Chinese Mathematical Astrology: Reaching Out to the Stars

by Ho Peng-Yoke, Peng Yoke Ho, Ho Peng Yoke

Book Overview

Though there are a number of well-written works on Chinese divination, there are none that deal with the three sophisticated devices that were employed by the Chinese Astronomical Bureau in the eleventh century and for hundreds of years thereafter. Chinese experts applied the methods associated with these devices to both weather forecasting and to the interpretation of human affairs.

Hidden by a veil of secrecy, these methods have...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415297591
• ISBN13: 9780415297592
• Release Date: May 2003
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.5"