The Journey introduces readers to practices such as repetitive prayer, trance and chant, combined with health pursuits such as walking and swimming, and is illustrated with two of his own…

Provides a comprehensive analysis of Chinese divination as a means of organizing and interpreting reality . The author examines a variety of mantic techniques and the relationship between divination and…

This engaging and insightful history of the Qing dynasty (1636-1912) offers a systematic discussion of topics such as language, philosophy, religion, art, literature, and social customs. Nuanced and wide-ranging, noted…

Taking patients through all aspects of cancer care, this book provides specific, accurate information on various tumour types and treatment modalities, surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and complementary therapy.

From the founding of the Qin dynasty in 221 BCE to the present, the Chinese have been preoccupied with the concept of order (zhi). This cultural preoccupation has found expression…

In this book, eighteen authors from a dozen countries interpret Richard Berengarten's 'Changing' (2016), a large-scale poetic mosaic written in honour of the I Ching, the first of the Confucian…

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Jeux de mots celebre le pouvoir createur des jeux de langage dans la litterature de Rabelais a Richard Millet. Calembour, mot-valise, bon mot, neologisme, mot-fetiche : ce volume collectif explore…