Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches - TianGan DiZhi
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Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches - TianGan DiZhi

The Heart of Chinese Wisdom Traditions

  1. 268 pages
  2. English
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eBook - ePub

Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches - TianGan DiZhi

The Heart of Chinese Wisdom Traditions

About this book

Essential reading for serious students of Chinese practical arts, including medicine, martial arts and FengShui, Master Zhongxian Wu and Dr Karin Taylor Wu provide a detailed explanation of the 22 GanZhi symbols in this book, outlining the characteristics of each, and their interactions and relationships.

TianGan (Heavenly Stems) and DiZhi (Earthly Branches), commonly abbreviated to GanZhi, originated in the ancient Chinese cosmological sciences and is a complex calendrical system which was created to codify the patterns of life and of the universe itself. The ten symbols of Gan express the Yin or Yang perspective of Five Elements and embody the Way of Heaven. The 12 symbols of Zhi, made manifest in the 12 animals of the Chinese zodiac, hold the root of each Element and embrace the Way of Earth.

Poetic summaries from the Song dynasty give the reader a deep understanding of the nature of each Stem and their relationship to each other. Offering an unprecedented insight into the subtleties and far-reaching influence of this ancient system, this book will be invaluable for the study or practice of Chinese medicine, FengShui, Chinese astrology, traditional Chinese cosmology, Qigong, Taiji, and other inner cultivation practices.

A set of study cards (9781848191501), also published by Singing Dragon, are available to accompany this book.

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Yes, you can access Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches - TianGan DiZhi by Zhongxian Wu, Karin Taylor Taylor Wu in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Theology & Religion & Asian Religions. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Singing Dragon
Year
2014
Print ISBN
9781848192089
eBook ISBN
9780857011589
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
Asian Religions

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Praise
  3. By the Same Authors
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright
  6. Dedication
  7. Blessings from Daoist Grandmaster
  8. Authors’ Notes
  9. Contents
  10. Acknowledgments
  11. Foreword By Fei Bingxun 費秉勛 The Role Of Tiangan Dizhi In Yijng (I Ching) Culture
  12. Preface: Rentianzhidao 人天之道 The Way Of Man And Nature
  13. 1.TongTianShenShu 通天神樹 Mystical Tree of Heaven
  14. 2.TianGan XiangShu 天干象數 Heavenly Stems Symbolism
  15. 3.DiZhi XiangShu 地支象數 Earthly Branch Symbolism
  16. 4.GanZhi HeHua 干支合化 Stems, Branches and Alchemical Transformation
  17. 5.GanZhi JingShen 干支精神 The Spirit of the GanZhi
  18. Afterword
  19. Appendix
  20. Index
  21. Also available