Handbook of Divination and Prognostication in China: Part One: Introduction to the Field (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789004511279)

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.

Author: Michael Lackner
ISBN-10: 900451127X
ISBN-13: 9789004511279
Publisher: Brill
Language: English
Published: 05/19/2022
Pages: 572
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.05lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.20w x 1.40d