Chinese Poetry and Prophecy: The Written Oracle in East Asia

Focusing on oracular texts, Chinese Poetry and Prophecy examines the role of divination in Chinese culture, particularly in religious practice. Drawing on a dazzling array of ancient and modern sources, the author establishes the oracular sequence of important but obscure works in his celebrated engaging style.

This is the second posthumous work of Michel Strickmann to be to be edited by Bernard Faure for publication by Stanford University Press.

Author: Michel Strickmann
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 04/13/2005
Pages: 248
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.58h x 6.40w x 0.74d
ISBN: 9780804743341

About the Author
The late Michel Strickmann was Professor of Chinese Religions at the University of California, Berkeley, and a world-renowned expert on Taoism and on Asian popular religion. Stanford University Press has also published his Chinese Magical Medicine (2002).

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