Written in Stone? Creative Strategies for Struggling with Fate in Chinese Character Divination (cezi 測字)
This paper analyzes how fate is understood in imperial Chinese anecdotes on character divination (cezi 測字). It demonstrates that character divination, due to its qualities as a script-based method, allows the protagonists of divination anecdotes to intervene creatively in the predictive process. The...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Brill
2019
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International journal of divination and prognostication
Année: 2019, Volume: 1, Numéro: 1, Pages: 75-99 |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Divination
B Determinism B glyphomancy B chaizi 拆字 B cezi 測字 B Fate B Creativity B Chinese character divination |
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