Sinica Leidensia

Contents
Acknowledgements
Figures and Tables
Chronology of Chinese Dynasties
Abbreviations and Conventions
Introduction
	1	The Social Context of Ming Physiognomy
	2	A ‘Homological’ Approach Explained
	3	Sources and Perspectives
	4	Chapter Outline
Chapter 1
	The Intellectual Context of Ming Physiognomy
		1	The Categorisation of Physiognomic Knowledge in Chinese History
		2	The Textual Background of Physiognomy Manuals
		3	The Intellectual Context of the Physiognomic Body
		4	Conclusion
Chapter 2
	The Social Context of Physiognomy in the Ming
		1	Physiognomy Practitioners
		2	Practising Physiognomy
		3	Social Perceptions of Physiognomy
		4	Conclusion
Chapter 3
	The Physiognomic Conceptualisation of the Cosmos
		1	Materiality and the Meanings of ‘Things’ in a Physiognomic Cosmology
		2	The Physiognomy of Things and the Perception of the Cosmos
		3	The Physiognomy of Characters as a Bodily and Cosmic Process
		4	Conclusion
Chapter 4
	The Physiognomic Conceptualisation of the Body Microcosm
		1	The Topology of Fortune
		2	The Head and the Face: Microcosm of a Microcosm
		3	Different Systems of the Facial Microcosm
		4	Microcosms Beyond the Head
		5	Conclusion
Chapter 5
	The Physiognomic Conceptualisation of Human Physiology
		1	The Physiognomy of the Formed and Formless Body
		2	The Physiognomy of Pulses
		3	Physiognomy of Gendered Body
		4	Interactions with Medical Knowledge and Practices
		5	Conclusion
Chapter 6
	Categorising the Body and Interpreting Fortune
		1	Categorising the Body for Fortune-telling
		2	Differentiating Fortune in Gender and Body Growth
		3	Exceptions in Body Categorisations
		4	Conclusion
Chapter 7
	Cultivating the Body and Changing Fortune
		1	The Paradox of Predestined Fortune
		2	Cultivation and the Changing Fortune
		3	Conclusion
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index