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Books of fate and popular culture in early China

the daybook manuscripts of the Warring States, Qin, and Han

Also known as Daybook manuscripts of the Warring States, Qin, and Han; The daybook manuscripts of the warring states, Qin, and Han

by Donald John Harper, Marc Kalinowski & Donald Harper

  • First published:
  • 21st century
  • Language: English

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"Books of Fate and Popular Culture in Early China is a comprehensive introduction to the manuscripts known as daybooks, examples of which have been found in Warring States, Qin, and Han tombs (453 BCE-220 CE). Their main content concerns hemerology, or "knowledge of good and bad days." Daybooks reveal the place of hemerology in daily life and are invaluable sources for the study of popular culture. Eleven scholars have contributed chapters examining the daybooks from different perspectives, detailing their significance as manuscript-objects intended for everyday use and showing their connection to almanacs still popular in Chinese communities today as well as to hemerological literature in medieval Europe and ancient Babylon. Contributors include: Marianne Bujard, László Sándor Chardonnens, Christopher Cullen, Donald Harper, Marc Kalinowski, Li Ling, Liu Lexian, Ala."--Provided by publisher.

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Divination and oracles.

  • Divination and oracles

    Controlled discovery queries from gegnir and swisscovery matched “Spádómar” and “Wahrsagung”. Retained metadata contains “Divination” in the subject metadata and “Spádómar” in the subject metadata.

    • “Spádómar”· via Gegnir/Leitir — Icelandic Union Catalogue
    • “Wahrsagung”· via swisscovery — Swiss Library Service Platform
    • “Divination”· in subject
    • “Spádómar”· in subject

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the daybook manuscripts of the Warring States, Qin, and Han

Gegnir Icelandic union-catalog record

30 sm; 517 bls; Dewey classification: 133.3; Handbook of Oriental studies. Section 4, China; Includes bibliographical references and index; myndir, kort, töflur, ritsýni; Publication place: Leiden; volume 33

[2017]BrillEnglish
  • 9789004310193
  • 9789004349315
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