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Chinese mathematical astrology : reaching out to the stars /
Though there are a number of well-written works on Chinese divination, there are none that deal with the three sophisticated devices that were employed by the Chinese Astronomical Bureau in the eleventh century and for hundreds of years thereafter. Chinese experts applied the methods associated with...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
London :
Routledge,
2003.
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| Colección: | Needham Research Institute series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Though there are a number of well-written works on Chinese divination, there are none that deal with the three sophisticated devices that were employed by the Chinese Astronomical Bureau in the eleventh century and for hundreds of years thereafter. Chinese experts applied the methods associated with these devices to both weather forecasting and to the interpretation of human affairs. Hidden by a veil of secrecy, these methods have always been relatively little known other than by their names. The first work in any language to explore these three methods, known as sanshi (three. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxv, 201 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0203633636 9780203633632 9780415297592 0415297591 9786610242160 661024216X 9781134430680 113443068X 9781134430635 1134430639 9781134430673 1134430671 9780415863100 0415863104 1280242167 9781280242168 |