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Ancient Chinese divination
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Ancient Chinese divination / Stephen L. Field.
ISBN
9780824832452 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0824832450 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780824832766 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0824832760 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Published
Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, c2008.
Physical Description
xvi, 142 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 17, 2009
Series
Dimensions of Asian spirituality
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [133]-136) and index.
Contents
Background: Chinese correlative cosmology
The origin and evolution of Chinese divination
The Zhouyi, or Zhou changes
Fengshui, or tomb and residential site orientation
Numerology, or divination by counting
Augury, or divination by portentous signs
Sortilege, or divination by choosing from lots.
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