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Author : Joseph Needham
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521070607
Total Pages : 1190 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (76 download)
Download or read book Science and Civilisation in China written by Joseph Needham and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1971 with total page 1190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Joseph Needham
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521070607
Total Pages : 990 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (76 download)
Download or read book Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 4, Physics and Physical Technology, Part 3, Civil Engineering and Nautics written by Joseph Needham and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1971-04-01 with total page 990 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As Dr Needham's immense undertaking gathers momentum it has been found necessary to subdivide volumes into parts, each bound and published separately. The first two parts of Volume IV deal respectively with the physical sciences and with the diverse applications of physics in the many branches of mechanical engineering. The third deals with civil and hydraulic engineering and with nautical technology.
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Publisher : PediaPress
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book Song Dynasty written by and published by PediaPress. This book was released on with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Mark Edward Lewis
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674265416
Total Pages : 367 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (742 download)
Download or read book China’s Cosmopolitan Empire written by Mark Edward Lewis and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-10-30 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Tang dynasty is often called China’s “golden age,” a period of commercial, religious, and cultural connections from Korea and Japan to the Persian Gulf, and a time of unsurpassed literary creativity. Mark Lewis captures a dynamic era in which the empire reached its greatest geographical extent under Chinese rule, painting and ceramic arts flourished, women played a major role both as rulers and in the economy, and China produced its finest lyric poets in Wang Wei, Li Bo, and Du Fu. The Chinese engaged in extensive trade on sea and land. Merchants from Inner Asia settled in the capital, while Chinese entrepreneurs set off for the wider world, the beginning of a global diaspora. The emergence of an economically and culturally dominant south that was controlled from a northern capital set a pattern for the rest of Chinese imperial history. Poems celebrated the glories of the capital, meditated on individual loneliness in its midst, and described heroic young men and beautiful women who filled city streets and bars. Despite the romantic aura attached to the Tang, it was not a time of unending peace. In 756, General An Lushan led a revolt that shook the country to its core, weakening the government to such a degree that by the early tenth century, regional warlordism gripped many areas, heralding the decline of the Great Tang.
Author : Georg Lehner
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004201505
Total Pages : 421 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (42 download)
Download or read book China in European Encyclopaedias, 1700-1850 written by Georg Lehner and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2011-05-10 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book shows the ways in which English, French, and German eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century encyclopaedias dealt with things Chinese, offering an analysis of the broad variety of sources and an overview of the main strands of discourse on China.
Author : Rafe de Crespigny
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9047411846
Total Pages : 1347 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (474 download)
Download or read book A Biographical Dictionary of Later Han to the Three Kingdoms (23-220 AD) written by Rafe de Crespigny and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2006-12-01 with total page 1347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication is the long-awaited complement to Michael Loewe's acclaimed Biographical Dictionary of the Qin, Former Han and Xin Periods (2000). With more than 8,000 entries, based upon historical records and surviving inscriptions, the comprehensive Biographical Dictionary of Later Han to the Three Kingdoms (23-220 AD) now provides information on men and women of the Chinese world who lived at the time of Later (or Eastern) Han, from Liu Xiu, founding Emperor Guangwu (reg. 24-57), to the celebrated warlord Cao Cao (155-220) at the end of the dynasty. The entries, including surnames, personal names, styles and dates, are accompanied by maps, genealogical tables and indexes, with lists of books and special accounts of women. These features, together with the convenient surveys of the history and the administrative structure of the dynasty, will make Rafe de Crespigny's work an indispensable tool for any further serious study of a significant but comparatively neglected period of imperial China.
Author : Joseph Needham
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521070607
Total Pages : 990 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (76 download)
Download or read book Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 4, Physics and Physical Technology, Part 3, Civil Engineering and Nautics written by Joseph Needham and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1971-04-01 with total page 990 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As Dr Needham's immense undertaking gathers momentum it has been found necessary to subdivide volumes into parts, each bound and published separately. The first two parts of Volume IV deal respectively with the physical sciences and with the diverse applications of physics in the many branches of mechanical engineering. The third deals with civil and hydraulic engineering and with nautical technology.
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Publisher : PediaPress
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 691 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book The History of China written by and published by PediaPress. This book was released on with total page 691 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Publisher : PediaPress
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Total Pages : 367 pages
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Download or read book Han Dynasty written by and published by PediaPress. This book was released on with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Peter J. Golas
Publisher : Hong Kong University Press
ISBN 13 : 9888208152
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (882 download)
Download or read book Picturing Technology in China written by Peter J. Golas and published by Hong Kong University Press. This book was released on 2014-12-01 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although the history of technological and scientific illustrations is a well-established field in the West, scholarship on the much longer Chinese experience is still undeveloped. This work by Peter Golas is a short, illustrated overview tracing the subject to pre-Han inscriptions but focusing mainly on the Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties. His main theme is that technological drawings developed in a different way in China from in the West largely because they were made by artists rather than by specialist illustrators or practitioners of technology. He examines the techniques of these artists, their use of painting, woodblock prints and the book, and what their drawings reveal about changing technology in agriculture, industry, architecture, astronomical, military, and other spheres. The text is elegantly written, and the images, about 100 in all, are carefully chosen. This is likely to appeal to both scholars and general readers.
Author : Tan Koon San
Publisher : The Other Press
ISBN 13 : 9839541889
Total Pages : 535 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (395 download)
Download or read book Dynastic China written by Tan Koon San and published by The Other Press. This book was released on 2014-08-15 with total page 535 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dynastic China: An Elementary History surveys four millennia of China’s history. It traced commentaries from the mythological period of Pangu, creator of the Chinese universe, and the Goddess Nuwa, creator of the Chinese people, through to the legendary periods of the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties to subsequent succeeding dynasties from the Qin Dynasty (221 BC) to the end of the Qing Dynasty (1912 AD). It weaved through brutal political intrigues and conspiracies of China’s imperial existence. The persistent enthronement of child emperors for the benefits of power-hungry eunuchs, dowagers, members of the imperial clans, generals and warlords formed a large part of the narrative. Encrypted within are salient elements of Chinese philosophical precepts, civilisation values, and political ideals. The core concepts that mould the idea of tian xia 天 下 (all under heaven) and tian ming 天 命 (Mandate of Heaven), and how these guided Chinese perception of their world are painstakingly explained. The profound influence of Confucianism and the functional adoption of the Legalist framework in statecraft are imparted in the context of practicality and idealism. So too is the complementary notion of natural dualities, the Yin-Yang (阴 阳) harmony of contradictions. How these filtered through from philosophy to cultural values are deftly introduced. Imperial obsessions with frontier threats are also incisively presented. So are the diplomatic statecraft of matrimonial kinship, tributary exchanges and military engagements adopted to conduct relations. China’s perception of people in the frontier region are insightfully described. The application of the Chinese character yi 夷 to refer to them, it seems, carries a more gracious nuance to mean “of a distinct or different nature” and not the offensive attribution of ‘barbarian’ as made out in western notion. This and many more distinctions in discernment of the Chinese mindset are perceptively elucidated in the book.
Author : Russell M. Lawson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1440873534
Total Pages : 625 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (48 download)
Download or read book Science in the Ancient World written by Russell M. Lawson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2021-09-23 with total page 625 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Science in the Ancient World presents a worldwide history of science, from prehistoric times through the medieval period. It covers Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Americas and includes topics ranging from alchemy and astrology to psychology and physics. This work spans prehistory to 1500 CE, examining thousands of years of history in four world regions: Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas. Highlights of this period include the onset of civilization and science in Mesopotamia and Egypt, the accomplishments of the ancient Greeks between 700 BCE and 100 CE, the adaptation of Greek science by the Romans, the spread of Greek science during the Hellenistic Age, the expansion of Islamic power and commensurate scientific knowledge, and the development of science and philosophy in ancient China and India. Focusing on the history of the science that blossomed in the above regions, scientific disciplines covered include alchemy, astronomy, astrology, agriculture, architecture, biology, botany, chemistry, engineering, exploration, geography, hydraulics, institutions of science, marine science, mathematics, medicine, meteorology, military science, myth and religion, philosophy, philosophy of science, psychology, physics, and social sciences. In all of these fields, theory and application are explored, as are leading individuals and schools of thought, centers of intellectual activity, and notable accomplishments and inventions.
Author : Jonathan Fenby
Publisher : Thames & Hudson
ISBN 13 : 0500779341
Total Pages : 423 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (7 download)
Download or read book The Great Wonders of China written by Jonathan Fenby and published by Thames & Hudson. This book was released on 2024-06-04 with total page 423 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The magnificent wonders of China, ancient and modern, revealed by an international team of leading scholars. China is the oldest continuous civilization on earth and holds a unique global place in the twenty-first century. The Great Wonders of China’s wide focus shows what makes China such a special country, with topics stretching from the natural wonders, including mountains and rivers, to the Silk Road; the technological innovations of printing and the compass; and the modern, vibrant cities of today as well as famous monuments, such as the Forbidden City in Beijing and the Great Wall. In this new and updated paperback edition, a team of leading scholars from Asia and the West provide a compelling history of China. Beyond the quality of the individual entries, The Great Wonders of China provides a chronicle of Chinese history and culture as well as helping readers understand and appreciate this vast country.
Author : Joseph Needham
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521058025
Total Pages : 524 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (58 download)
Download or read book Science and Civilisation in China written by Joseph Needham and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1962 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Patricia Buckley Ebrey
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674727681
Total Pages : 442 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (747 download)
Download or read book Emperor Huizong written by Patricia Buckley Ebrey and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2014-01-06 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: China was the most advanced country in the world when Huizong ascended the throne in 1100 CE. In his eventful twenty-six year reign, the artistically-gifted emperor guided the Song Dynasty toward cultural greatness. Yet Huizong would be known to posterity as a political failure who lost the throne to Jurchen invaders and died their prisoner. The first comprehensive English-language biography of this important monarch, Emperor Huizong is a nuanced portrait that corrects the prevailing view of Huizong as decadent and negligent. Patricia Ebrey recasts him as a ruler genuinely ambitious—if too much so—in pursuing glory for his flourishing realm. After a rocky start trying to overcome political animosities at court, Huizong turned his attention to the good he could do. He greatly expanded the court’s charitable ventures, founding schools, hospitals, orphanages, and paupers’ cemeteries. An accomplished artist, he surrounded himself with outstanding poets, painters, and musicians and built palaces, temples, and gardens of unsurpassed splendor. What is often overlooked, Ebrey points out, is the importance of religious Daoism in Huizong’s understanding of his role. He treated Daoist spiritual masters with great deference, wrote scriptural commentaries, and urged his subjects to adopt his beliefs and practices. This devotion to the Daoist vision of sacred kingship eventually alienated the Confucian mainstream and compromised his ability to govern. Readers will welcome this lively biography, which adds new dimensions to our understanding of a passionate and paradoxical ruler who, so many centuries later, continues to inspire both admiration and disapproval.
Author : Xuemei Li
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000877078
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (8 download)
Download or read book Architecture, Ritual and Cosmology in China written by Xuemei Li and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-05-31 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on the author’s extensive fieldwork in the Dong areas in southwest China, this book presents a detailed picture of the Dong’s buildings and techniques, with new insights into the Dong’s cosmology and rituals of everyday life meshed with the architecture, and the symbolic meanings. It examines how the buildings and techniques of the Dong are ordered and influenced by the local culture and context. The timber bridges and drum towers are the Dong’s most prominent architectural monuments. Usually built elaborately with multiple roofs, these bridges and drum towers were designed and maintained by the local carpenters who also built the village suspended houses, in an oral tradition carried down from father to son or to apprentice. They were funded entirely by the local people, and the bridges tend to be built in places without great pressure of traffic or another bridge already existing close by. Why does such great expense go into the Dong’s buildings with elaboration? How were they built? And what do they mean to their users and builders? This book is an anthropological study on the Dong’s architecture and technique, and it aims to contribute a discourse on the interdisciplinary research area. It is suitable for graduate and postgraduate readers.
Author : N Thomas Håkansson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1315425688
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (154 download)
Download or read book Landesque Capital written by N Thomas Håkansson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-06-16 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the first comprehensive, global treatment of landesque capital, a widespread concept used to understand anthropogenic landscapes that serve important economic, social, and ritual purposes. Spanning the disciplines of anthropology, human ecology, geography, archaeology, and history, chapters combine theoretical rigor with in-depth empirical studies of major landscape modifications from ancient to contemporary times. They assess not only degradation but also the social, political, and economic institutions and contexts that make sustainability possible. Offering tightly edited, original contributions from leading scholars, this book will have a lasting influence on the study long-term human-environment relations in the human and natural sciences.
