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8 Early Chinese Divination and Its Rhetoric
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Marco Polo reported that in Khanbalik there were about five thousand Chinese, Christian, and Muslim astrologers and prognosticators, to whom the great khan provided food and clothing.
“In book 2, chapter 28, he told his audience that in Khanbalik (now Beijing), there were about five thousand Chinese, Christian, and Muslim astrologers and prognosticators, to whom the great khan kindly provided food and clothing in support of their daily exercise and research”
From Mongol Superstition versus Christian Rationality: Literary Representations of Astrology and Divination in the Mongol Empire by European Travelers (2026) · cites this paper as [26]
Well-versed in astronomical instruments, heavenly observation, almanac-making, and astral prognostication, the astrologers played vital roles in courtly, state, and everyday affairs in the Mongol empire.
“Well-versed in astronomical instruments, heavenly observation, almanac-making, and astral prognostication, the astrologers played vital roles in courtly, state, and everyday affairs in the Mongol empire.”
From Mongol Superstition versus Christian Rationality: Literary Representations of Astrology and Divination in the Mongol Empire by European Travelers (2026) · cites this paper as [26]
In book 2, chapter 28, Marco Polo told his audience that in Khanbalik there were about five thousand Chinese, Christian, and Muslim astrologers and prognosticators, to whom the great khan kindly provided food and clothing in support of their daily exercise and research.
“In book 2, chapter 28, he told his audience that in Khanbalik (now Beijing), there were about five thousand Chinese, Christian, and Muslim astrologers and prognosticators, to whom the great khan kindly provided food and clothing in support of their daily exercise and research:”
From Mongol Superstition versus Christian Rationality: Literary Representations of Astrology and Divination in the Mongol Empire by European Travelers (2026) · cites this paper as [26]
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Why Was the Chinese Historian Shen Yue 沈約 (441–513) So Fond of Auspicious Signs and Prophecies?
Lippiello, T. (2022) · International Journal of Divination and Prognostication · doi:10.1163/25899201-12340022 · Cited by 1
Li, Y. (2026) · International Journal of Divination and Prognostication · doi:10.1163/25899201-bja10036
(2018) · Early China · doi:10.1017/eac.2018.11
Metadata
- Authors
- Kern, M.
- Corresponding author
- Kern, Martin
- Venue
- Coping with the Future
- Publisher
- BRILL
- Published
- 2017-01-01
- Pages
- 255-288
- OpenAlex
- W4235129802
- Cited by
- 1
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2023: 1
- FWCI
- 0.00
- Type
- book chapter
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- BRILL eBooks (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History › Chinese history and philosophy
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Religious studies › Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Language and Linguistics › Classical Studies and Philology
- Keywords
- divination, rhetoric, divination texts
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