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Juzen-taiho-to (Shi-Quan-Da-Bu-Tang) Scientific Evaluation and Clinical Applications

Juzen-taiho-to (Shi-Quan-Da-Bu-Tang) Scientific Evaluation and Clinical Applications

Kampo is a traditional Japanese herbal medicine that takes a holistic approach to healing. Since Kampo is currently being used for the treatment of a wide range of diseases with many reports of clinical effectiveness it is playing an increasingly important role in Japan's modern-day health care. Juzen-taiho-to (Shi-Quan-Da-Bu-Tang): Scientific Evaluation and Clinical Applications presents a concise overview of the important Kampo formula of Juzen-taiho-to. The book describes the therapeutic indications and traditional uses of Juzen-taiho-to followed by its taxonomy cultivation quality assurance and chemical constituents and pharmacological actions of raw plant material as the component herbs. Experts in the field discuss up-to-date findings and topics associated with the pharmacology and clinical application of Juzen-taiho-to including its important immunomodulating anti-tumor and anti-metastatic properties toxicology and side effects and other related formulations. Today Kampo medicine is steadily gaining acceptance by Japan's national health insurance system the medical community and contemporary society. This book provides a comprehensive review of Juzen-taiho-to and demonstrates how Kampo and other herbal medicines are becoming the popular practical and preferred treatments of tomorrow. | Juzen-taiho-to (Shi-Quan-Da-Bu-Tang) Scientific Evaluation and Clinical Applications

GBP 59.99
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The Poetry and Career of Li Po 701-762

The Poetry and Career of Li Po 701-762

When this was originally published in 1950 this was the fullest biography of one of China’s greatest poets that had ever appeared in any language. It tells the story of the poet’s life against the background of contemporary history and in doing so gives a brilliant picture of Chinese life in the eighth century A. D. – during a period of the Tang Dynasty fertile in great poets such as Wang Wei Tu Fu and Mêng Haojan. | The Poetry and Career of Li Po 701-762

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Queer Southeast Asia

Queer Southeast Asia

Tang and Wijaya present a range of new and established scholarly voices including local activists directly involved in developments in Southeast Asia. This groundbreaking collection presents the current state of play and longstanding LGBTQ+ debates in this often-overlooked region of Asia. The diversity of both the subject and the region is reflected in the broad scope of topics addressed from the impact of Japanese queer popular culture on queer Filipinos to the politics of public toilets in Singapore and the impact of digital governance on queer communities across ASEAN. Taken in combination these investigations not only highlight the operations of queer politics in Southeast Asia but also present a concrete basis to reflect on queer knowledge production in the region. A vital resource for students and scholars of gender and sexuality in Southeast Asia or any Queer or LGBTQ+ studies looking beyond the West. | Queer Southeast Asia

GBP 34.99
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Ancient Chinese Academy Confucianism and Society II Politics and Culture

Ancient Chinese Academy Confucianism and Society II Politics and Culture

As the second volume of a two-volume set that studies the ancient Chinese academy from a socio-cultural perspective this title investigates the multifaceted roles and political and cultural significance of the academy. Inaugurated in the Tang dynasty and eventually abolished in the late Qing dynasty the academy as a unique cultural and educational organization in the Chinese history exerted extensive and profound influence on the ancient Chinese culture politics and social life. This title first discusses the state control of the academy and how it functions in social governance then examines the sacrificial ritual of the academy and its influence on education enculturation Confucian orthodoxy and intellectual ethos and finally elaborates on the academy's role in enriching the regional cultures in terms of local cultural undertakings and talent cultivation. The title will be a useful reference for scholars students and general readers interested in cultural history intellectual history and educational history of ancient China and especially the Chinese academy culture. | Ancient Chinese Academy Confucianism and Society II Politics and Culture

GBP 130.00
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Contemporary New Confucianism II

Contemporary New Confucianism II

As the second volume of a two-volume seminal work on contemporary New Confucianism in China this book focuses on six leading thinkers of this intellectual movement in the 20th century. Contemporary New Confucianism refers to the Confucianism or Confucian thought that has emerged in China since the 1920s which aims to revive the spirituality of Confucianism in a changing society. This volume introduces the philosophical thought of Zhang Junmai Feng Youlan He Lin Fang Dongmei Tang Junyi and Mou Zongsan including Zhang's political philosophy and comparative philosophy Feng's transformation of Chinese philosophy He's idea of culture and spirit-only idealism Fang's comparative philosophy Tang's idea of moral self and theory of human spiritual realms and Mou's new ontology for Confucianism. It analyzes their divergences and the contemporary relevance of their thought in terms of revisiting and transforming traditional Chinese philosophy and reconciling Chinese and Western traditions. This title will appeal to scholars and students of modern and contemporary Confucianism intellectual history philosophy and thought of contemporary China and comparative philosophy. | Contemporary New Confucianism II

GBP 130.00
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Jingjiao The Church of the East in China and Central Asia

Jingjiao The Church of the East in China and Central Asia

The contributions in this volume were mostly first presented at the conference Research on Nestorianism in China. Zhongguo jingjiao yanjiu 中國景教研究 held in Salzburg 20– 26 May 2003. Like the conference the volume explores the subject of Nestorianism (jingjiao Luminous Religion) in a variety of aspects. The material of the present collection is organized in five parts. The first part presents different aspects of the past and current research on jingjiao. The second part discusses jingjiao in the Tang dynasty especially the question of the Nestorian texts and documents their authenticity and theology. The third part deals with the Nestorian inscriptions and remains from the Yuan dynasty especially from Quanzhou. Part four is dedicated to questions of the Church of the East in Central Asia and other historically relevant countries. The last part of the book presents a Preliminary Bibliography on the Church of the East in China and Central Asia prepared especially for this volume. | Jingjiao The Church of the East in China and Central Asia

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Contemporary New Confucianism

Contemporary New Confucianism

This two-volume set is a seminal work on contemporary New Confucianism in China focusing on ten leading thinkers of this intellectual movement in the 20th century discussing their divergences in thought and contemporary relevance. Contemporary New Confucianism refers to the Confucianism or Confucian thought that has emerged in China since the 1920s which aims to revive the spirituality of Confucianism in a changing society. The first volume reviews the development of this intellectual trend and analyzes the cultural context logical approach major themes and problems of New Confucianism before delving into individual thinkers. It then examines and compares the philosophical thoughts of four key figures of contemporary New Confucianism including Liang Shumin Xiong Shili Ma Yifu Qian Mu. The second volume focuses on six other representative philosophers of New Confucianism including Zhang Junmai Feng Youlan He Lin Fang Dongmei Tang Junyi and Mou Zongsan. This set will appeal to scholars and students of modern and contemporary Confucianism intellectual history philosophy and thought of contemporary China and comparative philosophy.

GBP 260.00
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Understanding Chinese and Western Cultures

Understanding Chinese and Western Cultures

The title is a collection of essays centering on the topic of intercultural communication between Chinese and Western cultures by Tang Yijie one of the most renowned philosophy scholars in China. Comprised of five parts the author discusses how Chinese culture should modernize itself through borrowing from Western culture premised on a self-awareness of Chinese culture per se. The book begins by critiquing theories of the so-called clash of civilizations and new empires and argues for the coexistence of cultures and a global consciousness instead. Chapters in the second part revisit contemporary Chinese culture in transition and call for the cultural integration of China and the West with China defined in both its ancient and modern guises. By providing reflections on the cultural trends of the 1980s and 1990s the third part illustrates the inevitable growth of diversified cultural development while analyzing cases of cultural dialogue in history philosophy and religion. The fourth part demonstrates the significance of culture diversity and interaction while the fifth provides thoughts and reflections on some real-life cultural issues. This title will appeal to all levels of readers interested in Chinese culture cross-cultural studies and topics of cultural pluralism. | Understanding Chinese and Western Cultures

GBP 170.00
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Discourse Strategies for Science Teaching and Learning Research and Practice

Discourse Strategies for Science Teaching and Learning Research and Practice

This engaging and practical volume looks at discourse strategies and how they can be used to facilitate and enhance science teaching and learning within the classroom context offering a synthesis of research on classroom discourse in science education as well as practical discourse strategies that can be applied to the classroom. Focusing on the connection between research and practice this comprehensive guide unpacks and illustrates key concepts on the role of discourse in students’ thinking and learning based on empirical analysis of real conversations in a number of science classrooms. Using real-life classroom examples to extend the scope of research into science classroom discourse begun during the 1990s Kok-Sing Tang offers original discourse strategies as explicit methods of using discourse to engage in meaning-making and work towards a specific instructional goal. This volume covers new and informative topics including how to use discourse to: Establish classroom activity and interaction Build and assess scientific content knowledge Organize and evaluate scientific narrative Enact scientific practices Coordinate the use of multimodal representations Building on more than ten years of research on classroom discourse Discourse Strategies for Science Teaching and Learning is an ideal text for science teacher educators pre-service science teachers scholars and researchers. | Discourse Strategies for Science Teaching and Learning Research and Practice

GBP 38.99
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Cold Mountain Poems Text Travel and Canon Construction

Cold Mountain Poems Text Travel and Canon Construction

This book unveils the legendary life and the mystic poems of the iconic Chinese Tang poet Han-shan (known by his pen name “Cold Mountain”) and investigates the dissemination and reception of the Cold Mountain Poems (CMPs) attributed to him. Han-shan and the CMPs are amongst the most legendary literary landscapes and cultural memories in the history of world scholarly exchange. The maniac poet recluse hidden in the Cold Mountains the delicate poetic realms of Confucianism Buddhism Zen and Taoism contained in the Cold Mountain Poems and the incredible pervasiveness of its text travel and canon construction worldwide as well as the profound impact of CMPs on comparative literature world literature and Chinese studies provide the perfect lens to learn about Chinese language literature culture and society. This book is thus intended to investigate CMPs in a coherent global context. Considering the vertical studies of the Chinese literature polysystem it highlights the horizontal influence of CMPs literarily or non-literarily. Furthermore it addresses the making and developing of the Han-shan phenomenon and its implications for translation studies travel writing canon construction and literary historiography. This book is for scholars researchers and students in literary history and East Asian Studies focusing on Chinese literature and culture and those interested in the history of poetry in general. | Cold Mountain Poems Text Travel and Canon Construction

GBP 130.00
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Sino-Foreign Cultural Exchange A Historical Perspective

Sino-Foreign Cultural Exchange A Historical Perspective

Understanding culture as a whole way of life this book touches on various aspects of Sino-foreign interactions tracing cultural exchanges depicted in Chinese and foreign sources with particular attention to events or anecdotes in the Tang and Qing periods. In addition to a discussion of the Sogdians and Turks in medieval China an investigation of the localization process of pugs and lions through different Chinese dynasties an analysis of the incorporation of Manichaeism into Chinese culture and the depiction of the Kunlun slaves in Chinese Buddhist texts this book also examines the caravan tea trade between Russia and China the Russian-American company's attempt to do business in Canton the translation of the Three Character Classic in Russia the Russian case in the Tianjin missionary incident as well as the Dutch factory in Canton and the Dutch mission in Beijing. This book concludes with a discussion of Chinese workers in Southeast Asia in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. From Central Asia to the South China Sea to the northern border with Russia this book reveals its great diversity yet with an intense focus on China's interactions with the outside world. This book will be essential reading for students and scholars of Chinese studies medieval Central Asian studies and those interested in world history. | Sino-Foreign Cultural Exchange A Historical Perspective

GBP 130.00
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The First Print Era The Rise of Print Culture in China’s Northern Song Dynasty

The First Print Era The Rise of Print Culture in China’s Northern Song Dynasty

The First Print Era examines the rise of print culture during China’s Northern Song Dynasty (960–1127). Bringing together often-overlooked primary sources from the period and scholarship on many individual topics in Song print history the book offers the first extended narrative in English of how print became entrenched as a sustained mode of textual dissemination in China. While discussing technical innovations and the growth of the print industry the book focuses on how the rise of print affected several indispensable elements of Song intellectual culture: the expansion of the exam system the canonization of Tang and earlier models the rise of antiquarianism and connoisseurship the birth of Neo-Confucianism as a new intellectual force the growth of a new literati culture and new forms of literary production and critique and the development of calligraphy as an art form that could be taught critiqued and divided into schools. Overall the book describes a process by which print publication moved from a highly centralized state enterprise back to expanded elite use and eventually towards the popular print markets that would create new forms of expression during the Southern Song and Yuan dynasties. This book will be an essential read for students and scholars of Asian studies Medieval studies and those with a focus on print history and Chinese studies. | The First Print Era The Rise of Print Culture in China’s Northern Song Dynasty

GBP 130.00
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Principles and Practices of Transportation Planning and Engineering

Principles and Practices of Transportation Planning and Engineering

Connie Kelly Tang and Lei Zhang have provided a holistic coverage of the entire surface transportation project and program development process from the beginning of planning though environmental approval design right-of way acquisition construction to operations and maintenance. — Neil Pedersen Executive Director Transportation Research Board National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine Washington DC Transportation program and project development is complex. The process spans over planning programming environment design right of way construction operations and maintenance. Professionals from civil engineering planning social and environmental sciences business and project management and data science work together in a relay team to transform an idea into a highway a transit hub an airport or a water facility. It is challenging for any one person to master all the knowledge and skills needed to perform every relevant task. However it is critical for all involved to understand how this relay works and how the societal environmental governmental and regulatory contexts influence the process and the technical solution. Professionals who understand the process and see the big picture are those who rise to the top as leaders. Transportation Project and Program Development provides holistic coverage on the technical subject matter processes and procedures and policy and guidance associated with transportation project and program development which can help professionals become program leaders. For each phase of the process key products delivered processes used governing principles foundations of applicable science and engineering technologies deployed and knowledge required are discussed. While all coverages reflect the practices of the United States the logic principles science and engineering are applicable to all countries of the world. The book can also serve as an introductory textbook for undergraduate students and as a textbook or reference for a graduate-level course in civil engineering transportation engineering planning and project management. | Principles and Practices of Transportation Planning and Engineering

GBP 74.99
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