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Publisher
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Philippe Picquier
Parution date
:
2001
EAN
:
9782877305327
Description
The world largest palace, the Forbidden City in Peking offers a unique example of a beautiful city. Its grandiose decor is a testimony of the greatness of the emperor - who is the guarantor of the world’s harmony and the order of the universe – as well as the representation of fundamental virtue of the Yin and the Yang symbol. The author deciphers the multiple symbols of the 72 hectares of the Forbidden City’s maze that was built in only 14 years. This little book embellished with attractive line drawings is a voyage at the core of the symbolic imperial urbanism that served as the foundation of power in China for centuries.
Author
Cyrille Javary : Cyrille Javary is a writer and a consultant of culture and ancient Chinese civilization. He translatd the "I Jing", the basis of the "Yin/Yang" thinking. He founded the association "Djohi" that encourages the study and the use of the "I-Jing".
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