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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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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and 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. |
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. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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 |
Genre/Form |
History
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Other Form: |
Print version: Wang, Xing, 1989- Physiognomy in Ming China Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2020. 9789004429543 (DLC) 2020007969 |
ISBN |
9789004429550 (ebook) |
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9004429557 |
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9789004429543 (hardback) |
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9004429549 |
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9789004429543 |
Standard No. |
10.1163/9789004429550 |
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