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Field, Stephen Lee 1951-

Ancient Chinese divination Stephen L. Field - Honolulu University of Hawaiʻi Press c2008 - xvi, 142 p. ill. 22 cm - Dimensions of Asian spirituality .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [133]-136) and index.

Background: Chinese correlative cosmology -- The origin and evolution of Chinese divination -- The Zhouyi, or Zhou changes -- Fengshui, or tomb and residential site orientation -- Numerology, or divination by counting -- Augury, or divination by portentous signs -- Sortilege, or divination by choosing from lots.

ISBN: 9780824832452 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0824832450 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780824832766 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0824832760 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Divination--Religion -- Folkreligion -- Divination