Download or read book Strategies of the Warring States written by Liu Xiang and published by DeepLogic. This book was released on with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Zhan Guo Ce, also known in English as the Strategies of the Warring States, is an ancient Chinese text that contains anecdotes of political manipulation and warfare during the Warring States period (5th to 3rd centuries bc).[1] It is an important text of the Warring States Period as it describes the strategies and political views of the School of Diplomacy and reveals the historical and social characteristics of the period. The Zhan Guo Ce recounts the history of the Warring States from the conquest of the Fan clan by the Zhi clan in 490 BC up to the failed assassination of Qin Shi Huang by Gao Jianli in 221 BC. The chapters take the form of anecdotes meant to illustrate various strategies and tricks employed by the Warring States. With the focus thus being more on providing general political insights than on presenting the whole history of the period, there is no stringent year-by-year dating such as that found in the preceding Spring and Autumn Annals. Stories are sorted chronologically by under which ruler they take place, but within the reign of a single king there is no way to tell if the time elapsed between two anecdotes is a day or a year. The book comprises approximately 120,000 words, and is divided into 33 chapters and 497 sections.

Download or read book Records of the Grand Historian written by Qian Sima and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sima Qian (145?-90? BCE) was the first major Chinese historian. His Shiji, or Records of the Grand Historian, documents the history of China and its neighboring countries from the ancient past to his own time. These three volumes cover the Qin and Han dynasties.

Download or read book The Road to the Throne written by Hing Ming Hung and published by Algora Publishing. This book was released on 2011 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of the rise of Emperor Gaozu, his alliances and his rivalries, and the priceless partnership provided by his chief military strategist Zhang Liang, who planned victorious campaigns from 1000 miles distance; Xiao He, who stabilized the state, pacified the people, and assured the food supply to the army; and General Han Xin, who commanded the Han army in its conquest of the State of Wei, the State of Zhao, the State of Yan and the State of Qi and played a great role in the defeat of Xiang Yu. Most of the material used in writing The Road to the Throne are taken from the Records of the Grand Historian (Chinese: 史記 or shiji) by the great Sima Qian (145 BC to 85 BC) of the Early Han Dynasty, which is not only a great work of history but also a great work of literature. Interwoven into the chronological narrative of battles fought and alliances forged, forced, or flouted, we find edifying examples of good leadership versus bad, hot-headed fighters versus disciplined warriors who bide their time and win the day, and lessons on how to test and win people's loyalty, and how to prevail under the most disadvantageous conditions. In an era we may think was run by sheer force and autocratic rule, the greatest achievements are credited to the person who accepts advice, who rewards wise subordinates, and who shares the spoils rather than playing winner-takes-all.

Download or read book The Songs of the South written by Qu Yuan and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2011-07-07 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Songs of the South is an anthology first compiled in the second century A.D. Its poems, originating from the state of Chu and rooted in Shamanism, are grouped under seventeen titles and contain all that we know of Chinese poetry's ancient beginnings. The earliest poems were composed in the fourth century B.C. and almost half of them are traditionally ascribed to Qu Yuan.

Download or read book Knowledge Management Innovation and Big Data written by Patricia Ordóñez de Pablos and published by MDPI. This book was released on 2019-12-31 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The evolution of knowledge management theory and the special emphasis on human and social capital sets new challenges for knowledge-driven and technology-enabled innovation. Emerging technologies including big data and analytics have significant implications for sustainability, policy making, and competitiveness. This edited volume promotes scientific research into the potential contributions knowledge management can make to the new era of innovation and social inclusive economic growth. We are grateful to all the contributors of this edition for their intellectual work. The organization of the relevant debate is aligned around three pillars: SECTION A. DATA, KNOWLEDGE, HUMAN AND SOCIAL CAPITAL FOR INNOVATION We elaborate on the new era of knowledge types and the emerging forms of social capital and their impact on technology-driven innovation. Topics include: · Social Networks · Smart Education · Social Capital · Corporate Innovation · Disruptive Innovation · Knowledge integration · Enhanced Decision-Making. SECTION B. KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT & BIG DATA ENABLED INNOVATION In this section, knowledge management and big data applications and systems are presented. Selective topic include: · Crowdsourcing Analysis · Natural Language Processing · Data Governance · Knowledge Extraction · Ontology Design Semantic Modeling SECTION C. SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT In the section, the debate on the impact of knowledge management and big data research to sustainability is promoted with integrative discussion of complementary social and technological factors including: · Big Social Networks on Sustainable Economic Development · Business Intelligence

Download or read book Reporting Mental Illness in China written by Guy Ramsay and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-10-29 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines how Chinese-language newspapers across greater China report on severe mental illness, and why they do so in the ways they do, given that reporting in local newspapers can strongly influence how Chinese readers view the illness. By assessing how the reporting in three leading broadsheet newspapers from mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan constructs the illness, the book considers how the distinct social and political histories of the three culturally Chinese communities shape the reporting, and whether it bears out or contests the intense stigma against the illness that prevails locally. The findings can usefully encourage and inform attempts to humanise, include, and empower those with a severe mental illness across greater China and the global Chinese diaspora. Employing a well-tested, transparent discourse analytic approach, the book also includes numerous Chinese-English bilingual news report extracts to illustrate its claims. As such, Reporting Mental Illness in China will be of interest to sinologists, discourse analysts, mental health professionals and public health authorities across the globe, especially in places where there are large Chinese-speaking populations.

Download or read book Double Ring of Yin and Yang written by Lu Shang and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2020-01-03 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Huayu commercial building is almost the largest enterprise in downtown t therefore the industry of lin feng now involves any industry in downtown t cultural publishing and so on are all closely related come is a successful man may not be negative but for yu linzhe peak he is a person alone so far there has been no families of their own and with almost no lover president of hua yu building come little sex scandal which makes their those competitors in the business world can t attack lin zhefeng in this respect

Download or read book Enchanting God And Destroying Immortal written by Charles Haley and published by BookRix. This book was released on 2022-09-30 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dongsheng Shenzhou, Nanfan Buzhou, Xiniu Hezhou, and Beiju Luzhou are the four major continents of the immortal world. However, it is said that they were actually a continent in ancient times, because at that time there were two Taoist schools---Hanjiao and Jiejiao. It was a great war that caused the continent to be divided into four parts. What is the reason for the two branches of the same line to fight in the same room? In the end, why did Jiejiao fail so badly and even the inheritance was destroyed? Why did the brothers of Yuanshi Tianzun, the leader of the evangelistic religion, and the brothers of the leader of the Jiejiao Tongtian meet in battle, and eventually lead to a situation of endless death?

Download or read book Beauty s Personal Expert written by Wu Mao and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2020-09-04 with total page 918 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He was originally one of the top Shadow Guards in China, but after being framed by a traitor, he was sent to prison. However, due to his good fortune, he managed to obtain an ancient martial arts technique. The Goddess of Gold, the commoner school beauty, the long-legged policewoman, the flirtatious CEO ... Powerful men were like the sun, they would always attract the love and love of thousands.

Download or read book G Protein Coupled Receptors written by and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2013-01-28 with total page 541 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new volume of Methods in Enzymology continues the legacy of this premier serial with quality chapters authored by leaders in the field. This volume covers G protein coupled receptors, and includes chapters on such topics as GPCR modelling, interactions with other molecules, virtual screening and GPCR activation. - Continues the legacy of this premier serial with quality chapters authored by leaders in the field - Covers G protein coupled receptors - Contains chapters on such topics as GPCR modelling, interactions with other molecules, virtual screening and GPCR activation

Download or read book Street Criers written by Hanchao Lu and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a rich and comprehensive study of beggars’ culture and the institution of mendicancy in China from late imperial times to the mid-twentieth century, with a glance at the resurgence of beggars in China today. Generously illustrated, the book brings to life the concepts and practices of mendicancy including organized begging, state and society relations as reflected in the issues of poverty, public opinions of beggars and various factors that contribute to almsgiving, the role of gender in begging, and street people and Communist politics. Panoramically, the reader will see that the culture and institution of Chinese mendicancy, which had its origins in earlier centuries, remained remarkably consistent through time and space and that there were perennial and lively interactions between the world of beggars and mainstream society.

Download or read book A Biographical Dictionary of the Qin Former Han and Xin Periods 221 BC AD 24 written by Michael Loewe and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2000-04-18 with total page 864 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a unique and conclusive reference work about the 6,000 individual men and women known to us from China’s formative first empires. Over decennia Michael Loewe (Cambridge, UK) has painstakingly collected all biographical information available. Not only those are dealt with who set the literary forms and intellectual background of traditional China, such as writers, scholars, historians and philosophers, but also those officials who administered the empire, and the military leaders who fought in civil warfare or with China’s neighbours. The work draws on primary historical sources as interpreted by Chinese, Japanese and Western scholars and as supplemented by archaeological finds and inscriptions. By devoting extensive entries to each of the emperors the author provides the reader with the necessary historical context and gives insight into the dynastic disputes and their far-reaching consequences. No comparable work exists for this important period of Chinese history. Without exaggeration a real must for historians of both China and other cultures.

Download or read book Progress in Optics written by Emil Wolf and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2000-12-13 with total page 627 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Progress in Optics Volume 41.

Download or read book Advanced Interpretable Machine Learning Methods for Clinical NGS Big Data of Complex Hereditary Diseases 2nd Edition written by Yudong Cai and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2021-07-01 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher’s note: This is a 2nd edition due to an article retraction

Download or read book China with a Cut written by Jeroen de Kloet and published by Amsterdam University Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jeroen de Kloet is assistant professor at the Department of Media Studies of the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. --

Download or read book Legends in Chu and Han written by Long Zhu and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2019-09-27 with total page 794 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The young instructor of the special forces, Long Tian Yu, had participated in protecting a treasure unearthed from the Mystical Royal Tomb, and accidentally went through time and space, arriving at the end of the Qin Dynasty. At this time, the Great Qin Empire was already in a state of turmoil, with dragons and snakes rising from the ground, metal horses rising from the ground, and wolves smoking everywhere.

Download or read book Quelling the Demons Revolt written by Guanzhong Luo and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2017-09-05 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this Ming-era novel, historical narrative, raucous humor, and the supernatural are interwoven to tell the tale of an unsuccessful attempt to overthrow the Song dynasty. A poor young girl meets an old woman who gives her a magic book that allows her to create rice and money. Her father, terrified that his daughter's demonic nature might be discovered, marries her off. Forced to flee, she and others with supernatural abilities find themselves in the midst of a grotesque version of a historical uprising, in which facts are intermingled with slapstick humor and wild fictions. Attributed to the writer Luo Guanzhong, Quelling the Demons' Revolt is centered on the events of the rebellion led by Wang Ze in 1047–48. But it is a distorted, humorous version, in which Wang Ze's lieutenants show up as a comical peddler and a mysterious Daoist priest and a celebrated warrior appears despite having died many years earlier. Rather than fantastic adventures and supernatural marvels, the author points to human vanities and fixations as well as social injustice, warning of the vulnerability of any pursuit of order in a world plagued by demonic forces as well as mundane corruption. Although the story takes place long before the era in which it was written, ultimately Quelling the Demons' Revolt is the story of the Ming dynasty in Song masquerade, presciently warning of the dynasty's downfall. The novel is divided into chapters, but in many ways it is an arrangement of self-contained stories that draw on vernacular storytelling. This translation offers English-speaking readers a spirited example of social critique combined with caustic humor from the era of Luo Guanzhong.