Physiognomy in Ming China: Fortune and the Body

In Physiognomy in Ming China: Fortune and the Body, Xing Wang provides an extensive reading of the Ming (1368-1644 C. E.) texts of a well-known body divination technique 'xiangshu' (physiognomy), and investigates its unique 'somatic cosmology' in Ming religious and intellectual context.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Xing Wang obtained his DPhil from the University of Oxford in 2018. He is a Junior Research Fellow at Fudan University in Shanghai, and specializes in the study of Chinese divination and Chinese Buddhism

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Xing Wang
• Verlag: Brill
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 19.03.2020
• EAN: 9789004429543
• ISBN: 978-90-04-42954-3
• Seiten: 336
• Abmessung: 155 mm x 236 mm x 23 mm
• Gewicht: 640 g
• Serie: Sinica Leidensia
• Themen: Ratgeber > Spiritualität > Lebensdeutung; Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges