Description |
1 online resource (270 pages) : illustrations |
Contents |
Foreword by Fei BingXun. Preface. Author Notes. 1. TongTianShenShu. 1.1. The Way of Heaven and Earth. 1.2. The Origin of GanZhi. 1.3. The Magic Tree. 1.4. Celestial Connection of Ganzhi. 1.5. GanZhi YinYang. 1.6. GanZhi WuXing. 1.7. QiYun -- The Rhythm of Qi. 2. TianGan XiangShu. 2.1. Jia. 2.2. Yi. 2.3. Bing. 2.4. Ding. 2.5. Wu. 2.6. Ji. 2.7. Geng. 2.8. Xin. 2.9. Ren. 2.10. Gui. 3. DiZhi XiangShu. 3.1. Zi. 3.2. Chou. 3.3. Yin. 3.4. Mao. 3.5. Chen. 3.6. Si. 3.7. Wu. 3.8. Wei. 3.9. Shen. 3.10. You. 3.11. Xu. 3.12. Hai. 4. GanZhi HeHua. 4.1. WuXingXiangSheng -- Birth Principle. 4.2. WuXingXiangKe -- Control Principle. 4.3. WuShiWuXingHuaTu -- Wu Family Five Elements Transformation Diagram. 4.4. TianGanHeHua -- Heavenly Stems Transformation Principle. 4.5. WuYun -- Five Cosmological Energies. 4.6 DiZhiLiuHe -- Earthly Branches Six Unions Principle. 4.7. DiZhiSanHui -- Earthly Branches Tri-gathering Principle. 4.8. DiZhiSanHe -- Earthly Branches Tri-combination Principle (Triangle Relationship). 4.9. DiZhiLiuChong -- Earthly Branches Six-Repellings Principle. 4.10. LiuQi -- Six Cosmological Qi. 4.11. DiZhiLiuHai -- Earthly Branches Six-Harmings Principle. 4.12. LiuShiHuaJia -- Sixty Stem Branch Combinations. 5. GanZhi JingShen. 5.1. JiaMu. 5.2. YiMu. 5.3. BingHuo. 5.4. DingHuo. 5.5. WuTu. 5.6. JiTu. 5.7. GengJin. 5.8. XinJin. 5.9. RenShui. 5.10. GuiShui. Afterword. Appendices. Dynasties of China. Symbolic Meanings of the Heavenly Stems Reference Table. Symbolic Meaning of the Earthly Branches Reference Table. TianGan DiZhi Internal Alchemy Practice Reference Table |
Summary |
A detailed explanation of the building blocks of Chinese metaphysics, the 22 Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches upon which Chinese medicine, astrology and FengShui are based. Poetic descriptions dating from the Song dynasty give the reader a deep understanding of the meaning of each and of their interrelationships |
Notes |
Includes index |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Calendar, Chinese.
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Astrology.
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SCIENCE -- Cosmology.
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Calendar, Chinese
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Taylor Wu, Karin, author
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BingXun, Fei, author of introduction, etc
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ISBN |
9780857011589 |
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0857011588 |
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