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Or.8210/S.6168

manuscript, ink on paper

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Title

Chart of Moxibustion Methods (Jiufa tu 灸法圖)

Date

700 to 900

Find site

Dunhuang Mogao

Measurement

height 27.5 centimetres, width 192 centimetres

Material

manuscript, ink on paper

Language / script

Chinese (lang.) Chinese (script)

Subject

Medicine Daoism Sponsored

Description

Scope and content : The six fragments, which are now being restored and pieced together, have been assigned the descriptive title Jiufa tu (moxibustion charts). The MS cannot be reliably dated, but a comparison of the script with other MSS supports a date within the Tang period. Five whole-body charts are preserved intact; the remainder are damaged or fragmentary and in some cases, only traces of the accompanying explanations remain.

Institution

British Library

Provenance

Stein 1906-8

Find site identifier

DHMG.

Find site description

Short description : Mogao Caves near Dunhuang

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Giles, LDescriptive Catalogue of the Chinese Manuscripts from Tunhuang in the British MuseumLondonBritish Museum1957ManuscriptsDunhuangGoldenLight

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