| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Sinica Leidensia ; 149 |
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Asian Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2020 |
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Sinica Leidensia ; 149.
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Asian Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2020
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| Contents |
Front Matter -- Copyright Page -- Acknowledgements -- Figures and Tables -- Chronology of Chinese Dynasties -- Abbreviations and Conventions -- Introduction -- The Intellectual Context of Ming Physiognomy -- The Social Context of Physiognomy in the Ming -- The Physiognomic Conceptualisation of the Cosmos -- The Physiognomic Conceptualisation of the Body Microcosm -- The Physiognomic Conceptualisation of Human Physiology -- Categorising the Body and Interpreting Fortune -- Cultivating the Body and Changing Fortune -- Conclusion -- Back Matter -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
"In Physiognomy in Ming China : Fortune and the Body, Xing Wang investigates the intellectual and technical contexts in which the knowledge of physiognomy (xiangshu) was produced and transformed in Ming China (1368-1644 C.E.). Known as a fortune-telling technique via examining the human body and material objects, Xing Wang shows how the construction of the physiognomic body in many Ming texts represent a unique, unprecedented 'somatic cosmology'. Applying an anthropological reading to these texts and providing detailed analysis of this technique, the author proves that this physiognomic cosmology in Ming China emerged as a part of a new body discourse which differs from the modern scholarly discourse on the body"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
| Subject |
Fortune-telling -- China -- History
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Physiognomy -- China -- History
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Fortune-telling
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Divination
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Physiognomy
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China
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2020007970 |
| ISBN |
9789004429550 |
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9004429557 |
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9004429549 |
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9789004429543 |
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