This text is in Chinese. Every face has a story to tell...what's yours? Joey Yap's "Face Reading Essentials" comprise a series of short yet detailed guides that describe each important facial trait on the face. These are accompanied by clear, elegant illustrations that you can easily identify and reference into types on a REAL face. You will be able to use the information given to 'practice' on any face, whether it's your own, or those of your friends, family, and colleagues. In this book on the Eyebrows, be informed and be entertained with this guide to knowing what this seemingly minor facial feature has to reveal about you, and those around you! Find yourself, your friends, and your family among the 50 types of eyebrows shown here, and be on your way towards understanding why it can reveal more about inner depth of character than any other facial feature. Do you have thick or thin eyebrows and what information does this reveal about your basic character? If your hair grows in several different directions, will you have more problems making a decision? Why should you marry a man with Triangular Eyebrows if you are looking for a knight in shining armour? Flip open the pages of this book to know what type of eyebrows you have, and what it means. It' s as simple as that! An ancient practice is now condensed into easy-to-digest nuggets of information. If you have ever wanted to know more about people in general, and why we have such vastly different personalities, perceptions, and reactions, "Face Reading" is the first captivating step in a journey that will reveal plenty of insight.

What do dice and gods have in common? What is the relationship between dice divination and dice gambling? This interdisciplinary collaboration situates the tenth-century Chinese Buddhist "Divination of Mahesvara" within a deep Chinese backstory of divination with dice and numbers going back to at least the 4th century BCE. Simultaneously, the authors track this specific method of dice divination across the Silk Road and into ancient India through a detailed study of the material culture, poetics, and ritual processes of dice divination in Chinese, Tibetan, and Indian contexts. The result is an extended meditation on the unpredictable movements of gods, dice, divination books, and divination users across the various languages, cultures, and religions of the Silk Road.

In times of crises, be it about climate change, the pandemic corona virus, or democratic struggles, there is an unwaning interest worldwide in the end of times and related themes such as apocalypticism, messianism, and utopianism. This concerns scholarship and society alike, and is by no means limited to the religious field. The present volume collates essays from specialists in the study of apocalyptic and eschatological subjects. With its interdisciplinary approach, it is designed to overcome the existing Euro-centrism and incorporate a broader perspective to the topic of end time expectations in the Christian Middle Ages as well as in East Asia and Africa. Contributors include: Gaelle Bosseman, Wolfram Brandes, Matthias Gebauer, Jurgen Gebhardt, Vincent Goossaert, Klaus Herbers, Matthias Kaup, Bernardo Bertholin Kerr, Thomas Krumpel, Richard Landes, Zhao Lu, Rolf Scheuermann, and Julia Eva Wannenmacher.