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Times Dictionary of Chinese Symbols: An Essential Guide to the Hidden Symbols in Chinese Art, Customs and Beliefs

by Wolfram Eberhard
RM183.00 MYR
Times Dictionary of Chinese Symbols: An Essential Guide to the Hidden Symbols in Chinese Art, Customs and Beliefs
Times Dictionary of Chinese Symbols: An Essential Guide to the Hidden Symbols in Chinese Art, Customs and Beliefs
Times Dictionary of Chinese Symbols: An Essential Guide to the Hidden Symbols in Chinese Art, Customs and Beliefs

Decoding symbolic meanings in Chinese culture.

If you're enthralled by the depths of Chinese art and traditions, this dictionary will serve as a treasure map, guiding you through the rich tapestry of symbols woven into the very fabric of China's heritage. It's a key to understanding the unspoken language that permeates everything from historical artifacts to modern festivities.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Times Dictionary of Chinese Symbols: An Essential Guide to the Hidden Symbols in Chinese Art, Customs and Beliefs

by Wolfram Eberhard
RM183.00 MYR
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ISBN: 9789810137182
Authors: Wolfram Eberhard
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Art, History, Religion, Philosophy
Related Topics: Asia, Anthropology, Spirituality, World History, History, Crafts, Art History, Art and Photography, Design, Classics, Theory
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Description

This dictionary is a unique and essential guide to the hidden symbols in Chinese arts, customs and beliefs. More than 400 important symbols, such as plants, gods, clouds, animals and numbers, are described and their esoteric meanings and connections explained. Their development in Chinese literature, customs and attitudes to life is traced lucidly and precisely. The concepts covered include astrology, geomancy, the forces of nature, marriage, body language, medicine, fate, the zodiac, occult phenomena, sexual symbolism, belief in the spirit world, oracles, the soul, yin and yang, and the Immortals, also ancient festivals and celebrations, superstitions and customs, the harmony of the Middle Way, cosmology based on the most minute observation of nature, and the tremendous significance of numerology. This is an immensely readable book which enables both the Western and Asian reader better to understand Chinese life. Profusely illustrated with classical Chinese paintings, the dictionary explains to the collector as well as the student the meaning of Chinese art and thought. The author, Wolfram Eberhard, is Professor at the University of Berkeley, USA. Born in Potsdam, he was "lecteur" at Peking National University 1934-35. Later, he became director of East Asian collections in the Leipzig Museum of Folk History and Professor at the University of Ankara. Since
 

Decoding symbolic meanings in Chinese culture.

If you're enthralled by the depths of Chinese art and traditions, this dictionary will serve as a treasure map, guiding you through the rich tapestry of symbols woven into the very fabric of China's heritage. It's a key to understanding the unspoken language that permeates everything from historical artifacts to modern festivities.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.