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Handbook of Divination and Prognostication in China : Part One: Introduction to the Field / Part One: Introduction to the Field edited by Michael Lackner and Zhao Lu. - 1 online resource. - Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 4 China ; 37 . - Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 4 China ; 37. .

The first book that systematically explores the manifold aspects of divination and prognostication in traditional and modern China.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preliminary Material -- Copyright page -- Acknowledgements -- Illustrations -- General Introduction / Chapter 1 Introduction to Thought and Mantic Arts / Chapter 2 Divination in BCE China according to Newly-Recovered and Excavated Texts / Chapter 3 Prognostication in Premodern China / Chapter 4 Typology and Classification of the Mantic Arts in China / Chapter 5 Prophecies and Prognostication / Chapter 6 Divination and Its Institutionalization in Pre-modern China / Chapter 7 Critique and Recognition / Chapter 8 Popular Religion and Prognostication / Chapter 9 Daoism and Divination / Chapter 10 Chinese Buddhism and Divination / Chapter 11 Fiction and Divination / Chapter 12 The Living Traditions of Divination / Index. Michael Lackner -- Lu Zhao -- Constance Cook -- Richard J. Smith -- Marc Kalinowski -- Stephen R. Bokenkamp -- Lingfeng Lü -- Hsien-huei Liao -- Philip Clart -- Fabrizio Pregadio -- Esther-Maria Guggenmos -- Andrew Schonebaum -- Stéphanie Homola --

This is the first comprehensive book that presents the manifold aspects of divination and prognostication in traditional and modern China, from the early period of oracle bones to present-day fortune-tellers. It introduces what is out there in the field of Chinese divination and prognostication, and how we can further explore it especially through different disciplines. Eminent specialists outline the classifications of divination, recently excavated texts, the relationship between practitioners and clients, the place of the “occult” arts in cosmology, literature and religion, and the bureaucratic system. Contributors are: Constance Cook, Richard J. Smith, Marc Kalinowski, Stephen R. Bokenkamp, Lü Lingfeng, Liao Hsien-huei, Philip Clart, Fabrizio Pregadio, Esther-Maria Guggenmos, Andrew Schonebaum, and Stéphanie Homola.

ISBN: 9789004514263 9789004511279

Standard No.: 10.1163/9789004514263 DOI

LCCN: 2022007644

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Divination--China.
Religion.
Philosophy.

LC Class. No.: BF1751

Dewey Class. No.: 133.30951