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Nourish the Heart Before Nourishing Life: Self-Healing Remedies from Ancient Alchemy Scrolls
· 2026
Modern people are often troubled by anxiety, internal friction, and mental restlessness, and the root of much suboptimal health lies in a disordered m…
Great Plants: Records of Plants and Trees in the South
China Pictorial Publishing House · 2022
Nanfang Caomu Zhuang (Treatise on the Plants and Trees of the South) is the earliest extant botanical monograph in China, completed in 304 CE. The boo…
Lingnan Litchi Manual (Classical and Vernacular Chinese Parallel Text)
· 2026
A Qing-dynasty monograph devoted to the lychee, this work is arranged in sections covering general principles, cultivation, seasons, varieties, and mi…
The Mirror of Prosperity and Decline
· 2026
See through the rise and fall of human nature, master the true art of conducting yourself, and learn to read people, avoid misfortune, and stand firm …
The Book of Simplicity
Tianjin People's Publishing House · 2026
The Su Shu runs to only six chapters, yet every word is a gem, holding the ultimate wisdom of cultivating the self, ordering the family, governing the…
Super Classic Secrets of Inner Cultivation
· 2025
This book brings together four classics of Daoist inner cultivation, systematically expounding traditional wisdom on health and longevity. Wang Chongy…
A Reader of Sunzi
Beijing United Publishing Co., Ltd. · 2023
Sunzi is the world's oldest work of military thought, and this book offers a complete annotated translation and interpretation of the original text. T…
Modern Interpretations of Chinese Classics Series · The Way of Self-Cultivation Through the Great Learning
Jinan University Press · 2020
This book will give you the answer. Its author has plumbed the depths of the Confucian classic The Great Learning, distilling its essential teachings …
The Hundred Spirits of Mountains and Seas: Gods, Humans, Birds, Beasts, and Fish in the Classic of Mountains and Seas
Beijing Times Chinese Press · 2018
This book collects 100 master-level original color illustrations published in China for the first time from the Japanese Edo-period color scroll Stran…
The Complete Collection of Su Shu
New World Press · 2023
The original text of Su Shu is not long. Though its words and sentences are not especially difficult, each sentence is extraordinarily rich and profou…
Classics and Commentaries: A Treasury of Confucian Classics
Shantou University Press · 2017
Chinese culture, also known as Huaxia culture or Huaxia civilization, is the collective name for the cultures of all ethnic groups in China. It is a n…
The Complete Art of War and Thirty-Six Stratagems
Jilin Publishing Group Co., Ltd. · 2026
This volume merges The Art of War and the Thirty-Six Stratagems into a single complete work, offering a comprehensive approach to interpretation that …
The Sutra of Bodhisattva Akshayamati (Unannotated Edition)
· 2015
This Buddhist scriptural text, The Sutra of Bodhisattva Akshayamati, records that Guan Yinzi, the founding figure of the Daoist tradition, met and dis…
Wuzi (Unannotated Edition)
· 2015
This is a famous ancient Chinese military treatise and one of the 'Martial Classics' promulgated in the Song dynasty. The book was completed during th…
The Model Sayings of Yangzi (Unannotated Edition)
· 2015
Ancient Chinese culture is broad, profound, and of long standing, and is one of the most important components of world culture. In compiling this seri…