Essential Terms of Chinese Painting provides a comprehensive coverage of the broad spectrum of Chinese painting. Through an array of some 900 terms, it exhibits the history of Chinese culture, as inte
This book is one of the few books written in English on Chaozhou culture and history. It compiles information from Chinese and English sources including archive material, academic works and publicatio
The cunning fox's tiger power （狐假虎威）Good teamwork to achieve wicked goals （狼狽為奸）A one-trick donkey （黔驢技窮）There are hundreds more of these Chinese idioms (chengyu) that pack a lot of meaning into four characters.Many of these Chinese idioms originate from historical events, classics, and folklore; they give us valuable insights into Chinese culture, history, and literature.Aimed at English learners, The Magic Four groups together some of these well-known stories with animals as its theme. Each story is accompanied with extra learning elements:• The literal and figurative meanings of the Chinese idiom;• A similar idiom/phrase in the English language;• Definitions of useful vocabulary words in the story;• Meanings of different idioms/phrases used in the stories and examples.Not only will you gain insight into Chinese wisdom accumulated for centuries but also learn fun aspects of the English language too!
In Chinese Cinema: Identity, Power, and Globalization, a variety of scholars explore the history, aesthetics, and politics of Chinese cinema as the Chinese film industry grapples with its place as the second largest film industry in the world. Exploring the various ways that Chinese cinema engages with global politics, market forces, and film cultures, this edited volume places Chinese cinema against an array of contexts informing the contours of Chinese cinema today. The book also demonstrates that Chinese cinema in the global context is informed by the intersections and tensions found in Chinese and world politics, national and international co-productions, the local and global in representing Chineseness, and the lived experiences of social and political movements versus screened politics in Chinese film culture. This work is a pioneer investigation of the topic and will inspire future research by other scholars of film studies.
No sound, no problem！（掩耳盜鈴） Groundless worries （杞人憂天） There are hundreds more of these Chinese idioms (chengyu) that pack a lot of meaning into four characters。 Many of these Chinese idioms originate from historical events，classics，and folklore； they give us valuable insights into Chinese culture，history，and literature。 Aimed at English learners，The Magic Four groups together some of these well-known stories with attitude and behaviour as its theme。 Each story is accompanied with extra learning elements： • The literal and figurative meanings； • A similar idiom/phrase in the English language； • Definitions of useful vocabularies in the story； • Meanings of different idioms/phrases used in the stories and examples。 Not only will you gain insight into Chinese wisdom accumulated for centuries but also learn fun aspects of the English language too！
This book contains analysis of different domains of contemporary art in China seen through the lens of the epistemological changes described in China Pluperfect I: Epistemology of Past and Outside in Chinese Art.It first looks at the concept of “ink art,” describing how it meant different things to different people in the former colony and how these different meanings came to determine certain institutional choices made at the beginning of the 21st century. The following chapters are dedicated to issues related to the urban and rural contexts for art creation in Mainland China and Hong Kong. One chapter observes the ups and downs of the representations of cities in the history of the People’s Republic of China and how they have defined a certain idea of culture. Another looks at how Chinese cities have been exceptional centers of art creations over the last thirty to forty years through the example of Shenzhen where a vibrant art scene, albeit closely connected to Hong Kong which has b
This richly illustrated chronicle of Chinese civilization furnishes general readers and scholars alike with an authoritative overview of Chinese history, art and culture, from the pre-historic era to
The first exhaustive English-language history and analysis of the Chinese opera genre, Kunqu. In Kunqu: A Classical Opera of Twenty-First-Century China, Joseph S. C. Lam offers a holistic and interdisciplinary view of Kunqu, a 600-year-old genre of Chinese opera that has been fashionably performed inside and outside of China. The first comprehensive and scholarly book on Kunqu written in English, this book explains how and why the genre charms and signifies Chinese culture, history, and personhood. Approaching the genre from several perspectives, ranging from those of performers and producers to those of casual audiences, dedicated connoisseurs, and scholarly critics, Lam also employs a judicious blend of Chinese and international theories and methods. Herein, he establishes the significance of Kunqu not only in the sphere of Chinese music but among the cultural heritage and performing arts at a global level as well.
Prof. William S-Y. Wang, an eminent linguist, has made significant contributions to the field regarding lexical diffusion, experimental phonetic studies, language simulation and modeling, and aging and language. To celebrate his 90th birthday, colleagues and friends worldwide have contributed over 30 articles to a two-volume Festschrift. The English volume includes topics such as Chinese language evolution, the relationship between language and music, and the brain processes involved in language production. This Festschrift is written by and for experienced language researchers and is also suitable for students of Chinese linguistics and those interested in Chinese culture, history, and neurology.
Set in an old teahouse in Beijing, the play is one of Lao She’s finest works, sketching a panorama of Chinese history and culture during the transformative period from tradition to modernity. Teahouse
Xinjiang, China’s far northwestern province where the majority of the population are Muslim Uighurs, was for most of its history contested territory. On the Silk Road, a region of overlapping culture
In this illustrated introduction Wen Haiming explores the characteristics of different philosophers in Chinese history and distinguishes the 'Chinese philosophical sensibility' motivating their thoughts. Employing Western philosophical categories to describe significant issues in the history of philosophy, Wen Haiming considers Chinese political philosophy in the pre-Qin era, Chinese metaphysics from Han to Tang dynasties, Chinese epistemology from Song to Ming dynasties and modern Chinese-Western comparative philosophy. Chinese Philosophy provides a clear, accessible conception of the Chinese philosophical sensibility and its evolution throughout history.
Looks at the history of Chinese immigration to America, discussing the reasons for emigration, hardships they faced, and their influence on American culture.
A new kind of analysis of the most famous work in the history of Chinese architecture, Jiren Feng's book will be important for students of Chinese architecture, and useful for readers in pre-modern Ch
The May Fourth era (1915-1927) is considered a pivotal point in the history of modern China. This period is usually portrayed as a "Chinese Enlightenment", a period during which total change from the
Since 1978, the changes brought on by China's reforms have had an inevitable and significant impact on the development of literature, the arts, and the whole spectrum of culture. As well, contemporary
Over their long and colourful history, the Chinese people have produced a variety of fascinating and useful cultural artefacts and performances - from the compass and paper money to tea ceremonies and
