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Fascinating introduction to traditional Chinese concepts permeates every field of mental endeavor, from literature to astrology to mathematics. Lengthy discussions of li, qi, shu, yin, yang, wuxing, and yijing. Additional chapters consider Chinese mathematics, astronomy and astrology, alchemy, magic, elixirs, and the search for immortality.

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This is a facsimile reprint of a work first published in 1985, by Hong Kong U. Press. The author, who is affiliated with Needham Research Institute (Cambridge), has spent a couple of decades introducing Chinese science into the undergraduate curriculum, making use of Joseph Needham's Science and Civilization in China . The present text is briefer a

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ISBN 10:  029596362X ISBN 13:  9780295963624
Publisher: Hong Kong Univ Pr, 1985
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