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23 books

Cicero's Political Philosophy cover
Rating 4.2
Cicero's Political Philosophy 斯特劳斯 / 尼科尔斯 East China Normal University Press · 2025 One of the Strauss lecture series, this is a seminar devoted to the Roman author Cicero. 1. Strauss's courses examined many ancient and modern authors…
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Rating 3.9
Ten Introductory Lectures on Yangming's School of Mind Yinshan Du Yunnan People's Publishing House · 2026 Yangming Xinxue, hailed as the most exquisite crystallization of Chinese wisdom over the past 500 years. Wang Yangming, together with Confucius, Menci…
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Rating 4.1
Musicals You Understand at First Hearing 费元洪 SDX Joint Publishing Company · 2026 A quick guide to the world's classic musicals, covering representative works from Britain, the United States, France, Germany and Austria, Russia, and…
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Rating 4.3
Seventeen Lectures on Chinese National Studies Lü Simian New World Press · 2026 Mr. Lü Simian's guide for young students on how to approach the study of Chinese classics, written during the prime of his scholarly career. Upon publ…
A Guide to the Silk Manuscript Laozi cover
Rating 3.7
A Guide to the Silk Manuscript Laozi Qin Fuguan Oriental Press · 2025 This book and Annotated Reading of the Silk Manuscript Laozi are companion volumes—one an introductory edition, the other an advanced edition. Followi…
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Rating 3.6
A Brief Explanation of the Zhouyi Yu Qiuyu Beijing United Publishing Co., Ltd. · 2024 A fresh work by Mr. Yu Qiuyu interpreting an ancient classic, A Brief Commentary on the Book of Changes is also an accessible introduction to the Zhou…
Questions and Answers on the Civil Code of the People's Republic of China: Contracts cover
Rating 3.4
Questions and Answers on the Civil Code of the People's Republic of China: Contracts 杜涛 China Legal Publishing House · 2022 The Civil Code of the People's Republic of China was adopted at the Third Session of the Thirteenth National People's Congress and took effect on Janu…
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Rating 2.3
History of the Development of World Literature Xiao Feng Liaohai Publishing House · 2025 This book is comprehensive and specific in content, highly literary, readable, and informative. It is a good read for our readers to learn about world…
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Rating 2.1
Seven-Character Ancient-Style Poems Anonymous Bashu Publishing House · 2024 Seven-character ancient verse, or qi gu for short, is the most lively and varied form in classical Chinese poetry, with the freest handling of syntax …
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Rating 3.5
Introduction to Robotics: The Endlessly Fascinating World of Robots 谢广明 / 李宗刚 / 夏庆锋 · 2025 This book provides a comprehensive and systematic introduction to the history, applications, and development trends of robotics, making it an informat…
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Rating 3.0
A Small Dictionary of Chinese National Studies 李时 Jiangsu People's Publishing House · 2019 A Small Dictionary of Chinese Classical Learning is divided into four sections—Classics, History, Masters, and Collections—following the traditional f…
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Rating 3.0
How to Appreciate Music Gustav Kobbé Project Gutenberg · 2019 Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and …
Qihuang Lecture Hall Series: Listening to Master Teachers on Traditional Chinese Medicine Diagnosis cover
Rating 3.8
Qihuang Lecture Hall Series: Listening to Master Teachers on Traditional Chinese Medicine Diagnosis 徐琬梨 / 任健 People's Medical Publishing House · 2025 This book is based on transcripts of lectures by Professor Liu Jiayi, a renowned teacher at Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and w…
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Rating 4.3
One Hundred Tang and Song Ci Poems 胡云翼 Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2019 This volume selects 108 ci poems by renowned Tang and Song writers, offering a representative overview of Tang and Song ci. Each poem is accompanied b…
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Rating 4.4
One Hundred Tang Poems 上海古籍出版社 Shanghai Classics Publishing House · 2019 The Tang dynasty marked the golden age of classical Chinese poetry, with more than 2,000 known poets and some 48,000 poems still extant. This volume s…
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Rating 3.6
Introduction to Philosophy 潘德荣 East China Normal University Press · 2017 Introduction to Philosophy is the result of a sub-project of the "Characteristic Specialty Construction Plan for Higher Education Institutions of the …
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Rating 3.6
What the Chinese Sages Talk About Liang Qichao / 胡怀琛 Zhonghua Book Company · 2021 This book is a popular introduction to the thought and doctrines of the ancient sages, structured in an overall–part–overall format. It consists of fo…
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Rating 3.5
An Introduction to the Appreciation of English and American Fiction 师彦灵 Peking University Press · 2025 Shi Yanling's An Introduction to the Appreciation of British and American Fiction systematically discusses the basic elements and critical approaches …
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Rating 3.8
Introduction to International Communication 刘利群 / 张毓强 Communication University of China Press · 2016 Serving as a foundational reader for the study of international communication, this book emphasizes the ontology of international communication and it…
Appreciation of Tang Poetry: Color Illustrated Edition cover
Rating 4.1
Appreciation of Tang Poetry: Color Illustrated Edition 刘斯翰 / 刘斯奋 Jinan University Press · 2016 Edited by the brothers Liu Sifen, chairman of the Guangdong Provincial Federation of Literary and Art Circles and a renowned scholar, and Liu Sihan, a…