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Jiu Gong Ge Paper Notebook for Writing Chinese Characters

Author : Spicy Journals
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781497407312
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (73 download)

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Download or read book Jiu Gong Ge Paper Notebook for Writing Chinese Characters written by Spicy Journals and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-03-20 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jiu Gong Ge paper - Hanzi notebook for writing Chinese characters. This spacious notebook has 120 numbered pages with 63 one inch squares per page with nine boxes in each square as guides for writing Chinese characters. The big boxes are ideal for beginners to practice writing Chinese characters and calligraphy as well as for learning stroke order.. Part of the Japanese, Korean, Chinese series with with a cover showing a traditional piece of of Chinese art by Shen Zhou for inspiration. Our notebooks all have a distinctive and often inspirational colorful cover. The notebook is perfect bound so that pages will not fall out and has a soft yet sturdy cover. Other versions of this notebook also available with 200 pages or in 7"x10" format. To see our full range of notebooks and journals visit us at Spicyjournals.com or click on the Amazon author link for Spicy Journals above.

Tuttle Learning Chinese Characters

Author : Alison Matthews
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
ISBN 13 : 146290128X
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (629 download)

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Download or read book Tuttle Learning Chinese Characters written by Alison Matthews and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2011-12-20 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This user-friendly book is aimed at helping students of Mandarin Chinese learn and remember Chinese characters. At last--there is a truly effective and enjoyable way to learn Chinese characters! This book helps students to learn and remember both the meanings and the pronunciations of over 800 characters. This otherwise daunting task is made easier by the use of techniques based on the psychology of learning and memory. key principles include the use of visual imagery, the visualization of short "stories," and the systematic building up of more complicated characters from basic building blocks. Although Learning Chinese Characters is primarily a book for serious learners of Mandarin Chinese, it can be used by anyone with interest in Chinese characters, without any prior knowledge of Chinese. It can be used alongside (or after, or even before) a course in the Chinese language. All characters are simplified (as in mainland China), but traditional characters are also given, when available. Key features: Specially designed pictures and stories are used in a structured way to make the learning process more enjoyable and effective, reducing the need for rote learning to the absolute minimum. The emphasis throughout is on learning and remembering the meanings and pronunciations of the characters. Tips are also included on learning techniques and how to avoid common problems. Characters are introduced in a logical sequence, which also gives priority to learning the most common characters first. Modern, simplified characters are used, with pronunciations given in pinyin. Key information is given for each character, including radical, stroke-count, traditional form, compounds, and guidance on writing the character. This is a practical guide with a clear, concise and appealing layout, and it is well-indexed with easy lookup methods. The 800 Chinese characters and 1,033 compounds specified for the original HSK Level A proficiency test are covered.

Jiu Gong Ge Paper Notebook for Writing Chinese Characters

Author : Spicy Journals
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781506069135
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (691 download)

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Download or read book Jiu Gong Ge Paper Notebook for Writing Chinese Characters written by Spicy Journals and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-01-06 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jiu Gong Ge paper - Hanzi notebook for writing Chinese characters in a handy-sized 7"x10" format. This spacious notebook has 200 numbered pages with one inch squares with nine boxes in each square as guides for writing Chinese characters. The big boxes are ideal for beginners to practice writing Chinese characters and calligraphy as well as for learning stroke order.. Part of the Japanese, Korean, Chinese series with with a cover showing a traditional piece of of Chinese art 'Quail Sketches' by Shen Zhou for inspiration. Our notebooks all have a distinctive and often inspirational colorful cover. The notebook is perfect bound so that pages will not fall out and has a soft yet sturdy cover. Other versions of this notebook also available with 120 pages or in 8.5"x11" format. To see our full range of notebooks and journals visit us at Spicyjournals.com or click on the Amazon author link for Spicy Journals above.

Jiu Gong Ge Paper Notebook for Writing Chinese Characters

Author : Spicy Journals
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781519566249
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (662 download)

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Download or read book Jiu Gong Ge Paper Notebook for Writing Chinese Characters written by Spicy Journals and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-11-27 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jiu Gong Ge paper - Hanzi notebook for writing Chinese characters in a spacious 8.5"x11" format. This spacious notebook has 200 numbered pages with one inch squares with nine boxes in each square as guides for writing Chinese characters. The big boxes are ideal for beginners to practice writing Chinese characters and calligraphy as well as for learning stroke order.. Part of the Japanese, Korean, Chinese series with with a cover showing a traditional piece of Chinese art by Shitao for inspiration - Mists on the Mountain, completed in 1707. Our notebooks all have a distinctive and often inspirational colorful cover. The notebook is perfect bound so that pages will not fall out and has a soft yet sturdy cover. Other versions of this notebook also available with 120 pages and in 7"x10" format or a handy-sized 6"x9" notebook. Notebooks for writing Chinese Characters include: Mi Zi Ge Mi Zi Ge Pinyin Fang Zi Ge Jiu Gong Ge Tian Zi Ge Pinyin Tian Zi Ge Hui Gong Ge To see our full range of notebooks and journals visit us at Spicyjournals.com or click on the Amazon author link for Spicy Journals above.

Jiu Gong Ge Paper Notebook for Writing Chinese Characters

Author : Spicy Journals
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781506064536
Total Pages : 120 pages
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Download or read book Jiu Gong Ge Paper Notebook for Writing Chinese Characters written by Spicy Journals and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-01-06 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jiu Gong Ge paper - Hanzi notebook for writing Chinese characters in a handy-sized 7"x10" format. This spacious notebook has 120 numbered pages with one inch squares with nine boxes in each square as guides for writing Chinese characters. The big boxes are ideal for beginners to practice writing Chinese characters and calligraphy as well as for learning stroke order.. Part of the Japanese, Korean, Chinese series with with a cover showing a traditional piece of of Chinese art 'Quail Sketches' by Shen Zhou for inspiration. Our notebooks all have a distinctive and often inspirational colorful cover. The notebook is perfect bound so that pages will not fall out and has a soft yet sturdy cover. Other versions of this notebook also available with 200 pages or in 8.5"x11" format. To see our full range of notebooks and journals visit us at Spicyjournals.com or click on the Amazon author link for Spicy Journals above.

Jiu Gong Ge Paper Notebook for Writing Chinese Characters

Author : Spicy Journals
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781519566126
Total Pages : 162 pages
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Download or read book Jiu Gong Ge Paper Notebook for Writing Chinese Characters written by Spicy Journals and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-11-27 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jiu Gong Ge paper - Hanzi notebook for writing Chinese characters in a spacious 8.5"x11" format. This spacious notebook has 160 numbered pages with one inch squares with nine boxes in each square as guides for writing Chinese characters. The big boxes are ideal for beginners to practice writing Chinese characters and calligraphy as well as for learning stroke order.. Part of the Japanese, Korean, Chinese series with with a cover showing a traditional piece of of Chinese art 'Quail - Sketches from Life' by Shen Zhou for inspiration. Our notebooks all have a distinctive and often inspirational colorful cover. The notebook is perfect bound so that pages will not fall out and has a soft yet sturdy cover. Other versions of this notebook also available with 120 pages and in 7"x10" format or a handy-sized 6"x9" notebook. Notebooks for writing Chinese Characters include: Mi Zi Ge Mi Zi Ge Pinyin Fang Zi Ge Jiu Gong Ge Tian Zi Ge Pinyin Tian Zi Ge Hui Gong Ge To see our full range of notebooks and journals visit us at Spicyjournals.com or click on the Amazon author link for Spicy Journals above.

Jiu Gong Ge Paper Notebook for Writing Chinese Characters

Author : Spicy Journals
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781506069685
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (696 download)

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Download or read book Jiu Gong Ge Paper Notebook for Writing Chinese Characters written by Spicy Journals and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-01-06 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jiu Gong Ge paper - Hanzi notebook for writing Chinese characters in a spacious 8.5"x11" format. This spacious notebook has 200 numbered pages with one inch squares with nine boxes in each square as guides for writing Chinese characters. The big boxes are ideal for beginners to practice writing Chinese characters and calligraphy as well as for learning stroke order.. Part of the Japanese, Korean, Chinese series with with a cover showing a traditional piece of of Chinese art 'Quail Sketches' by Shen Zhou for inspiration. Our notebooks all have a distinctive and often inspirational colorful cover. The notebook is perfect bound so that pages will not fall out and has a soft yet sturdy cover. Other versions of this notebook also available with 120 pages or in 7"x10" format. To see our full range of notebooks and journals visit us at Spicyjournals.com or click on the Amazon author link for Spicy Journals above.

Chinese Rhetoric and Writing

Author : Andy Kirkpatrick
Publisher : Parlor Press LLC
ISBN 13 : 1602353034
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book Chinese Rhetoric and Writing written by Andy Kirkpatrick and published by Parlor Press LLC. This book was released on 2012-03-07 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Andy Kirkpatrick and and Zhichang Xu offer a response to the argument that Chinese students’ academic writing in English is influenced by “culturally nuanced rhetorical baggage that is uniquely Chinese and hard to eradicate.” Noting that this argument draws from “an essentially monolingual and Anglo-centric view of writing,” they point out that the rapid growth in the use of English worldwide calls for “a radical reassessment of what English is in today’s world.” The result is a book that provides teachers of writing, and in particular those involved in the teaching of English academic writing to Chinese students, an introduction to key stages in the development of Chinese rhetoric, a wide-ranging field with a history of several thousand years. Understanding this important rhetorical tradition provides a strong foundation for assessing and responding to the writing of this growing group of students.

Healing with Poisons

Author : Yan Liu
Publisher : University of Washington Press
ISBN 13 : 0295749016
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (957 download)

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Download or read book Healing with Poisons written by Yan Liu and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2021-06-22 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Open access edition: DOI 10.6069/9780295749013 At first glance, medicine and poison might seem to be opposites. But in China’s formative era of pharmacy (200–800 CE), poisons were strategically employed as healing agents to cure everything from abdominal pain to epidemic disease. Healing with Poisons explores the ways physicians, religious figures, court officials, and laypersons used toxic substances to both relieve acute illnesses and enhance life. It illustrates how the Chinese concept of du—a word carrying a core meaning of “potency”—led practitioners to devise a variety of methods to transform dangerous poisons into effective medicines. Recounting scandals and controversies involving poisons from the Era of Division to the Tang, historian Yan Liu considers how the concept of du was central to how the people of medieval China perceived both their bodies and the body politic. He also examines the wide range of toxic minerals, plants, and animal products used in classical Chinese pharmacy, including everything from the herb aconite to the popular recreational drug Five-Stone Powder. By recovering alternative modes of understanding wellness and the body’s interaction with foreign substances, this study cautions against arbitrary classifications and exemplifies the importance of paying attention to the technical, political, and cultural conditions in which substances become truly meaningful. Healing with Poisons is freely available in an open access edition thanks to TOME (Toward an Open Monograph Ecosystem) and the generous support of the University of Buffalo.

Linguistic Engineering

Author : Ji Fengyuan
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
ISBN 13 : 0824844688
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (248 download)

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Download or read book Linguistic Engineering written by Ji Fengyuan and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2003-11-30 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Mao and the Chinese Communist Party won power in 1949, they were determined to create new, revolutionary human beings. Their most precise instrument of ideological transformation was a massive program of linguistic engineering. They taught everyone a new political vocabulary, gave old words new meanings, converted traditional terms to revolutionary purposes, suppressed words that expressed "incorrect" thought, and required the whole population to recite slogans, stock phrases, and scripts that gave "correct" linguistic form to "correct" thought. They assumed that constant repetition would cause the revolutionary formulae to penetrate people's minds, engendering revolutionary beliefs and values. In an introductory chapter, Dr. Ji assesses the potential of linguistic engineering by examining research on the relationship between language and thought. In subsequent chapters, she traces the origins of linguistic engineering in China, describes its development during the early years of communist rule, then explores in detail the unprecedented manipulation of language during the Cultural Revolution of 1966–1976. Along the way, she analyzes the forms of linguistic engineering associated with land reform, class struggle, personal relationships, the Great Leap Forward, Mao-worship, Red Guard activism, revolutionary violence, Public Criticism Meetings, the model revolutionary operas, and foreign language teaching. She also reinterprets Mao’s strategy during the early stages of the Cultural Revolution, showing how he manipulated exegetical principles and contexts of judgment to "frame" his alleged opponents. The work concludes with an assessment of the successes and failures of linguistic engineering and an account of how the Chinese Communist Party relaxed its control of language after Mao's death.

Jiu Gong Ge Paper Notebook for Writing Chinese Characters

Author : Spicy Journals
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781497407244
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (72 download)

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The Crest of the Peacock

Author : George Gheverghese Joseph
Publisher : Penguin Group
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Crest of the Peacock written by George Gheverghese Joseph and published by Penguin Group. This book was released on 1992 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Teachings and Practices of the Early Quanzhen Taoist Masters

Author : Stephen Eskildsen
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 0791485315
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (914 download)

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Download or read book The Teachings and Practices of the Early Quanzhen Taoist Masters written by Stephen Eskildsen and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stephen Eskildsen's book offers an in-depth study of the beliefs and practices of the Quanzhen (Complete Realization) School of Taoism, the predominant school of monastic Taoism in China. The Quanzhen School was founded in the latter half of the twelfth century by the eccentric holy man Wan Zhe (1113–1170), whose work was continued by his famous disciples commonly known as the Seven Realized Ones. This study draws upon surviving texts to examine the Quanzhen masters' approaches to mental discipline, intense asceticism, cultivation of health and longevity, mystical experience, supernormal powers, death and dying, charity and evangelism, and ritual. From these primary sources, Eskildsen provides a clear understanding of the nature of Quanzhen Taoism and reveals its core emphasis to be the cultivation of clarity and purity of mind that occurs not only through seated meditation, but also throughout the daily activities of life.

After Confucius

Author : Paul R. Goldin
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
ISBN 13 : 0824873998
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (248 download)

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Download or read book After Confucius written by Paul R. Goldin and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2017-04-01 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After Confucius is a collection of eight studies of Chinese philosophy from the time of Confucius to the formation of the empire in the second and third centuries B.C.E. As detailed in a masterful introduction, each essay serves as a concrete example of “thick description”—an approach invented by philosopher Gilbert Ryle—which aims to reveal the logic that informs an observable exchange among members of a community or society. To grasp the significance of such exchanges, it is necessary to investigate the networks of meaning on which they rely. Paul R. Goldin argues that the character of ancient Chinese philosophy can be appreciated only if we recognize the cultural codes underlying the circulation of ideas in that world. Thick description is the best preliminary method to determine how Chinese thinkers conceived of their own enterprise. Who were the ancient Chinese philosophers? What was their intended audience? What were they arguing about? How did they respond to earlier thinkers, and to each other? Why did those in power wish to hear from them, and what did they claim to offer in return for patronage? Goldin addresses these questions as he looks at several topics, including rhetorical conventions of Chinese philosophical literature; the value of recently excavated manuscripts for the interpretation of the more familiar, received literature; and the duty of translators to convey the world of concerns of the original texts. Each of the cases investigated in this wide-ranging volume exemplifies the central conviction behind Goldin’s plea for thick description: We do not do justice to classical Chinese philosophy unless we engage squarely the complex and ancient culture that engendered it. An electronic version of this book is freely available thanks to the support of libraries working with Knowledge Unlatched, a collaborative initiative designed to make high-quality books open access for the public good. The open-access version of this book is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0), which means that the work may be freely downloaded and shared for non-commercial purposes, provided credit is given to the author. Derivative works and commercial uses require permission from the publisher.

The Chinese Language

Author : John DeFrancis
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
ISBN 13 : 9780824810689
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book The Chinese Language written by John DeFrancis and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 1986-03-01 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "DeFrancis's book is first rate. It entertains. It teaches. It demystifies. It counteracts popular ignorance as well as sophisticated (cocktail party) ignorance. Who could ask for anything more? There is no other book like it. ... It is one of a kind, a first, and I would not only buy it but I would recommend it to friends and colleagues, many of whom are visiting China now and are adding 'two-week-expert' ignorance to the two kinds that existed before. This is a book for everyone." --Joshua A. Fishman, research professor of social sciences, Yeshiva University, New York "Professor De Francis has produced a work of great effectiveness that should appeal to a wide-ranging audience. It is at once instructive and entertaining. While being delighted by the flair of his novel approach, the reader will also be led to ponder on some of the most fundamental problems concerning the relations between written languages and spoken languages. Specifically, he will be served a variety of information on the languages of East Asia, not as dry pedantic facts, but as appealing tidbits that whet the intellectual appetite. The expert will find much to reflect on in this book, for Professor DeFrancis takes nothing for granted." --William S.Y. Wang, professor of linguistics, University of California at Berkeley

Global History with Chinese Characteristics

Author : Manuel Perez-Garcia
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 9811578656
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (115 download)

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Download or read book Global History with Chinese Characteristics written by Manuel Perez-Garcia and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-11-02 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access book considers a pivotal era in Chinese history from a global perspective. This book’s insight into Chinese and international history offers timely and challenging perspectives on initiatives like “Chinese characteristics”, “The New Silk Road” and “One Belt, One Road” in broad historical context. Global History with Chinese Characteristics analyses the feeble state capacity of Qing China questioning the so-called “High Qing” (shèng qīng 盛清) era’s economic prosperity as the political system was set into a “power paradox” or “supremacy dilemma”. This is a new thesis introduced by the author demonstrating that interventionist states entail weak governance. Macao and Marseille as a new case study aims to compare Mediterranean and South China markets to provide new insights into both modern eras’ rising trade networks, non-official institutions and interventionist impulses of autocratic states such as China’s Qing and Spain’s Bourbon empires.

Envisioning Eternal Empire

Author : Yuri Pines
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
ISBN 13 : 0824832752
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (248 download)

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Download or read book Envisioning Eternal Empire written by Yuri Pines and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This ambitious book looks into the reasons for the exceptional durability of the Chinese empire, which lasted for more than two millennia (221 B.C.E.-1911 C.E.). Yuri Pines identifies the roots of the empire's longevity in the activities of thinkers of the Warring States period (453-221 B.C.E.), who, in their search for solutions to an ongoing political crisis, developed ideals, values, and perceptions that would become essential for the future imperial polity. In marked distinction to similar empires worldwide, the Chinese empire was envisioned and to a certain extent "preplanned" long before it came into being. As a result, it was not only a military and administrative construct, but also an intellectual one. Pines makes the argument that it was precisely its ideological appeal that allowed the survival and regeneration of the empire after repeated periods of turmoil. Envisioning Eternal Empire presents a panoptic survey of philosophical and social conflicts in Warring States political culture. By examining the extant corpus of preimperial literature, including transmitted texts and manuscripts uncovered at archaeological sites, Pines locates the common ideas of competing thinkers that underlie their ideological controversies. This bold approach allows him to transcend the once fashionable perspective of competing "schools of thought" and show that beneath the immense pluralism of Warring States thought one may identify common ideological choices that eventually shaped traditional Chinese political culture