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9780804743358

Chinese Poetry And Prophecy

by Strickmann, Michel
  • ISBN13:

    9780804743358

  • ISBN10:

    0804743355

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2005-04-05
  • Publisher: Stanford Univ Pr

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Summary

Focusing on oracular texts, this text examines the role of divination in Chinese culture, particularly in religious practice. Drawing on ancient and modern sources, the author establishes the oracular sequence of important but obscure works.

Author Biography

The late Michel Strickmann was Professor of Chinese Religions at the University of California, Berkeley, and a world-renowned expert on Taoism and on Asian popular religion. Stanford University Press has also published his Chinese Magical Medicine (2002).

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations ix
Foreword xi
Introduction xx
1. Ritual and Randomization 1(6)
2. Chinese Oracles In Partibus 7(23)
3. Termina Technica 30(4)
4. Modern Studies, Editions, and Translations 34(13)
5. New Evidence: A Clutch of Taoist Oracles 47(10)
6. New Evidence: The Oldest Buddhist Sequence 57(19)
7. La Trahison Des Cleromanes: Divination in a Buddhist Setting 76(11)
8. Writing and Chinese Ritual 87(11)
9. Visions of Diffusion: Central Asia and the West 98(47)
Notes 145(40)
Bibliography 185(24)
Index 209

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