杜斌

Du Bin — public information about this author is limited, and no reliable record of nationality, dates of birth and death, education, or professional appointments is available. Judging from the two works held in the collection, his reading and writing interests span two quite different fields: medicine and classical Chinese literature. One is the second edition of Critical Care Medicine, a professional clinical volume concerned with the treatment and theoretical organization of critical illness; the other is a fully annotated and modern-Chinese translation of The Classic of Tea and its Sequel, part of a series presenting canonical Chinese texts to general readers. These subjects are far apart, yet both demand solid knowledge and careful textual work—the first emphasizing practical standards, the second textual scholarship and accurate annotation. Only these two works are known, commonly classified under medicine and classical literature. Further details of Du Bin's life and academic background await additional sources and are not speculated upon here.