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050	0	0	_aBF1714.C5 _bP38 2013
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100	1		_aPankenier, David W. _q(David William), _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aAstrology and cosmology in early China : _bconforming earth to heaven / _cDavid W. Pankenier, Lehigh University.
246	3		_aAstrology & Cosmology in Early China
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2013.
300			_a1 online resource (xxvi, 589 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
505	0		_aPart One. Astronomy and cosmology in the time of dragons -- Part Two. Aligning with heaven -- Part Three. Planetary omens and cosmic ideology -- Part Four. Warring states and Han astral portentology -- Part Five. One with the sky.
520			_aThe 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.
650		0	_aAstrology, Chinese.
650		0	_aCosmology, Chinese.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781107006720
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139017466
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