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For well over a century, Chinese fengshui, or "geomancy," has interested Western laymen and scholars. Today, hundreds of popular manuals claim to use its principles in their advice on how people can increase their wealth, happiness, longevity, and so on. This study is quite different, approaching fengshui from an academic angle. The focus is on its significance in China, but the recent history of its reinterpretation in the West is also depicted.Ole Bruun is the author of 'Fengshui in China: Geomantic Divination Between State Orthodoxy and Popular Religion' with ISBN 9780824826727 and ISBN 0824826728.
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