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Many excellent books have been written for administrators about motivating faculty. Some books have been written about being an academic. Books have been written about the reward system. Others have b

For readers interested in China depicted by western travellers in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, this set focuses on the theme "The Silk Road" and features five books written by explorers from various walks of life, including:Through Hidden Shensiby Francis H. Nichols, 1902In Forbidden China: The D'Ollone Mission 1906–1909;China—Tibet—Mongoliaby Vicomte d'Ollone, 1911Across China on Foot: Life in the Interior andthe Reform Movementby Edwin J. Dingle, 1911Among the Celestials: A Narrative of Travelsin Manchuria, Across the Gobi Desert,Through the Himalayas to Indiaby Francis Younghusband, 1898In the Footsteps of Marco Polo: Being the Accountof a Journey Overland from Simla to Pekinby Clarence Dalrymple Bruce, 1907Each volume of the collection aims to reignite interest and also to allow readers to explore how these books relate to the region today.

co-published with Guangxi Normal PressThe Orient Explorer Collection is a series of interesting texts written by Westerners travelling in China in the 1800s and early 1900s. Each volume has been reprinted from scans of the original publication and is included under a particular theme.The box set focuses on the theme “Women Writers” and features seven books written by women from various walks of life. It is suitable for readers interested in early China depicted by women travellers in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Each volume of the collection is to reignite interest and also to allow readers to explore how these books relate to the region today. With the Empress DowagerKatharine A. CARLThis book provides a sensational account of the author’s time with the Empress Dowager Cixi and the Chinese Court while painting her portrait for an exposition in St. Louis in the United States.978-962-937-405-1 • HK$278 / US$36Jan 2024 • 140 x 216 mm • 396 pp • PbA Woman in ChinaMary GAUNTThis

For the past eight hundred years, the study of Confucian doctrine has been largely dominated by the crucial works known as the "Four Books": the Analects, the Mencius, the Daxue, and the Zhongyong. In

This is one in a series of books seeking to introduce the reader to the frequently encountered legal rules in Hong Kong. This publication, in particular, focuses on the rules regulating property and c

For over 20 years, Basil Pao followed Michael Palin (and his BBC crew) around the world. He documented their journeys from the North to South Pole and around the Pacific Rim. They retraced the footsteps of Hemingway, traversed deep into the Sahara, and trekked up and down across the Himalayas. They crisscrossed post-Iron Curtain Eastern Europe and surveyed Brazil from the Amazon to Iguazu Falls. Their collaborations resulted in 11 bestselling illustrated books. In between the Palin journeys, Pao travelled extensively for a variety of clients that took him to remote and exotic locations across the globe, including an epic journey through every province across the length and breadth of China to create the classic China Revealed.OM2—Ordinary Moments+ is the distilled essence of all the miles travelled and the tens of thousands of pictures captured. This anthology of 140 photographs illuminates the purity of Pao’s vision and contains some of the maestro’s personal favourite repor

We have carefully selected a collection of 20 exquisite paintings and calligraphy by Prof. Jao Tsung-i, accompanied by 50 cherished photographs captured during his worldwide travels. These features Prof Jao’s interpretations of landscapes from different corners of the world, including his large-scale paintings depiction well-know sites in Hong Kong, China, and overseas. We can observe how he exceptionally reflected the distinct character of each place and represented it using the traditional Chinese medium of ink and brush as well as Western painting style. As the old saying goes, “It is better to travel ten thousand miles than to read ten thousand books”. While achieving one of these is already incredibly challenging, Prof. Jao not only traversed thousands of miles, surpassing the accomplishments of both ancient masters and numerous contemporary painters.

Grounded in a desire to bring back to life rare items from the University of Hong Kong’s Fung Ping Shan Library that are entwined within the world of music and to place them in a context of books and images in American, British, and other Asian collections, Chinese Music in Print views the library as a repository not of information but of artifact, and then uses these artifacts as a means for generating scholarly narrative. It begins by assessing seminal texts in the Confucian canon set against the delicacy of the concubine and amanuensis Shen Cai’s calligraphy and poetry. Confucianism was itself a crucial aspect of courtly life, and an exploration of its ritual is the book’s second theme. Vernacular genres of opera and song are represented in the third chapter, while the Great Sage returns in the fourth for an exploration of the repertoire and richness of his favourite instrument, the qin. The final chapter ends the journey with discussion of the legacy of generations of Europeans who

2023年，香港中文大學迎來六十周年校慶。值此重要時刻，當反思大學使命—「結合傳統與現代，融會中國與西方」的歷史意蘊與時代價值。大學圖書館藉此難得機會，舉辦紀念展覽，展示館藏中日益豐富的西方漢學珍本。 本圖錄記錄了展出的藏書，並一一簡述概況，涵蓋從十五至十九世紀中葉的書籍、地圖和手稿。珍藏之中不乏最優秀的早期漢學著作。其中許多作品均由利瑪竇、湯若望等知名耶穌會教士撰寫，他們縱然人數不多，但在深入接觸近代早期中國社會與文化的過程中，一手創立了近代漢學，留下了近距離觀察中國的珍貴記錄。隨著這些傳教士的著作傳回歐洲，關於中國的歐洲書籍愈加準確詳細，歐洲人對中國的了解也與日俱增。本圖錄透過豐富的圖像，以及細緻的介紹和描述，呈現出一幅生動的早期歷史圖景，展現西方對中國持久而深入的興趣和理解，以及中西淵源的交疊與關聯。透過本圖錄，讀者亦可藉此思索如何更好地「結合傳統與現代，融會中國與西方」。 In 2023, The Chinese University of Hong Kong celebrates the sixtieth anniversary of its foundation. This occasion provides a moment for reflection on the historical and contemporary meanings of the university’s mission “to combine tradition with modernity and to bring together China and the West.” To this end, the celebrations include an exhibition of the University Library’s burgeoning collection of Western rare books about China, which is recorded and contextualized in this catalogue. This splendid volume features books, maps, and manuscripts from the fifteenth to the mid-ni

長達四十年，柯南．道爾爵士陸續寫下了這些也許他自己並不看重的文字。一百多年以來，數不清的讀者因為各自的理由，喜歡上了他筆下的這位神探，喜歡上了神探的醫生朋友，喜歡上了維多利亞時代倫敦的昏暗街燈，喜歡上了風光旖旎的英格蘭原野，喜歡上了各位蠢笨低能的探員，甚至喜歡上了神探的頭號敵人、智力與他一時瑜亮的莫里亞蒂教授。更有一些讀者對神探的演繹法如醉如癡，不遺餘力地四處尋覓他和他的朋友在現實中留下的蛛絲馬跡，以至於最終斷定，他和他的朋友實有其人。神探的身影在各式各樣的舞台劇、電視劇和電影當中反復出現，又在萬千讀者的記憶當中反復縈迴。我們真的應該感謝柯南．道爾爵士，感謝他不情不願抑或半推半就地寫下了這樣六十個故事，為我們的好奇心提供了一座興味無窮的寶山。六十個福爾摩斯故事，如同一幅七色斑斕的長卷，我們可以從中窺見另一個民族在另一個時空的生活，窺見一個等級森嚴卻不乏脈脈溫情的社會，窺見一個馬車與潛艇並存的過渡年代，窺見一個又一個雖欠豐滿立體卻不乏神采風姿的人，窺見一鱗半爪，商品化程度較低的人性。《福爾摩斯全集》譯註本全七卷，譯註者李家真前後耗時二十載翻譯，初版面世後又重新校訂潤飾，為的是不負作者雕龍文心，以酬讀者知音雅意。此帙成書已久，原文文本大致定型，慮或有脫漏異文，故採Random House、Oxford University Press、Wings Books等出版社等多家版本參照校譯。不較日居月諸，但期博覽遐觀，以求精審，以避訛誤。此譯與前賢譯本多有不同，非欲立異標新，實因原作文字所限，不得不然。為盡一己所知所能，如實反映作品原貌及時代特徵。書中一千五百餘條註釋，用意無非簡略說明相關歷史及文化背景，為讀者省卻翻檢參考書籍之勞。柯南．道爾爵士志趣宏遠，不以此著自矜，書中敘述遂屢有明顯謬誤，甚或自相矛盾。此類牴牾凡有發現，譯者亦盡己之力一一註明，其餘揣測懸想之偵探趣味，則留待讀者諸君自行發掘。（參見隨書附贈的百頁圖文彩色專冊《誰識福爾摩斯》）

微觀世界裏的中華人民共和國史城市史研究必讀之作美國城市史學會最佳著作獎「想要完全了解一個城市，就需要深入它的最底層，考察社會生活的最基本單位。茶館作為微觀世界，為我們提供了觀察社會、文化和政治轉型的理想視角。」——王笛每個城市都有自己獨特的公共空間，如同一個「微觀世界」，由此出發，我們得以重新觸摸和審視一個城市的歷史與記憶。微觀史名家、澳門大學歷史系講座教授王笛以二十年精深研究，為此提供了出色的示範。茶館是成都傳統文化與日常生活的一部分，當地人習慣在那裏打麻 將、約會、看戲、讀書、算命、掏耳朵，以及自由地爭論大大小小的政治和社會問題。在20世紀下半葉，茶館這個微觀世界經歷了前所未有的 劇烈變遷，本書對這一過程進行了細密考察，探討了中國城市社會與社 會主義政治演變之間的廣泛聯繫：國家權力怎樣改造公共生活？國家文化與地方文化有著怎樣的搏弈？人們又是如何重新佔領城市空間？因「對中國和全球城市史的研究作出重要貢獻」，本書榮獲美國城市史學會（The Urban History Association ）2018–2019年度最佳著作獎。 --------------------------------本書的魅力在於從小的城市空間展示出大的政治變遷，這樣，成都茶館成為了一個微觀世界，由此可觀察毛澤東時代的中國社會以及改革開放後的公共生活和經濟發展。本書不僅對中國和全球城市史的研究作出重要貢獻，而且有助於我們進一步理解非西方語境下的市民社會和公共領域這樣的重大問題。美國城市史學會「最佳著作獎」頒獎詞本書展示了敏銳的思想、廣博的知識，以及把抽象觀念與檔案和文化資料高超地結合在一起的能力。要理解毛澤東時代以及改革開放後的中國政治和文化變遷，本書將是必讀之作。《歷史新書評論》（History: Reviews of New Books）本書展示了1950 年以後成都公共生活的變化，為讀者提供大量生動的細節，描述了茶館業主、顧客、藝人、算命先生、掏耳匠等不同人群與國家權力的關係。這部精細的研究著作，為現代中國史、城市研究、文化人類學和休閒社會學的學者們提供了新的材料和見解。《跨學科歷史雜誌》（Journal of Interdisciplinary History）