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Author Wang, Xing, 1989- author.

Title Physiognomy in Ming China : fortune and the body / by Xing Wang.

Publication Info. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2020.

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Description 1 online resource.
Series Sinica Leidensia ; 149
Asian Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2020
Sinica Leidensia ; 149.
Asian Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2020.
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.
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Subject Fortune-telling -- China -- History.
Physiognomy -- China -- History.
Fortune-telling
Divination
Physiognomy
China
Genre/Form History
Other Form: Print version: Wang, Xing, 1989- Physiognomy in Ming China Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2020. 9789004429543 (DLC) 2020007969
ISBN 9789004429550 (ebook)
9004429557
9789004429543 (hardback)
9004429549
9789004429543
Standard No. 10.1163/9789004429550