Subject: Omens--China--History

Auspicious omens and miracles in ancient China : Han, Three Kingdoms, and Six Dynasties
AuthorLippiello, Tiziana, 1962-
PlaceSankt Augustin
PublisherMonumenta Serica
CollectionRicci Institute Library
LanguageEnglish
TypeBook
SeriesMonumenta serica monograph series ; 39
ShelfHallway Cases
Call NumberBF1777.L56 2001
Description383 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
NoteAuspicious omens and miracles in ancient China : Han, Three Kingdoms, and Six Dynasties / Tiziana Lippiello ; foreword by Erik Zürcher.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [323]-344) and index.

Contents: Chapter One: Literature and Iconography — Chapter Two: The Case of Li Xi: Five Emblems of Confucian Virtue — Chapter Three: Shen Yue and his Treatise in Songshu — Chapter Four: The Miracles of the Buddha — Chapter Five: Auspicious Signs in Some Taoist Texts: Talismans, Sacred Scriptures, Perfected-Immortals and Crowds of Saintly Assistants — Conclusion — Appendices — Bibliography — General Index with Glossary.

ISBN3805004567
LCCN2001440970