Manfred Porkert

Manfred B. Porkert (born August 16, 1933 in Tetschen , Czechoslovakia ; † March 31, 2015 ) was a German sinologist and author on traditional Chinese medicine .

Life

Porkert received his doctorate in 1957 from the Sorbonne University and completed his habilitation in 1969 at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich . There he taught Chinese and Chinese medicine from 1970 as a university lecturer , from 1975 as an extraordinary professor and from 1978 to 1996 as an extraordinary professor . In 1978 Porkert co-founded the Societas Medicinae Sinensis (SMS), which he also chaired from 1978 to 1984 and of which he was honorary president.

He wrote numerous works that promoted the spread of Traditional Chinese Medicine in the western world. Since 1989 Porkert has been editor-in-chief of the International Normative Dictionary of Chinese Medicine (INDCM), published in Beijing.

Manfred Porkert was co-author of the medical dictionary edited by Wolfgang U. Eckart and Christoph Gradmann , the third edition of which appeared in 2006. He wrote numerous biographies of prominent Chinese doctors, such as that of Li Shizhen .

Fonts (selection)

Theoretical Foundations of Chinese Medicine (1973)
Chinese Diagnostic Textbook (1976)
Clinical Chinese Pharmacology (1978)
Classic Chinese recipe (1984)
The Wizards Revolt (1986)
New textbook of Chinese diagnostics (1993)
Systematic acupuncture (1997)

Web links

Literature by and about Manfred Porkert in the catalog of the German National Library
Curriculum vitae of Manfred B. Porkert , website of the Istituto Internazionale di Studi Asiatici Avanzati Cesmeo (English)

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Kürschner's German Scholars Calendar . 22nd edition (2009). Vol. 3, p. 3189.
↑ [1]
^ Thomas Kampen: Institutes and Professors of Sinology at German, Austrian and Swiss Universities (1945–2001) , website of the University of Heidelberg, accessed on December 7, 2013.
^ Curriculum vitae of Manfred B. Porkert , website of the Istituto Internazionale di Studi Asiatici Avanzati Cesmeo , accessed on December 7, 2013.
↑ John Zhou: Chinese Medicine: Compendium. OZV, Bad Pyrmont 2004, p. 625.
^ Wolfgang U. Eckart and Christoph Gradmann : Doctors Lexicon. From antiquity to the present , 3rd edition Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2006, on Li Shizhen , age name: Dongbi, pseudonym: Binhu S. 209. ISBN 978-3-540-29584-6 (print), ISBN 978-3-540 -29585-3 (online).

personal data
SURNAME	Porkert, Manfred
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Porkert, Manfred B.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German sinologist and author
DATE OF BIRTH	August 16, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH	Tetschen

[Kü-1] Kürschner's German Scholars Calendar . 22nd edition (2009). Vol. 3, p. 3189.

[2] [1]

[3] Thomas Kampen: Institutes and Professors of Sinology at German, Austrian and Swiss Universities (1945–2001) , website of the University of Heidelberg, accessed on December 7, 2013.

[4] Curriculum vitae of Manfred B. Porkert , website of the Istituto Internazionale di Studi Asiatici Avanzati Cesmeo , accessed on December 7, 2013.

[5] John Zhou: Chinese Medicine: Compendium. OZV, Bad Pyrmont 2004, p. 625.

[6] Wolfgang U. Eckart and Christoph Gradmann : Doctors Lexicon. From antiquity to the present , 3rd edition Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2006, on Li Shizhen , age name: Dongbi, pseudonym: Binhu S. 209. ISBN 978-3-540-29584-6 (print), ISBN 978-3-540 -29585-3 (online).