Wolfram Eberhard's dictionary works through Chinese symbolic animals and motifs one entry at a time, drawing on the folklore, literary and visual record for each symbol rather than a single unifying theory of Chinese symbolism applied across the whole tradition. This atlas uses it narrowly for the specific symbolic associations its entries document. This record has not independently traced a documented history of scholarly disagreement with any individual entry, and it has not checked every entry against a second independent reference. Use it for the traditional meaning of a specific Chinese symbolic motif; it is a reference of individual entries rather than a connected historical argument.
Facts
Citation
AuthorWolfram Eberhard
PublisherRoutledge
Publication Year1986
URLhttps://archive.org/details/dictionaryofchin00wolf
Source Typereference
Assessment
Reliability Tier2
Wolfram Eberhard's dictionary working through Chinese symbolic animals and motifs one entry at a time, drawing on the folklore, literary and visual record for each symbol rather than a single unifying theory of Chinese symbolism applied across the whole tradition. NotesAdded wave8: reference on Chinese symbolic animals and motifs
Claims Backed By This Source (275 claims)
This source backs 275 claims across the atlas. As facts: 158 well-attested, 1 partially Attested. As cited relationships: 31 holds. Plus 85 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Chinese Animals, 53 claims: 29 well-attested, 12 holds, 12 general references.
- Deities, 51 claims: 22 well-attested, 5 holds, 24 general references.
- Animals & Totems, 44 claims: 23 well-attested, 7 holds, 14 general references.
- Directions, 37 claims: 28 well-attested, 9 general references.
- Articles, 29 claims: 28 well-attested, 1 partially Attested.
- Plants, 16 claims: 8 well-attested, 1 holds, 7 general references.
- Numbers, 13 claims: 5 well-attested, 8 general references.
- Colors, 11 claims: 4 well-attested, 3 holds, 4 general references.
- Sources, 8 claims: 8 well-attested.
- Mythical Creatures, 7 claims: 1 well-attested, 3 holds, 3 general references.
- Constellations, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Numerology Systems, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Planets, 1 claims: 1 general references.
- Sacred Architecture, 1 claims: 1 general references.
Well-attested
158Showing 1 to 50 of 87 entities carrying this claim.
General References
85Showing 51 to 84 of 84 entities carrying this claim.
Reader Challenges (0)
No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.
Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.