Classical Chinese (Supplement 3)
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 305

Classical Chinese (Supplement 3)

Supplementary readings to Classical Chinese: A Basic Reader—a must for every student of Chinese This book presents selected historical texts and annotations to instruct, inform, and inspire students of Chinese. Taken from the works known as the Four Histories, these texts offer insights into the political, social, economic, and cultural aspects of China over a long period of time. The comprehensive annotations provide full pronunciation in pinyin, the grammatical function of individual words, and a full explication of the texts. One of the supplementary readings to Classical Chinese: A Basic Reader, this volume includes eight selections from the Shi Ji and two each from the Han Shu, the Ho...

The Quest for Gentility in China
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 316

The Quest for Gentility in China

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  • Published: Unknown
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  • Publisher: Routledge

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Computational Intelligence
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 1363

Computational Intelligence

This is the proceedings of the International Conference on Intelligent Computing, ICIC 2006, Kunming, China, August 2006. The book presents 165 revised full papers, carefully chosen and reviewed, organized in topical sections on fuzzy systems, fuzzy-neuro-evolutionary hybrids, supervised, unsupervised and reinforcement learning, intelligent agent and Web applications, intelligent fault diagnosis, natural language processing and expert systems, natural language human-machine interface using artificial neural networks, and intelligent financial engineering.

Sex, Law, and Society in Late Imperial China
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 868

Sex, Law, and Society in Late Imperial China

This study of the regulation of sexuality in the Qing dynasty explores the social context for sexual behavior criminalized by the state, showing how regulation shifted away from status to a new regime of gender that mandated a uniform standard of sexual morality and criminal liability for all people, regardless of their social status.

The Discovery of Chinese Logic
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 489

The Discovery of Chinese Logic

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2011-07-27
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  • Publisher: BRILL

This book analyzes the discovery of Chinese logic as a paradigmatic case of the epistemic shifts that have shaped interpretations of China’s intellectual heritage. Reconstructing the transcultural genealogy of a modern discourse, it adds a neglected chapter to the global history of philosophy.

Advanced Intelligent Computing Theories and Applications
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 1398

Advanced Intelligent Computing Theories and Applications

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2007-07-31
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  • Publisher: Springer

This volume, in conjunction with the two volumes CICS 0002 and LNCS 4681, constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Third International Conference on Intelligent Computing held in Qingdao, China, in August 2007. The 139 full papers published here were carefully reviewed and selected from among 2,875 submissions. These papers offer important findings and insights into the field of intelligent computing.

Filial Piety in Chinese Thought and History
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 264

Filial Piety in Chinese Thought and History

The phenomenon of filial piety is fundamental to our understanding of Chinese culture. An international team of contributors provides an excellent collection of essays that explore its role in various areas of life throughout history.

Proceedings of 2016 Chinese Intelligent Systems Conference
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 615

Proceedings of 2016 Chinese Intelligent Systems Conference

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  • Published: 2016-09-20
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  • Publisher: Springer

These proceedings present selected research papers from CISC’16, held in Xiamen, China. The topics include Multi-agent system, Evolutionary Computation, Artificial Intelligence, Complex systems, Computation intelligence and soft computing, Intelligent control, Advanced control technology, Robotics and applications, Intelligent information processing, Iterative learning control, Machine Learning, and etc. Engineers and researchers from academia, industry, and government can get an insight view of the solutions combining ideas from multiple disciplines in the field of intelligent systems.

The Glory of Yue
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 442

The Glory of Yue

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2010-01-28
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  • Publisher: BRILL

The Glory of Yue is the first translation into any Western language of the Yuejue shu, a collection of essays on history, literature, religion, architecture, economic thought, military science, and philosophy related to the ancient kingdoms of Wu and Yue, in present day eastern China. This book consists of sixteen chapters, together with three additional chapters of explanation written by the compilers in approximately 25 CE. This translation is presented with copious annotations and explanations, linking the concepts discussed with the development of the mainstream Chinese cultural tradition, and draws on both modern Western and Chinese exegesis, as well as archeological discoveries, to elucidate this highly complex and unjustly neglected text.

China Road
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 366

China Road

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  • Published: 2011-05-15
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  • Publisher: A&C Black

Running 3,000 miles from the east-coast boomtown of Shanghai to the border of Kazakhstan in the north-west, Route 312 - China's 'Route 66' - is a road that Rob Gifford has always wanted to travel. Gifford's journey and his desire to get to the heart of this country make China Road an outstanding and funny travel narrative - part pilgrimage, part reportage - which illuminates a country on the move.