Chinese Poetry And Prophecy: The Written Oracle In East Asia - Couverture souple

Strickmann, Michel

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0804743355 ISBN 13 : 9780804743358

Editeur : Stanford University Press, 2005

Synopsis

Focusing on oracular texts, Chinese Poetry and Prophecy examines the role of divination in Chinese culture, particularly in religious practice. Drawing on a dazzling array of ancient and modern sources, the author establishes the oracular sequence of important but obscure works in his celebrated engaging style.

This is the second posthumous work of Michel Strickmann to be to be edited by Bernard Faure for publication by Stanford University Press.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

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).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Stanford University Press
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0804743355
• ISBN 13: 9780804743358
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 248
• Éditeur: Faure Bernard
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