The following is an excerpt from ‘Exercise Prescription in Sui China’ which is very close to being published:
Dr Dolly Yang’s translation of some 200 medieval daoyin exercises from China’s earliest book to classify and describe the nature of illness, Chao Yuanfang’s seventh century Zhubing yuanhou lun 諸病源候論 (Treatise on the Origins and Symptoms of Medical Disorders), is a unique and brilliant modern manual that aims at encapsulating ancient wisdom for our times. It walks a delicate line between the most rigorous of cultural translation and careful, practical interpretation of medieval therapeutic movement. Dolly is joined by the artist MUGEN who provides sensitive illustrations of the text designed for modern practice. Together, their book achieves a miracle of interdisciplinarity that will speak to both historian and general audiences. Indeed, those academics who are also practitioners, and practitioners of Chinese medicine and body work who ground their work in embodied reflections on historical authenticity will find plenty to engage and entertain them here. Translating and interpreting the text can have been no easy task. At home with both Chinese and English languages and cultures, as well as the exercises themselves, Dolly Yang seamlessly addresses the plural interests and concerns of this mixed readership.
– Foreword
by Vivienne Lo
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