Celestial Signs and Classical Rhetoric in Early Imperial China
- Hardcover
273 pages
- Release Date
1 June 2025
Summary
Decoding the Heavens: Celestial Signs and Rhetoric in Early Imperial China
Considers how sign-reading fit into broader understandings of the human and cosmic worlds in Han times.
Celestial Signs and Classical Rhetoric in Early Imperial China considers how the reading of celestial signs-including comets, strange clouds, halos, rainbows, and planets in retrograde motion-fit into broader understandings of the human and cosmic worlds in Han times. Advancing a cultural s…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9798855800548 |
|---|---|
| Series: | SUNY series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture |
| Author: | Jesse J. Chapman |
| Publisher: | State University of New York Press |
| Imprint: | State University of New York Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 273 |
| Release Date: | 1 June 2025 |
| Weight: | 499g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 24mm |
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“Chapman’s approach to omens in early China is original, persuasive, and significant. His principal claim is that the interpretation of omens—’sign-reading’—was in the hands of specialists in the Warring States and earlier periods but became a part of the intellectual and political equipment of the emerging class of classically-trained scholar-officials during the Han period. Well organized and well written, this book will be welcomed by scholars in the field of early China.” — John S. Major, coauthor of Ancient China: A History
About The Author
Jesse J. Chapman
Jesse J. Chapman received his PhD in Chinese Language from the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of California, Berkeley. He is currently the assistant editor for Early China.
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