Cosmic Calligraphy and Character Physiognomy 相字 in Late Imperial China
This paper examines the cultural history of a special divinatory practice in China during the Ming and Qing dynasties (1368–1912): the physiognomy of written characters (sinographs), in which the physical characteristics of written characters are used to ascertain information about the life of the o...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Published: |
2023
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| In: |
Material religion
Year: 2023, Volume: 19, Issue: 4, Pages: 327-346 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
China
/ Chinese script
/ Divination
/ Fortune-telling
/ History 1368-1912
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| IxTheo Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion BM Chinese universism; Confucianism; Taoism KBM Asia TH Late Middle Ages TJ Modern history |
| Further subjects: | B
Divination
B character physiognomy B Calligraphy B xiangzi |
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Presumably Free Access Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
