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Historical Records of the Five Dynasties

By: Xiu Ouyang

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Historical Records of the Five Dynasties

By: Xiu Ouyang

Only fragments of historical text from China's middle period have been translated into English, until now. Here at last is the first major Chinese historical work from the Song dynasty. Written by Ouyang Xiu, an intellectual giant of the eleventh century, this is a history of the preceding century (907–979), a period known as the Five Dynasties. The historical and literary significance of Ouyang's achievement cannot be underestimated. In rewriting the existing official history of the Five Dynasties, Ouyang—whose own time was characterized by extraordinary intellectual and political innovation—made several notable decisions. He rewrote the history in the "ancient" style preferred by forward-thinking literati; he even rewrote the original documents quoted within biographies. He also relied on his own moral categories, reevaluating the worth of the historical figures in light of his own convictions that individuals should take personal responsibility for the fate of society. Ouyang's history would eventually become the official version—the last state-sanctioned dynastic history of imperial China to be written by an individual in a private capacity. In addition to its provocative insights and lucid presentation, Historical Records of the Five Dynasties is an eloquent statement on the art of historical writing in the eleventh century. A preeminent scholar of Chinese history, Richard L. Davis has provided a thorough introduction and rendered nearly two-thirds of the Chinese original into English, including complete sections critical to understanding the politics and personalities of the time. Biographical clusters based on Ouyang's moral categories also appear in full, helping readers to appreciate the Confucian agenda that informs the work.

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Columbia University Press

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0231502281

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9780231502283

Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Mo Dao Zu Shi (Novel) Vol. 4

By: Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

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Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Mo Dao Zu Shi (Novel) Vol. 4

By: Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

History stands poised to repeat itself as Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji are besieged by walking corpses atop the Burial Mounds. It is here fate offers them a second chance to protect their loved ones and unmask the true instigator of this grisly onslaught. As shocking revelations shake the cultivation world to its very core, the unlikely couple becomes preoccupied with other matters--like an evening of drunken impulse that may push their budding relationship into bold new territory.

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Seven Seas Entertainment

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1685791034

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9781685791032

Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Mo Dao Zu Shi (Novel) Vol. 3

By: Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

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Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Mo Dao Zu Shi (Novel) Vol. 3

By: Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

The bloody war against the Wen Clan once led Wei Wuxian to seek power in demonic cultivation, and the dark acts he committed drove a wedge between him and Lan Wangji. Now, those old sins come back to haunt him as his reincarnated identity is revealed to the cultivation world. But even as the other clans call for Wei Wuxian's death, Lan Wangji stands by him, making Wei Wuxian realize what he took for disapproval in the past might have been a much deeper connection.

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1685791026

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9781685791025

Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Mo Dao Zu Shi (The Comic / Manhua) Vol. 4

By: Mo Xiang Tong Xiu,Luo Di Cheng Qiu

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Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Mo Dao Zu Shi (The Comic / Manhua) Vol. 4

By: Mo Xiang Tong Xiu,Luo Di Cheng Qiu

Lan Wangji and Wei Wuxian arrive at a desolate city where the bodies of massacred clan members rest uneasily in their graves. A cold case here once shocked the major cultivation clans--and the murderer may still be at large. But to rescue the junior clan members trapped in the city, the two men must battle their way through fierce corpses that Wei Wuxian can't control. Who created this ghost town in the first place, defying the edict of the founder of demonic cultivation? A mysterious blind ghost may carry the answers.

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Seven Seas Entertainment

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9798891604087

Super Bodyguard

Volume 2

By: Xiu ShuiLan

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Super Bodyguard

Volume 2

By: Xiu ShuiLan

He is a super soldier king, a wondrous hand of genius doctor!Returning to the flower garden to look for his junior, only to be entangled by peach blossoms and drawn into the vortex of battle amongst the Wealthy Class ...From then on, a monstrous bodyguard was born!He flirted with beauties, punished bullies, and made a name for himself!Cultivating ancient martial arts and special techniques, step by step, he stepped onto the peak of life!

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Funstory

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1648840868

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9781648840869

Multifunctional Metasurfaces

Design Principles and Device Realizations

By: He-Xiu Xu,Shiwei Tang,Tong Cai,Shulin Sun,Qiong He,Lei Zhou

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Multifunctional Metasurfaces

Design Principles and Device Realizations

By: He-Xiu Xu,Shiwei Tang,Tong Cai,Shulin Sun,Qiong He,Lei Zhou

In recent years, we have witnessed a rapid expansion of using super-thin metasurfaces to manipulate light or electromagnetic wave in a subwavelength scale. However, most designs are confined to a passive scheme and monofunctional operation, which hinders considerably the promising applications of the metasurfaces. Specifically, the tunable and multifunctional metasurfaces enable to facilitate switchable functionalities and multiple functionalities which are extremely essential and useful for integrated optics and microwaves, well alleviating aforementioned issues. In this book, we introduce our efforts in exploring the physics principles, design approaches, and numerical and experimental demonstrations on the fascinating functionalities realized. We start by introducing in Chapter 2 the "merging" scheme in constructing multi-functional metadevices, paying particular attention to its shortcomings issues. Having understood the merits and disadvantages of the "merging" scheme, we then introduce in Chapter 3 another approach to realize bifunctional metadevices under linearly polarized excitations, working in both reflection and transmission geometries or even in the full space. As a step further, we summarizes our efforts in Chapter 4 on making multifunctional devices under circularly polarized excitations, again including designing principles and devices fabrications/characterizations. Starting from Chapter 5, we turn to introduce our efforts on using the "active" scheme to construct multifunctional metadevices under linearly polarized wave operation. Chapter 6 further concentrates on how to employ the tunable strategy to achieve helicity/frequency controls of the circularly polarized waves in reflection geometry. We finally conclude this book in Chapter 7 by presenting our perspectives on future directions of metasurfaces and metadevices.

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Morgan & Claypool Publishers

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1681738953

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Historical Records of the Five Dynasties

By: Xiu Ouyang

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By: Xiu Ouyang

Written by Ouyang Xiu (1007-1072), an intellectual giant of the Song dynasty, Historical Records of the Five Dynasties offers a compelling interpretation of the Five Dynasties period (907-979). In overhauling the existing official history, Ouyang Xiu made several notable decisions. He recast the entire narrative in the popular "ancient" style to make for a rare fluency. He adopted rigorous moral categories to evaluate historical figures, reflecting the new regimen of his day. He also annotated portions of the text to establish a methodology for future writers. The Historical Records thereby became the official version-the last of China's dynastic histories to be written by an individual in a private capacity. In addition to its provocative commentary and lucid presentation, Historical Records is an eloquent statement on the art and craft of historical writing in the eleventh century.

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Columbia University Press

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0231128274

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Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Mo Dao Zu Shi (Novel) Vol. 4

By: Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

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By: Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

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Historical Records of the Five Dynasties

Historical Records of the Five Dynasties

Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Mo Dao Zu Shi (Novel) Vol. 4

Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Mo Dao Zu Shi (Novel) Vol. 4

Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Mo Dao Zu Shi (Novel) Vol. 3

Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Mo Dao Zu Shi (Novel) Vol. 3

Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Mo Dao Zu Shi (The Comic / Manhua) Vol. 4

Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Mo Dao Zu Shi (The Comic / Manhua) Vol. 4

Super Bodyguard

Super Bodyguard

Multifunctional Metasurfaces

Multifunctional Metasurfaces

Historical Records of the Five Dynasties

Historical Records of the Five Dynasties

Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Mo Dao Zu Shi (Novel) Vol. 4

Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Mo Dao Zu Shi (Novel) Vol. 4

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