The Mythic Chinese Unicorn: 2nd EditionFriesenPress, 29 ene 2018 - 240 páginas This is the first book in the English language to explore the origin and significance of the mythic Chinese unicorn and its influence on later unicorn myths. It proves, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that the Chinese unicorn was not the qilin, but a one-horned female goat-like beast called the zhi (pronounced jhuhr). It also examines the real animals upon which the myth was based. Its most significant finding, however, is that the unicorn zhi was the ultimate symbol of justice under the law in ancient China. Making judicious use of all available evidence, historical, epigraphical, archaeological, art historical and scientific, this book explains how the myth of the unicorn began in China and then gradually spread to other parts of Asia and Europe. |
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Chapter 1 | 1 |
Chapter 2 | 5 |
Chapter 3 | 9 |
Chapter 4 | 15 |
Chapter 5 | 21 |
Chapter 6 | 27 |
Chapter 7 | 31 |
Chapter 8 | 35 |
Chapter 16 | 93 |
Chapter 17 | 101 |
Chapter 18 | 109 |
Chapter 19 | 115 |
Chapter 20 | 127 |
Chapter 21 | 137 |
Chapter 22 | 143 |
Chapter 23 | 153 |
Chapter 9 | 41 |
Chapter 10 | 49 |
Chapter 11 | 55 |
Chapter 12 | 59 |
Chapter 13 | 65 |
Chapter 14 | 83 |
Chapter 15 | 89 |
Chapter 24 | 159 |
Chapter 25 | 169 |
Chapter 26 | 175 |
Chapter 27 | 185 |
Chapter 28 | 195 |
Chapter 29 | 205 |
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