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A Dictionary of Chinese Symbols: Hidden Symbols in Chinese Life and Thought
A Dictionary of Chinese Symbols Hidden Symbols in Chinese Life and Thought
Author: Wolfram Eberhard
This unique and authoritative guide describes more than 400 important Chinese symbols, explaining their esoteric meanings and connections. Their use and development in Chinese literature and in Chinese custom and attitudes to life are traced lucidly and precisely.
ISBN-13: 9780415002288
ISBN-10: 0415002281
Publication Date: 7/11/1988
Pages: 336
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Publisher: Routledge
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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buzzby avatar reviewed A Dictionary of Chinese Symbols: Hidden Symbols in Chinese Life and Thought on + 6062 more book reviews
This is the only book so far that has caught my interest in the study of chinese writing. It's more than a dictionary, it explains (attempts to, anyway) how the writing molds chinese thought and makes them different than, say, Europeans. First published in German in 1983.


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