2 options
Five classics of fengshui [electronic resource] : Chinese spiritual geography in historical and environmental perspective / by Michael John Paton.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Paton, Michael John.
- Series:
- Sinica Leidensia 110.
- Sinica Leidensia, 0169-9563 ; v. 110
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Feng shui.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (442 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Five classics of feng shui
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Brill, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In Five Classics of Fengshui Michael Paton traces the theoretical development of this form of spiritual geography through full translations of major texts: the Burial Classic of Qing Wu , Book of Burial , Yellow Emperor’s Classic of House Siting , Twenty Four Difficult Problems , and Water Dragon Classic . This theoretical development is analysed through the lens of history, philosophy and sociology of science in an attempt to address Joseph Needham’s conundrum of the "great beauty of the siting" in traditional China being based of such a “grossly superstitious system” and to understand what part fengshui played in the environmental history of China.
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Discussion
- pt. 2. Translations.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 90-04-25145-6
- OCLC:
- 851155677
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/9789004251458 DOI
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.