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Book Workshop on Divination and Portent Interpretation in Ancient China  University of California  Berkeley  June 1983

Download or read book Workshop on Divination and Portent Interpretation in Ancient China University of California Berkeley June 1983 written by Workshop on Divination and Portent Interpretation in Ancient China and published by . This book was released on 1983* with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Representations of Childhood and Youth in Early China

Download or read book Representations of Childhood and Youth in Early China written by Anne Behnke Kinney and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book in any language to inquire into the emergence of childhood as a topic of significant cultural attention in Han times, as expressed in the intellectual discourse surrounding early Chinese cosmology, medicine, law, statecraft, and dynastic history.

Book Chinese Mathematical Astrology

Download or read book Chinese Mathematical Astrology written by Ho Peng Yoke and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2004-03-01 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Though there are a number of well-written works on Chinese divination, there are none that deal with the three sophisticated devices that were employed by the Chinese Astronomical Bureau in the eleventh century and for hundreds of years thereafter. Chinese experts applied the methods associated with these devices to both weather forecasting and to the interpretation of human affairs. Hidden by a veil of secrecy, these methods have always been relatively little known other than by their names. The first work in any language to explore these three methods, known as sanshi (three cosmic boards), this book sheds light on a topic which has been shrouded in mystery for centuries, having been kept secret for many years by the Chinese Astronomical Bureau.

Book Science and Civilisation in China

    Book Details:
  • Author : Joseph Needham
  • Publisher : Cambridge University Press
  • Release : 1991
  • ISBN : 9780521327275
  • Pages : 646 pages

Download or read book Science and Civilisation in China written by Joseph Needham and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 646 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book In Search of Personal Welfare

Download or read book In Search of Personal Welfare written by Mu-chou Poo and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first major reassessment of ancient Chinese religion to appear in recent years, this book presents the religious mentality of the period through personal and daily experiences.

Book Handbook of Divination and Prognostication in China

Download or read book Handbook of Divination and Prognostication in China written by Michael Lackner and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2022-05-20 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first book that systematically explores the manifold aspects of divination and prognostication in traditional and modern China.

Book The Cambridge History of China  Volume 1  The Ch in and Han Empires  221 BC AD 220

Download or read book The Cambridge History of China Volume 1 The Ch in and Han Empires 221 BC AD 220 written by Denis Twitchett and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1986-12-26 with total page 1032 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume begins the historical coverage of The Cambridge History of China with the establishment of the Ch'in empire in 221 BC and ends with the abdication of the last Han emperor in AD 220. Spanning four centuries, this period witnessed major evolutionary changes in almost every aspect of China's development, being particularly notable for the emergence and growth of a centralized administration and imperial government. Leading historians from Asia, Europe, and America have contributed chapters that convey a realistic impression of significant political, economic, intellectual, religious, and social developments, and of the contacts that the Chinese made with other peoples at this time. As the book is intended for the general reader as well as the specialist, technical details are given in both Chinese terms and English equivalents. References lead to primary sources and their translations and to secondary writings in European languages as well as Chinese and Japanese.

Book Fortune tellers and Philosophers

Download or read book Fortune tellers and Philosophers written by Richard J Smith and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-11-28 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Providing an analysis of Chinese divination as a means of organizing and interpreting reality, Richard Smith examines a wide variety of mantic techniques - from the use of the hallowed Yjing to such popular practices as siting (geomancy), astrology, numerology, physiognomy, the analysis of written characters, meteorological divination, the use of mediums (including spirit-writing), and dream interpretation. As he explains the pervasiveness and tenacity of divination in China, the author explores not only the connections between various mantic techniques but also the relationship between divination and other facets of Chinese culture, including philosophy, science and medicine. He discusses the symbolism of divination, its aesthetics, its ritual aspects, and its psychological and social significance, pointing out that in traditional China divination helped to order the future, just as history helped to order the past, and rituals the present.

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  • Release : 1988
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 332 pages

Download or read book written by and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Spring

Download or read book Spring written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Bulletin

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  • Author : Östasiatiska museet
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1998
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 480 pages

Download or read book Bulletin written by Östasiatiska museet and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book New Sources of Early Chinese History

Download or read book New Sources of Early Chinese History written by Edward L. Shaughnessy and published by Institute of East Asian Studies University of California - B. This book was released on 1997 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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  • Author : Joseph Needham
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1954
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 642 pages

Download or read book written by Joseph Needham and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 642 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For contents, see Author Catalog.