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Book Title: Sung Dynasty Uses Of The I Ching
Number of Pages: 286 Pages
Publication Name: Sung Dynasty Uses of the I Ching
Language: English
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication Year: 2014
Item Height: 0.7 in
Subject: I Ching, General, Asia / China
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 14 Oz
Author: Joseph A. Adler, Peter K. Bol, Don J. Wyatt, Kidder Smith
Item Length: 9.1 in
Subject Area: Body, Mind & Spirit, Philosophy, History
Series: Princeton Legacy Library
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Trade Paperback
