{"product_id":"handbook-of-divination-and-prognostication-michael-lackner-9789004511279","title":"Handbook of Divination and Prognostication in China: Part One: Introduction to the Field","description":"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. \u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Lackner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 900451127X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789004511279\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Brill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/19\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 572\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.20w x 1.40d","brand":"Michael Lackner","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44076369117439,"sku":"9789004511279","price":215.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_95e71da2-3349-4c91-9afd-d24d8908b122.jpg?v=1685464619","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/handbook-of-divination-and-prognostication-michael-lackner-9789004511279","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}