Fortunes of Officials is a story about the whole process of StrongIdeal Gao to become the most powerful person-- the secretary from deputy secretary of municipal committee of Near Violet City with a population of seven million people and to resign from the post. Like other place, Near Violet was filled opportunities, restlessness and uneasiness in the transformation period. As the most powerful person in the city, StrongIdeal Gao had to face various enticements and schemes and sufferings, but he withstood various challenges, took the great opportunities of the Reform and Opening Door Policy, and made a great contribution to the economic development of the city under the tenet: As the most powerful person in the place, local people must benefit from his performance, thus he was well loved by the people of the city. The novel described the officials working at the city level using a documentary method about their political fortunes and personal trails from a positive angle with the ups and downs and lively scenes. The novel was a signature novel which laid foundation for the author to become the well-known author about officialdom in China.
China covers about 7% of the earth's land surface and encompasses a hugely diverse range of habitats. As a result, it boasts a rich and diverse avifauna, including some of the most spectacular and fascinating birds to be found anywhere in the world. Building on the enormous popularity and reputation of the original A Field Guide to the Birds of China (2000), John MacKinnon's fully updated and refreshed work remains a truly comprehensive, taxonomically modern, fully illustrated, and authoritative field guide. 1484 bird species are richly illustrated in 164 annotated colour plates, which are closely integrated with up-to-date colour distribution maps, QR codes providing easy access to birdcalls, IUCN Red List status indicators and new, concise descriptions. These descriptions feature key observations as well as conveying crucial changes to species distributions resulting from climate change and landscape transformation. Guide to the Birds of China will appeal to an international and growing audience of professional and amateur ornithologists and birding enthusiasts, academic researchers and students, wildlife photographers, and conservationists.
A year ago, when the jade pendant fused with my body, I was married into it, and suffered all sorts of contempt, ridicule, and humiliation ... One year later, his cultivation technique would be at the initial stage, and his medical skills unparalleled. What kind of scene would it be then ... What hidden forces of great power were hidden in the mundane world? How cruel and bloody had a jade pendant been? Who am I?
After a decisive magical battle, they naturally suffered huge damage. And the Magic Element on the continent also hated humans because of this, and were no longer willing to be driven by human magician. Adonis, who possessed the Heart of Magic and was able to continue to use magic, gradually discovered that after the magic disappeared, evil forces continued to appear. Adonis had also grown into a hero who protected the continent against the evil forces.
Lu Bu? That was my defeat! Zhao Yun? That's my senior brother! Sun Ce? He has to call me teacher! Sun Quan? When did he ever see me? A novel about modern people travelling to the Three Kingdoms, a book about a soldier stealing grain and a gun.
Everyone has a world in their heart, and I am no exception. My family was poor and couldn't afford to go to school, so I moved to my cousin's house. My cousin had matters to attend to so he left for a long journey, leaving behind my cousin and me ...
This new volume of the "Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women" spans more than 2,000 years from antiquity to the early seventh century. It recovers the stories of more than 200 women, nearly all of them unknown in the West. The contributors have sifted carefully through the available sources, from the oracle bones to the earliest legends, from Liu Xiang's didactic Biographies to official and unofficial histories, for glimpses and insights into the lives of women. Empresses and consorts, nuns and shamans, women of notoriety or exemplary virtue, women of daring and women of artistic or scholarly accomplishment - all are to be found here. The editors have assembled the stories of women high born and low, representing the full range of female endeavor. The biographies are organized alphabetically within three historical groupings, to give some context to lives lived in changing circumstances over two millennia. A glossary, a chronology, and a finding list that identifies women of each period by background or field of endeavor are also provided.
At the beginning of the chaotic era, as a special forces soldier of the later generation, Luo Yang came to this chaotic era. Perhaps, surviving was the first problem that Luo Yang needed to solve! As long as he could survive, he was willing to do anything! If you don't let me live! Then I will kill you! Soldier? Snatch! An army? Snatch! A city? Snatch! A famous general? Snatch! Beautiful women? Snatch! Country? Snatch! The world? After snatching so much, the world was no longer taking it for granted!
This volume of the Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women completes the four-volume project and contains more than 400 biographies of women active in the Tang through Ming dynasties (618-1644). Many of the entries are the result of original research and provide the only substantial information on women available in English. Of note is the inclusion of a large number of women who reached positions of authority during this period as well as women artists and writers, especially poets, during this period of increased female literacy and more liberal social attitudes to women's cultural roles. Wherever possible, entries incorporate translations of poems and sometimes prose works so as to let the women speak for themselves. The book also includes a multitude of entertainers and actresses. The volume includes a Guide to Chinese Words Used, a Chronology of Dynasties and Major Rulers, a Finding List by Background or Fields of Endeavor, and a Glossary of Chinese Names. It will prove to be a useful tool for research and teaching.
He had thought that she would be waiting for the Crown Prince to become a bit older before she took the throne again. However, never did he expect that on New Year's Eve, she would secretly spread the news that the current Prime Minister, Chen Shaomin, had entered her inner palace and handed over a letter for him to pass on to the crown prince.Accompanied by Chen Shaoming, Ouyang Siyi hurriedly rushed to the peak of the Eyebrow and personally buried the Queen Mother's corpse next to the Royal Father's tombstone, kowtowing three times."From then on, every New Year's Eve, there would always be two snow geese standing on top of the two tombstones, unwilling to part with them.
Fortunes of Officials is a story about the whole process of StrongIdeal Gao to become the most powerful person-- the secretary from deputy secretary of municipal committee of Near Violet City with a population of seven million people and to resign from the post. Like other place, Near Violet was filled opportunities, restlessness and uneasiness in the transformation period. As the most powerful person in the city, StrongIdeal Gao had to face various enticements and schemes and sufferings, but he withstood various challenges, took the great opportunities of the Reform and Opening Door Policy, and made a great contribution to the economic development of the city under the tenet: As the most powerful person in the place, local people must benefit from his performance, thus he was well loved by the people of the city. The novel described the officials working at the city level using a documentary method about their political fortunes and personal trails from a positive angle with the ups and downs and lively scenes. The novel was a signature novel which laid foundation for the author to become the well-known author about officialdom in China.
Wang Yunjie accidentally knew the director's secrets while he was revengeed by the director. However, he got blessed by misfortune and got a magic bracelet unexpectedly. This bracelet helped him to be the best doctor and any incurable diseases could be easily cured by him. His status rose so rapidly that those who used to underestimate him now had to start humble. His life was totally changed.☆About the Author☆Xiao Ya, an online novelist. She is good at writing urban novels especially about doctor. Her work Romantic Medical Saint in the City is developed in the profession of doctors, with her fluent writing telling the story of an intern doctor changing his life.
Ordinary courier, no ordinary courier list. The Six Realms was filled with customers. From then on, his ordinary life reversed. His bones hardened, his back straightened, and in a single breath, he ascended to the tenth floor, reaching the peak of his life.
Deng Jiajie was one of the trusted generals of the Emperor of Hua Country, Di Long Yun Hao. All the important matters that Dragon-cloud Hao thought of were handed to Deng Jiajie, and the thoughts of the young Emperor, who held a heavy fist, were hard to guess. This time, Deng Jiaze was facing the princess of the former dynasty, Xia Xiaoran. However, not only did Deng's army fail, it was also burned down by Xia Xiaolan's fire. The Princess of the previous dynasty, Xia Xiaoran, was not an ordinary woman. She was a woman from the 21st century, with the countless history she had learnt in her previous life as well as the advanced techniques she had mastered. Even if she was a woman, there were very few people in this world who could surpass her.
Since Mu Yun was attracted by Master Gu and the Mrs. Gu was jealous, she ordered someone to beat up Mu Yun and threw her body into Xiaoshan's ditch. Coincidentally, she was met by the Yuan family who had gone up the mountain, so she brought Mu Yun back home. Mu Yun was very grateful to the Yuan family for saving her, but who would have known that the Yuan family had saved her to marry her daughter, Yan Wu, into a poor mountain ravine? Mu Yun was forced to marry Lin Yan, and on the day of the marriage, she found out that Lin Jinyan was the one who had saved her when she escaped.
The protagonist, Zhang Jia Yang, was a jobless diaosi. He was kissed by a beauty by chance, got special abilities, and went to school to be a security guard. However, he found his life as a security guard interesting. While he was being looked down upon, he had relied on his superpower to succeed step by step. Beautiful women, money and power had all swarmed into him ... In the end, everyone found out that he was a real dragon.
The first biographical dictionary in any Western language devoted solely to Chinese women, this reference is the product of years of research, translation, and writing by a team of over 60 China scholars from around the world. Compiled from a wide array of original sources, these detailed biographies present the lives, work, and significance of more than 200 Chinese women from many different backgrounds and areas of interest.
General Fractional Derivatives with Applications in Viscoelasticity introduces the newly established fractional-order calculus operators involving singular and non-singular kernels with applications to fractional-order viscoelastic models from the calculus operator viewpoint. Fractional calculus and its applications have gained considerable popularity and importance because of their applicability to many seemingly diverse and widespread fields in science and engineering. Many operations in physics and engineering can be defined accurately by using fractional derivatives to model complex phenomena. Viscoelasticity is chief among them, as the general fractional calculus approach to viscoelasticity has evolved as an empirical method of describing the properties of viscoelastic materials. General Fractional Derivatives with Applications in Viscoelasticity makes a concise presentation of general fractional calculus. Presents a comprehensive overview of the fractional derivatives and their applications in viscoelasticity Provides help in handling the power-law functions Introduces and explores the questions about general fractional derivatives and its applications
Everyone has a world in their heart, and I am no exception. My family was poor and couldn't afford to go to school, so I moved to my cousin's house. My cousin had matters to attend to so he left for a long journey, leaving behind my cousin and me ...
After a decisive magical battle, they naturally suffered huge damage. And the Magic Element on the continent also hated humans because of this, and were no longer willing to be driven by human magician. Adonis, who possessed the Heart of Magic and was able to continue to use magic, gradually discovered that after the magic disappeared, evil forces continued to appear. Adonis had also grown into a hero who protected the continent against the evil forces.
This book provides a systematic description about the development of Isogeometric Topology Optimization (ITO) method using the density, and then addresses the effectiveness and efficiency of the ITO method on several design problems, including multi-material structures, stress-minimization structures, piezoelectric structures and also with the uniform manufacturability, ultra-lightweight architected materials with extreme bulk/shear moduli, auxetic metamaterials and auxetic meta-composites with the NPRs behavior in microstructures. A detailed MATLAB implementation of the ITO method with an in-house code “IgaTop” is also presented.
The Encyclopedia of Chinese Film, one of the first ever encyclopedias in this area, provides alphabetically organized entries on directors, genres, themes, and actors and actresses from mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan as well as 300 film synopses. Great care has been taken to provide solid cultural and historical context to the facts. The alphabetical entries are preceded by a substantial historical section, incorporating material on the the main studios and analysing the impact of Chinese film abroad as well as at home in recent years. This Encyclopedia meets the needs, equally, of * the film studies scholar * the student of Chinese culture * the specialist in Chinese film * the curious viewer wanting to know more. Additional features include: * comprehensive cross-references and suggestions for further reading * a list of relevant websites * a chronology of films and a classified contents list * three indexes - (one of film and tv titles with directors names and year of release, one of names including actors, writers, directors and producers and one of studios, all with pinyin romanizations) * a glossary of pinyin romanizations, Chinese characters and English equivalents to aid the specialist in moving between Chinese titles and English translations.
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