Format:
1 Online-Ressource
ISBN:
9789004429550
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9789004429543
Series Statement:
Sinica Leidensia 149
Content:
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 material objects, Xing Wang shows how the construction of the physiognomic body in many Ming texts represent a unique, unprecedented ‘somatic cosmology’. Applying an anthropological reading to these texts and providing detailed analysis of this technique, the author proves that this physiognomic cosmology in Ming China emerged as a part of a new body discourse which differs from the modern scholarly discourse on the body
Note:
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.
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Physiognomy in Ming China: Fortune and the Body Leiden Boston : BRILL, 2020 ISBN 9789004429543
Language:
English
Subjects:
Ethnology
DOI:
10.1163/9789004429550
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