Astrology and Cosmology in Early ChinaCambridge University Press, 10 հոկ, 2013 թ. - 589 էջ The 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. |
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Introduction | 1 |
Part One Astronomy and cosmology in the time | 11 |
Looking to the Supernal Lord | 83 |
Bringing Heaven down to Earth | 118 |
Astral revelation and the origins of writing | 149 |
The cosmopolitical mandate | 193 |
The rhetoric of the supernal | 220 |
Cosmology and the calendar | 242 |
Cosmic capitals | 317 |
Temporality and the fabric of spacetime | 351 |
l3 The Sky River and cosmography | 383 |
l4 Planetary portentology East and West | 404 |
Epilogue | 442 |
Glossary | 512 |
References | 529 |
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