The Art of Fate Calculation

Stéphanie Homola is Researcher at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) and member of the French Research Institute for Eastern Asia (IFRAE). She was previously Assistant Professor for Ethnology at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg and Director of the Elite Master's Program "Standards of Decision-Making across Cultures".

List of Illustrations



Foreword

Michael Lackner



Acknowledgements



Introduction



Chapter 1. Clients of Divinatory Services: Societal Issues and Consultation Experiences (Taipei)

Chapter 2. Divinatory Arts Specialists: Taipei’s “World of Divination”: Historical Development, Claims, and Reforms

Chapter 3. Fate Calculation Techniques: Contemporary Reformulations of a Traditional Knowledge on the Individual and Their Environment

Chapter 4. Professional Practitioners in Beijing: Institutional and Cultural Legitimacy of Professional Diviners in Mainland China (Beijing)

Chapter 5. Amateur Practitioners and Shared Knowledge: Everyday Knowledge and Modes of Transmission (Kaifeng)



Conclusion: Trust and Standardization



Appendix I: Brief History of the Ziwei Doushu Method

Appendix II: Ziwei Doushu Schools in Taiwan

Appendix III: Correspondence Tables in the Ziwei Doushu Method



Glossary of Chinese Terms

References

Index