Millions of people worldwide practice t’ai chi, the most popular form of which was codified beginning in the 1960s by Cheng Man Ch’ing. In this scholarly yet practical book, Professor Cheng shows precisely how the postures and moves of t’ai chi work, with examples from anatomy and physics, both internally as energetic principles and externally on opponents. He clarifies the spheres, triangles, and centripetal and centrifugal forces within physical exchanges such as push-hands. Contrasting Western and Chinese techniques of healing, he also explores the relationships of organs to one another in pathology and the necessary dynamics of treatment. Professor Cheng explains how the practitioner may serve as his or her own doctor and, likewise, as the physician or trainer of an attacker. The martial arts, he says, are not a special case of unusual power, simply an aspect of adapting natural and cosmic law to circumstance. This edition of the classic text contains 13 major essays; oral secrets from Cheng’s teacher Yang Cheng’fu; a Q&A with commentary on martial arts classics; the author’s application and functions of each of the 37 postures of the short form, with the original photographs of him as a young man; two prefaces; and much more.
Pah!" With a slap, she viciously slapped him in the face and angrily cursed, "Scum!""Scum?" Heh ... These two words are more suitable for you. " He tightly held her hand with a cold glint in his eyes.He was the richest man in A city, he was worth hundreds of billions of dollars, he was indifferent and restrained. This was the first time he was tricked by a "bad" woman, and the worst thing was, she actually dared to take the ball and run."Woman, do you dare not take responsibility after eating?" See you in five years. Her hands were tied to the steel pipe by his tie.Fear grew in her.What if he provoked a demon? "Waiting online is quite urgent.
Shanghai in the 1920s and 1930s—"the Paris of the Orient"—was both a glittering metropolis and a shadowy world of crime and social injustice. It was also home to Huo Sang and Bao Lang, fictional Chinese counterparts to Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. The duo lived in a spacious apartment on Aiwen Road, where Huo Sang played the violin (badly) and smoked Golden Dragon cigarettes as he mulled over his cases. Cheng Xiaoqing (1893–1976), "The Grand Master" of twentieth-century Chinese detective fiction, had first encountered Conan Doyle’s highly popular stories as an adolescent. In the ensuing years he played a major role in rendering them first into classical and later into vernacular Chinese. In the late 1910s, Cheng began writing detective fiction very much in Conan Doyle’s style, with Bao as the Watson-like-I narrator—a still rare instance of so direct an appropriation from foreign fiction. Cheng Xiaoqing wrote detective stories to introduce the advantages of critical thinking to his readers, to encourage them to be skeptical and think deeply, because truth often lies beneath surface appearances. His attraction to the detective fiction genre can be traced to its reconciliation of the traditional and the modern. In "The Shoe," Huo Sang solves the case with careful reasoning, while "The Other Photograph" and "On the Huangpu" blend this reasoning with a sensationalism reminiscent of traditional Chinese fiction. "The Odd Tenant" and "The Examination Paper" also demonstrate the folly of first impressions. "At the Ball" and "Cat’s-Eye" feature the South-China Swallow, a master thief who, like other outlaws in traditional tales, steals only from the rich and powerful. "One Summer Night" clearly shows Cheng’s strategy of captivating his Chinese readers with recognizably native elements even as he espouses more globalized views of truth and justice.
Pah!" With a slap, she viciously slapped him in the face and angrily cursed, "Scum!""Scum?" Heh ... These two words are more suitable for you. " He tightly held her hand with a cold glint in his eyes.He was the richest man in A city, he was worth hundreds of billions of dollars, he was indifferent and restrained. This was the first time he was tricked by a "bad" woman, and the worst thing was, she actually dared to take the ball and run."Woman, do you dare not take responsibility after eating?" See you in five years. Her hands were tied to the steel pipe by his tie.Fear grew in her.What if he provoked a demon? "Waiting online is quite urgent.
A young boy who lives in the inner city adjusts to the idea of moving away by building a playground out of the old tires from his father's repair shop.
Pah!" With a slap, she viciously slapped him in the face and angrily cursed, "Scum!""Scum?" Heh ... These two words are more suitable for you. " He tightly held her hand with a cold glint in his eyes.He was the richest man in A city, he was worth hundreds of billions of dollars, he was indifferent and restrained. This was the first time he was tricked by a "bad" woman, and the worst thing was, she actually dared to take the ball and run."Woman, do you dare not take responsibility after eating?" See you in five years. Her hands were tied to the steel pipe by his tie.Fear grew in her.What if he provoked a demon? "Waiting online is quite urgent.
The Footprints of Master Cheng Yen is a quarterly publication. Each issue includes an essay called “Selected Topics on Master Cheng Yen’s Teachings,” written by Master Cheng Yen’s monastic disciples on important topics that Master Cheng Yen discussed during that season. Sometimes, the essays use important events in Tzu Chi as a means of elucidating Master Cheng Yen’s teachings. They sometimes also outline the origin, formation, and development of her ideas. From the spring of 1996 to the summer of 2003, thirty of these essays were written over eight years. These were later revised and compiled into The Principles of Master Cheng Yen’s Teachings for publication. The Principles of Master Cheng Yen’s Teachings, Volume 1 provides a thorough overview of the development of Dharma Master Cheng Yen’s Tzu Chi teachings from the spring of 1996 to the winter of 1997. Through a description of events from this period of time, the inspiration for her teachings is made clear. These events, ranging from case visits to disaster relief work, provide context to the principles of Master Cheng Yen’s teachings, making them relevant and easily related to the work of present-day Tzu Chi volunteers, both in Taiwan and abroad.
A brilliant mathematician examines the complexity of gender and society and forges a path out of inequality. Why are men in charge? After years in the male-dominated field of mathematics and in the female-dominated field of art, Eugenia Cheng has heard the question many times. In x + y, Cheng argues that her mathematical specialty -- category theory -- reveals why. Category theory deals more with context, relationships, and nuanced versions of equality than with intrinsic characteristics. Category theory also emphasizes dimensionality: much as a cube can cast a square or diamond shadow, depending on your perspective, so too do gender politics appear to change with how we examine them. Because society often rewards traits that it associates with males, such as competitiveness, we treat the problems those traits can create as male. But putting competitive women in charge will leave many unjust relationships in place. If we want real change, we need to transform the contexts in which we all exist, and not simply who we think we are. Praise for Eugenia Cheng "[Eugenia Cheng's] tone is clear, clever and friendly . . . she is rigorous and insightful. . . . [She is] a lucid and nimble expositor." --- Alex Bellos, New York Times Book Review "Dr. Cheng . . . has a knack for brushing aside conventions and edicts, like so many pie crumbs from a cutting board." --- Natalie Angier, New York Times
In China between Peace and War, Victor S. C. Cheng explores the gripping history of peace talks and international negotiations from 1945 to 1947 that helped determine the shape of the Chinese Civil War. The book focuses on the efforts of the two belligerent parties—the Chinese Nationalists, or Guomindang, and the Communists—to achieve an enduring peace. It presents previously unexplored major elements of the peace talks: ambiguous treaties, package deals and short-term solutions. It identifies the burning challenges that confronted attempts at peacemaking, including the two warring parties’ high-risk decision-making styles and the temptation to veto agreements and resume fighting. Cheng argues against popular notions that differences between the two belligerents in the Chinese Civil War were irreconcilable, that the failure of the peace talks was predetermined and that the US government mediators needed to remain neutral. Because the actions around the negotiating table occurred in a developing theatre of war, Cheng also explores the military decision-making of the opposing sides as well as the conflicts that ultimately plunged China into the world’s largest military engagement of the seven-plus decades since World War II. China between Peace and War highlights the contradictory role of political leaders who micromanaged the military, including their struggle to connect political objectives and military power, their rhetorical use of the ‘decisive war’ concept, and their pursuit of radical military-political goals at the expense of a negotiated peace.
Thank you for visiting our website. Would you like to provide feedback on how we could improve your experience?
This site does not use any third party cookies with one exception — it uses cookies from Google to deliver its services and to analyze traffic.Learn More.