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The Art of Fate Calculation
Practicing Divination in Taipei, Beijing, and Kaifeng
- 374 pages
- English
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- Available on iOS & Android
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About this book
From housewives to students and high-ranking officials, people from all social backgrounds in China and Taiwan visit fate calculation masters to learn about their destiny. How do clients assess the diviner's skills? How does one become a fortune-teller? How is a person's fate calculated? The Art of Fate Calculation explores how conceptions of fate circulate in Chinese and Taiwanese societies while resisting uniformization and institutionalization. This is not only due to the stigma of "superstition" but also to the internal dynamic of fate calculation practice and learning.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. Clients of Divinatory Services: Societal Issues and Consultation Experiences in Taipei
- Chapter 2. Divinatory Arts Specialists: Historical Development, Claims, and Reforms in Taipei’s “World of Divination”
- Chapter 3. Fate Calculation Techniques: Contemporary Reformulations of a Traditional Knowledge on the Individual and Their Environment
- Chapter 4. Professional Practitioners: Institutional and Cultural Legitimacy of Professional Diviners in Beijing
- Chapter 5. Amateur Practitioners and Shared Knowledge: Everyday Knowledge and Modes of Transmission in Kaifeng
- Conclusion. Trust and Standardization
- Appendix 1. A Brief History of the Ziwei Doushu Method
- Appendix 2. Ziwei Doushu Schools in Taiwan
- Appendix 3. Correspondence Tables in the Ziwei Doushu Method
- Glossary of Chinese Terms
- References
- Index