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232 Pages
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Routledge
232 Pages
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Routledge
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Though there are a number of well-written works on Chinese divination, there are none that deal with the three sophisticated devices that were employed by the Chinese Astronomical Bureau in the eleventh century and for hundreds of years thereafter. Chinese experts applied the methods associated with these devices to both weather forecasting and to the interpretation of human affairs.
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1. Introduction 2. Fundamental Principles 3. The Taiyi System in the Three Cosmic Boards: Method of the Taiyi Deity 4. Qimen Dunjia: Strange Gates, Escaping Techniques 5. Liuren: The Art of the Six Yang Waters
Biography
Ho Peng Yoke has published widely on Chinese alchemy, astronomy, divination and mathematics. He has occupied senior academic positions in Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Australia and Hong Kong before becoming the Director of the Needham Research Institute in 1990. He is an academician of the Australian Academy of Humanities, Academia Sinica and the International Euro-Asia Academy of Science.
'Ho Peng Yoke's Chinese Mathematical Astrology proves to be an interesting work that will fascinate a wide spectrum of readers, for it offers an insightful and detailed reconstruction without sacrificing conciseness and clarity.' - East Asian Science, Technology, and Medicine (Number 23, 2005)
