Chinese character manipulation in literature and divination : : the Zichu by Zhou Lianggong (1612-1672) / / Anne Schmiedl.
"In Chinese Character Manipulation in Literature and Divination, Anne Schmiedl analyses the little-studied method of Chinese character manipulation as found in imperial sources. Focusing on one of the most famous and important works on this subject, the Zichu by Zhou Lianggong (1612-1672), Schm...
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| Superior document: | Prognostication in History; volume 3 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden, Netherlands : : Brill,, 2020. |
| Year of Publication: | 2020 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Prognostication in History;
volume 3. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Notes: | Includes index. |
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| Summary: | "In Chinese Character Manipulation in Literature and Divination, Anne Schmiedl analyses the little-studied method of Chinese character manipulation as found in imperial sources. Focusing on one of the most famous and important works on this subject, the Zichu by Zhou Lianggong (1612-1672), Schmiedl traces and discusses the historical development and linguistic properties of this method. This book represents the first thorough study of the Zichu and the reader is invited to explore how, on the one hand, the educated elite leveraged character manipulation as a literary play form. On the other hand, as detailed exhaustively by Schmiedl, practitioners of divination also used and altered the visual, phonetic, and semantic structure of Chinese characters to gain insights into events and objects in the material world". |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9004422374 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Anne Schmiedl. |