Schuyler Cammann's The Magic Square of Three in Old Chinese Philosophy and Religion, published in History of Religions, volume 1, in 1961, is a peer-reviewed scholarly article tracing the magic square of three's place in Chinese cosmological and religious thought. Its strength is that it is a peer-reviewed article in a major journal for the academic study of religion, still cited in later scholarship on Chinese numerology. Its limit is that it is a single article from 1961 addressing one specific numerological figure, so a claim about Chinese religious numerology more broadly needs a source addressing that wider subject rather than this focused study.
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Schuyler Cammann's The Magic Square of Three in Old Chinese Philosophy and Religion, published in History of Religions in 1961, is a peer reviewed article by an established scholar of Chinese material culture, treated at the top tier. NotesSchuyler Cammann's peer-reviewed article on the magic square of three in old Chinese philosophy and religion.
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AuthorSchuyler Cammann
PublisherHistory of Religions 1(1), pp. 37-80
Publication Year1961
Source Typepeer-reviewed article
Claims Backed By This Source (21 claims)
This source backs 21 claims across the atlas. As facts: 15 well-attested. As cited relationships: 2 holds. Plus 4 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Sources, 7 claims: 7 well-attested.
- Sacred Geometry, 6 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Articles, 3 claims: 3 well-attested.
- Disciplines, 3 claims: 1 holds, 2 general references.
- Directions, 2 claims: 1 holds, 1 general references.
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