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Shizi

Author :
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231504179
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (315 download)

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Download or read book Shizi written by and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2012-07-03 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By blending multiple strands of thought into one ideology, Chinese Syncretists of the pre-imperial period created an essential guide to contemporary ideas about self, society, and government. Merging traditions such as Ruism, Mohism, Daoism, Legalism, and Yin-Yang naturalism into their work, Syncretists created an integrated intellectual approach that contrasts with other, more specific philosophies. Presenting the first full English translation of the earliest example of a Syncretist text, this volume introduces Western scholars to both the brilliance of the syncretic method and a critical work of Chinese leadership. Written by Shi Jiao, China's first syncretic thinker, during the Warring States Period of 481 to 221 BCE, Shizi is similar to Machiavelli's The Prince in that it dispenses wisdom to would-be rulers. It stresses the need for leaders to be detached and objective. It further encourages self-cultivation and effective government, recommending that rulers maintain self-discipline, hire reliable people, delegate power transparently, and promote others in an orderly fashion. The people, it is argued, will emulate their leader's wisdom and virtue, and a just and peaceful state will result. Paul Fischer provides an extensive introduction and a chapter-by-chapter summary and analysis of the text—outlining the importance of syncretism in Chinese culture—and explores the text's particular features, authorship, transmission, loss, and reconstruction over time. The Shizi set the stage for a long history of syncretic endeavor in China, and its study provides insight into the vital traditions of early Chinese philosophy. It is also a template for interpreting other well-known works, such as the Confucian Analects, the Daoist Laozi, the Mohist Mozi, and the Legalist Shang jun shu.

Bulletin

Author : Östasiatiska museet
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Bulletin written by Östasiatiska museet and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Biographical Dictionary of Later Han to the Three Kingdoms (23-220 AD)

Author : Rafe de Crespigny
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9047411846
Total Pages : 1347 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (474 download)

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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.

ABC Chinese-English Dictionary

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Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
ISBN 13 : 0824875850
Total Pages : 922 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (248 download)

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Download or read book ABC Chinese-English Dictionary written by and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 922 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Between History and Philosophy

Author : Paul van Els
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 1438466110
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (384 download)

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Download or read book Between History and Philosophy written by Paul van Els and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 2017-08-21 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analyzes the use of anecdotes as an essential rhetorical tool and form of persuasion in various literary genres in early China. Between History and Philosophy is the first book-length study in English to focus on the rhetorical functions and forms of anecdotal narratives in early China. Edited by Paul van Els and Sarah A. Queen, this volume advances the thesis that anecdotesbrief, freestanding accounts of single events involving historical figures, and occasionally also unnamed persons, animals, objects, or abstractionsserved as an essential tool of persuasion and meaning-making within larger texts. Contributors to the volume analyze the use of anecdotes from the Warring States Period to the Han Dynasty, including their relations to other types of narrative, their circulation and reception, and their central position as a mode of argumentation in a variety of historical and philosophical literary genres.

Guodian

Author : Kenneth Holloway
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199707685
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (997 download)

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Download or read book Guodian written by Kenneth Holloway and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2009-01-28 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fourteen years ago, a corpus of bamboo-strip texts was found in a late-fourth-century-BCE tomb at Jingmen, Hubei province in central China. The discovery of the "Guodian" texts, together with other recently discovered Warring States manuscripts, has revolutionized the study of early Chinese intellectual history. Kenneth Holloway argues that the Guodian corpus puts forth a political philosophy based on the harmonious interconnection of individuals engaged in moral self cultivation. This unique worldview, says Holloway, cannot meaningfully be categorized as "Confucian" or "Daoist," because it shares important concepts and vocabulary with a number of different textual traditions that have anachronistically been characterized as competing or incompatible "schools" of thought. He finds that within the Guodian corpus familiar philosophical concepts and texts are applied in distinctive ways, presenting a worldview that is quite different from the received textual traditions. In addition to contributing to our understanding of this particular body of texts, Holloway proposes a methodology for assessing a corpus of texts without relying on assumptions and definitions that derive from two millennia of scholarship.

Immortal Descending

Author : Zhou Shao
Publisher : Funstory
ISBN 13 : 1649489951
Total Pages : 808 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (494 download)

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Download or read book Immortal Descending written by Zhou Shao and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2020-06-10 with total page 808 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: AD 2012, October 1st. NASA received a set of data from a satellite. After deciphering it, it was found to be a picture of the Earth.

Reforming The Universe

Author : Ruo XueWuHen
Publisher : Funstory
ISBN 13 : 1648974147
Total Pages : 583 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (489 download)

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Download or read book Reforming The Universe written by Ruo XueWuHen and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2020-04-29 with total page 583 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Third Young Master of the Lu Family, Lu Chen, had no talent in cultivation since he was a child. He was attacked while he was out and Lu Yu died to save Lu Chen. Lu Chen was charged with deliberately killing Lu Yu and was kicked out of the Lu Family. Lu Chen, who wanted to find out the truth, was hunted down after he left the Lu family. Lu Chen, who was forced into a dead forest, ate an immortal fruit to improve his body, but was possessed by his nascent soul ... Three years later, Lu Chen returned to the Lu Family and set off a huge commotion on Sky Dragon Continent. He had also officially embarked on the road of cultivation. "You asked me why I'm cultivating. At first, I wasn't clear about it, but now, I am clear that the heavens and the earth are unfair. Since the heavens and the earth are unfair, I am going to destroy the heavens and destroy the earth to create a new world for the world." [Close]

Kvant Selecta: Combinatorics, I

Author : Serge Tabachnikov
Publisher : American Mathematical Soc.
ISBN 13 : 9780821821718
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (217 download)

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Download or read book Kvant Selecta: Combinatorics, I written by Serge Tabachnikov and published by American Mathematical Soc.. This book was released on 2001 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is a collection of articles translated from Russian editions of the journal "Kvant"--T.p. verso.

Incredible Teacher

Author : Yi JiuTian
Publisher : Funstory
ISBN 13 : 1649359799
Total Pages : 1738 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (493 download)

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Download or read book Incredible Teacher written by Yi JiuTian and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2020-06-01 with total page 1738 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During this experience, the super young master, Fang Qin, transformed into a commoner and began his ordinary journey. However, if the Heavens did not fulfil one's wish, then all sorts of troubles would come knocking on one's door. It was impossible for him to be calm even if he wanted to? That big bro will transform into a dragon and stir up the winds and clouds!

A Treatise on the Garden of Jiangnan

Author : Hongxun Yang
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 9811669244
Total Pages : 707 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (116 download)

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Download or read book A Treatise on the Garden of Jiangnan written by Hongxun Yang and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-08-02 with total page 707 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a study into the art of Jiangnan classical garden. Jiangnan (“the south of the Yangtze River”) refers to the water network region along the lower reaches of the Changjiang River (formerly known as Yangtze River), where Jiangsu Province Chinese gardens were primarily constructed during the 16th and 17th centuries of the later Ming and early Qing dynasties. The Jiangnan garden, an architectural space where artificial and natural elements are combined, represents the elite of classical Chinese gardens and serves as a prime exemplar for its northern counterpart, the Ming and Qing imperial gardens. The book pursues an interdisciplinary approach, combining historical information with case studies and other methods. Charts and pictures are used to supplement and reinforce the conclusions drawn from the macro narrative, enhancing the authenticity and readability of the historical monographs. It represents the first study of the classical art of landscape design in China, offering readers an insightful introduction.

Fire over Luoyang

Author : Rafe de Crespigny
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004325204
Total Pages : 591 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book Fire over Luoyang written by Rafe de Crespigny and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2016-10-18 with total page 591 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rafe de Crespigny provides the first account in a Western language of one of the great dynasties of China, which dominated east Asia but collapsed in dramatic fashion at the end of the second century AD.

Beyond Tears and Laughter

Author : Yang Shen
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9811358176
Total Pages : 215 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (113 download)

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Download or read book Beyond Tears and Laughter written by Yang Shen and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-02-13 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the experience of China's migrant labourers in Shanghai from anthropological, and gendered analyses, offering extraordinary insights into the life-world of the marginalized people. China has hundreds of millions of internal migrants coming from the countryside to the big cities in search of fame, fortune, or just a living. The author also examines the gender dynamics at work, in intimacy and leisure of this marginalized, yet huge population. With an in-depth and multidisciplinary examination of the experience of restaurant workers in Shanghai, this book sheds humanising new light on the experience of the megacity from the inside and will be of direct value to policymakers, demographers, feminist scholars, anthropologists, sociologists, and responsible citizens.

The Disabled Tyrant's Beloved Pet Fish: Canji Baojun De Zhangxin Yu Chong (Novel) Vol. 1

Author : Xue Shan Fei Hu
Publisher : Seven Seas Entertainment
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 419 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (916 download)

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Download or read book The Disabled Tyrant's Beloved Pet Fish: Canji Baojun De Zhangxin Yu Chong (Novel) Vol. 1 written by Xue Shan Fei Hu and published by Seven Seas Entertainment. This book was released on 2024-04-09 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Li Yu falls asleep reading a webnovel about a ruthless, mute tyrant falling in love with a dainty male concubine, he doesn't expect to wake up inside the world of the novel--especially not as a fish! Li Yu soon finds himself adopted as Prince Jing's pet carp, tasked by a less-than-helpful Magic System with preventing the prince from becoming a cruel tyrant. If he can accomplish this mission, Li Yu will regain his human form. Yet how can he succeed from inside a fish bowl?!

Home Beyond the House

Author : Wei Zhao
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000786757
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Home Beyond the House written by Wei Zhao and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-11-17 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on extended fieldwork conducted between 2007 and 2019, this book aims to answer a simple question: What is the meaning of home for people living in vernacular settlements in rural China? This question is particularly potent since rural China has experienced rapid and fundamental changes in the twenty-first century under the influences of national policies such as "Building a New Socialist Countryside" enacted in 2006 and "Rural Revitalization" announced in 2018. Drawing upon ethnographic fieldwork, building surveys, archival research, and over 600 photographs taken by residents along with their life stories, this book uncovers the meanings of home from rural residents’ perspectives, who belong to a social group that is underrepresented in scholarship and underserved in modern China. In other words, this study empowers rural residents by giving them voice. This book links the concepts of place, home, and tradition into an overarching argument: The meaning of home rests on the ideas of tradition, including identity, consanguinity, collectivity, social relations, land ownership, and rural lifestyle.

Hundred Days’ Literature

Author : Lorenzo Andolfatto
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004398856
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book Hundred Days’ Literature written by Lorenzo Andolfatto and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2019-03-19 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lorenzo Andolfatto’s Hundred Days’ Literature explores the literary landscape of late imperial China via the notion of utopia, offering a critical itinerary that moves from Liang Qichao’s fictional experiments to Wu Jianren’s modern retelling of the Story of the Stone.

Legal Thoughts between the East and the West in the Multilevel Legal Order

Author : Chang-fa Lo
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9811019959
Total Pages : 610 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book Legal Thoughts between the East and the West in the Multilevel Legal Order written by Chang-fa Lo and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-11-11 with total page 610 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on the interaction and mutual influences between the East and the West in terms of their legal systems and practices. In this regard, it highlights Professor Herbert H.P. Ma’s achievements and his efforts to bring Eastern and Western legal concepts and systems closer together. The book shows that, while there have been convergences between different legal regimes in many fields of law, diverse legal practices and approaches rooted in differing cultural, social, political and philosophical backgrounds do remain, and that these differences are not necessarily negative elements in the contemporary legal order. By examining different levels of the legal order, including domestic, regional and multilateral, it goes on to argue that identifying these diversities and addressing the interactions and mutual influences between different regimes is a worthwhile undertaking, not only in terms of mutual enrichment, but also with regard to intensifying the degree of desirable coordination between different legal systems. All chapters were written by leading experts, practitioners and scholars from different jurisdictions with expertise in various fields of law and different levels of the legal order, and discuss a number of issues with particular focus on either “one-way” or mutual influences between the Eastern and the Western legal systems, practices and philosophies.