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A Brief History of Cat Petting in China
Zhonghua Book Company · 2024
Cat-petting has many devotees today, and people spare no expense for the cute felines at home. So what was daily life like for ancient "poop-scooping …
Pharmaceutics of Traditional Chinese Medicine (Inheritance Characteristic Textbook of Henan University of Chinese Medicine)
China Press of Traditional Chinese Medicine · 2021
This textbook draws on existing related textbooks in China, balancing tradition and modernity and bridging past and present. It seeks to enrich conten…
The Endless River: Observing the Waves of History and Cultural Reflections
Guangxi Normal University Press · 2026
Did Confucius eat meat? What was the forerunner of paper money? How did people in ancient times treat cataracts? … This book is a major work by the re…
Money That Speaks: A History of Coins and Numismatics
Social Sciences Academic Press (SSAP) · 2025
For 2,600 years, poets, economists, philosophers, historians, and theologians have pondered the mystery of coins. Who invented coins, and why? Do coin…
Across Chinese Literature and History
· 2025
The first part of the book mainly introduces historical figures, anecdotes and allusions from Chinese literature, history and ancient texts, along wit…
Literary Classics
Modern Press · 2025
This series is characterized by a panoramic presentation that spans vast ground. It tells its story in a narrative mode, in plain and lucid language, …
Annals of History: Historical Classics and Cultural Meanings
Modern Press · 2025
This series is distinguished by its panoramic presentation and broad historical sweep. The content is presented through storytelling, in plain and acc…
Treasured Classics and Commentaries
Modern Press · 2025
This series is distinguished by its panoramic presentation and broad historical sweep. It adopts a storytelling approach, with accessible and lucid la…
Origins of Chinese: Characters, Language and Literary Genres
Modern Press · 2025
This book series stands out for its panoramic presentation, sweeping across vast terrain. It tells stories in an accessible, clear language, and is ri…
A Compendium of the Literary Garden
Modern Press · 2025
This series is distinguished by its panoramic presentation and broad, sweeping coverage. It tells stories in a narrative style, using accessible and c…
Talks for Talks' Sake: A Small Collection on Reviewing the Old to Learn the New
Peking University Press · 2025
This book collects several essays by the author on reading classical works of ancient literature and modern scholarly classics, many of them informal …
Hua Shan's Thorough Explanation of Zizhi Tongjian 1-31
· 2025
The complete 31-volume set of Hua Shan's thorough commentary on Zizhi Tongjian! The bedside book of ancient emperors, the reference book of today's ma…
Tan Xiangbai's Collection of Mathematical Stories
Chunfeng Literature and Art Publishing House · 2025
Tan Xiangbai on Wonderful Mathematics is one volume in the "Great Mathematicians Tell Stories" series. The mathematician blends storytelling with math…
Savoring Fragrant Tea Together: Conversations with Historical Fragments
China Culture and History Press · 2024
Gong Pin Xiang Ming: Yu Lishi Suipian Duihua (Sharing Tea: Conversations with Historical Fragments) is a collection of literary and historical essays …
Occasional Survivals of Clerical Script
· 2024
Traditional Chinese culture has a long intellectual history, marked by a high degree of originality, inventiveness, and literary quality. Early though…
A Corner of the Study
Xianzhi Xianxing (imprint of Beijing Mingtianyuanhang Cultural Transmission Co., Ltd.) · 2024
Zhou Zuoren says in his preface: the book contains four parts—first, "Reflections on Old Books," twenty-eight pieces; second, "Talks Under the Mulberr…
Kept as a Memory Pearl for Later Years
Tianjin People's Publishing House · 2024
This book was commissioned by an editor and is a work of literary nonfiction. It collects recent essays by Mr. Zhao Heng, a distinguished scholar and …
Critical Evaluations of Chinese Classical Literature
Hainan Publishing House · 2024
This book is a collection of essays and reading notes on ancient Chinese literature by the distinguished historian and literary scholar Yang Tianshi. …
Generalities on History
· 2022
Shitong (Generalities on History) consists of twenty volumes, originally fifty-two chapters, of which forty-nine survive today. The main text runs to …
Collected Works of Wei Juxian
Jiangsu People's Publishing House · 2022
This book is one volume in the "Tsinghua Studies in Chinese Classics" series edited by the Tsinghua University Institute of Chinese Classics. It selec…