About the author

Liu Xuan: publicly available information is limited. The library holds five works under this name, spanning world history, social science, applied psychology and fashion. In historical research, Liu is the author of the multi-volume "Toward Defeat" collection and of the second volume of a study on Japan's post-World War I policy "turn" and misjudgments in its foreign strategy (1918–1931), which focuses concretely on that policy shift and its strategic miscalculations. In social science, Liu has also written on Japan's economic transformation and governance reform. The applied psychology title "Stop Your Mental Friction: Finish First, Then Perfect" addresses everyday psychological adjustment in a direct, practical style. Other work touches on practical subjects such as garden landscaping and flower-border planting. Overall, Liu's writing ranges widely, from academic research to practical life applications.

Written (6)

Toward Defeat: Complete Collection (Four Volumes) cover
Rating 4.6
Toward Defeat: Complete Collection (Four Volumes) 杨栋梁 / 刘轩 / Wang Meiping / 张东 Jiangsu People's Publishing House · 2026
Toward Defeat: A Study of Post-World War I Japan's National Policy 'Turn' and Misjudgments in Foreign Strategy, Volume II: The Origins of the National Policy 'Turn' (1918–1931) cover
Rating 4.4
Toward Defeat: A Study of Post-World War I Japan's National Policy 'Turn' and Misjudgments in Foreign Strategy, Volume II: The Origins of the National Policy 'Turn' (1918–1931) 杨栋梁 / 刘轩 Jiangsu People's Publishing House · 2026 With its participation in World War I, Japan successfully transformed from a huge debtor nation before the war into a huge creditor nation after the w…
Stop Your Mental Friction: Finish First, Then Perfect cover
Rating 3.3
Stop Your Mental Friction: Finish First, Then Perfect 刘轩 Hunan Literature and Art Publishing House · 2026 Things don't crush people—but the attitude we bring to them can. We often get caught in emotional tug-of-war over small matters, and then stall, wrest…
Courtyard Landscaping Construction Manual: Flower Borders and Greenery cover
Rating 3.7
Courtyard Landscaping Construction Manual: Flower Borders and Greenery 刘轩 Jiangsu Phoenix Science and Technology Press · 2025 This book explains the floral landscaping aspects of courtyard greening in four chapters. The first chapter covers the basics of greening, introducing…
On Japan's Economic Transformation and Governance Reform cover
Rating 3.4
On Japan's Economic Transformation and Governance Reform 刘轩 Jiangsu People's Publishing House · 2025 Over more than seven decades of postwar economic development, the Japanese government and Japanese companies have constantly sought new drivers of eco…
The Smallest Actions for Happiness cover
Rating 3.8
The Smallest Actions for Happiness 刘轩 CITIC Press · 2018 The Smallest Actions for Happiness is a practical psychological guide written by Harvard psychology PhD Liu Xuan, combining positive psychology theory…

Publishers

CITIC PressJiangsu People's Publishing HouseJiangsu Phoenix Science and Technology PressHunan Literature and Art Publishing House