Hu Sheng's Books

Mr. Gu, Please Stop

Volume 1

By: Hu Qianqian

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Meet five years ago and make the next promise! Five years later, when her mother was in critical condition and her family had cheated and sold themselves, she had no choice but to find the person she once was. As for him, who was in love with her, he didn't know that the truth had hurt her and eventually promised to turn into ashes. Her heart was broken and her love was gone. She had left for another country, and when she returned, she had lived a peaceful life.

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1647870070

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9781647870072

Chinese Food Therapy Rx For Selfing Healing (Volume II)

Beauty and Longevity

By: Dr. Helen Hu

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Chinese Food Therapy Rx For Selfing Healing (Volume II)

Beauty and Longevity

By: Dr. Helen Hu

Food and traditional medicine (herbs) come from the same source. In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) food therapy is prescribed to heal sickness, restore the body to its maximum well being and optimize longevity. This effective therapy has played an important role for ordinary folks throughout Chinese history and culture for centuries. Dr. Helen Hu has studied medicine, science and biochemistry throughout her life. She holds a Medical Degree, Oriental Medical Degree and is a licensed practicing acupuncturist in San Diego. As a TCM practitioner and author of “Body Without Mystique”, Dr. Helen Hu has compiled and revealed hundreds of Traditional Chinese Food therapy prescriptions in her new book: “Chinese Food Therapy R x for Self Healing (Volume I )”. These natural recipes are then clearly organized and paired to systemic disorders utilizing the integration of both Western and Eastern diagnostic approaches. “Chinese Food Therapy RX for Longevity and Beauty (Volume II)” not only provides hundreds of natural recipes to promote well being and beauty but is the collection of thousands of years of wisdom relating to the core questions of how to best achieve well being and longevity. “Definitely one of most comprehensive and landmark frontier publication in the West, an original blockbuster and a definitive “How to book”, beautifully illustrated photography.” “This book will coach and teach the public practical self healing and well being methods. It is a stand out work for the medical professional field as well” Jamie Reno, Award winning journalist, author and cancer patient advocate quoted: “Dr. Helen Hu is a true healer and a gifted writer whose remarkable new books, “Chinese Food Therapy Rx for Self Healing (Volume I)”, and “Chinese Food Therapy Rx for Longevity and Beauty (Volume II)”, provides hundreds of recipes to promote well-being and beauty based on thousands of years of wisdom. “These books are unquestionably the most comprehensive and pioneering works I’ve ever read in terms of educating the public about natural healing with food, and coaching people to achieve the ultimate goal of longevity and a healthy mind, body and spirit. Yes, folks, listen to Dr. Hu”. “Food really can save your life, and it can even fight and prevent cancer”.

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Hu House Publishing International

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1427655251

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9781427655257

Principles of Chinese Management

By: Haibo Hu

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Principles of Chinese Management

By: Haibo Hu

This book focuses on ancient Chinese management thoughts, building a Chinese management theory system and defining the core concepts. Firstly, it systematically reviews the excellent management ideas in traditional Chinese culture from the perspective of modern management, summarizing the experience and wisdom of Chinese management in order to disseminate the ideas to global readers, and highlighting the soft power of Chinese culture. Secondly, based on the management practices of Chinese local enterprises, the book refines the Chinese management model, constructing a modern management theory system with Chinese characteristics to promote innovation and changes in global management theory.

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Springer Nature

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9813365226

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9789813365223

The Fourth Saint in Chaos: Sword Saint

Volume 1

By: Hu TouWang

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The Fourth Saint in Chaos: Sword Saint

Volume 1

By: Hu TouWang

Billions of paths, 3,000 great Daos, and a vast opportunity could change the workings of the Heavenly Daos to seize all the good fortune between Heaven and Earth! This is a novel that cultivates to become a saint. It was filled with a thick prehistoric color. There were the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, and there was the Duke of Qin who wished to rule the world! There was Nuwa who had gained her Daos, and she had become a Deity who defied the will of Immortals! Great Sage Tengtian had beheaded three thousand of his troubles and became a sage! The killing intent of the terrifying demon king seethed with the desire to destroy the Heavenly Dao. Author's Note: This article is not the kind of piece of writing that I have in my hands. The main character will be beaten, without harem, without stallion! This was the traditional method to upgrade the Golden Finger cultivation technique. Friends who liked this type of technique could collect them and kill them after they got fatter! The update time for the book will begin to stabilize on Monday, which is basically two chapters a day. Everything was in Fourth Saint of the Chaos Sword QQ group: 90102539

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1648842488

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Shu Chien

Tributes on His 70th Birthday

By: Lanping Amy Sung,Kuang-Chung Hu Chien

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Shu Chien

Tributes on His 70th Birthday

By: Lanping Amy Sung,Kuang-Chung Hu Chien

This book consists of tributes written by friends, colleagues, teachers, students and family members of Professor Shu Chien on the occasion of his 70th birthday, which was celebrated in San Diego, California on 23 June 2001, and in Taipei, Taiwan on 12 August 2001. Following those events, a collection of articles was submitted. Together with the precious, memorable photographs, these articles provide a valuable summary of the life and deeds of this internationally acclaimed scientist who has made major impacts in the United States, mainland China and Taiwan -- indeed, the whole world. In response to these excellent, moving articles, Professor Shu Chien has written a piece that encompasses his entire life, from early childhood to the present. This book constitutes a most valuable biography, full of sentiment and inspiration. Researchers, academics, postdoctoral fellows, graduate students and undergraduates in bioengineering, physiology, biophysics, molecular and cellular biology, and related fields.

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World Scientific

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9812383832

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Supreme Rules

Volume 5

By: Po Hu

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Supreme Rules

Volume 5

By: Po Hu

By chance, he obtained the Overlord's Blood Bead formed when Chu Overlord killed himself. From then on, Shen Bin, who was constantly suffering from misfortune, walked onto the main road of good fortune, playing the pig to eat the tiger, and many beauties interweaved in his life. Occasionally, he would act arrogantly, bringing with him a kind of playboy who roamed the world. With his deep background and new life, he roamed the underworld and underworld. Power would always be the law in the hands of those powerful individuals ...

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1649482337

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My Wife is a Fox Fairy

Volume 2

By: Yao Hu

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My Wife is a Fox Fairy

Volume 2

By: Yao Hu

As a wife, the life of a diaosi changed. All kinds of beauties were embraced in her arms, and she could choose any technique in the Heavenly Court ...

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1649553641

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The Origin and Evolution of China's Names I

The Reigning Dynasties

By: HU A-Xiang

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The Origin and Evolution of China's Names I

The Reigning Dynasties

By: HU A-Xiang

This is the first volume of a two-volume set on the names of China, focusing on the country's official titles throughout history. Using interdisciplinary approaches from fields such as history, geography, ethnic studies, linguistics, psychology and toponymy, this two-volume set examines the origin and evolution of China's names over more than 4,000 years of history. The first volume examines the official names of the country given by the rulers or government, including the names of the imperial dynasties, from the earliest Xia to the last Qing, and the title of the Republic of China, which symbolises a new era in national naming. The author examines the common features as well as the cultural contexts and historical traditions that underlie these diverse titles. The origins and meanings of national titles, their secondary connotations, evolving understandings and related implications are explored. The book also analyses the lifespan and spatial references of these national titles. This book will appeal to both academic and general readers interested in Chinese history, Chinese historical geography and Chinese toponymy.

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1040120903

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Never Live Up to Your Love

Volume 2

By: Hu Taojiazi

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Never Live Up to Your Love

Volume 2

By: Hu Taojiazi

Her husband had gotten Xiao San pregnant, so she went back to her parents' home in anger. She later found out that it wasn't Xiao San who ruined her marriage, but her closest family. Everyone had left, and everyone had become so unfamiliar overnight. It was as if they had never met each other before ...

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1648462952

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Rangers of the Three Kingdoms

Volume 2

By: Hu Bao

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Rangers of the Three Kingdoms

Volume 2

By: Hu Bao

The three kingdoms will rise, who will fight, and see how I can achieve my own hegemony in this chaotic world. The world is filled with beauties, can it be settled by both sides?

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1647577519

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Undaunted Women of Nanking

The Wartime Diaries of Minnie Vautrin and Tsen Shui-fang

By: Hua-ling Hu,Zhang Lian-hong

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Undaunted Women of Nanking

The Wartime Diaries of Minnie Vautrin and Tsen Shui-fang

By: Hua-ling Hu,Zhang Lian-hong

One of the Chinese American Librarians Association’s Ten Best Books of 2010 During the infamous “Rape of Nanking,” a brutal military occupation of Nanking, China, that began on December 13, 1937, it is estimated that Japanese soldiers killed between 200,000 and 300,000 Chinese and raped between 20,000 and 80,000 women. To shelter civilian refugees, a group of Westerners established a Nanking Safety Zone. Among these humanitarians was Minnie Vautrin, an American missionary and acting president of Ginling College. She and Tsen Shui-fang, her Chinese assistant and a trained nurse, turned the college into a refugee camp, which protected more than 10,000 women and children during the height of the ordeal. The Undaunted Women of Nanking juxtaposes day-by-day the exhausted and terrified women’s wartime diaries, providing vital eyewitness accounts of the Rape of Nanking and a unique focus on the Ginling refugee camp and the sufferings of women and children. Vautrin's diary reveals the humanity and courage of a female missionary in a time of terror. Tsen Shui-fang’s diary, never before published in English and translated here for the first time, is the only known daily account by a Chinese national written during the crisis and not retrospectively. As such, it records a unique perspective: that of a woman grappling with feelings of anger, sorrow, and compassion as she witnesses the atrocities being committed in her war-torn country. Editors Hua-ling Hu and Zhang Lian-hong have added many informative annotations to the diary entries from sources including the proceedings of the Tokyo War Crimes Trial of 1946, Vautrin’s correspondence, John Rabe’s diary, and other historical documents. Also included are biographical sketches of the two women, a note on the diaries, and information about the aftermath of the tragedy, as well as maps and photos—some of which appear in print in this book for the first time.

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SIU Press

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0809385619

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9780809385614

China’s Collective Presidency

By: Angang Hu

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China’s Collective Presidency

By: Angang Hu

This book examines the historical development of China's collective presidency and identifies five key mechanisms which effectively reduce the asymmetries of knowledge and power. The mechanisms discussed are: group or collective succession, collective division of responsibilities and cooperation, collective learning, collective research and collective decision making. This work presents many facts including historical details showing that the collective presidency of China is a unique and prodigious innovation of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and China's socialist political system. We see how China’s political system stands in contrast to the presidential system that exists in the United States, which can be described as a system of personal responsibility of the president. The author identifies characteristics of the collective presidency and introduces a framework for analysis. Chapters then explore the phases of historical development in detail and examine fundamental features in terms of their historical development, operational characteristics and evaluation. The final chapter summarizes the political advantages of collective presidency, particularly international competitive advantages and readers will discover that the route to success for modern China lies in collective presidency. This book will appeal to anyone who wishes to discover how China’s political system works, to explore its political institutions that operate in conjunction with the CPC and the Chinese state or to discover how a collective presidency can work successfully.

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364255279X

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Food Plants of China

By: Shiu-ying Hu

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Food Plants of China

By: Shiu-ying Hu

The food plants of an area provide the material basis for the survival of its population, and furnish inspiring stimuli for cultural development. There are two parts in this book. Part 1 introduces the cultural aspects of Chinese food plants and the spread of Chinese culinary culture to the world. It also describes how the botanical and cultural information was acquired; what plants have been selected by the Chinese people for food; how these foodstuffs are produced, preserved, and prepared; and what the western societies can learn from Chinese practices. Part 2 provides the botanical identification of the plant kingdom for the esculents used in China as food and/or as beverage. The plants are illustrated with line drawings or composite photographic plates. This book is useful not only as a text for general reading, but also as a work reference. Naturally, it would be a useful addition to the general collection of any library.

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Chinese University Press

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9629962292

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9789629962296

General Theory of Taoism

By: Hu Fuchen

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General Theory of Taoism

By: Hu Fuchen

To understand Taoism is to understand the roots of contemporary Chinese culture. This hugely significant new book from Hu Fuchen highlights the significance of Taoism in modern day China, and supplies detailed information covering all aspects of a philosophical and religious tradition which is followed by as many as 400 million people worldwide. Comprehensive and user-friendly, the author outlines the principle theories and categories of Taoism covering each aspect in great detail. Whether new to the subject or a follower, this essential book will enable you to better understand all aspects Taoism and appreciate its central role within a newly reformed China.

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Paths International Ltd

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1844640957

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9781844640959

Global Affine Differential Geometry of Hypersurfaces

By: An-Min Li,Udo Simon,Guosong Zhao,Zejun Hu

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Global Affine Differential Geometry of Hypersurfaces

By: An-Min Li,Udo Simon,Guosong Zhao,Zejun Hu

This book draws a colorful and widespread picture of global affine hypersurface theory up to the most recent state. Moreover, the recent development revealed that affine differential geometry – as differential geometry in general – has an exciting intersection area with other fields of interest, like partial differential equations, global analysis, convex geometry and Riemann surfaces. The second edition of this monograph leads the reader from introductory concepts to recent research. Since the publication of the first edition in 1993 there appeared important new contributions, like the solutions of two different affine Bernstein conjectures, due to Chern and Calabi, respectively. Moreover, a large subclass of hyperbolic affine spheres were classified in recent years, namely the locally strongly convex Blaschke hypersurfaces that have parallel cubic form with respect to the Levi-Civita connection of the Blaschke metric. The authors of this book present such results and new methods of proof.

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Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

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3110268892

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China and Albert Einstein

The Reception of the Physicist and His Theory in China, 1917-1979

By: Danian HU,Danian Hu

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China and Albert Einstein

The Reception of the Physicist and His Theory in China, 1917-1979

By: Danian HU,Danian Hu

This is the first extensive study in English or Chinese of China's reception of the celebrated physicist and his theory of relativity. In a series of biographical studies of Chinese physicists, Hu describes the Chinese assimilation of relativity and explains how Chinese physicists offered arguments and theories of their own. Hu's account concludes with the troubling story of the fate of foreign ideas such as Einstein's in the Chinese Cultural Revolution (1966-1976), when the theory of relativity was denigrated along with Einstein's ideas on democracy and world peace.

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Harvard University Press

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0674038886

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9780674038882

Otolaryngology in Chinese Medicine

By: Daonan Yan ,Ko-hsin Hu

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Otolaryngology in Chinese Medicine

By: Daonan Yan ,Ko-hsin Hu

This textbook provides a comprehensive view of TCM Otolaryngology based in part on the Chinese medical literature of the past 2,000 years which contains abundant references to diseases of the ears, nose, throat and mouth. Some of these theories and techniques continue to be used in clinics today, while others have fallen into disuse. Otolaryngology has developed rapidly in modern times, and thus many biomedical diagnostic and treatment methods have been integrated into TCM otolaryngology. Knowledge of both traditional theories and modern technology, as well as sufficient clinical experience are necessary for a comprehensive understanding of the topic as provided here. We are sorry that the DVD content are not included.

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PMPH-USA

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7117161256

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9787117161251

Chinese Publishing

By: Hu Yang,Yang Xiao

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Chinese Publishing

By: Hu Yang,Yang Xiao

An illustrated introduction to the origins and development of printing and publication in China from ancient to modern times.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521186757

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9780521186759

Worldly Desires

Cosmopolitanism and Cinema in Hong Kong and Taiwan

By: Brian Hu

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Worldly Desires

Cosmopolitanism and Cinema in Hong Kong and Taiwan

By: Brian Hu

Explores how internet use empowers Arab citizens.

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Edinburgh University Press

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1474428479

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9781474428477

The Aesthetics of Qiyun and Genius

Spirit Consonance in Chinese Landscape Painting and Some Kantian Echoes

By: Xiaoyan Hu

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The Aesthetics of Qiyun and Genius

Spirit Consonance in Chinese Landscape Painting and Some Kantian Echoes

By: Xiaoyan Hu

In The Aesthetics of Qiyun and Genius: Spirit Consonance in Chinese Landscape Painting and Some Kantian Echoes, Xiaoyan Hu provides an interpretation of the notion of qiyun, or spirit consonance, in Chinese painting, and considers why creating a painting—especially a landscape painting—replete with qiyun is regarded as an art of genius, where genius is an innate mental talent. Through a comparison of the role of this innate mental disposition in the aesthetics of qiyun and Kant’s account of artistic genius, the book addresses an important feature of the Chinese aesthetic tradition, one that evades the aesthetic universality assumed by a Kantian lens. Drawing on the views of influential sixth to fourteenth-century theorists and art historians and connoisseurs, the first part explains and discusses qiyun and its conceptual development from a notion mainly applied to figure painting to one that also plays an enduring role in the aesthetics of landscape painting. In the light of Kant’s account of genius, the second part examines a range of issues regarding the role of the mind in creating a painting replete with qiyun and the impossibility of teaching qiyun. Through this comparison with Kant, Hu demystifies the uniqueness of qiyun aesthetics and also illuminates some limitations in Kant’s aesthetics. The publication of this work was supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (project no: 3213042202A1).

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1793641579

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9781793641571

Fifth Young Master Abandon Our Wedding

Volume 1

By: Hu Libuhu

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Fifth Young Master Abandon Our Wedding

Volume 1

By: Hu Libuhu

When she was released from prison after three years, she suddenly discovered that her best friend had already married her fiancé. Her punishment became a joke.Never in her wildest dreams would she imagine that when she was at the end of her road, the person who would support her would be the fifth young master of the Liang family, who she loathed and disliked in the open and in the dark.She wanted to use Fifth Young Master's power to take revenge, but she discovered that this man was truly despicable!

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1647812410

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9781647812416

English Writings of Hu Shih

Chinese Philosophy and Intellectual History (Volume 2)

By: Hu Shih

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English Writings of Hu Shih

Chinese Philosophy and Intellectual History (Volume 2)

By: Hu Shih

Hu Shih (1891-1962),. In the 1910s, Hu studied at Cornell University and later Columbia University, both in the United States. At Columbia, he was greatly influenced by his professor, John Dewey, and became a lifelong advocate of pragmatic evolutionary change. He received his Ph.D. in Philosophy in 1917 and returned to lecture at Peking University. Hu soon became one of the leading and most influential intellectuals during the May Fourth Movement and later the New Culture Movement. His most widely recognized achievement during this period was as a key contributor to Chinese liberalism and language reform in his advocacy for the use of written vernacular Chinese. Hu Shih was the Republic of China’s Ambassador to the United States of America (1938-1942) and later Chancellor of Peking University (1946-1948). In 1939 Hu Shih was nominated for a Nobel Prize in literature and in 1958 became president of the “Academia Sinica” in Taiwan, where he remained until his death in Nangang at the age of 71. This diverse collection brings together his English essays, speeches and academic papers, as well as book reviews, all written between 1919 and 1962. English Writings of Hu Shih represents his thinking and insights on such topics as scientific methodology, liberalism and democracy, and social problems. It can also serve as a helpful resource for those who study Hu Shih and his views on ancient and modern China. The first volume “Chinese Philosophy and Intellectual History” allows readers to trace the development of Chinese thought and see the historical methodology applied therein. The second volume “Literature and Society” mainly includes Hu Shih’s works on language reform, which owing to his advocacy for the use of written vernacular Chinese were a success in both the educational and literary fields. The third volume “National Crisis and Public Diplomacy” mainly collects Hu’s articles and speeches from his term as Ambassador of China to the U.S.A. between 1938 and 1942.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3642311814

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9783642311819

Modernization in Eastern Tibet

Leviathan the Forager

By: Su Hu

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Modernization in Eastern Tibet

Leviathan the Forager

By: Su Hu

Using ethnographic materials and documents from East Tibetan villages, this book addresses the impact of modernization on everyday life and the ways in which it melds with traditional forms of knowledge to create a new Tibetan identity and scientific rationality. Including cases centred on meteorology, geography, and seismology, the book assesses a wide range of traditional local activities, including foraging, farming, and domestic practices, and argues that and demonstrates how science, technology, and ideas about modernity have all influenced these activities. It highlights that when inconsistencies among different knowledges emerge, modernization can create inconsistent assemblages of modern and traditional practices and reveal the multiplicity of everyday life. Using these examples of everyday life to portray the complexity of day-to-day existence in Tibet, this book will be of huge interest to students and scholars of Tibet, China, human geography, anthropology, and the sociology of science and technology.

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1040106420

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9781040106426

Believing in Ghosts and Spirits

The Concept of Gui in Ancient China

By: Hu Baozhu

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Believing in Ghosts and Spirits

The Concept of Gui in Ancient China

By: Hu Baozhu

The present book by Hu Baozhu explores the subject of ghosts and spirits and attempts to map the religious landscape of ancient China. The main focus of attention is the character gui 鬼, an essential key to the understanding of spiritual beings. The author analyses the character gui in various materials – lexicons and dictionaries, excavated manuscripts and inscriptions, and received classical texts. Gui is examined from the perspective of its linguistic root, literary interpretation, ritual practices, sociopolitical implication, and cosmological thinking. In the gradual process of coming to know the otherworld in terms of ghosts and spirits, Chinese people in ancient times attempted to identify and classify these spiritual entities. In their philosophical thinking, they connected the subject of gui with the movement of the universe. Thus the belief in ghosts and spirits in ancient China appeared to be a moral standard for all, not only providing a room for individual religiosity but also implementing the purpose of family-oriented social order, the legitimization of political operations, and the understanding of the way of Heaven and Earth.

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1000258475

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