Fengshui in China: Geomantic Divination Between State Orthodoxy and Popular Religion

by Ole Bruun

For well over a century, Chinese fengshui, or "geomancy," has interested Western laymen and scholars. Today, hundreds of popular manuals claim to use its principles in their advice on how people can increase their wealth, happiness, longevity, and so on. This study is quite different, approaching fengshui from an academic angle. The focus is on its significance in China, but the recent history of its reinterpretation in the West is also depicted...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 8791114799
• ISBN13: 9788791114793
• Release Date: September 2004
• Publisher: Nordic Institute of Asian Studies
• Length: 332 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.