A Fatal Case of Gu [phrase omitted] Poisoning in Fourth-Century BC China?

This essay reexamines the fourth century BC divination records found in the tomb of Shao Tuo [phrase omitted] in Baoshan Jingzhou [phrase omitted], Hubei. Using charts, rules, and examples for divination from a newly discovered trigram divination text, called by modern scholars, the Shifa [phrase om...

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Published in:East Asian science, technology, and medicine technology, and medicine, 2016-09 (44), p.123
Main Author: Cook, Constance A
Format: Article
Language:English
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Chinese history
Poisoning
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Summary:This essay reexamines the fourth century BC divination records found in the tomb of Shao Tuo [phrase omitted] in Baoshan Jingzhou [phrase omitted], Hubei. Using charts, rules, and examples for divination from a newly discovered trigram divination text, called by modern scholars, the Shifa [phrase omitted] (Stalk Method), and preserved in the Tsinghua University collection of Warring States period bamboo manuscripts, the author suggests a radical new way to interpret stalk divination results and speculates upon a possible diagnosis. Essentially, the author unpacks the Baoshan results according to the rules of trigram divination given in the Shifa and not of hexagram divination as in the Zhouyi [phrase omitted] (Changes of Zhou).
ISSN:1562-918X