Handbook of Divination and Prognostication in China : Part One: Introduction to the Field
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| Titel: | Handbook of Divination and Prognostication in China : Part One: Introduction to the Field |
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| Beschreibung: | This is the first comprehensive book that presents the manifold aspects of divination and prognostication in traditional and modern China, from the early period of oracle bones to present-day fortune-tellers. It introduces what is out there in the field of Chinese divination and prognostication, and how we can further explore it especially through different disciplines. Eminent specialists outline the classifications of divination, recently excavated texts, the relationship between practitioners and clients, the place of the “occult” arts in cosmology, literature and religion, and the bureaucratic system. Contributors are: Constance Cook, Richard J. Smith, Marc Kalinowski, Stephen R. Bokenkamp, Lü Lingfeng, Liao Hsien-huei, Philip Clart, Fabrizio Pregadio, Esther-Maria Guggenmos, Andrew Schonebaum, and Stéphanie Homola. |
| Autoren: | Michael Lackner, Zhao Lu |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Schlagworte: | Divination--China |
| Categories: | BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Divination / General, BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Divination / Fortune Telling, PHILOSOPHY / Eastern |
| Datenbank: | eBook Index |
| Abstract: | This is the first comprehensive book that presents the manifold aspects of divination and prognostication in traditional and modern China, from the early period of oracle bones to present-day fortune-tellers. It introduces what is out there in the field of Chinese divination and prognostication, and how we can further explore it especially through different disciplines. Eminent specialists outline the classifications of divination, recently excavated texts, the relationship between practitioners and clients, the place of the “occult” arts in cosmology, literature and religion, and the bureaucratic system. Contributors are: Constance Cook, Richard J. Smith, Marc Kalinowski, Stephen R. Bokenkamp, Lü Lingfeng, Liao Hsien-huei, Philip Clart, Fabrizio Pregadio, Esther-Maria Guggenmos, Andrew Schonebaum, and Stéphanie Homola. |
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| ISBN: | 9789004511279 9789004514263 |