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The Culture of Fengshui in Korea
Hong-Key Yoon's book explores the nature of geomantic principles (fengshui) and the culture of practicing them in Korean cultural contexts. He clearly analyzes the nature and historical background of geomancy, the principles for selecting auspicious sites, and provides an extensive interpretation of geomantic principles as practiced in Korea. The impacts of geomancy on traditional cartography, religion, urban development, and finally iconographical warfare are all discussed in great detail.
The Philosophy of Ch’eng I
This book offers a comprehensive account of the great Neo-Confucian Master Cheng I (1033-1107), showing his philosophical ideas in a modern light. It systematically examines Cheng’s extensive literature and provides an ingenious interpretation of Cheng’s social and political views. The author, Yung-ch’un Ts’ai, was a respected scholar of sociology and theology in 20th century China.
Lunheng ¿¿ The Complete Essays of Wang Chong ¿¿, Vol. I, Chapters 1-38
Alfred Forke's translation and annotation of the Lunheng 論衡 Revised & Updated to reflect the original order of The Complete Essays of Wang Chong 王充 (27-ca. 97 CE)
Lunheng 論衡 The Complete Essays of Wang Chong 王充, Vol. II, Chapters 39-85
Alfred Forke's translation and annotation of the Lunheng 論衡 Revised & Updated to reflect the original order of The Complete Essays of Wang Chong 王充 (27-ca. 97 CE)
In Search of a Universal Ethics
This book investigates Albert Schweitzer’s research on China, which first emerged in the 1910s and ended in 1939/40. Schweitzer’s China research evolved alongside the development of his “Kulturphilosophie” research for over a quarter of a century. In “Part I: In Preparation,” this book will mainly focus on the historical background against which Schweitzer formulated his Reverence for Life and established his networks with the China experts. In “Part II: In Progress,” Schweitzer’s periodic research outcomes, which were presented in several of his publications and manuscripts, will be studied. Subsequently, in “Part III: In Completion,” Richard Wilhelm’s translation of...
Incense at the Altar
David Honey offers a history of Sinology, spanning its beginnings in the first efforts of seventeenth-century Jesuit missionaries to the growing disciplinary fragmentation of the field in the second half of the twentieth century. No comprehensive history of the field has heretofore been published in a Western language.
Lunheng 論衡 The Complete Essays of Wang Chong 王充, Vol. III, Appendices, Notes, Index: Translated and Annotated by + Alfred
Alfred Forke's translation and annotation of the Lunheng 論衡 Revised and Updated to reflect the original order of The Complete Essays of Wang Chong 王充 (27-ca. 97 CE)
