Dictionary Of Chinese Symbols: Hidden Symbols In Chinese Life And Thought

by Wolfram Eberhard

2021-01-08 15:20:16

This unique and authoritative guide describes more than 400 important Chinese symbols, explaining their esoteric meanings and connections. Their use and development in Chinese literature and in Chinese customs and attitudes to life are traced lucidly... Read more
This unique and authoritative guide describes more than 400 important Chinese symbols, explaining their esoteric meanings and connections. Their use and development in Chinese literature and in Chinese customs and attitudes to life are traced lucidly and precisely.
`An ideal reference book to help one learn and explore further, while simultaneously giving greater insight into many other aspects of Chinese life ... the most authoritative guide to Chinese symbolism available to the general reader today ... a well-researched, informative and entertaining guide to the treasure trove of Chinese symbols.''-South China Morning Post Less

Book Details

File size8.5 X 5.43 X 0 in
Print pages336
PublisherRoutledge
Publication date December 17, 2015
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9781138138179
Wolfram Eberhard was a professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of California, Berkeley focused on Western, Central and Eastern Asian societies....

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