Download or read book Tea with Kong Zi written by Peter Alatsas and published by Austin Macauley Publishers. This book was released on 2023-02-03 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you think hate is a stronger emotion than love? How can I forget my problems? In China, they say that the first bird out of the tree gets shot. “Tea with Kong Zi (Confucius)” is a work of historical fiction based on the great teacher’s Analects in the form of a collection of dialogues between modern-day manager Pete (the book’s author) and Con (Confucius) on topics such as character, loyalty, integrity, success, and greed. Peter Alatsas, an experienced international manager and consummate traveller, has written a simple and pleasant “value guide”. “My inspiration was corruption and lack of ethical moral character in leadership,” he says. He also mentions that Confucius would never have engaged in active dialogue, unlike the Socratic way, because in Chinese culture the master is always above his students. This is one big difference between China and the West. For Confucius, questioning was the role of the teacher. Having studied the Analects and the literature that Confucius based his knowledge on, Alatsas tries to be practical and to the point being of Spartan origin brevity is the philosophy. In the end, Confucianism was more of a pragmatic wisdom than a philosophy. Among the dialogue, the reader can find creative cartoon images that bring the author’s ideas to life.

Download or read book Tea and Chinese Culture written by Ling Wang and published by LONG RIVER PRESS. This book was released on 2005 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Full-color introduction to all facets of tea culture in China, from early history to date.

Download or read book The Book of Tea written by Kakuzo Okakura and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2018-06-19 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A modern classic that invites readers to discover a unique ritual that has come to symbolize wisdom, beauty, and the elegant simplicity of Asian culture--now in the Shambhala Pocket Library series. This modern classic invites readers to discover a unique tradition that has come to symbolize wisdom, beauty, and the elegant simplicity of Asian culture. Kakuzo Okakura’s beloved text celebrates the Way of Tea from its ancient origins in Chinese Taoism to its culmination in the Zen discipline known as the Japanese tea ceremony—an enchanting practice bringing together such diverse arts as architecture, pottery, and flower arranging to create an experience that delights the senses, calms the mind, and refreshes the spirit. This edition includes an introduction by Sam Hamill that offers historical insight into the significance of the tea ceremony within Zen Buddhism.

Download or read book All the Tea in China written by Kit Boey Chow and published by China Books. This book was released on 1990 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tea lovers will want to curl up - a pot of their favorite variety at hand - and linger over every informative page of this comprehensive account of tea's history and qualities. Chow and Kramer focus on Chinese teas and tea practices; their wonderfully detailed discussions leave no stone unturned in bringing to light all facets of tea as a plant, drink and institution. Two particularly interesting chapters center on tea's health benefits (which seem to be wide ranging and consequential) and how to make a good cup of tea (no easy task, to which any tea drinker can attest).

Download or read book The Rise of Tea Culture in China written by Bret Hinsch and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2015-11-12 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This distinctive and enlightening book explores the invention and development of tea drinking in China, using tea culture to explore the profound question of how Chinese have traditionally expressed individuality. Western stereotypes portray a culture that values conformity and denigrates the individual, but Bret Hinsch convincingly explodes this facile myth. He argues that although Chinese embrace a communitarian ethos and assume that the individual can only thrive within a healthy community, they have also long respected people with unique traits and superior achievements. Hinsch traces how emperors, scholars, poets, and merchants all used tea connoisseurship to publicly demonstrate superior discernment, gaining admiration by displaying individuality. Acknowledging central differences with Western norms, Hinsch shows how personal distinction nevertheless constitutes an important aspect of Chinese society. By linking tea to individualism, his deeply researched book makes an original and influential contribution to the history of Chinese culture.

Download or read book The China Tea Book written by Jialin Luo and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Contracts in the People s Republic of China written by Jacques H. Herbots and published by Die Keure Publishing. This book was released on 2018-03-12 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A complete and well-documented review of contract law in China. This in-depth introduction to the law of contracts of Mainland China was written for Western lawyers who have contacts with the People’s Republic of China, for scholars and students of comparative law or of Sinology. As stated above the book is merely an introduction, not a technical legal treatise for specialised private lawyers. It is therefore useful for businessmen too. Without using stale language, this work also places the law of contractual obligations in an historical and socio-political context. It sketches, besides the general theory of contractual obligations and the provisions on the several specific contracts, the Chinese case law on international sales contracts, as well as the law on the dispute resolution. It can be said that with regard to the private law the book opens a window on the continental Chinese legal culture, as Zweigert and Kötz would call it. An essential handbook for all lawyers who wish to be fully involved in international relationships ABOUT THE AUTHOR Jacques H. Herbots devoted his PhD thesis to African law. Thereafter, for many years he taught contracts, obligations and comparative law at the renowned university of Louvain. Besides his main tasks as a professor, he kept feeling the pulse of the living law as a deputy judge, as an assessor in the Belgian Council of State and as a member of the High Council for the Judiciary. He is currently still arbitrator in the Belgian Centre for Arbitration and Mediation, and he was appointed to the panel of the CIETAC in Beijing. Ever since a visit to the People’s Republic in 1974, one may safely say he has been fascinated by the Empire of the Middle.

Download or read book Martial Arts Collection Sword of Gratitude written by and published by Zhixin Lin. This book was released on with total page 851 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Heaven slaughtering Sovereign written by Qi LianXue and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2020-05-11 with total page 717 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The mysterious youth had a slim chance of survival. Killing the black dragon, forming a spirit monkey, eating the spirit fruit by mistake, all of this greatly increased his strength. From then on, he would tread on a path that defied the heavens! Since there is no path to heaven and earth, I shall kill the heavens and destroy the earth, and restore the true face of the world ... Immortals and Buddha are merciless. If I were to continue on the path of ruthlessness, I will not take the normal path. I will destroy the Heavenly Dreams in the Sacred Diagram ...

Download or read book The Chinese Art of Tea written by John Blofeld and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Great Teas of China written by Roy Fong and published by . This book was released on 2019-12-15 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Second Edition of master tea merchant Roy Fong's classic The Great Teas of China has been thoroughly revised, rewritten, and re-edited, with significant new material added, particularly around water, teaware, and the brewing process. Fong also included more memories, anecdotes, and photographs from over 30 years of travel and learning in China's tea regions. From hand-picked white teas from Fu Ding and expertly crafted oolongs from Taiwan, to patiently aged puerh from Yunnan and everything in between, Fong offers his insights on choosing, brewing, and enjoying more than a dozen iconic Chinese tea varieties. Since 1993, Fong's Imperial Tea Court in San Francisco has been educating and inspiring tea enthusiasts, who visit from all over the world to enjoy America's finest selection of Chinese tea. The Great Teas of China is a very personal and accessible introduction to contemporary connoisseurship of Camellia sinensis, the flowering perennial at the heart of Chinese culture for thousands of years.

Download or read book The China Tea Book written by and published by . This book was released on 2019-10 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Ultimate Guide to Chinese Tea written by Bret Hinsch and published by Bret Hinsch. This book was released on 2008 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Story of Tea written by Mary Lou Heiss and published by Ten Speed Press. This book was released on 2007-10-01 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether it's a delicate green tea or a bracing Assam black, a cup of tea is a complex brew of art and industry, tradition and revolution, East and West. In this sweeping tour through the world of tea, veteran tea traders Mary Lou Heiss and Robert J. Heiss chronicle tea's influence across the globe and provide a complete reference for choosing, drinking, and enjoying this beverage. The Story of Tea begins with a journey along the tea trail, from the lush forests of China, where tea cultivation first flourished, to the Buddhist temples of Japan, to the vast tea gardens of India, and beyond. Offering an insider'­s view of all aspects of tea trade, the Heisses examine Camellia sinensis, the tea bush, and show how subtle differences in territory and production contribute to the diversity of color, flavor, and quality in brewed tea. They profile more than thirty essential tea varietals, provide an in depth guide to tasting and brewing, and survey the customs and crafts associated with tea. Sharing the latest research, they discuss tea's health benefits and developments in organic production and fair trade practices. Finally, they present ten sweet and savory recipes, including Savory Chinese Marbled Eggs and Green Tea Pot de Crâme, and resources for purchasing fine tea. Vividly illustrated throughout, The Story of Tea is an engrossing tribute to the illustrious, invigorating, and elusive leaf that has sustained and inspired people for more than two thousand years.

Download or read book The Illustrated Book of Chinese Tea written by Jianrong Wang and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Cha Dao written by Solala Towler and published by Singing Dragon. This book was released on 2010 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In China, the practice of drinking tea is about much more than soaking leaves in a cup of hot water. Cha Dao takes us on a fascinating journey through the Way of Tea, from its origins in the sacred temples of ancient China, through its links to Daoist concepts such as or non-striving, to the affinity between Tea Mind and the Japanese spirit of Zen.

Download or read book My Pain My Country written by Dewi Anggraeni and published by Austin Macauley. This book was released on 2017-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is May 1998, and riots have sprung up across Indonesia with attacks targeting the ethnic Chinese. Buildings are being set alight all around as helpless crowds watch their communities burn to the ground. Nina, a young Indonesian woman of Chinese descent, feels compelled to help her fellow student activists but finds herself in harm's way amid the mass gang-raping of Chinese women. Despite the government's best efforts to deny these allegations, the lives of many were dramatically changed by the traumatic events. Nina's heart-breaking experience is laced with cultural imagery and an emotional depth that will leave you awed. 'A POWERFUL AND ENGAGING STORY ABOUT A NATIONAL SCANDAL THE NATION PREFERS TO DENY OR FORGET. A MUST-READ FOR ANYONE INTERESTED IN CONTEMPORARY INDONESIA AND HER RECENT PAST.' ARIEL HERYANTO, MONASH UNIVERSITY, MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA 'DEWI ANGGRAENI CREATES POIGNANT, INTERWEAVING PLOTS OF THREE GENERATIONS OF WOMEN IN A FAMILY STRUGGLING TO COME TO TERMS WITH A TRAGEDY, WHICH BLENDS UNSPEAKABLE VIOLENCE, TORMENTING GUILT, AND LINGERING SHAME WITH THE BEAUTY OF THE BATIK-MAKING ART AND THE POETICS OF WRITING, TO OPEN UP A SLIPPERY PATH TOWARD A HEALING PROCESS THAT REFUSES TO FORGET WHILE CONTINUING TO MOVE ON. THE LIFE JOURNEY OF EACH OF THE CHARACTERS ALLEGORIZES THE GROWING PAIN A NATION MUST EXPERIENCE TO FULFIL ITS DESTINY AS A DIVERSE, MULTILINGUAL AND MULTI-ETHNIC SOCIETY AGAINST DEEPLY ROOTED PREJUDICE AND BIGOTRY.' MANNEKE BUDIMAN, UNIVERSITAS INDONESIA, JAKARTA, INDONESIA