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Green Dragon, Sombre Warrior: A Journey Around China's Symbolic Frontiers

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Author: Brown, Liam D'Arcy; D'Arcy-Brown, Liam
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Publisher: John Murray
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Publication Year: 2004-03-28
ISBN#: 978-0-7195-6507-6
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Pages: 304
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Language: English

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Genre: Travel / Asia / China
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The ancient Chinese divided the zodiac into four quadrants, each with its own ruler - the Green Dragon of the East, the Scarlet Phoenix of the South, the White Tiger of the West and the Sombre Warrior of the North. They believed that these, and the interaction of the five elements - wood, fire, earth, metal and water - governed human affairs and that together they demonstrated a unity in multiplicity, a harmony in divergence.