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OverviewBooks of Fate and Popular Culture in Early China is a comprehensive introduction to the manuscripts known as daybooks, examples of which have been found in Warring States, Qin, and Han tombs (453 BCE–220 CE). Their main content concerns hemerology, or “knowledge of good and bad days.” Daybooks reveal the place of hemerology in daily life and are invaluable sources for the study of popular culture. Eleven scholars have contributed chapters examining the daybooks from different perspectives, detailing their significance as manuscript-objects intended for everyday use and showing their connection to almanacs still popular in Chinese communities today as well as to hemerological literature in medieval Europe and ancient Babylon. Contributors include: Marianne Bujard, László Sándor Chardonnens, Christopher Cullen, Donald Harper, Marc Kalinowski, Li Ling, Liu Lexian, Alasdair Livingstone, Richard Smith, Alain Thote, and Yan Changgui. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Donald Harper , Marc KalinowskiPublisher: Brill Imprint: Brill Volume: 33 Weight: 1.669kg ISBN: 9789004310193ISBN 10: 9004310193 Pages: 534 Publication Date: 14 November 2017 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsList of Maps, Tables, Figures, and Plates Acknowledgments Tables 0.1–0.9 Map 0.1 Introduction Donald Harper and Marc Kalinowski Hemerology Technical Occult and Scientific Literature Codicology of Daybook Manuscripts Daybook Studies and Ancient Chinese Hemerology Conventions Used in this Volume Chinese Terms and Translations Latin, Medieval Vernacular, and Cuneiform Sources Chinese Conceptual Terms and Hemerological Terminology 1 Daybooks in Archaeological Context Alain Thote Daybooks in Tombs The Four Tombs Manuscripts in Tombs Conclusion 2 Daybooks: A Type of Popular Hemerological Manual of the Warring States, Qin, and Han Liu Lexian Content and Defining Features of Daybooks Overview of Fully Published Daybooks and Daybook-Related Manuscripts Unpublished or Partially Published Hemerological Material Comparison of Daybooks to Related Technical Literature in Excavated Manuscripts Daybooks from the Perspective of the Bibliographic Treatise of the Book of Han Daybooks and Later Hemerological Texts Conclusion 3 Daybooks in the Context of Manuscript Culture and Popular Culture Studies Donald Harper Hemerology and Hemerological Literature through the Lens of Late Han Historiography Makers and Users of Daybooks The Form and Function of Daybook Manuscripts Daybooks in Everyday Life Conclusion 4 Hemerology and Prediction in the Daybooks: Ideas and Practices Marc Kalinowski Daily Activities and Life Expectations in the Daybooks Techniques and Systems Conclusion Supplement 4.1 Supplement 4.2 Supplement 4.3 Supplement 4.4 Supplement 4.5 5 Daybooks and the Spirit World Yan Changgui The Spirit World Spirit Origin and Background: Explanation of the “Death Corpse-Ghost” Diagram Expelling Demons and Spirits: Techniques of Exorcism in “Spellbinding” Spirits in the Context of Hemerology Conclusion Supplement 5.1 6 The Zidanku Silk Manuscripts Li Ling Discovery of the Zidanku Silk Manuscripts and the History of Ownership The Zidanku Silk Manuscripts: Physical Description and Contents The Zidanku Silk Manuscripts and Ancient Chinese Hemerological Literature Conclusion 7 Calendars and Calendar Making in Qin and Han Times Christopher Cullen Looking at a Calendar Calculating the Calendar Who Calculated the Calendar? Conclusion 8 Daybooks in Qin and Han Religion Marianne Bujard The First Tiller Cult: Public and Private Rites Local Cults of the Qin and Han Private Rituals in the Daybooks Conclusion 9 The Legacy of Daybooks in Late Imperial and Modern China Richard Smith Brief Overview of Calendars and Almanacs from the Tang through the Ming Dynasty State-Sponsored Cosmology in the Qing The State Calendar and Its Derivatives Qing Dynasty Almanacs Concluding Remarks 10 Hemerology in Medieval Europe László Sándor Chardonnens Hemerology and Daybooks Hemerology and the Study of Time Divination, Commemoration, and Natural Philosophy Hemerological Practices Conclusion 11 Babylonian Hemerologies and Menologies 408 Alasdair Livingstone Research Background The Babylonian Cultic Calendar The Hemerologies Use of the Hemerologies Retrospect: A Scientific Experiment in Hemerology Appendices Appendix A: Survey of Excavated Daybooks, Daybook-Related Manuscripts, and Other Hemerological Material Appendix B: Summary of Published Daybooks and Daybook-Related Manuscripts Appendix C: Description of Select Hemerologies and Classificatory Systems in Daybooks Bibliography Plates IndexReviewsAuthor InformationDonald Harper, Ph.D. (1983), is the Centennial Professor of Chinese Studies at the University of Chicago. His research and publications focus on newly discovered manuscripts and their significance for the history of religion, science, and technology in early China. Marc Kalinowski, Ph.D. (1978), is Professor of Chinese Religion and Thought at the École Pratique des Hautes Études, Paris. He has published widely on correlative cosmology and mantic arts in transmitted texts and the manuscript culture of early and medieval China. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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