Richard J Smith

Fortune-tellers and Philosophers (eBook, ePUB)

Divination In Traditional Chinese Society

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 446
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. November 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780429710759
• Artikelnr.: 62457979

Inhaltsangabe

Viewing the flowers from horseback; orthodox cosmology in the qing; the yijing in Qing society; the ways of wind and water; reading fate; spirit mediums and spirit messages.