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Contents

List of Illustrations

Foreword
Michael Lackner

Acknowledgements

Introduction

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