Ma Qian's Books

Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar Workbook

By: Claudia Ross,Jing-heng Sheng Ma,Baozhang He

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar Workbook

By: Claudia Ross,Jing-heng Sheng Ma,Baozhang He

Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar Workbook is a book of exercises and language tasks for all learners of Mandarin Chinese. Divided into two sections, the Workbook initially provides exercises based on essential grammatical structures, and moves on to practise everyday functions such as making introductions, apologizing and expressing needs. With a comprehensive answer key at the back to enable students to check on their progress, main features include: exercises graded according to level of difficulty cross-referencing to the related Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar topical exercises that develop students' vocabulary base. Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar Workbook is ideal for all learners of Mandarin Chinese, from beginner to intermediate and advanced students. It can be used both independently and alongside the Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

281

Publisher

Psychology Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0415700116

ISBN 13

9780415700115

The Changjiang River Civilization

Nature and Culture of the Changjiang River from a Global Perspective

By: Tianyu Feng,Zhiliang Ma,Yuan Ding

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Changjiang River Civilization

Nature and Culture of the Changjiang River from a Global Perspective

By: Tianyu Feng,Zhiliang Ma,Yuan Ding

This book is a comprehensive academic introduction of the natural conditions and cultural characteristics of the ChangJiang River Basin. Describing in detail the geographical location and natural conditions of the main stream and the tributaries as the starting point, the book compares the ChangJiang River Civilizations to other civilizations of large rivers of the same latitude. This book reveals the gradual deepening of the Chinese understanding the ChangJiang River, introduces the cultural divisions of the river valley, and describes the evolution of the civilizations in the basin. At the end of the book, the author points out that there are many ecological problems in the ChangJiang River valley, for which the Chinese people have taken many measures, such as water pollution control. Fishing in the main stream and important tributaries of the ChangJiang is banned for at least ten years. As a guide to analyze the natural conditions and cultural characteristics of the whole ChangJiang River Basin, this book enables researchers and common readers to have a relatively clear and comprehensive understanding in a relatively short period of time. Putting the ChangJiang River Civilization in the context of the world’s civilizations, this book makes it easier for readers to understand the uniqueness of the ChangJiang River Civilization and its contribution to the cultural diversity of the world.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

266

Publisher

Springer Nature

Published Date

ISBN 10

9811945527

ISBN 13

9789811945526

Understanding Chinese Wisdom through Characters

By: Zikai Ma,Weiqing Zhang,Tao Guan,Ou Tang,Yuanqing Ma

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Understanding Chinese Wisdom through Characters

By: Zikai Ma,Weiqing Zhang,Tao Guan,Ou Tang,Yuanqing Ma

Chinese is one of the rare languages that was created thousands of years ago and has been in continuous use ever since. As language signs, Chinese characters reflect how ancient Chinese residents observed and understood the universe and themselves. These characters carry the fundamental ideas of man and nature, which have further developed into Chinese philosophies that have shaped Chinese personality traits and the landscape of contemporary China. This book explores the origin and evolution of selected Chinese characters that best represent the cognitive process and core values of Chinese culture. The study of Chinese characters provides an insight into Chinese wisdom of harmony, love and resiliency from which people draw strength in face of challenges today. The book is unique in its inclusion of featured Chinese calligraphy in character studies, accounting for the aesthetic enjoyment of traditional Chinese art in the history of Chinese characters’ evolution.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

584

Publisher

Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Published Date

ISBN 10

1527517659

ISBN 13

9781527517653

The Images of Science Through Cultural Lenses: A Chinese Study on the Nature of Science

By: Hongming Ma

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Images of Science Through Cultural Lenses: A Chinese Study on the Nature of Science

By: Hongming Ma

Are the images of science held by learners the same across cultures? What are the implications for science education? This book explores the nature of science from a cultural perspective. Located in the Chinese cultural context, the book examines the nexus between characteristics of Chinese thinking and the understanding of the nature of science in Chinese traditional culture. The dramatic cultural change as a result of the introduction of Western culture was accompanied by the dramatic reconstruction of the image of science. The Chinese science education echoes the understanding of the nature of science in each cultural historical period. Reflecting the tension and dilemmas of understanding the nature of science at the policy making level, the images of science held by Chinese science teachers represent a mixture of influences by values and beliefs that are embedded in the imported science and by Chinese native cultural beliefs. The book concludes with suggestions of change of practice in science education for a more realistic image of science not only within the field of education but also in society at large.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

122

Publisher

Springer Science & Business Media

Published Date

ISBN 10

9460919421

ISBN 13

9789460919428

Adventure In City

Volume 7

By: Ma XiaoHu

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Adventure In City

Volume 7

By: Ma XiaoHu

I never thought I'd go to the nightclub! And also entered this line! The year he graduated, he was dumped by his girlfriend, humiliated by the rich and handsome, he lost his job, and his life was at rock bottom ... Unintentionally passing by a KTV, attracted by the high recruitment notice ... And from then on, I embarked on a life that I had never imagined ...

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

606

Publisher

Funstory

Published Date

ISBN 10

1649555741

ISBN 13

9781649555748

The Search for a Vanishing Beijing

A Guide to China's Capital Through the Ages

By: M.A. Aldrich

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Search for a Vanishing Beijing

A Guide to China's Capital Through the Ages

By: M.A. Aldrich

The Search for a Vanishing Beijing weaves the genres of travel essays and travel guides into a comprehensive narrative about the cultural mosaic of the capital of China.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

436

Publisher

Hong Kong University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

9622097774

ISBN 13

9789622097773

Regional Culture and Social Change

A Study of Miao-Inhabited Areas of Southwest China

By: Yuhua Ma

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Regional Culture and Social Change

A Study of Miao-Inhabited Areas of Southwest China

By: Yuhua Ma

This book explores Shimenkan—a Miao-inhabited area in Weining County, China—and its rural society from a comprehensive and long-term perspective, drawing on research conducted by the author in the course of ten years. Located in the northwest of Weining County in Guizhou Province, Shimenkan is a multiethnic area, where, e.g., the Hans, Miaos, Yis, Huis, and Buyis live. Until the early twentieth century, it was a small mountain village; the introduction of Christianity led to significant cultural and social changes in this area. Focusing on China in the twentieth century, the book addresses the traditional culture of the Miao people, the popularity of Christianity in early modern times, the management and control by the government, the socialist reform in the period of the People’s Republic of China, and the changes following the reform and opening-up in recent years. Covering a century’s worth of history, it discusses the major historical events in Northeastern Yunnan and Northwestern Guizhou around Shimenkan and analyzes local social structures, religions, ideologies, customs, and ethnic psychologies, making it a valuable addition to the study of regional social history. The book draws on archives, literature reviews, and field surveys and pursues a multi-disciplinary approach combining history, anthropology, and other disciplines. It offers a valuable resource for researchers in history, religion, and ethnology, as well as readers interested in the spread of Christianity in the Miao-inhabited areas of southwestern China.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

280

Publisher

Springer Nature

Published Date

ISBN 10

9811989834

ISBN 13

9789811989834

History Of Medicine In Chinese Culture, A (In 2 Volumes)

By: Boying Ma

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

History Of Medicine In Chinese Culture, A (In 2 Volumes)

By: Boying Ma

This book set covers the last 3000 years of Chinese Medicine, as a broadly flowing river, from its source to its mouth. It takes the story from the very beginnings in proto-scientific China to the modern age, with a wealth of historical and cultural detail. It is unique in presenting many anecdotes, sayings, and excerpts from the traditional classics.The content is organized into four parts. Part one focuses on the medical activities in Chinese primitive society and the characteristic features of the witchcraft stage of medicine. Part two traces the progress of Chinese medicine as it entered the stage of natural philosophy. It also discusses how other aspects of philosophy, religion, and politics influenced Chinese medical theory and practice at the time. Chinese medicine, having a kind of social existence, was also impacted by the natural and social environment, and multiple cultural factors. Some of these factors are discussed in Part three. The last part concludes by examining the cultural process of Chinese medicine in history and offers a glimpse into the future of Chinese Medicine.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

1320

Publisher

World Scientific

Published Date

ISBN 10

9813238003

ISBN 13

9789813238008

History of the Development of Chinese Chan Thought

By: Tianxiang Ma

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

History of the Development of Chinese Chan Thought

By: Tianxiang Ma

The book aims to describe the history of Chan (Japanese Zen) School thought from the standpoint of social history. Chan, a school of East Asian Buddhism, was influential on all levels of societies in the region because of its intellectual and aesthetic appeal. In China, Chan infiltrated all levels of society, mainly because it engaged with society and formed the mainstream of Buddhism from the tenth or eleventh centuries through to the twentieth century. This book, taking a critical stance, examines the entire history of Chan thought and practice from the viewpoint of a modern Chinese scholar, not a practitioner, but an intellectual historian who places ideological developments in social contexts. The author suggests that core elements of Chan have their origins in Daoist philosophers, especially Zhuangzi, and not in Indian Buddhist concepts. Covering the period from the sixth century into the twentieth century, it deals with Chan interactions with neo-Confucianism, Quanzhen Daoism, and Gongyang new text philology, as well as with literature and scholarship, its fusion with Pure Land Buddhism, and its syncretic tendencies. Chan’s exchanges with emperors from the Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing Dynasty, as well as the motives of some loyalists of the Ming Dynasty for joining Chan after the fall of the Ming, are described. The book concludes with an examination of the views of Chan of Hu Shi, D.T. Suzuki, and the scholar-monk Yinshun.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

692

Publisher

Springer Nature

Published Date

ISBN 10

9819956862

ISBN 13

9789819956869

Portraits of Chinese Schools

By: Mingyuan Gu,Jiansheng Ma,Jun Teng

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Portraits of Chinese Schools

By: Mingyuan Gu,Jiansheng Ma,Jun Teng

This book unravels the mysteries of the Chinese school system to enable international scholars to better understand the logic of basic education in China. By collecting the latest, first-hand empirical data, it outlines a panoramic and vivid portrait of Chinese schools from principals’, teachers’, students’ and parents’ perspectives, including descriptions of their daily lives. It also interprets different stakeholders’ duties and explains the unique characteristics and operation model of Chinese schools. It is of interest to all those who are concerned with the current situation and the future of the Chinese school system and basic education in China, especially international researchers, policymakers, and parents wanting to know what is really happening in schools.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

294

Publisher

Springer

Published Date

ISBN 10

9811040117

ISBN 13

9789811040115

Poetry as Re-Reading

American Avant-Garde Poetry and the Poetics of Counter-Method

By: Ming-Qian Ma

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Poetry as Re-Reading

American Avant-Garde Poetry and the Poetics of Counter-Method

By: Ming-Qian Ma

Rereading and rewriting our understanding of the poetics of modernism and postmodernism, this truly revisionary work identifies a significant counter-tradition in twentieth-century poetry. Postmodernism, Ming-Qian Ma argues, does not so much follow from modernism as coexist with it, with postmodernists employing the anarchic poetics introduced by Gertrude Stein in countering the rationalist method of high modernists such as T. S. Eliot and Ezra Pound. Grounded in a detailed and compelling account of the philosophy guiding such a project, Ma’s book traces a continuity of thought and practice through the very different poetic work of objectivists Louis Zukofsky, George Oppen, Carl Rakosi, and John Cage and language poets Susan Howe, Lyn Hejinian, Bruce Andrews, and Charles Bernstein. His deft individual readings provide an opening into this notoriously difficult work, even as his larger critique reveals a new and clarifying perspective on American modernist and post-modernist avant-garde poetics. Ma shows how we cannot understand these poets according to the usual way of reading but must see how they deliberately use redundancy, unpredictability, and irrationality to undermine the meaning-oriented foundations of American modernism--and to force a new and different kind of reading. With its unusually clear explanation of the philosophy informing postmodern practice, and its unique insights into some of the more interesting and vexing poets of our time, this book points to a reading of an important strain of postmodern American poetry that is likely to develop well into the twenty-first century.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

326

Publisher

Northwestern University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0810124858

ISBN 13

9780810124851

Book's by Ma Qian

Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar Workbook

Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar Workbook

The Changjiang River Civilization

The Changjiang River Civilization

Understanding Chinese Wisdom through Characters

Understanding Chinese Wisdom through Characters

The Images of Science Through Cultural Lenses: A Chinese Study on the Nature of Science

The Images of Science Through Cultural Lenses: A Chinese Study on the Nature of Science

Adventure In City

Adventure In City

The Search for a Vanishing Beijing

The Search for a Vanishing Beijing

Regional Culture and Social Change

Regional Culture and Social Change

History Of Medicine In Chinese Culture, A (In 2 Volumes)

History Of Medicine In Chinese Culture, A (In 2 Volumes)

History of the Development of Chinese Chan Thought

History of the Development of Chinese Chan Thought

Portraits of Chinese Schools

Portraits of Chinese Schools

Poetry as Re-Reading

Poetry as Re-Reading

Username

Password

Username

Password

Password again

Birthday

Email