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The Sinicization of Indo-Iranian Astrology in Medieval China

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Abstract: This study explores the introduction and development of foreign systems ofastrology in medieval China (Tang to Ming periods), in particular the practice ofhoroscopy, and how such models were implemented within a Chinese astronomicalframework. It is argued that the basic character of such horoscopy was in large partDorothean, rather than Ptolemaic. It is furthermore demonstrated that Chinesehoroscopy was as much an heir to Persian systems of horoscopy as was the Islamicate,a point that has yet to be recognized. The paper also demonstrates the enduringimpact of horoscopy within the culture of Chinese divination.

LINK: SINO-PLATONIC PAPERSNumber 282 September, 2018


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