3 FATE CALCULATION TECHNIQUES Contemporary Reformulations of a Traditional Knowledge on the Individual and Their Environment

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1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. ILLUSTRATIONS viii
4. FOREWORD xi
5. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xiii
6. INTRODUCTION 1
7. 1 CLIENTS OF DIVINATORY SERVICES Societal Issues and Consultation Experiences in Taipei 26
8. 2 DIVINATORY ARTS SPECIALISTS Historical Development, Claims, and Reforms in Taipei’s “World of Divination” 80
9. 3 FATE CALCULATION TECHNIQUES Contemporary Reformulations of a Traditional Knowledge on the Individual and Their Environment 122
10. 4 PROFESSIONAL PRACTITIONERS Institutional and Cultural Legitimacy of Professional Diviners in Beijing 172
11. 5 AMATEUR PRACTITIONERS AND SHARED KNOWLEDGE Everyday Knowledge and Modes of Transmission in Kaifeng 209
12. CONCLUSION Trust and Standardization 243
13. APPENDIX 1 A Brief History of the Ziwei Doushu Method 246
14. APPENDIX 2 Ziwei Doushu Schools in Taiwan 248
15. APPENDIX 3 Correspondence Tables in the Ziwei Doushu Method 255
16. GLOSSARY OF CHINESE TERMS 261
17. REFERENCES 279
18. INDEX 297