Dicing And Divination In Early China

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Dicing And Divination In Early China

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Author : Mark Edward Lewis
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002

Dicing And Divination In Early China written by Mark Edward Lewis and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Dice games categories.

Handbook Of Divination And Prognostication In China

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Author : Michael Lackner
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2022-05-20

Handbook Of Divination And Prognostication In China written by Michael Lackner and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-05-20 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.

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.

The Early Chinese Empires

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Author : Mark Edward Lewis
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2010-10-30

The Early Chinese Empires written by Mark Edward Lewis and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-10-30 with History categories.

In 221 BC the First Emperor of Qin unified what would become the heart of a Chinese empire whose major features would endure for two millennia. In the first of a six-volume series on the history of imperial China, Lewis highlights the key challenges facing court officials and scholars who set about governing an empire of such scale and diversity.

Dice And Gods On The Silk Road

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Author : Brandon Dotson
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2021-07-19

Dice And Gods On The Silk Road written by Brandon Dotson and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-07-19 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.

What do dice and gods have in common? What is the relationship between dice divination and dice gambling? This interdisciplinary collaboration situates the tenth-century Chinese Buddhist “Divination of Maheśvara” within a deep Chinese backstory of divination with dice and numbers going back to at least the 4th century BCE. Simultaneously, the authors track this specific method of dice divination across the Silk Road and into ancient India through a detailed study of the material culture, poetics, and ritual processes of dice divination in Chinese, Tibetan, and Indian contexts. The result is an extended meditation on the unpredictable movements of gods, dice, divination books, and divination users across the various languages, cultures, and religions of the Silk Road.

Ancient Central China

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Author : Rowan K. Flad
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2013-01-21

Ancient Central China written by Rowan K. Flad and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01-21 with Social Science categories.

Ancient Central China provides an up-to-date synthesis of archaeological discoveries in the upper and middle Yangzi River region of China, including the Three Gorges Dam reservoir zone. It focuses on the Late Neolithic (late third millennium BC) through the end of the Bronze Age (late first millennium BC) and considers regional and interregional cultural relationships in light of anthropological models of landscape. Rowan K. Flad and Pochan Chen show that centers and peripheries of political, economic and ritual activities were not coincident, and that politically peripheral regions such as the Three Gorges were crucial hubs in interregional economic networks, particularly related to prehistoric salt production. The book provides detailed discussions of recent archaeological discoveries and data from the Chengdu Plain, Three Gorges and Hubei to illustrate how these various components of regional landscape were configured across Central China.

The Other Yijing

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Author : Tze-ki Hon
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2021-11-29

The Other Yijing written by Tze-ki Hon and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-11-29 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.

In imperial China, the Yijing (Book of Changes) was not just read as a Confucian classic for moral cultivation, but also put into practice to solve problems of everyday life. To explain why the Yijing was so widely used in China, this volume examines its multiple textual layers, its divinatory practices, its medical uses, and its role in Chinese modernity. Together, the ten chapters demonstrate that the Yijing is indeed a living text used by both the educated elite and the populace to alleviate their fear and anxiety. Contributors are: Andrea Bréard, Chang Chia-Feng, Constance A. Cook, Stéphane Feuillas, Tze-ki Hon, Liao Hsien-huei, William Matthews, Tao Yingna, Xing Wang, and Zhao Lu.

The Grand Scribe S Records Volume Xi

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Author : Ssu-ma Ch'ien
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 2019-07-31

The Grand Scribe S Records Volume Xi written by Ssu-ma Ch'ien and has been published by Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-07-31 with History categories.

Part of the extraordinary multi-volume portrait of ancient China written by a court official of the Han Dynasty. The Grand Scribe’s Records, Volume XI presents the final nine memoirs of Ssu-ma Ch’ien’s history, continuing the series of collective biographies with seven more prosopographies on the ruthless officials, the wandering gallants, the artful favorites, those who discern auspicious days, turtle and stalk diviners, and those whose goods increase, punctuated by the final account of Emperor Wu’s wars against neighboring peoples and concluded with Ssu-ma Ch’ien’s postface containing a history of his family and himself. Praise for the series: “[An] indispensable addition to modern sinology.” —China Review International “The English translation has been done meticulously.” —Choice

Three Faces Of Sun Tzu

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Author : Scott Boorman
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2024-02-15

Three Faces Of Sun Tzu written by Scott Boorman and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-02-15 with Political Science categories.

Sun Tzu's Art of War is widely regarded as the most influential military & strategic classic of all time. Through 'reverse engineering' of the text structured around 14 Sun Tzu 'themes,' this rigorous analysis furnishes a thorough picture of what the text actually says, drawing on Chinese-language analyses, historical, philological, & archaeological sources, traditional commentaries, computational ideas, and strategic & logistics perspectives. Building on this anchoring, the book provides a unique roadmap of Sun Tzu's military and intelligence insights and their applications to strategic competitions in many times and places worldwide, from Warring States China to contemporary US/China strategic competition and other 21st century competitions involving cyber warfare, computing, other hi-tech conflict, espionage, and more. Simultaneously, the analysis offers a window into Sun Tzu's limitations and blind spots relevant to managing 21st century strategic competitions with Sun-Tzu-inspired adversaries or rivals.

The Mythic Chinese Unicorn

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Author : Jeannie Thomas Parker
language : en
Publisher: FriesenPress
Release Date : 2018-01-29

The Mythic Chinese Unicorn written by Jeannie Thomas Parker and has been published by FriesenPress this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-01-29 with Social Science categories.

This is the first book in the English language to explore the origin and significance of the mythic Chinese unicorn and its influence on later unicorn myths. It proves, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that the Chinese unicorn was not the qilin, but a one-horned female goat-like beast called the zhi (pronounced jhuhr). It also examines the real animals upon which the myth was based. Its most significant finding, however, is that the unicorn zhi was the ultimate symbol of justice under the law in ancient China. Making judicious use of all available evidence, historical, epigraphical, archaeological, art historical and scientific, this book explains how the myth of the unicorn began in China and then gradually spread to other parts of Asia and Europe.

Coping With The Future

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Author :
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2018-06-12

Coping With The Future written by and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-06-12 with History categories.

Coping with the Future: Theories and Practices of Divination in East Asia offers insights into various techniques of divination, their evolution, and their assessment. The contributions cover the period from the earliest documents on East Asian mantic arts to their appearance in the present time. The volume reflects the pervasive manifestations of divination in literature, religious and political life, and their relevance for society and individuals. Special emphasis is placed on cross-cultural influences and attempts to find theoretical foundations for divinatory practices. This edited volume is an initiative to study the phenomena of divination across East Asian cultures and beyond. It is also one of the first attempts to theorize divinatory practices through East Asian traditions.