THE MYTHIC CHINESE UNICORN
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- THE MYTHIC CHINESE UNICORN
- ABSTRACT
- PREFACE
- DEDICATION
- CHRONOLOGY OF CHINA
- Chapter. 1 INTRODUCTION TO THE MYTHIC CHINESE UNICORN
- Chapter 2. EARLIEST PICTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE FOR THE ZHI
- Chapter 3. THE ANIMAL REPRESENTED IN THE ZHI PICTOGRAPH – SAOLA
- Chapter 4. LATER EVOLUTION OF CHINESE CHARACTERS
- Chapter 5. THE UNICORN ZHI AND THE LAW
- Chapter 6. THE ‘TIBETAN UNICORN’ – CHIRU
- Chapter 7. IMAGES OF ZHI IN THE SHANG DYNASTY
- Chapter 8. EARLIEST PICTORIAL EVIDENCE FOR THE ZHI
- Chapter 9. THE CONFUSION ABOUT THE LIN
- Chapter 10. AUSPICIOUS ANIMALS IN HAN ART
- Chapter 11. THE ZHI BECOMES A TOMB DOOR GUARDIAN
- Chapter 12. THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGES OF UNICORN
- Chapter 13. THE REAL UNICORN ELASMOTHERIUM
- Chapter 14. DRAGON’S BONES AND DRAGON’S TEETH
- Chapter 15. THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE UNICORN
- Chapter 16. THE RHINOCEROS IN ANCIENT CHINA
- Chapter 17. THE ANCIENT USES OF RHINOCEROS HORN
- Chapter 18. RHINOCEROS HORN AND THE POISONFEATHER BIRD
- Chapter 19. EARLY MARITIME TRADE IN RHINO HORN
- Chapter 20. THE CINNAMON ROUTE
- Chapter 21. THE TASTES OF PARADISE
- Chapter 22. THE MYTHIC RHINOCEROS-UNICORN
- Chapter 23. THE MAGIC OF THE HORN
- Chapter 24. GE HONG’S IDEAS AND THEIR INFLUENCE
- Chapter 25. THE DESIGNS ON THE HORN
- Chapter 26. THE SPIRIT-RHINOCEROS-UNICORN XINIU
- Chapter 27. THE ANCIENT TRADE IN NARWHAL HORN
- Chapter 28. NARWHAL HORN BECOMES MAGICAL
- Chapter 29. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION
- ENDNOTES
- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY