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Tales of Magistrate Bao and His Valiant Lieutenants

Selections from Sanxia Wuyi

By: Yukun Shi,Susan Blader

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Tales of Magistrate Bao and His Valiant Lieutenants

Selections from Sanxia Wuyi

By: Yukun Shi,Susan Blader

Murder, mystery, and courtroom drama -- Chinese style! "Sanxia wuyi" (later revised and called "Qixia wuyi") is a semi-historical narrative of adventure, crime-detection, and courtroom drama. It revolves around the famed Song dynasty magistrate, Bao Zheng (999-1072), who is more commonly known as Magistrate Bao (Bao Gong) and is the quintessential incorruptible government official. This novel, derived from the oral narrative attributed to the Qing storyteller Shi Yukun (fl. 1870s), was first published in 1879, after undergoing a complex and fascinating textual evolution. The non-historical component of narrative, which represents the creative genius of the storyteller and his tradition, revolves around a group of compelling heroes and gallants -- foremost among them are Zhan Zhao, Hero Par Excellence, Jiang Ping, Diplomat Supreme and Unparalleled Underwater Genius, Ai Hu, Youngest of the Tried and True, and the beloved Bai Yutang, Gallant of Incomparable Elegance and Passion.

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Chinese University Press

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9622017754

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9789622017757

The Establishment of Modern Chinese Grammar

The formation of the resultative construction and its effects

By: Yuzhi Shi

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The Establishment of Modern Chinese Grammar

The formation of the resultative construction and its effects

By: Yuzhi Shi

This book investigates historical motivations for the emergence of the resultative construction in Chinese from the following four aspects: (a) disyllabification, (b)adjacent context, (c) semantic integrity, and (d) frequency of co-occurence of a pair of verb and resultative. The author also addresses a series of grammatical changes and innovations caused by the formation of this resultative construction, such as the development of aspect, mood, verb reduplication, the new predicate structure, the disposal construction, the passive construction, the verb copying construction, and the new topicalization construction, all of which together shape the grammatical system of Modern Chinese. The present analysis raises and discusses a number of theoretical issues that are meaningful to various linguistic disciplines like pragmatics, discourse analysis, grammaticalization, and general historical linguistics.

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278

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John Benjamins Publishing

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9027283036

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9789027283030

Super Master in Amorous City

Volume 6

By: Shi Wan

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Super Master in Amorous City

Volume 6

By: Shi Wan

Ye Yunxiao had been ordered to go down the mountain to protect Miss Qian Jin, but he discovered that danger was everywhere around Miss Qian. In order to better protect the beauty, he could only helplessly announce: This beauty is already pregnant, and she is even my child!

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789

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Funstory

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1649559860

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9781649559869

Water Margin

Outlaws of the Marsh

By: Shi Naian

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Water Margin

Outlaws of the Marsh

By: Shi Naian

Based upon the historical bandit Song Jiang and his companions, The Water Margin is an epic tale of rebellion against tyranny that will remind Western readers of the English classic Robin Hood and His Merry Men. This edition of the classic J. H. Jackson translation brings a story that has been inspiring readers for hundreds of years to life for modern audiences. It features a new preface and introduction by Edwin Lowe, which gives the history of the book and puts the story into perspective for today's readers. First translated into English by Pearl S. Buck in 1933 as All Men Are Brothers, the original edition of the J.H. Jackson translation appeared under the title The Water Margin in 1937. In this updated edition, Edwin Lowe addresses many of the shortcomings found in the original J.H. Jackson translation, and reinserts the grit and flavor of Shuihui Zhuan found in the original Chinese versions, including the sexual seduction, explicit descriptions of brutality, and the profane voices of the lower classes of Song Dynasty China. Similarly, the Chinese deities, Bodhisattvas, gods and demons have reclaimed their true names, as has the lecherous, ill-fated Ximen Qing. This 70-chapter book includes much that was sanitized out of the 1937 publication, giving Anglophone readers the most complete picture to date of this classic Chinese novel. While Chinese in origin, the themes of The Water Margin are so universal that they have served as a source of inspiration for numerous movies, television shows and video games up to the present day.

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Tuttle Publishing

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1462902596

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9781462902590

The Marshes of Mount Liang: The broken seals

By: Nai'an Shi,Guanzhong Luo,Alex Dent-Young

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The Marshes of Mount Liang: The broken seals

By: Nai'an Shi,Guanzhong Luo,Alex Dent-Young

When Marshal Hong breaks the seals which generations of Taoist Masters have placed on the temple doors to hold back 108 incarcerated Demon Princes, powerful forces of disorder are released. One after another, brave men fall out with officialdom and are obliged to join the brotherhood of the rivers and lakes-the mixed company of heroes and vagabonds who live by their wits and their fighting skills. The story of The Broken Seals branches this way and that, following first one hero, then another, as their paths converge and part, until finally 108 brave-but not entirely admirable-men are united at the outlaws' stronghold in the Marshes of Mount Liang. The story takes us through the vast landscape of imperial China. We hear of epic duels, gargantuan feasts, and cunning ambushes, and we witness injustice, betrayal, murder and revenge. We are told also of the beauty of the moon during Mid-Autumn Festival or of the snow, crisp underfoot on a stormy night in the country. This volume consists of the first twenty-two chapters of the full 120-chapter version of the classic Chinese novel by Shi Nai'an and Luo Guanzhong. It is the first English translation based on this version and including much of the verse. It offers the English reader something of the liveliness and humour of a work which has delighted generations of Chinese readers.

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460

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Chinese University Press

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9622016022

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9789622016026

Agricultural Development in Qing China

A Quantitative Study, 1661-1911

By: Zhihong Shi

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Agricultural Development in Qing China

A Quantitative Study, 1661-1911

By: Zhihong Shi

In Agricultural Development in Qing China: A Quantitative Study, 1661-1911 SHI Zhihong offers for the first time an overview of agricultural development in Qing China in the English language. Being by far the largest sector in one of the largest economies in the world, understanding its development is crucial not only for agricultural studies, but also to advance economic debates such as on the Great Divergence. Combining the recent quantitative paradigm with the more traditional scholarly approach, this book uses a great number of primary sources to arrive at new and revised estimates of crucial indicators such as land acreage, crop yield, pasture, and total output. Its main conclusion is that a serious economic and social problem occurred since the mid-Qing, where agriculture was increasingly less able to feed a growing population, which was a major factor contributing to the growing crisis in the rule of the dynasty.

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BRILL

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9004355243

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9789004355248

The City Trilogy

Five Jade Disks, Defenders of the Dragon City, Tale of a Feather

By: Shi Kuo Chang

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The City Trilogy

Five Jade Disks, Defenders of the Dragon City, Tale of a Feather

By: Shi Kuo Chang

Forced into the war to save their remaining territory, the indigenous peoples join the Huhui in their continuing struggle against the Shan.".

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Columbia University Press

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0231128525

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9780231128520

Empress has to Scheme

Volume 3

By: Shi Tianxue

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Empress has to Scheme

Volume 3

By: Shi Tianxue

In the 21st century, because Lin Nan was betrayed by her boyfriend and transported to the Tian Ji Country, she became the daughter of the prime minister. She didn't want to fight, but she had drawn killing intent everywhere ... He was the crown prince of the Eastern Palace, the only person who couldn't forget about him despite his heartless nature. He, the unparalleled musician, was unfathomable. Only the melancholy and despair of his back made him feel as if he had met a scum from his past life. Was it an unforgettable relationship, or was it a forsake that was too old for him? Where would she go from here? Where would he return to?

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580

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Funstory

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1648469574

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9781648469572

The Scattered Flock

Part Five of the Marshes of Mount Liang, a New Translation of the Shuihu Zhuan Or Water Margin of Shi Nai'an and Luo Guanzhong

By: Nai'an Shi,Guanzhong Luo,Alex Dent-Young

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The Scattered Flock

Part Five of the Marshes of Mount Liang, a New Translation of the Shuihu Zhuan Or Water Margin of Shi Nai'an and Luo Guanzhong

By: Nai'an Shi,Guanzhong Luo,Alex Dent-Young

The Scattered Flock," the last volume of this new series of translations, contains chapters 91-120 that mark the disastrous end of the 108 heroes. The action in this volume can be divided into three parts: the campaign against Tian Hu, the campaign against Wang Qing and the campaign against Fang La. It is in the last of these that the heroes of Mount Liang begin to die. Their demise is as haphazard and casual as the scattering of the flock of geese when the Prodigy shoots them for mere amusement. The themes of the vanity of human wishes and the emptiness of ambition are prominent throughout.

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492

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Chinese University Press

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9622019900

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9789622019904

Ancient Devil Monarch

Volume 6

By: Tian Shi

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Ancient Devil Monarch

Volume 6

By: Tian Shi

Was it the rebirth of a Martial Soul? Or was it relying on the Martial Skills? Because he had offended the three great families, Yi Zhou, a youngster with nine large veins who had been trapped in the Seal, finally emerged from the three great academies of the Azure Sun Dynasty due to his fortuitous encounter in the Misty Forest, obtaining an unknown Martial Soul and the Four Arts of the Sky Demons. However, in the end, the Azure Sun Empire was only a small country that was subordinate to a large country. What Yi Zhou had to face were not only the various countries, but also that mysterious sect and that mysterious world. Under so many dangers, would Yi Zhou be able to succeed?

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1514

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Funstory

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164857386X

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9781648573866

The Geography of Contemporary China

By: Jing’ai Wang,Shunlin Liang,Peijun Shi

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The Geography of Contemporary China

By: Jing’ai Wang,Shunlin Liang,Peijun Shi

This textbook provides a comprehensive and very detailed insight into Chinese Contemporary Geography in English. It documents the geographical issues associated with China's rapid growth. Since initiating the reforms and open policy, China has achieved tremendous success. China's rapid growth is now a driving force in the global economy and is achieving unprecedented rates of poverty reduction. However, China also faces a number of sustainability and emerging challenges associated with rapid growth such as growing regional disparities in terms of per capita income and social-economic development, sustainable resource development, and issues related to regional and global economic integration. In addition, rapid economic growth has also brought about major challenges such as resource shortages, ecological and environmental destruction, land degradation and frequent disasters. This book presents the authors’ reflections. This lavishly illustrated book covers physical geography, history, and economic and political systems of the world's most populous country. The major focus is on geographical issues in China's contemporary development: agriculture, population, urbanization, resource and energy, and environment. The lead author of the book has taught relevant courses in China for three decades, and authored and edited multiple textbooks for Chinese students. This book will appeal to undergraduate students of geography and related disciplines with a regional focus on China and to the general reader who wants to learn different geographical aspects of modern China with little academic background in geography.

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Springer Nature

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3031041585

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9783031041587

Magnetic Fields of Celestial Bodies

By: Ye Shi-hui

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Magnetic Fields of Celestial Bodies

By: Ye Shi-hui

Magnetism is one of the basic properties of matter. Mankind has trav elled a long road in discovering and utilizing magnetism, and in this respect the ancient Chinese people have made outstanding contribu tions. In the book 'Lu's Spring and Autumn', written near the end of the Warring States Period, i. e. in the third century B. C. , there is a statement on the "attraction of iron by lodestones". So at that time it was known that magnets can attract ferromagnetic material. At the be ginning ofthe first century A. D. , viz. in the early years ofthe East Hang Dynasty, the famous scholar Wang Chong wrote in his masterpiece 'Len Hen' that the handle of a magnetic dipper pointed to the south. It was thus discovered at the time that magnets can point to the poles of the geomagnetic field. At the beginning of the twelfth century, during the reign of Emperor Hui of the Sung Dynasty, in the two books written by Zhu Yo and Xu Jin, respectively, there are descriptions of the com pass used in navigation. This tells us that the application of compasses was rather widespread at that time. The distinguished scientist Sen Go (1031-1085) discovered the declination of the terrestrial magnetic field. This is four hundred and more years earlier than its discovery by Christopher Columbus in 1492 during his voyage across the Atlantic Ocean. Such facts as these manifest the important contributions of ancient China to global civilization.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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9401109443

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9789401109444

Book's by Shi Jin

Tales of Magistrate Bao and His Valiant Lieutenants

Tales of Magistrate Bao and His Valiant Lieutenants

The Establishment of Modern Chinese Grammar

The Establishment of Modern Chinese Grammar

Super Master in Amorous City

Super Master in Amorous City

Water Margin

Water Margin

The Marshes of Mount Liang: The broken seals

The Marshes of Mount Liang: The broken seals

Agricultural Development in Qing China

Agricultural Development in Qing China

The City Trilogy

The City Trilogy

Empress has to Scheme

Empress has to Scheme

The Scattered Flock

The Scattered Flock

Ancient Devil Monarch

Ancient Devil Monarch

The Geography of Contemporary China

The Geography of Contemporary China

Magnetic Fields of Celestial Bodies

Magnetic Fields of Celestial Bodies

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