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Contents
List of Illustrations
Foreword
Michael Lackner
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1. Clients of Divinatory Services: Societal Issues and Consultation Experiences (Taipei)
Chapter 2. Divinatory Arts Specialists: Taipei’s “World of Divination”: Historical Development, Claims, and Reforms
Chapter 3. Fate Calculation Techniques: Contemporary Reformulations of a Traditional Knowledge on the Individual and Their Environment
Chapter 4. Professional Practitioners in Beijing: Institutional and Cultural Legitimacy of Professional Diviners in Mainland China (Beijing)
Chapter 5. Amateur Practitioners and Shared Knowledge: Everyday Knowledge and Modes of Transmission (Kaifeng)
Conclusion: Trust and Standardization
Appendix I: Brief History of the Ziwei Doushu Method
Appendix II: Ziwei Doushu Schools in Taiwan
Appendix III: Correspondence Tables in the Ziwei Doushu Method
Glossary of Chinese Terms
References
Index
The Art of Fate Calculation
Practicing Divination in Taipei, Beijing, and Kaifeng
Stéphanie Homola
Foreword by Michael Lackner
374 pages, 42 illus., bibliog., index
ISBN 978-1-80073-812-6 Hb Published (January 2023)
eISBN 978-1-80073-813-3 eBook