Dictionary of Chinese Symbols: Hidden Symbols in Chinese Life and Thought

ISBN-13: 9780415002288 / Angielski / Miękka / 1988 / 336 str.

Wolfram Eberhard

Opis

A guide describing more than 400 important Chinese symbols, explaining their esoteric meanings and connections. Their use and development in Chinese literature, customs and attitudes to life are traced lucidly and precisely.

Recenzje

`A readable, authoritative and affordable work.' - Malcolm Taggart, Reference Reviews

Spis treści

Introduction: The Symbolic Language of the Chinese, Dictionary of Chinese Symbols, Bibliography

O autorze

Wolfram Eberhard is Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Berkley.