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020 _a9781139017466 (ebook)
020 _z9781107006720 (hardback)
020 _z9781107539013 (paperback)
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050 0 0 _aBF1714.C5
_bP38 2013
082 0 0 _a133.5/9231
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100 1 _aPankenier, David W.,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aAstrology and Cosmology in Early China :
_bConforming Earth to Heaven / [electronic resource]
_cDavid W. Pankenier.
246 3 _aAstrology & Cosmology in Early China
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2013.
300 _a1 online resource (616 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Oct 2015).
520 _aThe 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.
650 0 _aAstrology, Chinese
650 0 _aCosmology, Chinese
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9781107006720
856 4 0 _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139017466
_zCambridge Books Online
999 _c236506
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