Laws of the Land: Fengshui and the State in Qing Dynasty China

Name: Laws of the Land: Fengshui and the State in Qing Dynasty China
Author: Tristan Brown

By Tristan Brown, assistant professor of history

Princeton University Press · 2023

In "Laws of the Land," Brown tells the story of the important roles - especially legal ones - played by fengshui in Chinese society during China's last imperial dynasty, the Manchu Qing (1644-1912). Employing archives from Mainland China and Taiwan that have only recently become available, this is the first book to document fengshui's invocations in Chinese law during the Qing dynasty.

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