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A Dictionary of Chinese Symbols: Hidden Symbols in Chinese Life and Thought
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Chinese SymbolsEast Asian StudiesEducationAsian PhilosophyCultural StudiesSymbol UseHistorical LinguisticsCultural HistoryAncient Chinese SyntaxChinese LifeLanguage StudiesMaterial CultureEast Asian LanguagesSymbolismInk Wash PaintingImportant Chinese SymbolsChinese LiteratureCulturePhilosophy Of LanguageHumanitiesChinese CultureEsoteric MeaningsHidden SymbolsCultural Anthropology
Explains the esoteric meanings and connections of more than 400 important Chinese symbols. Their use and development in Chinese literature, customs and attitudes to life are traced lucidly and precisely.