Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- List of Illustrations
- Introduction
- 1 Plant Science and Technology in Medieval China
- 2 Ordering Plants in the Buddhist World: A Medieval Botanical Taxonomy
- 3 Animal Divination and Climate: An Environmental Perspective on the Cult of the Pig
- 4 Zoomancy in Medieval China
- 5 The Changing Images of Zodiac Animals in Medieval Chinese Buddhist Literature
- 6 The Were-Tigers in Medieval China and Its Asian Context
- 7 The Animal Turn in Asian Studies and the Asian Turn in the Animal Studies
- Bibliography
- Index
Index
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 November 2023
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- List of Illustrations
- Introduction
- 1 Plant Science and Technology in Medieval China
- 2 Ordering Plants in the Buddhist World: A Medieval Botanical Taxonomy
- 3 Animal Divination and Climate: An Environmental Perspective on the Cult of the Pig
- 4 Zoomancy in Medieval China
- 5 The Changing Images of Zodiac Animals in Medieval Chinese Buddhist Literature
- 6 The Were-Tigers in Medieval China and Its Asian Context
- 7 The Animal Turn in Asian Studies and the Asian Turn in the Animal Studies
- Bibliography
- Index
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- Animals and Plants in Chinese Religions and Science , pp. 189 - 205Publisher: Anthem PressPrint publication year: 2023