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020			_a9781139017466 (ebook)
020			_z9781107006720 (hardback)
020			_z9781107539013 (paperback)
040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP
050	0	0	_aBF1714.C5 _bP38 2013
082	0	0	_a133.5/9231 _223
100	1		_aPankenier, David W., _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aAstrology and Cosmology in Early China : _bConforming Earth to Heaven / _cDavid W. Pankenier.
246	3		_aAstrology & Cosmology in Early China
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2013.
300			_a1 online resource (616 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 04 Apr 2016).
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	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139017466
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
999			_c37178 _d37178