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Author Allan, Sarah

Title The shape of the turtle : myth, art, and cosmos in early China / Sarah Allan
Published Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, ©1991

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 230 pages) : illustrations
Series SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture
SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture.
Contents Introduction to the Shang -- Sons of suns -- From myth to history -- The shape of the cosmos -- Divination and sacrifice -- Art and meaning
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 206-222) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Philosophy, Chinese -- To 221 B.C.
Mythology, Chinese.
Cosmology, Chinese.
RELIGION -- Eastern.
Shang Dynasty (China)
Civilization
Cosmology, Chinese
Mythology, Chinese
Philosophy, Chinese
Kosmologie
Kultur
Mythologie
Philosophie
Philosophie -- Chine -- Jusqu'à 221 av. J.-C.
Mythologie chinoise.
Cosmologie chinoise.
SUBJECT China -- Civilization -- To 221 B.C. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85023993
China -- History -- Shang dynasty, 1766-1122 B.C. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024034
Subject China
China
Chine -- 1766-1122 av. J.-C. (Dynastie des Shang)
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 90030424
ISBN 0585086710
9780585086712
9780791494493
0791494497
Other Titles Myth, art, and cosmos in early China