Le CEIB (Centre d’études interdisciplinaires sur le bouddhisme) annonce la tenue de la communication suivante :
Asian Medicine at the Crossroads: Si tu Paṇ chen Chos kyi ’byung gnas (1699-1774) and his Contributions to Traditional Medical Science (gso rig)
par Leonard van der Kuijp (Université de Harvard)
le jeudi 19 mars, 16h30-18h30
INALCO, Maison de la Recherche (2 rue de Lille), Salle de Sacy
Résumé de la communication :
Born, if not with a golden spoon in his mouth, then at least with a silver one, Si tu (< Ch. situ 司徒) or Ta’i si tu (< Ch. dasitu 大司徒) Paṇ chen was no doubt the most versatile Tibetan scholar of the eighteenth century and arguably the greatest intellectual active during this period in what is now Sichuan Province, PRC. His recognition as a re-embodiment in the Karma Bka’ brgyud pa lineage of the Si tu/Ta’i si tu series was not immediate and was by no means uncontroversial. Nevertheless, his eventual recognition proved to be a fortunate choice. Si tu Paṇ chen’s intellectual versatility and the breadth of his learning were in part predicated on his talent for languages. These included Sanskrit, probably Newari/Nepali, Chinese, probably Naxi as well, and some Mongolian. Except for Newari/Nepali, these languages gave him access to the principles of both Indic Ayurveda and Chinese medicine. His collected oeuvre contains translations of Chinese treatises dealing with the treatment of smallpox and the use of medicinal substances. He was also something of a herbalist, and his writings—as well as those of the students inspired by him—testify to his/their knowledge of herbal medicine. In addition to writing on medicine per se, he also compounded his own medicines and even maintained a kind of dispensary through which he distributed his remedies far and wide.
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