Physiognomy in Ming China : : fortune and the body / / by Xing Wang.
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 ma...
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| Superior document: | Sinica Leidensia ; Volume 149 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden, The Netherlands ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2020] ©2020 |
| Year of Publication: | 2020 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Sinica Leidensia ;
Volume 149. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
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Table of 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.