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Publisher: Simon Spotlight/Nickelodeon
ISBN: 9781442413313
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 24

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Kai-lan thinks her surprise party is ruined until she gets a little help from her friends.

Author: Natalie Shaw
Publisher: Simon Spotlight/Nickelodeon
ISBN: 9781416997412
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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It's time for Kai-lan to get dressed! What should she wear? With touch-and-feel outfits for every season, getting dressed is so much fun!

Author: Beata Grant
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
ISBN: 0824832027
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 258

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The seventeenth century is generally acknowledged as one of the most politically tumultuous but culturally creative periods of late imperial Chinese history. Scholars have noted the profound effect on, and literary responses to, the fall of the Ming on the male literati elite. Also of great interest is the remarkable emergence beginning in the late Ming of educated women as readers and, more importantly, writers. Only recently beginning to be explored, however, are such seventeenth-century religious phenomena as "the reinvention" of Chan Buddhism—a concerted effort to revive what were believed to be the traditional teachings, texts, and practices of "classical" Chan. And, until now, the role played by women in these religious developments has hardly been noted at all. Eminent Nuns is an innovative interdisciplinary work that brings together several of these important seventeenth-century trends. Although Buddhist nuns have been a continuous presence in Chinese culture since early medieval times and the subject of numerous scholarly studies, this book is one of the first not only to provide a detailed view of their activities at one particular moment in time, but also to be based largely on the writings and self-representations of Buddhist nuns themselves. This perspective is made possible by the preservation of collections of "discourse records" (yulu) of seven officially designated female Chan masters in a seventeenth-century printing of the Chinese Buddhist Canon rarely used in English-language scholarship. The collections contain records of religious sermons and exchanges, letters, prose pieces, and poems, as well as biographical and autobiographical accounts of various kinds. Supplemental sources by Chan monks and male literati from the same region and period make a detailed re-creation of the lives of these eminent nuns possible. Beata Grant brings to her study background in Chinese literature, Chinese Buddhism, and Chinese women’s studies. She is able to place the seven women, all of whom were active in Jiangnan, in their historical, religious, and cultural contexts, while allowing them, through her skillful translations, to speak in their own voices. Together these women offer an important, but until now virtually unexplored, perspective on seventeenth-century China, the history of female monasticism in China, and the contributionof Buddhist nuns to the history of Chinese women’s writing.

Author: Stephen Return Riggs
Publisher: Franklin Classics Trade Press
ISBN: 9780343935382
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 678

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author: Collected by Martha Warren Beckwith
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
ISBN: 1465517057
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 340

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Author: Dale Johnson
Publisher: U OF M CENTER FOR CHINESE STUDIES
ISBN: 0472038230
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 369

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For many years, the oral performing and dramatic literatures of China from 1200 to 1600 CE were considered some of the most difficult texts in the Chinese corpus. They included ballad medleys, comic farces, Yuan music dramas, Ming music dramas, and the novel Shuihu zhuan. The Japanese scholars who first dedicated themselves to study these works in the mid-twentieth century were considered daring. As late as 1981, no comprehensive dictionary or glossary for this literature existed in any language, Asian or Western. A Glossary of Words and Phrases fills this gap for Western readers, allowing even a relative novice who has resonable command of Chinese to read, translate, and appreciate this great body of literature with an ease undreamed of even two decades ago. The Glossary is organized into approximately 8,000 entries based on the reading notes and glosses found in various dictionaries, thesauruses, glossaries, and editions of works from the period. Main entries are listed alphabetically in the pinyin romanization system. In addition to glosses, entries include symbolic annotations, guides to pronunciation, and text citations. The result is a broadly useful glossary serving the needs of students of this literature as well as scholars researching Jin and Yuan language and its usage.

Author: Rachel Fell McDermott
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0195134338
Category : Devotional poetry, Bengali
Languages : en
Pages : 206

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This collection presents 145 brief Bengali lyric poems dedicated to the Hindu goddesses Kali and Uma. These poems were written from the early-18th century up to the contemporary period. They represent the Bengali tradition of goddess worship (Saktism).

Author: Pi Kids
Publisher: Publications International
ISBN: 9781412716932
Category : Sharing
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Ni Hao, Kai-Lan: Under the Stars is an interactive Play-a-Sound book for preschoolers that traces Nickelodeon's Kai-lan as she goes on a sleepover with her friends Rintoo the tiger, Hoho the monkey, and Tolee the koala. Kai-Lan, Rintoo, Hoho, and Tolee play games and learn how to take turns and "share, share, share." Preschoolers enjoy pressing buttons to hear fun sounds as they read the Kai-Lan story. Illustrated icons in the text match seven big, bright buttons on the panel at the side of the book. As readers and pre-readers follow the story, they can find the matching buttons and press them to hear words and phrases in English and Mandarin, As well as lively music.

Author: F. Burt
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Swahili language
Languages : sw
Pages : 284

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Author: Gary J. Bjorge
Publisher: WWW.Militarybookshop.CompanyUK
ISBN: 9781907521218
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 318

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This study examines the Huai Hai Campaign as an example of operational-level warfare as described in the 2001 version of U.S. Army Field Manual 3-0, Operations. It also examines the campaign from the perspective of the military thought contained in the ancient Chinese military classic, The Art of War, and the Communist operational doctrine in effect at the time of the campaign. What emerges is a picture of what operational art can contribute to warfare. Communist commanders consistently maintained an awareness of the war situation as a whole and continually ensured that the objectives of their military operations were linked to strategic goals. The study shows that Su Yu, the acting commander of the East China Field Army, was an excellent practitioner of operational art and a general who was willing to speak out against military operations that would not contribute to achieving political, social, or economic goals. The study contains background material on the Communist mili-tary forces that fought the campaign and the commanders who led them in the field. Using messages sent between various Communist headquarters, the study describes and analyzes the operational decisions that were made. Much of this material has not appeared before in English. This enables readers to gain a fresh appreciation for the professional competence of military men who were among the founding generation of the People's Liberation Army and later played significant roles in building the military strength of the People's Republic of China.