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Chinese Medical Characters (Chinese Medicine Language) (v. 1)
by: Nigel Wiseman, Zhaang Yeuhauan, Yuhuan Zhang, Michael Helme |
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Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 610.3 EAN: 9780912111681 Edition: illustrated edition Format: Illustrated ISBN: 0912111682 Label: Paradigm Publications (MA) Manufacturer: Paradigm Publications (MA) Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 233 Publication Date: April 15, 2003 Publisher: Paradigm Publications (MA) Studio: Paradigm Publications (MA) |
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  - Pay for 100 Characters, Get 100 CharactersThis is a book of the 100 most commonly used characters in traditional Chinese medical literature. If you are expecting more than a hundred, you'll be disappointed, but the 100 characters presented here are done so with clarity: 2 pages dedicated to each character. On the left, you have the character in simplified and traditional format (which is important, depending upon where in Taiwan or China you're reading Chinese), common ways and examples in which the character is used, an explanation of the component parts and significance of the character, and the etymology (evolution from the ancient pictograph into the modern), and on the facing page, there is a worksheet for practicing writing the character. Having studied Chinese for about two years in preparation for Chinese medical school, I feel the best way to remember these characters is to write write write! I was quite surprised to see that one reviewer complained that etymologies are offered here, since the symbolic significance and make-up of each character has really helped me to remember and differentiate between similar characters. (Sometimes you can really see the original meaning in the ancient script!) One thing this book could have had to further aid in memorization and usage is additional workbook type exercises and sample practice reading sections to help bridge the gap between this series and the rather dense Chinese Medical Chinese that follows. In terms of price, to be honest, having already studied a fair amount of Chinese, I think I would have paid 5 bucks just for a copy of the table of contents and done the research on my own. But for the beginning student, you're paying not only for the text, but for the assurance that it's been presented by a traditional Chinese medical language authority and veteran translator. If you liked this book, the second, Acu Point Vocab, follows the same format and the third, Materia Medica Vocab, can also be found online elsewhere. Rating:  - Write Chinese, good not greatExactly what I wanted, but then I wanted more... It covers a few characters and how they are written in many different ways. It can be a little confusing, pre-historic, ancient, modern, printed, etc. The authors feel the different forms are needed, but I really need only modern script. Also, I need more medical characters. This is Vol. one, and each of the next volumes will coaver more characters. I hope they publish them all in one book, before I graduate from TCM school. Right now, it is a lot of cash for a small book that just makes me want the next three books. Very valuble, and I'll use it for a few weeks but not return to it. |
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