02496nam 2200601 a 450 991077974950332120200520144314.090-04-25145-610.1163/9789004251458(CKB)2550000001094508(EBL)1224306(OCoLC)851155677(SSID)ssj0000918053(PQKBManifestationID)11956893(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000918053(PQKBWorkID)10894489(PQKB)11542450(nllekb)BRILL9789004251458(Au-PeEL)EBL1224306(CaPaEBR)ebr10725048(CaONFJC)MIL500348(MiAaPQ)EBC1224306(PPN)174589689(EXLCZ)99255000000109450820130520d2013 uy 0engurun| uuuuatxtccrFive classics of fengshui[electronic resource] Chinese spiritual geography in historical and environmental perspective /by Michael John PatonBoston Brill20131 online resource (442 p.)Sinica Leidensia,0169-9563 ;v. 110Description based upon print version of record.90-04-24986-9 1-299-69097-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.pt. 1. Discussion -- pt. 2. Translations.In Five Classics of Fengshui Michael Paton traces the theoretical development of this form of spiritual geography through full translations of major texts: the Burial Classic of Qing Wu , Book of Burial , Yellow Emperor’s Classic of House Siting , Twenty Four Difficult Problems , and Water Dragon Classic . This theoretical development is analysed through the lens of history, philosophy and sociology of science in an attempt to address Joseph Needham’s conundrum of the "great beauty of the siting" in traditional China being based of such a “grossly superstitious system” and to understand what part fengshui played in the environmental history of China.Sinica Leidensia110.Five classics of feng shuiFeng shuiFeng shui.133.3/337Paton Michael John1570666MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910779749503321Five classics of fengshui3844492UNINA