Index
accounts of the strange (zhiguai 志怪)
205
antithetical couplets (qiaodui 巧對 / duilian 對聯 / yinglian 楹聯)
309–310
apocrypha (chenwei 讖緯)
30, 33, 100n106, 114
astrology
12
auspicious
character
18, 229, 257, 291
dream
285–288
event
257, 282
meaning
202, 229, 268, 272, 290–291
name
8, 229, 268, 290–291
omen
46, 286
sign
202, 283, 286, 288
symbol
284
automatic writing, see spirit writing
Baihai 稗海 (Sea of Petty Matters)
315n337
Baiyan (Bayan) 伯顏
39
Ban Gu 班固
313
Bao Canjun ji 鮑參軍集 (Collection of Adjutant Bao)
301n288, 302n290
Bao Zhao 鮑照
34n63, 301, 303
Beimeng suoyan 北夢瑣言 (Trivial Words from North Meng)
35, 38, 40
Beishi 北史 (History of the Northern Dynasties)
46n115
Bian Gang 邊岡
245
bird and worm script (niao chong shu 鳥蟲書)
201
bird script (niaozhuan 鳥篆, niaoshu 鳥書)
121–122
birth date as basis for divination
272, 277
breaking bamboo (tingtuan 筳篿 / tuanting 篿筳), divination by
75, 162
brushwritings (biji 筆記)
35
Brushwritings of Li Gong (Li Gong biji 櫟公筆記)
265–266
Buyi chaizi mizhuan 卜易拆字秘傳 (Secret Transmission of Divining by the Changes and Dissecting Written Characters)
48
Cai Jing 蔡京
320
Cai Yong 蔡邕
89, 98
calligraphy (shufa 書法)
17n16, 44, 119–121, 126, 131, 133, 201, 255, 322
Cang Jie pian 倉頡篇 (Chapters of Cang Jie)
140
Cang Jie 倉頡
32–33, 122, 126, 133, 201, 204, 214, 322
Canglang shihua 滄浪詩話 (Canglang’s Remarks on Poetry)
172–173, 207n390, 213
Cantongqi 參同契 (Seal of the Unity of the Three)
218
Cao Cao 曹操
90–92, 95–98, 193, 198, 214, 274n184, 275, 300
Cao E 曹娥
90, 97, 300
Cao Han 曹翰
292
Cao Pi 曹丕
274–275
Cao Xu 曹盱
90n67
casting of lots, divination by
12
categorised compendia (leishu 類書)
9, 216–217, 219–221, 228, 281, 293, 304n294, 322
Cezi midie 測字秘牒 (Secret Documents on Fathoming Chinese Characters)
37–38, 47, 48n124
Cezi mizhi 測字秘旨 (Secret Purposes of Fathoming Written Characters)
37–38n81
“Chaizishu 拆字數” (“Computation by the Dissection of Written Characters”)
36
“Changmen fu 長門賦” (“Tall Gate Palace Rhapsody”)
5
Chaoye qianzai 朝野僉載 (Comprehensive Records from Court and Countryside)
289n238
character manipulation, designations for
breaking of Chinese characters (pozi 破字)
2, 34, 74, 108, 141
computation by divining written characters (buzishu 卜字數)
2
cutting characters apart (pi zi 劈字)
72, 207
dissection of Chinese characters (chaizi 拆字)
2, 35, 38, 108
fathoming of Chinese characters (cezi 測字)
2–3, 108
physiognomising of Chinese characters (xiangzi 相字)
2, 73, 107–108
separation of Chinese characters (biezi 別字)
2–3
splitting of characters (xiwen 析文)
74, 141
glyphomancy
44–45, 254–255
Chaxiang shi congchao 茶香室叢鈔 (Collected Jottings of the Tea Fragrance Hall)
273n166
Chen Shiyuan 陳士元
220
Chen Ya 陳亞
308
Chen Yi 陳沂
298n268
Chen Zhi 陳直
218n5
Cheng Xing 程省
37, 38n81
Cheng Zhiyun 程芝雲
37, 38n81
Chidu xinchao 尺牘新抄 (New Copy of Informal Letters)
52
Chongzhen Emperor 崇禎帝 (Zhu Youjian 朱由檢)
7n15, 51
Chude lu 畜德錄 (Record of Nourishing Virtue)
298n268
Chunqiu fanlu 春秋繁露 (Rich Dew of the Spring and Autumn Annals)
29
Chunyu Kun 淳于髡
143–145, 211–212, 215
Chunzhu jiwen 春渚紀聞 (Hearsay from Spring Islet)
35, 218n5
compound character
64, 68, 17–108, 110n127, 166
computations, divinatory (shu 數)
73–74, 110, 116–118, 121, 122n173, 125–126, 131
concealed words (yinyu 隱語)
137, 154–155, 172, 174–175, 198, 230, 297, 309
Confucius, see Kongzi
correlative cosmology
28–29, 184, 252n100, 255
creation of script / writing / written characters
33–34, 71, 75–76, 133, 163, 201, 204
criminals, revealed through divination
231, 245–247
Cui Wuyi 崔無斁
262
cycle of mutual overcoming (xiangke 相剋)
128
de Groot, J[an] J[akob] M[aria]
2n4, 33n60, 40, 45
determinism
230, 286
Di Qianyou 翟乾祐
273
Ding Gu 丁固
97–98
divination, based on physical attributes
253, 257–258
divination, topics of
allotted lifespan
283
career
255, 283, 288
illness
185, 253, 260, 274, 283, 287
imperial examinations
47, 185, 250–251, 256, 280–284, 286–288, 292–293
journey
158, 259, 279
marriage
257, 283
money
283
pregnancy
274
diviners, designations for
character physiognomist (xiangzizhe 相字者)
265, 273
chan master as diviner (chanshi 禪師)
273
divine[r] (zhan 占)
273, 289
diviner (zhanzhe 占者)
245, 289
dream diviner (zhanmengzhe 占夢者)
289
dream interpreter (yuanzhe 圓者)
245, 289
explainer (jiezhe 解者)
245, 289
gentleman of the methods (shushi 術士)
245, 265, 273, 289
gentleman of the Way (daoshi 道士)
245, 289
mad men (kuangren 狂人)
231, 240–241, 249
method[ician] (shu 術)
273
methodologist (shuzhe 術者)
265, 269, 273, 282, 289
monks as diviners
231, 240–241, 245, 249
person divining dreams (zhanmengren 占夢人)
289
physiognomer of seal characters (xiangyazizhe 相押字者)
265
physiognomist (xiangzhe 相者)
273
predictor (ji 乩)
245
prognosticator (buzhe 卜者)
289
Diwang shiji 帝王世紀 (Genealogical Records of Emperors and Kings)
286
Dong Chang 董昌
241
Dong Zhongshu 董仲舒
29, 314–315
Dong Zhuo 董卓
242
Dongfang Shuo 東方朔 (Dongfang Manqian 東方曼倩)
117, 143–146, 308–309
Dongxuan ji 東軒集 (Collection from the Eastern Balustrade)
296n263
Doolittle, Justus
39–40
Doré, Henri
40–41
Dou Wei 竇威
158
dream incubation, see dream, searching for
dream, searching for (qiumeng 求夢)
280–281
dreams, divinatory
9, 43n104, 47, 41, 73–75, 97–98, 112–113, 115–116, 125, 194, 198–199, 220–221, 228–229, 245–249, 270, 277–293, 317n346, 318–319
drinking games (jiuling 酒令, ling 令)
130–131n200, 228, 294, 297–298, 310
Duan Yucai 段玉裁
271n154
Duhua lu 讀畫錄 (Record of Reading Paintings)
53
Duke Jing of Jin 晉景公
138n220
Duke Jing of Qi 齊景公
206
Duke Wu of Wei 衞武公
142
Earl of Qin 秦伯
28
Empress Chen 陳皇后
5
encrypted words (yuci 庾辭)
74, 151–159, 168, 172, 236, 249
enigma (yin 讔)
135–136, 144–145, 150, 155–157, 301
epitext, see paratext
era names (nianhao 年號)
8, 229, 268–270, 290–291, 320
Erya 爾雅 (Approaching the Refined)
119
etymology of Chinese characters
26, 29, 66, 71, 81, 101, 209–212, 215, 227–228, 288, 310–319, 321
Fan Wenzi 范文子
138, 154
Fan Wuzi 范武子
138
Fang Wen 方文
58–60, 62, 65–66, 68–70, 72–73, 75–89, 95–109, 112, 116, 119, 161, 164n306, 187, 193n367, 207n390, 235, 244n77, 275nn187–188, 275n191, 300n280
Fei Xiaoxian 費孝先
244, 258, 262
Feng Yumin 馮育民
51
five phases (wuxing 五行)
23, 29, 128, 228, 316–317
Fu Rong 符融
245n84
Fu Xi 伏羲 (Pao Xi 庖犧)
25–26, 32–33, 67, 71, 75, 121–124, 126, 160–161, 163, 168, 188–189, 213
“Furui zhi 符瑞志” (“Treatise on Auspicious Omens”)
46
Fuzhang lu 拊掌錄 (Record of Clapping Hands)
245n84
Gaiyu congkao 陔餘叢考 (Miscellaneous Investigations during the Period of Leisure)
38
Gao Wenhu 高文虎
218n5
Genette, Gérard
10, 57, 59
geomancy (fengshui 風水)
6
ghost
28, 123–124, 229, 248, 279n197, 288
Gong Yu 弓輿
280, 286–287
Gongsun Shu 公孫述
194, 214, 270
graphology
37, 254–255
Guan Lu 管輅
71–72, 188–189, 203–204, 213–215
Guan Zhong 管仲
217–218
Guangxu Anhui tongzhi 光緒安徽通志 (Guangxu Era Anhui Gazetteer)
262n125
Guangxu Hangzhou fuzhi 光緒杭州府志 (Guangxu Era Gazetteer of Hangzhou Prefecture)
245n82
Guangxu Zhejiang tongzhi 光緒浙江通志 (Guangxu Era Zhejiang Gazetteer)
89n63
Guijian Yiying huangji shu 龜鑒易影皇極數 (Computations of the Shadow of the Changes and August Correctness Serving as Example)
36n74
“Guji liezhuan 滑稽列傳” (“Biographies of Smooth Talkers”)
141n231, 156n289, 206, 211, 214–215, 309
Gujin shuohai 古今說海 (Sea of Ancient and New Tales) / Shuohai 說海 (Sea of Tales)
218n5, 266n136
Gujin tushu jicheng 古今圖書集成 (Complete Collection of Old and Contemporary Diagrams and Writings)
36–38, 43, 45, 47, 254, 256–257, 264n129
Guo Zhongshu 郭忠恕
314n333
Guoyu 國語 (Discourses of the States)
138, 142n233, 154
Guqu ting jiwen 顧曲亭紀聞 (Hearsay from the Appreciating Music Pavilion)
266n136
Guwenyuan 古文苑 (Garden of Ancient Literature)
91, 92nn75–76, 92nn79–81
Han Emperor Wu 漢武帝
308
Han Feizi 韓非子 (Master Han Fei)
32n59, 79n43, 81, 87
Han Gaozu 漢高祖 (Liu Bang 劉邦)
30, 283n219
Han Yu 韓愈
164, 175, 213
Handan Chun 邯郸淳
149, 156n289
Hanshu 漢書 (Book of the Han)
29n45, 38, 128n190, 138, 140n229, 143n238, 143n240, 146, 149n268, 173n319, 203n378, 308n318, 309, 313n331
He Daoqing 賀道慶
233n41
He Dongru 何棟如
220, 284
He Liangjun 何良俊
154
He Meng 和㠓
246n84
He Ning 和凝
246n84
He Wei 何薳
35
heavenly mechanism (tianji 天機)
176–190, 249, 266
heavenly stems and earthly branches (tiangan dizhi 天干地支)
23, 50, 171
hexagrams (gua 卦)
25–26, 28, 32, 118–119, 121, 171, 184, 189, 227, 245
eight trigrams (bagua 八卦)
25–28, 32, 71, 75, 121–124, 126, 189, 227, 272, 277, 323
hidden political criticism
47, 228, 230, 236, 249, 294, 320
hidden words (souci 廋詞)
137–140, 154–155
homophony, as a technique of character manipulation
39, 139, 153, 159, 283
Hong Mai 洪邁
35
Hongwu Emperor 洪武帝
281n210
Hou Hanshu 後漢書 (Book of the Latter Han)
40, 89n64, 90nn67–68, 92n74, 194, 214, 242n71
Hu Hong 胡宏
89, 98, 100–101, 250, 252, 260
Hu Yijian 胡易鑒
273
Huainanzi 淮南子 (Master from Huainan)
32n59
Huan Wushe 還無社
152–153
Huang Di 黃帝
32, 121, 133n203, 286
Huang Xiufu 黃休復
262n124
Huang Yuji 黃虞稷
49, 50n136, 55
Huangfu Mi 皇甫謐
286
“Huangjuan youfu 黃絹幼婦” (“Yellow Pongee, Youthful Wife”)
89, 95, 97–98, 275
humour
1, 7n15, 72, 74, 132, 135–137, 141–147, 149n267, 150, 155, 204–209, 213, 228, 294–297, 310, 323
humour, based on physical deformities/attributes
228, 295–296, 308
wit
143n239, 230, 294–297, 299
witty exchanges / banter
75, 208, 293–299
humourists (paiyou 俳優)
74, 141–142
imperial examinations, see divination, topics of
inauspicious
character
260, 268–269, 272, 296, 319
dream
230–231, 288
meaning
260
name
269, 290
omen
201
incipience (ji 幾)
72, 74, 117–118, 124, 180, 185–187, 196, 200–204, 228, 249, 250n97, 277–293
intuition, intuitional guesswork
66, 101, 160, 168, 176–178, 186–189, 208, 249, 260
invention of script / writing / written characters, see creation of script / writing / written characters
Jiang Chenying 姜宸英
49
Jiang Linji zazhi 江鄰幾雜誌 (Various Notes of Jiang Linji) / Linji zazhi 鄰幾雜誌 (Various Notes of Linji)
315
Jiang Xiufu 江休復
315n337
Jiao Fang 焦芳
307
Jiaqing Sichuan tongzhi 嘉慶四川通志 (Jiaqing Era Sichuan Gazetteer)
89n63
Jiewen 解文 (Analysing Written Patterns)
34
Jinshu 晉書 (Book of the Jin)
96, 113n137, 114n143, 116n150, 133, 134n209, 148, 219, 241n68, 244n80, 245–246n84, 248nn92–93, 291n244
Jishen yancun 幾神驗存 (Confirming the Existence of the Incipience and the Spiritual)
265
Jiu Tangshu 舊唐書 (Old Book of the Tang)
34, 46n115, 111–112, 158n294
Ju Song 沮誦
133
Kan Ze 闞澤
274
Kangxi Emperor 康熙帝
52
Kangxi Zidian 康熙字典 (Dictionary of the Kangxi reign (1662–1722))
18, 127–128
King of Wu Yue 吳越王
130–131n200
King Xuan of Zhou 周宣王
140n229
King Zhuang of Chu 楚莊王
79n43, 156
Kong Jia 孔甲
133n203
Kong Rong 孔融
91, 94, 97–98, 207, 235
Kong Yingda 孔穎達
152–153
Kongzi bifangji 孔子閉房記 (Notes from Confucius’ Locked Room)
46n115
Kongzi 孔子
30, 138, 218, 313
Laigutang ji 賴古堂集 (Collection from the Hall of Depending on the Ancients)
49, 50nn135–136, 52, 55, 63
Langya daizuibian 瑯琊代醉編 (Compilation from Langya to Substitute for Drinking) / Daizui 代醉 (Substitute for Drinking)
26n36, 317n348
Laoxue’an biji 老學庵筆記 (Brushwritings from the Hut of an Old Man Learning)
115n148, 116n150
leisure time activity, character manipulation as (xian 閒)
10, 71–77, 99, 101–102, 119, 164, 169, 188, 236
Li Dongyang 李東陽
307
Li Gongzuo 李公佐
246
Li Hua 李畫
260
Li Linfu 李林甫
111
Li Ling 李陵
173, 213
“Li sao 離騷” (“Sorrow of Departing”)
162
Li Shihong 黎士宏 / 黎士弘
58, 60–62, 65, 67–69, 74–76, 151–155, 157–169, 186–187, 236, 249n96
Li Shou 隸首
133n203
Li Shun 李順
114–115, 116n150
Li Si 李斯
72, 88–89, 98, 140, 322
Li Xianyao 李仙藥
289
Li Yuchi 李玉匙
261
Li Zhong 李忠
128
Li Zicheng 李自成
51
Liang Emperor Wu 梁武帝
96–98, 275
Liang Hao 梁灝
282
Liang Zhangju 梁章鉅
309n320
Liaohua zhou xianlu 蓼花洲閒錄 (Idle Records from Smartweed Flowers Island)
218n5
“Lihe zuo jun xing ming zi shi 離合作郡姓名字詩” (“Poem of Separating and Combining to Make Commandery, Surname, First Name, and Style Name”) / “Jun xing ming zi shi 郡姓名字詩” (“Poem [Revealing] Commandery, Surname, First Name, and Style Name”), see “Yufu qujie 漁父屈節” (“The Fisherman Forfeits His Honour”)
Liji 禮記 (Book of Rites)
112
Lin Huan 林環
283n216
Lin Huihuan 林諱環
283n216
Lin Shu 林攄
131
Linggui zhi 靈鬼志 (Record of Spirits and Ghosts)
248n92
Liu Bei 劉備
148, 150n270
Liu Chang 劉敞 (Liu Yuanfu 劉原甫)
314–315
Liu Kezhuang 劉克莊
295
Liu Mingxi 劉命熙
271
Liu Xiang chen 劉向讖 (Prophecy of Liu Xiang)
114
Liu Xie 劉勰
136, 142, 144–146, 148, 149n268, 150, 155, 301
Liu Yan 劉巖
127
Liu Zongyuan 柳宗元
162n300
Liushen xiangzifa 六神相字法 (The Method of the Six Spirits Physiognomising of Chinese Characters)
34
Liushu lüe 六書略 (Summary on the Six Categories of Writing Characters)
317–318n349
Liutie 六帖 (Six Documents)
234
living tradition, character manipulation as
8, 47–48, 324
Lü Chen 呂忱
142n235
Lu Ji 陸楫
218n5
Lu You 陸游
115n148
Lunyu 論語 (Analects)
217, 218n4
Luo Binwang 駱賓王
237, 239–242
Luo Fu 羅浮
245
Luoyang qielan ji 洛陽伽藍記 (Record of Monasteries in Luoyang) / Qielan ji 伽藍記 (Record of Monasteries)
299n273
Ma Shouyu 馬守愚
262, 273, 321
Mai Tiezhang 麥鐵杖
158–159
Mao ting kehua 茅亭客話 (Conversations with Guests at the Thatched Pavilion)
262n124
Marquis of Jin 晉侯
28
Mei Gao 枚皋 / 枚臯
143–164
Mei Yingzuo 梅膺祚
18
Meihua yishu 梅花易數 (Plum Blossom Changes Computation)
36n74, 37n78
Menglin xuanjie 夢林玄解 (Explanations of the Profundities of the Forest of Dreams)
220, 284–285
Mengzhan leikao 夢占類考 (Examination of Dream Divination by Categories)
220
Mengzhan yizhi 夢占逸旨 (Lofty Principles of Dream Divination)
220–221, 281–282n211
milfoil stalks, divination by
25, 118
Min xiaoji 閔小記 (Short Notes on Fujian)
281
Ming zhuangyuan tukao 明狀元圖考 (Explained Charts of Ming Dynasty Top-Scorers in the Palace Examination)
281n210, 283n216
Mingshi 明史 (History of the Ming)
49nn131–132, 307n307
Mingyi kao 名義考 (Investigation into Names and Meanings)
139n226
misinterpretation of characters
187, 229, 277–278, 286–291, 293
module system
9, 16–18, 24
names
character manipulation in names
19, 30, 39, 45, 46n115, 75, 91–95, 97–98, 100, 107, 113–116, 126–127, 139n224, 151, 158–159, 185, 194–195, 199, 210, 222, 228, 231, 239, 242–244, 245–249, 257–258, 274–275, 290, 295–297, 308, 310
name changing (gaiming 改名) / name selection (qiming 起名 or quming 取名)
8, 324
Nan Qishu 南齊書 (Book of the Southern Qi)
194, 214
Nanchu xinwen 南楚新聞 (News from Southern Chu)
266n136
Nanshi 南史 (History of the South)
96, 275
Nie Danian 聶大年
296
non-compound character
64, 69, 107–108, 110n127, 161–162, 166
observing the weather, divination by (wangqi 望氣)
203–204
oneiromancy, see dreams, divinatory
oracle-bone inscriptions (jiaguwen 甲骨文)
24, 85n54, 134n208, 279
orthographic mistake
74, 110–112, 122
palindrome (huiwen 回文)
3–4, 6
Pan Yongyin 潘永因
35
paratext
10, 57–59
Pei Songzhi 裴松之
97n98, 148n260, 202
Pei Yan 裴炎
237–238, 242
Peixi 佩觿 (Bodkin [Worn] on the Girdle) / Peixi ji 佩觿集 (Collection of the Bodkin [Worn] on the Girdle)
314n333
peritext, see paratext
Physician He 醫和
28
physiognomy (xiangshu 相術)
2, 108, 189, 307–308
planchette writing, see spirit writing
poems of miscellaneous styles (zatishi 雜體詩)
93, 207n390, 300–301
poems, divinatory, see songs, divinatory
Polo, Marco
39
Pozi jing 破字經 (Classic of Breaking Characters)
33
Pozi yaojue 破字要訣 (Secret Essentials to Breaking Characters)
33–34
praying for a dream ((ci) qimeng (祠)祈夢), see dream, searching for
protasis and apodosis structure
228, 285
Pu Man 普滿
240
(Southern) Qi Emperor Wu 齊武帝
194, 214, 270
Qian Lucan 錢陸燦
49, 54
Qian Zhenlun 錢振倫
302n290
Qianju lu 潛居錄 (Record of the Hidden Residence)
219
Qianlong Quanzhou fuzhi 乾隆泉州府志 (Qianlong Era Gazetteer of Quanzhou Prefecture)
264n130
Qiaodui lu 巧對錄 (Notes on Antithetical Couplets)
309n320
(Former) Qin Emperor Xuanzhao 秦宣昭帝 (Fu Jian 苻堅)
114, 116n150
Qingbai leichao 清稗類鈔 (Categorised Jottings of Petty Matters from the Qing Dynasty)
34n64
Qingshi gao 清史稿 (Provisional History of the Qing)
52n142, 61n23, 62n24
Qingshi liezhuan 清史列傳 (Biographies of the Qing)
62n24
Qixie 齊諧 (Harmonising Humour)
205–206, 214
Qu Yuan 屈原
162
Quantangshi 全唐詩 (Complete [Collection of] Poems from the Tang)
130n200
radicals (bushou 部首)
18
realisation (chu 觸)
65–71, 74, 99, 101, 117–118, 121, 124–128, 132, 135–136, 170–171, 176–177, 187, 209, 221, 229, 249–250, 260, 266–267
forced realisation (qiang chu 強觸)
67, 70, 126–129
Renshutang biji 仁恕堂筆記 (Brushwritings from the Hall of Humaneness and Forgiveness)
62
rhetoric
study of rhetoric (xiucixue 修辭學)
42
character manipulation as rhetorical device
12, 27, 33–34, 44–45n111, 47, 155n287, 322, 324
riddle
character riddle (zimi 字謎)
34n63, 47–48, 53n150, 71, 89, 96–98, 198, 301–303
riddle (mi 謎)
4, 34n63, 47–48, 53n150, 71, 89, 91, 96–98, 139, 146n250, 153–157, 198, 236, 300
orthography riddle
276, 293–294, 299–307, 310
Sang Lingzhi 桑霛直
56
Sanguozhi 三國志 (Records of the Three Kingdoms)
71n36, 72n37, 97, 148nn258–260, 189n361, 202–204, 213–214, 274n182, 275n185
seal script
small seal script (xiaozhuan 小傳)
23, 26n38, 85n54, 88, 98, 103, 106, 109, 134n208, 141, 317
great seal script (dazhuan 大篆)
103, 140n229
Shang Jun 商濬
315n337
Shao Yong 紹雍
37n78, 125n180
Shen Shuzhan 申叔展
152–153
Shen Zuozhe 沈作喆
35
Shenji xiangzi fa 神機相字法 (The Spiritual Mechanism Method of Physiognomising Written Characters)
36n74
Shennong 神農
32, 121
Shi Liu 史留
140n229
Shi Zhou pian 史籀篇 (Chapters of Shi Zhou)
140
Shi Zhou 史籀 (Historian Zhou)
140
Shibu 栻卜 (Divination by the Shi Device)
34n63
Shiji 史記 (Records of the Grand Historian)
73n38, 117n154, 141n231, 143n239, 145n249, 156n289, 158–159, 206, 210–211, 214–215, 293, 309
Shijing 詩經 (Classic of Poetry)
93n84, 170–175, 207–208, 213–215, 233n43, 293–294
Shishuo xinyu 世說新語 (New Account of Tales of the World)
89–90, 95, 97n101, 193, 214, 275–276, 300
Shiwen leiju 事文類聚 (Classified Collection Based on Historical Events and Literature)
266n136
Shufa yueyan 書法約言 (Trusted Sayings on Calligraphy)
120n165
Shun 舜
121
Shunzhi Emperor 順治帝
52
Shuofu 說郛 (Tales from the City’s Outer Wall)
219n6
Shuowen jiezi 說文解字 (Explaining Written Patterns and Analysing Written Characters)
26n38, 31–33, 64, 66, 72, 77, 78n40, 79–81, 82n48, 83–84, 85n54, 86–88, 98–105, 106n122, 109, 122n172, 140n229, 209–210, 212–215, 235, 271, 311, 313–315, 321–322
Siji lu 四季錄 (Record of the Four Seasons)
316n343
Sima Xiangru 司馬相如
210–212, 215
Sima Yi 司馬懿
237
Siti shushi 四體書勢 / Shushi 書勢 (Aspects of the Four Styles of Calligraphy)
133, 142–143, 150
six categories of writing characters (liushu 六書)
31, 47, 54, 60n11, 72, 74, 76–78, 84–88, 102–104, 109, 112, 122, 132, 176, 178–179, 188, 190, 209–210, 212–215, 311–312, 322
associating ideas (huiyi 會意)
31, 77–88, 101–102, 104–109, 178–179, 213, 311–312, 316, 321
borrowing [one graph for another] (jiajie 假借)
31, 77, 104–105, 178, 213
indicating shape and sound (xingsheng 形聲)
31, 77, 104–105
referring (pictorially) to something (zhishi 指事)
31, 77–78, 81–88, 104–105
reinterpreting (zhuanzhu 轉注)
31, 77, 104–105
symbolising physical shape (xiangxing 象形)
31, 77–78, 81–82, 85–88, 104–109, 132–134, 271, 316
smooth talkers (guji / huaji 滑稽)
74, 141–142, 206, 293, 309
Song Cao 宋曹
120n165
(Liu) Song Emperor Ming 宋明帝
319
(Liu) Song Emperor Wen 宋文帝
319–320n354
(Liu) Song Emperor Shao 宋少帝 (Liu Yifu 劉義苻)
114
Song Dao Zhi chaizi zhuan 宋道直拆字傳 (Account of Character Dissections from Dao Zhi of the Song), see Xie Shi chaizi zhuan 謝石拆字傳 (Account of Character Dissections from Xie Shi)
Song Gaozong 宋高宗
42n98
Song Lizong 宋理宗
39n87
Song Qinzong 宋欽宗
269
Song Zhezong 宋哲宗
243
Songbai leichao 宋稗類鈔 (Categorised Jottings of Petty Matters from the Song Dynasty)
35, 36n73, 264n131
Songmingge shixuan 松明閣詩選 (Collection of Poems from Pine Torch Pavilion)
61
songs, divinatory
38, 125, 230–231, 239–242, 249, 252, 270
children’s ditties (tongyao 童謠)
241
song of the people (minjianyao 民間謠)
240
Songshi 宋史 (History of the Song)
34, 131n201, 243n73, 243n75, 269n141, 282n214, 292n248, 308n314, 315n336, 320nn356–357
Songshu 宋書 (Book of the [Liu] Song)
30n53, 46, 114n145, 320n354
spirit world, concealed messages from
229, 231, 247–248
spirit writing (fuji 扶乩)
15, 45–46
spiritual essence of the human heart (renxin zhi ling 人心之靈)
75–76, 163, 167–169
splitting and combining (lihe 離合)
88, 177, 190–192, 196–197, 210, 212, 311
splitting and combining poems (liheshi 離合詩)
34n63, 71, 93, 207–208, 230–231, 233–235, 244, 293, 300–301
spring couplets (chunlian 春聯), see antithetical couplets
Su Shi 蘇軾
308, 312–313
Su Wu 蘇武
173, 213
subjective guesswork
66, 75–76, 151, 159–160, 168, 187
Suishu 隋書 (Book of the Sui)
33, 46n115, 100n106, 142n235, 149n267, 158–159, 174, 291
Sun Guangxian 孫光憲
35
Sun Quan 孫權
274
Suo Dan 索紞
244, 289
superstition, divination as (mixin 迷信)
12, 41, 43, 45
synchronicity (gongshixing 共時性)
71, 180–187
taboo characters
128–129, 291, 319–320
tadpole script (kewen 蝌文, kedoushu 蝌蚪書)
121–122
Taiping guangji 太平廣記 (Extensive Notes from of the Taiping Era)
35n71, 273n165
Taiping yulan 太平御覽 (Imperial Reader of the Taiping Era)
248n92
talismans
47
Tang huiyao 唐會要 (Essential Documents of the Tang)
128, 129n193
Tao Gu 陶穀
130–131n200
Tao Zongyi 陶宗儀
219n6
temporal coincidences (shihui 時會)
71, 176–190, 249–256, 266
theory of experts, divination as
151, 159–164, 168
Tieweishan congtan 鐵圍山叢談 (Collected Talks from Mount Tiewei)
266n136
Tingshi 桯史 (History Written on a Small Table)
115n148, 116n150
Tong Dai 佟代 / 佟岱
52
Tongzhi 通志 (Comprehensive Records)
318n349
Touxia lu 投轄錄 (Record for Entertaining Guests)
35
Tuo suzhai shiji 托素齋詩集 (Collection of Poems on Vegetarian Food)
62n26
Tuo suzhai shiwenji 托素齋詩文集 (Collection of Texts and Poems on Vegetarian Food)
62
Tushan ji 嵞山集 (Collection from Mount Tu)
59, 60n10
unification of Chinese script
31, 33n60, 140–141, 322
Wang Anshi 王安石
209–210, 212, 215, 236, 238, 308, 311–312, 321
Wang Chong 王充
179n332
Wang Dechen 王得臣
268n138
Wang Fuzhi 王夫之
162
Wang Jun 王濬
96, 97nn101–102, 98, 116n150
Wang Long 汪龍
43n106, 253, 258, 263, 266, 273
Wang Mai 王邁
295
Wang Mang 王莽
30
Wang Mingqing 王明清
35
Wang Ruoxian 王若先
49, 50n136
Wang Shichong 王世充
46
Wang Su 王肅
72, 202, 204, 214
Wang Xiaobo 王小波
114n147
Wang Yi 王逸
162
Way, the (Dao 道)
29, 73, 110, 117, 122–126, 201
(Northern) Wei Emperor Xiaowen 魏孝文帝
298
Wei Heng 衛恆
133
Wei Zhao 韋昭
154
Wei Zheng 魏徵
174
Weilüe 魏略 (Brief Account of the [Cao] Wei)
148
Weishu 魏書 (Book of the [Northern] Wei)
142n235, 298n272
wen 文
63–69, 105–110, 131, 141n232, 161–162, 166, 170
Wenjian ji 聞見記 (Records of Heard and Seen Events)
142n235
Wenxin diaolong 文心雕龍 (The Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons)
135–136, 142, 144, 145n249, 146, 148, 149n268, 150, 155–157, 301
Wenyuange shumu 文淵閣書目 (Catalogue of the Hall of Literary Profundity)
34
worm script (chong shu 蟲書)
201, 204, 214
Wu Chongyao 伍崇曜
55, 58–59
Wu Ju 伍舉
156
Wu Song 吳崧
265
Wu Zetian 武則天
126–127, 209–210, 212, 215, 237–239, 241, 291, 311
Wulu 吳錄 (Records of the Wu)
275n185
Wushu 吳書 (Book of the Wu)
97n98
Xiangzi midian 相字秘典 (Secret Scriptures to Physiognomising Characters)
34
Xiao Gui 蕭炅
112
Xiaojing youqi 孝經右契 (Classic of Filial Piety, Right Tally)
100n106
Xiaojing zuoqi 孝經左契 (Classic of Filial Piety, Left Tally)
100n106
Xiaojing zuoyouqi tu 孝經左右契圖 (Classic of Filial Piety, Diagrams of the Left and Right Tallies)
100n106
Xiaojing zuoyouwo 孝經左右握 (Classic of Filial Piety, Grasping of the Mandate, Left and Right)
100n106
Xiaolin 笑林 (Forest of Laughter)
149
“Xici zhuan 繫辭傳” (“Commentary on the Appended Phrases”)
25, 32, 93n83, 101n110, 118n156, 121n168, 201n375
Xie An 謝安 (Xie Fu 謝傅)
148, 150n270
Xie Daoqing 謝道清 (Grand Empress Dowager Xie)
39n87
Xie Huilian 謝惠連
234n45
Xie Shi chaizi zhuan 謝石拆字傳 (Account of Character Dissections from Xie Shi)
218n5
Xie Shi Cheng Xing cezi mijue 謝石程省測字秘訣 (Secret Know-how of Xie Shi and Cheng Xing)
37n79
Xie Shi 謝石 (Xie Runfu 謝潤夫)
34–35, 89–101, 117, 218, 263, 274
Xie Xiao’e zhuan 謝小娥傳 (The Biography of Xie Xiao’e)
246n87
Xie Xiao’e 謝小娥
246–247
Xin Tangshu 新唐書 (New Book of the Tang)
34n65, 46n115, 111n130, 120nn165–167, 158n294, 241n66, 246n87
Xin Wudaishi 新五代史 (New History of the Five Dynasties)
127
Xinbian wudaishi pinghua 新編五代史平話 (Newly Compiled Stories from the History of the Five Dynasties)
301n285
“Xinding zhi mingxin fa 新訂指明心法” (“Newly Arranged Method of Indicating the Clear Spirit”)
36, 263n129
Xinghuafu Putianxian zhi 興化府莆田縣志 (Putian County of Xinghua Prefecture Gazetteer)
61n21
Xu Fang 徐芳
58, 60–62, 65–66, 68–70, 73–77, 110–113, 115n148, 116–127, 129–133, 164n306, 187, 244n77
Xu Jingye 徐敬業 (Li Jingye 李敬業)
237
Xu Ke 徐珂
34n64
Xu Shen 許慎
31–32, 64, 72, 77–78, 83, 86–89, 98, 100, 103–104, 106, 109, 311, 313–315, 322
Xu Shenweng 徐神翁
243
Xu Xuan 徐鉉
86, 235
Xu Yanxiu 徐延休
235
Xuanta bian 懸榻編 (Compilation of Treating a Noble Man with Courtesy)
60–61
(Latter) Yan 後燕 Emperor Zhaowen 昭文帝 (Murong Xi 慕容熙)
241
Yan Ying 晏嬰
206
Yan Yu 嚴羽
63, 172–173, 207n390, 213
Yan Zhitui 顏之推
33
Yang Jian 楊堅
127, 128n189
Yang Shiqi 楊士奇
34
Yang Xiu 楊脩
90, 95, 97, 193, 214, 300
Yanshi jiaxun 顏氏家訓 (Family Instructions of Master Yan)
33, 34n63
Yanzi chunqiu 晏子春秋 (Spring and Autumn Annals of Master Yan)
205–206, 214, 293
Yao 堯
121
Ye Jian 葉簡
245
Ye Xie 葉燮
173
Yi yu ji 疑獄集 (Collection of Doubtful Lawsuits)
246n84
Yijianzhi 夷堅志 (Account of Yijian)
35, 38
Yijing 易經 (Classic of Changes)
25, 27–28, 93n83, 101n110, 117–119, 121, 123nn174–175, 127, 131, 181–182, 184, 200–202, 204, 214, 227, 322
yin 陰 and yang 陽
123–124, 228, 252n100, 317
Yinglian conghua 楹聯叢話 (Collected Talks on Couplets on Pillars)
309n320
Yinglian xuhua 楹聯續話 (Continued Talks on Couplets on Pillars)
309n320
Yinren zhuan 印人傳 (Biographies of Seal Carvers)
53–54
Yinshu 隱書 (Book of Concealment)
149
Yinshuwu shuying 因樹屋書影 (Shadows of Books from the Prison Cell)
52
Yiwen leiju 藝文類聚 (Classified Collection from Literature)
91, 92nn75–76, 92nn79–81, 233n41, 234, 309n319
Yiyao 疑耀 (Doubts and Illuminations)
273n166
You Meng 優孟
143n239, 145
You Zhan 優旃
143–145
Youming lu 幽明錄 (Records of the Hidden and the Visible Realm)
248n92
Yu Huan 魚豢
148n260
Yu Yue 俞樾
273n166
Yuan Kang 袁康
139n224
Yuan Shushan 袁樹珊
37n80, 54, 89n63, 244nn79–80, 245n82, 262–263nn124–126, 264nn130–132, 273n166, 289n236, 289nn238–239
Yuanshi 原詩 (The Origins of Poetry)
173
Yuanyou pian 遠遊篇 (Chapters on Distant Wanderings)
61
Yue Ke 岳珂
115n148
Yuejue shu 越絕書 (Book on the Excellence of Yue)
139, 219
“Yufu qujie 漁父屈節” (“The Fisherman Forfeits His Honour”)
91, 94, 97, 207
Yujian 寓簡 (Bamboo Slips on Allegory)
35
Yulu 玉露 (Jade-white Dew)
266n136
Yunlu manchao 雲麓漫鈔 (Casual Jottings from the Cloudy Foot of a Hill)
130
Zeng Guofan 曾國藩
42n98
Zhang Chengcha 張乘槎
263, 271, 273
Zhang Dingsi 张鼎思
26n36
Zhang Fengyi 張鳳翼
220
Zhang Liang 張亮
13, 116n150
Zhang Taiyan 章太炎
42n98
Zhang Xu 張旭
120–122, 126
Zhang Xuan 張萱
273n166
Zhang You 張猷
289
Zhang Zhuo 張鷟
289n238
Zhang Zilie 張自烈
128n190
Zhanguo ce 戰國策 (Stratagems of the Warring States)
128n189
Zhao Ji 趙佶 (Song Huizong 宋徽宗)
243
Zhao Meng 趙孟
28
Zhao Yi 趙翼
38
Zhao Zhi 趙直
289
Zhen Zhongshu 甄仲舒
247, 248n92
Zheng Ke 鄭克
246n84
Zheng Qiao 鄭樵
64, 318n349
Zheng Xuan 鄭玄
103n114
Zheng Yangtian 鄭仰田
264
Zheng zi tong 正字通 (Comprehensive Understanding of Correct Characters)
128n190
Zhengao 真誥 (Declarations of the Perfected)
234
Zheyu guijian 折獄龜鑒 (Example Cases for Solving Lawsuits)
246n84
Zhilin 巵林 (Forest of Flagons)
61
Zhongguo lidai buren zhuan 中國歷代卜人傳 (Historical Biographies of Chinese Diviners)
37n80, 54, 89n63, 244nn79–80, 245n82, 262–263nn124–126, 264nn130–132, 273n166, 289n236, 289nn238–239
(Northern) Zhou Emperor Wu 周武帝 (Yuwen Yong 宇文邕)
290
Zhou Gong jiemeng 周公解夢 (Duke of Zhou Explanation of Dreams)
285n227
Zhou Liangjie 周亮節
50
Zhou Mi 周密
154
Zhou Qi 周祈
139n226
Zhou Sheng 周生
264, 35–36n73
Zhou Wenwei 周文煒
50
Zhou Ying 周嬰
58, 60–61, 65, 67–70, 74–75, 132–137, 139–150, 154n279, 187n353, 206–208
Zhou Zaidu 周在都
52
Zhou Zaijian 周在建
52
Zhou Zaijun 周在浚
49, 51, 55, 63
Zhou Zaiqing 周在青
52
Zhou Zaiyan 周在延
51
Zhou Zaiyang 周在揚
51–52
Zhouli 周禮 (Rites of the Zhou)
103
Zhouyi 周易 (Changes of the Zhou)
5–6, 14n7, 25, 28, 37n79, 93n83, 101n110, 118n156, 121n168, 123n174, 127n187, 201n375
Zhu Anguo 朱安國
264
Zhu Xi 朱熹
208, 316n343
Zhuangzi 莊子 (Master Zhuang)
205–206, 214, 293
Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮
148
Zhushi 麈史 (History Told at Leisure)
268n138
zi 字
63–69, 105–108, 109, 131, 141n232, 166, 169–170
Zichubu 字觸補 (Amended Zichu)
56
Zihui 字彙 (Collection of Characters)
18
Zilin 字林 (Forest of Characters)
142–143
Zishuo 字說 (Explanation of Characters)
209, 210n397, 212, 214, 311, 312n327
Zizhi tongjian 資治通鑑 (Comprehensive Mirror to Aid in Government)
112n133
Zou Yan 鄒衍
29–30
Zuozhuan 左傳 (Commentary of Mr. Zuo)
26–28, 79–80, 87, 128n190, 144n244, 152–153, 155, 236, 249, 317, 323