TY  - JOUR
SN  - 1012-4195
T1  - A Study of the Tradition of Selection of Auspicious Time and Space in Chinese Society through the Strips Excavated at Yinwan Han Tomb
AU  - Yi-Long Huang
Y1  - 1999/09/01
PY  - 1999
DA  - 1999/09/01
T2  - Bulletin of the Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica
JF  - Bulletin of the Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica
JO  - Bulletin of the Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica
JA  - Bulletin of the Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica
VL  - 70
IS  - 3
SP  - 589
EP  - 626
KW  - pseudo-science, popular culture, daily life, Han strips
Y2  - 1999/09/01
N2  - Xuanze shu (method to select auspicious time and space) may be the most complicated branch and occupy the most abundant part of Chinese pseudo-science. Through the constraint of space and time, it affected the daily life of billions of Chinese during the last two thousand years; however, it has attracted little attention from scholars.
This article tries to clarify the content of strips related to xuanze shu excavated at Yinwan Han tomb in order to gain a better understanding of the early form of this method. The author also investigates through detailed case studies the evolution pattern of xuanze shu through history and its interaction with society. The reason why xuanze shu has survived the dramatic changes of the modern society is analyzed. This paper provides an excellent example of how studies of pseudo-science can also enrich our knowledge of the popular culture and daily life of ancient Chinese.
ER  -