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- Astrology and Cosmology in Early China
- Astrology and Cosmology in Early China
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chronology of early China
- Introduction
- Part 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
- 11 Cosmic capitals
- 12 Temporality and the fabric of space–time
- 13 The Sky River andcosmography
- 14 Planetary portentology East and West
- Epilogue
- Appendix Astrology for an empire: the “Treatise on the Celestial Offices” inThe Grand Scribe's Records(c.100 BCE)
- Glossary
- References
- Index
14 - Planetary portentology East and West
from Part Five - One with the sky
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 October 2013
- Astrology and Cosmology in Early China
- Astrology and Cosmology in Early China
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chronology of early China
- Introduction
- Part 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
- 11 Cosmic capitals
- 12 Temporality and the fabric of space–time
- 13 The Sky River andcosmography
- 14 Planetary portentology East and West
- Epilogue
- Appendix Astrology for an empire: the “Treatise on the Celestial Offices” inThe Grand Scribe's Records(c.100 BCE)
- Glossary
- References
- Index
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- Astrology and Cosmology in Early ChinaConforming Earth to Heaven, pp. 404 - 441Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013