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A Study of Chinese Characters

By: Wang Guiyuan

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As the first volume of a two-volume set on Chinese ancient characters and newly unearthed literature, this book brings together the author’s research articles that discuss the development of Chinese characters and the tradition of Chinese palaeography. The 23 chapters in this book focus on two aspects of Chinese characters. The first 13 chapters centre on the evolution of Chinese characters, analysing the composition system and its transformation, the motivation, and mechanisms behind its evolution, as well as the methodology of the study of ancient characters. The subsequent 10 chapters mainly revolve around Shuowen Jiezi, one of the oldest character dictionaries in China. The author offers a novel understanding of the core issues related to this most important philological work, such as the version of the dictionary, misunderstandings in previous scholarship, and its relations with other palaeographical materials. The title will appeal to students and scholars of Sinology, Chinese philology, and palaeography, as well as Chinese characters.

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Taylor & Francis

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1003816231

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9781003816232

A Study of Excavated Documents in China

By: Wang Guiyuan

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A Study of Excavated Documents in China

By: Wang Guiyuan

As the second volume of a two-volume set on Chinese ancient characters and unearthed literature, this book brings together the author’s scholarly works on Chinese scripts studies and unearthed materials. In this volume, the author scrutinizes manuscripts unearthed from archaeological findings, including silk books and bamboo slips discovered in ancient tombs that date back to the Warring States period and the Qin and Han dynasties, as well as Turfan manuscripts. These materials serve as supplements of Shuowen Jiezi and other historical documents, which complement our understanding of ancient characters. Through textual analysis of these newly excavated documents, the author reinterprets the texts and resolves some knotty problems in Chinese palaeography. The title will appeal to students and scholars of Sinology, Chinese philology, and palaeography, as well as Chinese characters and unearthed manuscripts.

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1003807054

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Supreme of Seven Realms

Volume 3

By: Wang QingFeng

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Supreme of Seven Realms

Volume 3

By: Wang QingFeng

After fourteen years of bullying, his strong will was forged. Fourteen years later, he would regain his Martial Veins and obtain the Heavenly Treasures, the Heavenly Jade Pendant. From then on, he would rise to greatness. For the sake of his parents, for the sake of the truth, for the sake of his beauties, he had ignited his will to climb to the peak. He had engaged in a fierce struggle with the Heaven's Pride of the Seven Realms, leaving behind one legend after another!

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Funstory

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1649351097

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9781649351098

Tang China in Multi-Polar Asia

A History of Diplomacy and War

By: Zhenping Wang

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Tang China in Multi-Polar Asia

A History of Diplomacy and War

By: Zhenping Wang

Using a synthetic narrative approach, this ambitious work uses the lens of multipolarity to analyze Tang China’s (618–907) relations with Turkestan; the Korean states of Koguryŏ, Silla, and Paekche; the state of Parhae in Manchuria; and the Nanzhao and Tibetan kingdoms. Without any one entity able to dominate Asia’s geopolitical landscape, the author argues that relations among these countries were quite fluid and dynamic—an interpretation that departs markedly from the prevalent view of China fixed at the center of a widespread “tribute system.” To cope with external affairs in a tumultuous world, Tang China employed a dual management system that allowed both central and local officials to conduct foreign affairs. The court authorized Tang local administrators to receive foreign visitors, forward their diplomatic letters to the capital, and manage contact with outsiders whose territories bordered on China. Not limited to handling routine matters, local officials used their knowledge of border situations to influence the court’s foreign policy. Some even took the liberty of acting without the court’s authorization when an emergency occurred, thus adding another layer to multipolarity in the region’s geopolitics. The book also sheds new light on the ideological foundation of Tang China’s foreign policy. Appropriateness, efficacy, expedience, and mutual self-interest guided the court’s actions abroad. Although officials often used “virtue” and “righteousness” in policy discussions and announcements, these terms were not abstract universal principles but justifications for the pursuit of self-interest by those involved. Detailed philological studies reveal that in the realm of international politics, “virtue” and “righteousness” were in fact viewed as pragmatic and utilitarian in nature. Comprehensive and authoritative, Tang China in Multi-Polar Asia is a major work on Tang foreign relations that will reconceptualize our understanding of the complexities of diplomacy and war in imperial China.

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482

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University of Hawaii Press

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0824837886

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9780824837884

The Way Spring Arrives and Other Stories

A Collection of Chinese Science Fiction and Fantasy in Translation from a Visionary Team of Female and Nonbinary Creators

By: Yu Chen,Regina Kanyu Wang

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The Way Spring Arrives and Other Stories

A Collection of Chinese Science Fiction and Fantasy in Translation from a Visionary Team of Female and Nonbinary Creators

By: Yu Chen,Regina Kanyu Wang

An Oprah Daily Top 25 Fantasy Book of 2022 From an award-winning team of authors, editors, and translators comes a groundbreaking short story collection that explores the expanse of Chinese science fiction and fantasy. In The Way Spring Arrives and Other Stories, you can dine at a restaurant at the end of the universe, cultivate to immortality in the high mountains, watch roses perform Shakespeare, or arrive at the island of the gods on the backs of giant fish to ensure that the world can bloom. Written, edited, and translated by a female and nonbinary team, these stories have never before been published in English and represent both the richly complicated past and the vivid future of Chinese science fiction and fantasy. Time travel to a winter's day on the West Lake, explore the very boundaries of death itself, and meet old gods and new heroes in this stunning new collection. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

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Tordotcom

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1250768934

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9781250768933

Ambassadors from the Islands of Immortals

China-Japan Relations in the Han-Tang Period

By: Zhenping Wang

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Ambassadors from the Islands of Immortals

China-Japan Relations in the Han-Tang Period

By: Zhenping Wang

Using recent archaeological findings and little-known archival material, Wang Zhenping introduces readers to the world of ancient Japan as it was evolving toward a centralized state. Competing Japanese tribal leaders engaged in ambassador diplomacy and actively sought Chinese support and recognition to strengthen their positions at home and to exert military influence on southern Korea. Wang brings diplomatic history to life in his descriptions of the diplomats and their personalities and literary talents as well as their ambitions and frustrations. He explains in detail the rigorous criteria of the Chinese and Japanese courts in the selection of diplomats and how the two prepared for missions abroad. He journeys with a party of Japanese diplomats from their tearful farewell party to hardship on the high seas to their arrival amidst the splendors of Yangzhou and Changan and the Sui-Tang court. The depiction of these colorful events is combined with a sophisticated analysis of premodern diplomacy using the key concept of mutual self-interest and a discussion of two major modes of diplomatic communication: court reception and the exchange of state letters. accepting, or rejecting court ceremonial arrangements.

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University of Hawaii Press

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0824828712

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9780824828714

Lineages Embedded in Temple Networks

Daoism and Local Society in Ming China

By: Richard G. Wang

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Lineages Embedded in Temple Networks

Daoism and Local Society in Ming China

By: Richard G. Wang

Lineages Embedded in Temple Networks explores the key role played by elite Daoists in social and cultural life in Ming China, notably by mediating between local networks—biological lineages, territorial communities, temples, and festivals—and the state. They did this through their organization in clerical lineages—their own empire-wide networks for channeling knowledge, patronage, and resources—and by controlling central temples that were nodes of local social structures. In this book, the only comprehensive social history of local Daoism during the Ming largely based on literary sources and fieldwork, Richard G. Wang delineates the interface between local organizations (such as lineages and temple networks) and central state institutions. The first part provides the framework for viewing Daoism as a social institution in regard to both its religious lineages and its service to the state in the bureaucratic apparatus to implement state orthodoxy. The second part follows four cases to reveal the connections between clerical lineages and local networks. Wang illustrates how Daoism claimed a universal ideology and civilizing force that mediated between local organizations and central state institutions, which in turn brought meaning and legitimacy to both local society and the state.

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BRILL

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1684176549

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9781684176540

White Lotus Rebels and South China Pirates

Crisis and Reform in the Qing Empire

By: Wensheng Wang

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White Lotus Rebels and South China Pirates

Crisis and Reform in the Qing Empire

By: Wensheng Wang

The reign of Emperor Jiaqing (1796–1820 CE) has long occupied an awkward position in studies of China’s last dynasty, the Qing (1644–1911 CE). Conveniently marking a watershed between the prosperous eighteenth century and the tragic post–Opium War era, this quarter century has nevertheless been glossed over as an unremarkable interlude separating two well-studied epochs of great transformation. White Lotus Rebels and South China Pirates presents a major reassessment of this misunderstood period by examining how the emperors, bureaucrats, and foreigners responded to the two crises that shaped the transition from the Qianlong to the Jiaqing reign. Wensheng Wang argues that the dramatic combination of internal uprising and transnational piracy, rather than being a hallmark of inexorable dynastic decline, propelled the Manchu court to reorganize itself through a series of modifications in policymaking and bureaucratic structure. The resulting Jiaqing reforms initiated a process of state retreat that pulled the Qing Empire out of a cycle of aggressive overextension and resistance, and back onto a more sustainable track of development. Although this pragmatic striving for political sustainability was unable to save the dynasty from ultimate collapse, it represented a durable and constructive approach to the compounding problems facing the late Qing regime and helped sustain it for another century. As one of the most comprehensive accounts of the Jiaqing reign, White Lotus Rebels and South China Pirates provides a fresh understanding of this significant turning point in China’s long imperial history.

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Harvard University Press

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0674727991

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9780674727991

Photocatalysis

Fundamentals, Materials and Applications

By: Jinlong Zhang,Baozhu Tian,Lingzhi Wang,Mingyang Xing,Juying Lei

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Photocatalysis

Fundamentals, Materials and Applications

By: Jinlong Zhang,Baozhu Tian,Lingzhi Wang,Mingyang Xing,Juying Lei

This book describes the photocatalytic mechanism, factors affecting photocatalytic activity, design and preparation of different kinds of nanostructured photocatalysts, and their applications in the environmental and energy fields. Further, it illustrates a broad range of modification methods including ion-doping, heterojunction, noble metal deposition, morphological control and sensitizations, which are used to extend the light absorption range of photocatalysts and reduce recombination between electrons and holes. Promising applications include water splitting, contaminant decomposition and photocatalytic reduction of CO2, which are closely related to environmental redemption and new energy development. The book offers an intriguing and useful guide for a broad readership in various fields of catalysis, material sciences, environment and energy.

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Springer

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9811321132

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9789811321139

The Story of the Western Wing

By: Shi-fu Wang

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The Story of the Western Wing

By: Shi-fu Wang

China's most important love comedy, Wang Shifu's Xixiangji, or The Story of the Western Wing, is a rollicking play that chronicles the adventures of the star-crossed lovers Oriole and Student Zhang. Since its appearance in the thirteenth century, it has enjoyed unparalleled popularity. The play has given rise to innumerable sequels, parodies, and rewritings; it has influenced countless later plays, short stories, and novels and has played a crucial role in the development of drama criticism. This translation of the full and complete text of the earliest extant version is available in paperback for the first time. The editors' introduction will inform students of Chinese cultural and literary traditions. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1991. China's most important love comedy, Wang Shifu's Xixiangji, or The Story of the Western Wing, is a rollicking play that chronicles the adventures of the star-crossed lovers Oriole and Student Zhang. Since its appearance in the thirteenth cen

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0520916735

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9780520916739

Acupuncture for Emergencies

By: Martin Wang

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Acupuncture for Emergencies

By: Martin Wang

Acupuncture is one of the therapies in Chinese medicine. It has been used for thousands of years for the treatment of various diseases. It is getting known by people in Western countries that it is useful for chronic diseases, such as chronic arthritis, migraine, diarrhea, but it can actually also be used for the treatment of many severe and emergent conditions, such as shock, coma, heavy bleeding, stroke, drowning, CO toxic, etc. Though the conventional medicine is good at saving life in emergency room, but it cannot prevent a later terrible trouble, such as a persistent vegetative status of the survivor, and it needs complex equipments to work. We believe that the combination of the conventional and the traditional ways would work better to solve emergency conditions faster and more efficient. This book intends to give an introduction for how acupuncture is used in these emergency conditions.

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FriesenPress

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1525531077

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9781525531071

Cities in China

By: Jie Wang

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Cities in China

By: Jie Wang

The charms of China, to many foreigners, lie in its rich traditional cultures, ethnic customs, and how they are merged into the modernization process. In consideration of its rich history, city planners have to ensure that the traditional and ancient elements of the city will not be eroded. As a result, the environment and the layout of the city frequently embody both the modern and the ancient elements. A number of cities, such as Lhasa, Lijiang and Beijing, have strong historical and cultural affiliation, hence, they became cultural symbols of the country. And with their rich cultural herita.

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五洲传播出版社

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7508510917

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9787508510910

A Study of Excavated Documents in China

By: Wang Guiyuan

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A Study of Excavated Documents in China

By: Wang Guiyuan

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Book's by Wang Guiyuan

A Study of Chinese Characters

A Study of Chinese Characters

A Study of Excavated Documents in China

A Study of Excavated Documents in China

Supreme of Seven Realms

Supreme of Seven Realms

Tang China in Multi-Polar Asia

Tang China in Multi-Polar Asia

The Way Spring Arrives and Other Stories

The Way Spring Arrives and Other Stories

Ambassadors from the Islands of Immortals

Ambassadors from the Islands of Immortals

Lineages Embedded in Temple Networks

Lineages Embedded in Temple Networks

White Lotus Rebels and South China Pirates

White Lotus Rebels and South China Pirates

Photocatalysis

Photocatalysis

The Story of the Western Wing

The Story of the Western Wing

Acupuncture for Emergencies

Acupuncture for Emergencies

Cities in China

Cities in China

A Study of Excavated Documents in China

A Study of Excavated Documents in China

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