Records of Diverse Matters; 博物志 Bo Wu Zhi: A Compendium of Chinese stories about Natural Wonders and Marvelous Phenomena (100 Books of Ancient China Classics Book 12)
Description:Zhang Hua's (c. 290 CE) Bowuzhi 博物志 "Records of Diverse Matters" was a compendium of Chinese stories about natural wonders and marvelous phenomena. It quotes from many early Chinese classics, and diversely includes subject matter from Chinese mythology, history, geography, and folklore. The Bowuzhi, which is one of the first works in the literary genre of zhiguai "tales of anomalies; supernatural stories", records the earliest versions of several myths, such as the white yenü 野女 "wild women" living south of China in a society without men. Scholars have described the Bowuzhi as "a miscellany of scientific interest" (Needham et al. 1980: 309) and "an important minor classic".We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Records of Diverse Matters; 博物志 Bo Wu Zhi: A Compendium of Chinese stories about Natural Wonders and Marvelous Phenomena (100 Books of Ancient China Classics Book 12). To get started finding Records of Diverse Matters; 博物志 Bo Wu Zhi: A Compendium of Chinese stories about Natural Wonders and Marvelous Phenomena (100 Books of Ancient China Classics Book 12), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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Records of Diverse Matters; 博物志 Bo Wu Zhi: A Compendium of Chinese stories about Natural Wonders and Marvelous Phenomena (100 Books of Ancient China Classics Book 12)
Description: Zhang Hua's (c. 290 CE) Bowuzhi 博物志 "Records of Diverse Matters" was a compendium of Chinese stories about natural wonders and marvelous phenomena. It quotes from many early Chinese classics, and diversely includes subject matter from Chinese mythology, history, geography, and folklore. The Bowuzhi, which is one of the first works in the literary genre of zhiguai "tales of anomalies; supernatural stories", records the earliest versions of several myths, such as the white yenü 野女 "wild women" living south of China in a society without men. Scholars have described the Bowuzhi as "a miscellany of scientific interest" (Needham et al. 1980: 309) and "an important minor classic".We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Records of Diverse Matters; 博物志 Bo Wu Zhi: A Compendium of Chinese stories about Natural Wonders and Marvelous Phenomena (100 Books of Ancient China Classics Book 12). To get started finding Records of Diverse Matters; 博物志 Bo Wu Zhi: A Compendium of Chinese stories about Natural Wonders and Marvelous Phenomena (100 Books of Ancient China Classics Book 12), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.