herbs, Formulas >Chapter 17: Acupuncture Point Names >Chapter 18: Herb Names >Chapter 19: Formula Names Section 5: Appendices >Appendix 1: Quotations, Proverbs & Common Sayings >Appendix 2: Glossary of Acupuncture Points >Appendix 3: Ten Stems & Twelve Branches >Appendix 4: Chronological Tables of Chinese History >Appendix 5: Historical Milestones: Notable Figures & Classic Texts >Bibliography >Index to Audio CDs ‘This textbook is obviously a work of love. It is a very well thought-out manual for gently escorting a Western Chinese medicine practitioner into and through what in the beginning is an overwhelming different world of Chinese language ... This book is an excellent tool for self-guided study ... There are very good explanations for the sounds involved in Mandarin, and importantly, a well-produced double audio CD set for the exercises ... When I was learning all those years ago, I would have loved to have had just the audio recording of the most common 70 acupuncture point names, yet here they are with the numbers, characters, pinyin and translation ... this excellent work is ... Highly recommended’ — Steven Clavey, The Lantern, Volume 2, #3, September 2005. (For this item please quote stock ID 24261) ISBN: 9780975726402

A basic language textbook designed specifically for Western students of Chinese medicine that guides the reader through all aspects of learning the Chinese language (basic grammar, vocabulary, reading and writing), with a focus on Chinese medical terminology. The purpose of this book is to give readers a solid foundation in TCM-related Chinese character and phrase recognition, enabling them to eventually move on to other texts through self-study.

(For this item please quote stock ID 31865) ISBN: 9787117127332