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ISBN:
9781139017466
Content:
The ancient Chinese were profoundly influenced by the Sun, Moon and stars, making persistent efforts to mirror astral phenomena in shaping their civilization. In this pioneering text, David W. Pankenier introduces readers to a seriously understudied field, illustrating how astronomy shaped the culture of China from the very beginning and how it influenced areas as disparate as art, architecture, calendrical science, myth, technology, and political and military decision-making. As elsewhere in the ancient world, there was no positive distinction between astronomy and astrology in ancient China, and so astrology, or more precisely, astral omenology, is a principal focus of the book. Drawing on a broad range of sources, including archaeological discoveries, classical texts, inscriptions and paleography, this thought-provoking book documents the role of astronomical phenomena in the development of the 'Celestial Empire' from the late Neolithic through the late imperial period
Content:
Part One. Astronomy and cosmology in the time of dragons -- Part Two. Aligning with heaven -- Part Three. Planetary omens and cosmic ideology -- Part Four. Warring states and Han astral portentology -- Part Five. One with the sky
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781107006720
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781107539013
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Pankenier, David W. Astrology and cosmology in early China Cambridge [u.a.] : Cambridge University Press, 2013 ISBN 9781107006720
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781107539013
Language:
English
Keywords:
China
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Astrologie
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9781139017466
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