Author: Lackner, Michael & Zhao Lu. (eds).
Title: Handbook of divination and prognostication in China. Part 1: Introduction to the field of Chinese prognostication.
Description: Leiden & Boston, Brill, [2022]. IX,560 pp. Orig. hardcover (boards). 8vo. (Handbook of Oriental studies. / Handbuch der Orientalistik. Section 4: China). [ISBN: 978-90-04-51127-9]. - New copy.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. - Publisher's retail price: € 195,11. - Text in English.

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