Historical study of Chinese Fang-Shu theories.

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25370047
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Chinese philosophy/Indian philosophy/Buddhist studies
• Research Institution: Yamanashi Prefectural University
• Principal Investigator: NAWA TOSHIMITSU 山梨県立大学, 国際政策学部, 准教授 (30291868)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): TAKEDA Tokimasa 京都大学, 人文科学研究所, 教授 (50179644)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 出土資料 / 日書 / 術数学 / 方術思想 / 陰陽五行 / 馬王堆漢墓帛書 / 医書 / 国際研究者交流（中国）

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Throughout the history of China, there are numerous books studying various divinations such as Yi divination, astrology, position and date selection. Those books have had wide impact on Chinese society, while Yi divination, Four Pillars of Destiny, as well as divining Almanac are still in use nowadays and together become an important constituent of traditional culture in East Asia. Although there are very few panoramic or structural studies on these divinations, the origination of Fang-Shu has been proved to be back to pre-Qin Dynasty according to the discovery of Ri-Shu in recent years.
In this article, we will do a preliminary study of Chinese Fang-Shu books, as well as a structural study of these Fang-Shu theories based on bibliographies such as Ri-Shu; we will also discuss the formation process and ideological and sociological influence of Chinese divination theories, from the middle periods to the early modern period.

Free Research Field

中国哲学