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“Without the futurist elements of Doblin’s work from Wang Lun to Berlin Alexanderplatz, my prose is inconceivable…. He’ll discomfort you, give you bad dreams. If you’re satisfied with yourself, beware of Doblin.” — Gunter Grass “I learned more about the essence of the epic from Doblin than from anyone else.” — Bertolt Brecht “I consider The Three Leaps of Wang Lun the best contemporary German novel by far. It exhibits an entirely superior, most rare, talent. It is true art.” — Max Horkheimer In 1915, fourteen years before Berlin Alexanderplatz, Alfred Doblin published his first novel, an extensively researched Chinese historical extravaganza: The Three Leaps of Wang Lun. Even more remarkably, given its subject matter, the book was written in Expressionist style and is now considered the first modern German novel, as well as the first Western novel to depict a China untouched by the West. It is virtually unknown in English. Based on actual accounts of a doomed rebellion during the

Different global healthcare challenges bring threats to the healthcare system. Like other developed countries, Hong Kong is also focusing on how to manage the ageing population, how to meet the rising public expectations, and how to finance the ever increasing medical costs. Strengthening community care services may provide a way out for settling these concerns. Written by a team of renowned scholars and leading practitioners, this book aims at evaluating how different parties can assist in building up local community capacity to achieve sustainable health and wellness. The book is divided into three sections. The first section discusses the different roles and practices of specialised community care that contribute to the relative success of the healthcare system in Hong Kong. The second section makes use of various research practices to extrapolate future healthcare needs and practices in Hong Kong. And the last one addresses the values of health care which underlie the healthcare c

The return of Macao from the Portuguese administration to the People's Republic of China (PRC) in 1999 marks the beginning of its transformation in the 21st century. Macao was confronted with various issues concerning then existing political system, economic downturn and gangland violence during the transition period. Beijing put Macao under the "One country, Two Systems" and implemented a wide variety of measures in order to restore its law and order as well as to recover its tourism dependent economy. Gradually, Macao transformed itself to "Las Vegas of the East". This volume of 18 essays highlights the key dimensions of Macao's remarkable "One country, Two Systems" actualisation experience in its first 15 years, and discusses how Macao transformed and what challenges it encountered during its post-handover transformation. The volume has several focuses. It first investigates the political and electoral issues in a critical manner─ post-handover Macao suffered from maladministratio

Over the years auditing has developed into a specialised function with complex ethical, legal and economic implications. The role of auditors in providing credibility is even more important in a society like Hong Kong, which relies heavily on its reputation as an international financial and business centre. The financial crises and accounting scandals reported in recent years, which led to economic meltdowns and massive loss in capital resources across the globe, highlights the vital role of auditors as gatekeepers and the importance of high quality auditing in ensuring corporate transparency and honest financial reporting. The third edition is thoroughly revised to take into account the new Companies Ordinance (Chapter 622, effective 2014) and Hong Kong Standards on Quality Control, Auditing, Assurance and Related Services (updated June 2014), and numerous developments of a full range of auditing topics since the previous edition, including: - Auditor's legal duties and liabilities

This book is for readers who are interested in literature, visual arts and writings about life. Most of the time, life itself, including personal ones and collective ones (such as nation, natural environment and so forth), gives incredible inspirations to the one who is writing. And yet, through more reading and more thinking, the writing self can imagine someone else’s way of living, as if he or she is living through it. This collection of essays brings literature and visual arts together, as their aesthetics come to complete each other. 本書特色 A collection of essays that explores the intricate relationships between literature and art, bringing new insights into famous writers such as Henry James and Virginia Woolfe.

哥哥大人，能、能讓我刺你一劍嗎？ 等等再幫你抹小護士…… ◆ 明日葉mingrye曾獲得2013原創大賽銀獎，各家出版社競邀。前作銷出泰國版權。 ◆ 來自香港、台灣活躍同人社團 - 【氣球魚屋 Finger And Fish】繪師、 國際畫集[OTACOOL 4世界的繪師大集合] - 插圖刊載、第十回博麗神社例大祭- LIVE DAM優秀賞 【內容簡介】 「妹妹乖，哥哥很正直，絕對沒有工口魔王的封號哦！」 東方，少年頭戴牛皮紙袋，身披破舊報紙， 西方，少女頭戴貓咪面具，身披碎花桌巾， 月圓之夜，馬路之邊…… 我，繼任魔王第一天，就將與劍之勇者決一死戰！ ──不過，這勇者怎麼怪怪的？ 渾身發抖、閉眼尖叫要報警就算了， 那聲音（尖叫），怎麼好像從小聽到大？ 那披風（桌巾），怎麼好像從小看到大？ 那花色（內褲），怎麼好像從……咳。 咦，你問我為什麼知道花色…… 啊你懂不懂什麼叫魔王！？

香港中文大學圖書館深信讓書海珍籍廣為流傳，是守護圖書上善方法，故乘二零一三年大學五十周年校慶之際，舉辦展覽，輯錄《書海驪珠：香港中文大學圖書館珍藏專輯》，與社會各界分享大學圖書館過去搜求、採購所得珍貴館藏，以期向公衆介紹典籍文獻、播揚學術文化。《專輯》收錄東西語文珍藏一百二十種，藏品年代跨越三千五百年，有商代甲骨、十三世紀及以後古籍善本、二十世紀現當代書刊、清朝以至近代名家書畫、手稿及信函。中文書籍涵蓋經史子集四部，有雕板墨色印刷、套印、活字以至現當代技術所印製書刊，部分為粵東、香港著述，較著者有元刻本《易本義附錄纂疏》，及現存朝鮮漢文《大藏經》最早版本《高麗藏》。西文古籍有十五世紀自手稿過渡至印刷本之搖籃本，即醫學權威塞爾蘇西所著《醫學論》，及其他拉丁文、法文、英文要籍，當中有古希臘、羅馬時期醫學、建築名著，並有清末西方傳教士與漢學家遊歷亞洲，包括中國及香港紀實之作。 The CUHK Library believes it is best to make its valuable collections known and accessible to as many people as possible. On the occasion of the University’s fiftieth anniversary in 2013, the Library organized an exhibition and compiled this commemorative volume From the Treasure House: Jewels from the Library of The Chinese University of Hong Kong with a view to promoting scholarship and sharing with the public the treasures which the Library has collected over the past fifty years. This special volume features 120 selected titles and rare items from the Library’s collections spanning over 3,500 years

Toward the end of his first term, President Barack Obama's election promise to reduce the American military presence in the Middle East and Afghanistan led to a general re-evaluation of priorities. What eventuated was a series of phrases to describe the new foreign policy posture. These included "rebalancing to Asia", the "pivot to Asia" and the "pivot to the Pacific". The two principal drivers of the new posture were identified by then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in a key November 2011 Foreign Policy article as winding down of the military engagements in Iraq and Afghanistan the "new global realities" of the Asia-Pacific Century. The juxtaposition of the two elements gave the American policy objectives a balance of power orientation with a military emphasis. The logic of "rebalancing" the balance of power in the Asia-Pacific in the wake of the growing ascendency of China is basic International Relations 101. The repositioning of US military assets into the Pacific has all th

This historical fiction is based on the true story of Li Shimin (also known as Tang Taizong), the greatest sovereign in Chinese history. About 30 years younger than Muhammad, he grew up in a world of devastating upheaval that tore China asunder and was thrust into the role of a military commander in his father’s rebel army while still a teenager. In the process of vanquishing his enemies on the battlefield, he proved himself to be a great military genius. As emperor he encouraged critical suggestions by his court officials, which he often adopted, and lent support to the religions of his day, notably, Buddhism, Daoism, and Christianity. The international prestige he had won for Tang China was so high that the states of Central and North Asia honored him with the title of “Heavenly Khan.” Although his father founded the dynasty, it was his reign that laid the groundwork for a brilliant empire that was to endure for centuries. 本書根據史實，描述唐太宗李世民透過一場場的征戰，消滅敵軍，開疆闢土；同時鼓勵諫言，包容不同宗教，進而成就唐代偉大盛世

◎ 國小中、高年級以上適讀 「開拓動漫祭」活動執行長 蘇微希 精采推薦 Ladies and Gentlemen！由法國第一大盜亞森‧羅蘋所擔綱的舞臺劇，即將上演～～ 無法預測的詭譎易容，難以釐清的敵我分際，在夜幕籠罩的巴黎豪宅內，一頂名貴的王冠，點燃怪盜與名探長的攻防戰～～結合柔情、心理戰術、智勇對決等令人傾心的精采元素，最華麗、炫目的一夜，即將揭幕！ 「在下將親自登門取件……」 早在三年前，亞森‧羅蘋就已光顧過古內‧馬爾坦的豪宅，為了價值連城的朗巴勒王妃的王冠，羅蘋發出預告信，準備再創劫富濟貧的義舉。 大敵當前，為富不仁的暴發戶馬爾坦如坐針氈，為了保住名貴無比的王冠，不但與女兒的未婚夫夏姆拉斯公爵聯手對抗羅蘋，甚至不惜請來葛尼瑪探長坐鎮…… 如此滴水不漏的萬全準備，能擋得住擅於易容的千面怪盜亞森‧羅蘋嗎？女僕索妮亞、酒商夏洛來，和失蹤的女管家畢克蒂娃，他們與羅蘋之間又有何關聯？一場令人心醉的鬥智演出，絕對不容錯過！ ◆本書有學習單，歡迎至福地出版資訊網http://www.winfortune.com.tw/ 下載。

The role of media in any society is vital and is closely related to brands and consumption especially in a vibrant 21st century Asian city. Hong Kong with its free-market economy and urban bustle is a perfect place to observe this in action. But Hong Kong is also deeply conservative in many ways especially with regard to family values, and the presence of overtly sexualized images in advertising sits uncomfortably with the values of modesty and traditional sexual mores that exist there. Young girls are also discovering their identities like any other groups of girls in the world, and often this journey will not be easy. This book deals with media and the extent to which media representations influence girls in Hong Kong and how they are affected by this ubiquitous presence. Through the quantitative and qualitative studies, readers could examine and understand how tween girls and teen girls in Hong Kong interact with the media and how they interpret the messages from the media. The ob

At a time when there is a developing ideological gap among generations and a degradation of trust between people and the institution of government, there are concerns whether young people’s political participation activities will continue to radicalize. This volume in 15 chapters serves as a useful overview of various significant aspects of the new trends of political participation in Hong Kong. Written by a team of experts who have been astute observers of Hong Kong Politics, the book covers a wide spectrum of topics ranging from a conventional understanding of political participation (e.g., the activities of political parties and interest groups) to a more specialized form of participation (e.g., the relationships between government and legislators in policy-making). The study of the rise of new social movements by the Post-80s generation would be of particular interest to those who are keen to comprehend the sharpening inter-generational differences. There will be a readership am

Toward the end of the eighteenth century Ji Xiaolan, widely regarded as the most eminent scholar and foremost wit of his age, published five collections of anecdotes and discourses centering on the interaction between the mundane and spirit worlds, but al

Self-Access Language Learning (SALL) has played a prominent part in language education in universities. Its role is to foster autonomous learning among students. With the wide-spread implementation of SALL and its increasing impacts on students, it is important to understand how SALL is managed in order to meet the learning needs of the users in the most resource-effective way. This book provides readers with an understanding of SALL management by setting the discussion against a wider backdrop and also examining details of current good practice. The authors examine issues of leadership and management in education before turning to look at the roles of a SALL manager, and suggest how these roles are changing and what the future may hold for managing SALL. Case studies are used to illustrate how SALL is managed in different universities as a way of contextualising the issues discussed in the book. The book is of relevance to institutional and departmental managers, classroom-based lan

Books about cities can open pathways to discover new places, and familiar places anew. Hong Kong is a much visited place. Over 50 million people stream through its hotels, restaurants and shopping malls each year. That is a lot of first impressions! This book, written by fourteen reflective scholars about living and learning from Hong Kong, builds on the growing interest of using “place” as text while providing a model of deepening cross-cultural encounters. Each chapter is written in a personal and experiential style, exploring Hong Kong through the lenses of a range of disciplines that shaped individual author's perceptions and encounters. The city is like a text one reads and deciphers, linking one’s sense of other cities with one’s present experiences of this city in this moment of time. In reading the city, readers discover not only what is “out there” in the ever moving surround of Hong Kong’s urban life, but also what is inside oneself as newcomer and as from another city and

I'm a failure. I always have the feeling that I want to get back somewhere, but I don't know just where it is. 我感到失意。我心裡一直渴望能有個回歸的地方，卻遍尋不著。─O Henry. Love and business and family and religion and art and patriotism are nothing but shadows of words when a man's starving! 愛情、事業、家庭、信仰、藝術或是愛國情操，在飢餓的面前，不過是文字浮影罷了。 歐．亨利（O. Henry）是美國知名的短篇小說作家，與契訶夫和莫泊桑並列世界三大短篇小說巨匠。歐．亨利著作豐富，一生中留下了一部長篇小說和近三百篇的短篇小說。其小說內容主要以美國的大城市生活（尤其是紐約）為背景，主人翁以中下階層的平凡老百姓為主，場景涵蓋公寓、酒館、劇院、公園等，常自詡為「四百萬」個小市民之一，而非「四百」個富翁之一，寫出金錢社會裡的小市民心聲。 歐亨利的寫作手法誇張、幽默、詭異，他善於捕捉細微的生活場景，描述人物的喜怒哀樂。其筆下的商人、強盜、警察、流浪漢，無不栩栩如生、愛恨分明。他以幽默的筆法化解筆下人物的悲情，用「含淚微笑」的方式嘲諷當時的資本主義社會，更加深其作品的社會意義。 歐亨利小說的最大特色，在於其「出人意表的結局」，即所謂的「歐亨利手法」。其小說之起承轉合，層次分明，情節則一路巧妙安排，極富戲劇性，往往發展到最後，便筆鋒一轉，令人啼笑皆非。這種寫作手法同時影響美國文壇甚巨。 本書自歐亨利的三百多篇短篇佳作之中，精選最膾炙人口的15篇，包含〈聖誕禮物〉、〈最後一片藤葉〉、〈警察與讚美詩〉及〈命運之路〉等，帶您一窺其獨樹一格、幽默深刻的小說世界。 1. The Last Leaf（最後一片藤葉） 2. The Gift of the Magi（聖誕禮物） 3. The Cop and the Anthem（警察與讚美詩） 4. The Romance of a Busy Broker（忙碌證券商的愛情故事） 5. The Love-Philtre of Ikey Schoenstein（愛情迷幻藥） 6. Sprin

Animal Farm, published in 1945, is a satirical novel by British novelist and essayist George Orwell (1903-1950), pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair. Orwell is best known for Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949). As a socialist, he was a keen critic of imperialism, fascism, Stalinism, and capitalism. His works are concerned with the sociopolitical conditions of his time. Animal Farm, with great critical and popular success, is a witty, satirical allegory about the failure of Soviet totalitarianism. Some events in the book are based on events from the Soviet Union during the Stalin era. This novel is ostensibly about a group of animals who oust the humans from the farm and run it themselves, only to have it corrupted into a brutal tyranny on its own. This idea of a revolution betraying its supposed aims is a chief issue of Animal Farm. 【故事簡介】 No animal must ever tyrannise over his own kind. Weak or strong, clever or simple, we are all brothers. No animal must ever kill any other anim

本書特色 特色1：一次讀懂台灣人講不通、外國人聽不懂的英文問題 語言是活的，根據不同文化會需要延伸出不同的辭彙。有時很想向老外介紹一些台灣特有文化，卻苦於對方沒有這種文化而找不到相對應的字來解釋。中英文都呱呱叫的 EZ TALK 總編審以多年在台經驗，解答台灣人講不通、外國人聽不懂的共同疑惑，讓您溝通零障礙。想做好國民外交就看這一本！ 你知道「芭樂歌」的英文叫作 cheesy song，也常稱為 bubblegum pop。 用英文解釋「做月子」，除了說 sitting the month，還有更多不同的說法？！ 「不雅照」、「炒新聞」，跟老外也能盡興聊八卦！ 特色2：比知識+維基百科還厲害：俚語用法、正式說法、熱門話題、冷門知識一網打盡。 英文要說得「正確」不容易，要講得「道地」更是難上加難。除介紹正式用法，EZ TALK 還要教你「烙俚語」，讓老外對你的英文刮目相看。不只如此，現在最夯的流行用語，還有教科書裡絕對找不到的單字，所有你轉不過來的英文，我們都幫你想好了！ 「植物人」的英文可以說 vegetable 嗎？ 「馬屁精」除了 ass kisser 外，有沒有比較含蓄一點的說法？ 上網聊天時常出現 RSVP、LOL、TTYL…，這些縮寫到底啥意思？ 特色3：圖解+主題分類 讓你快速吸收 從校園生活、人際關係、閒聊八卦⋯⋯到職場用語，都有照片圖解，並附主題分類索引。不論你是當閒書翻到哪學到哪，或是針對特定領域查閱都很方便，滿足不同學習型態的讀者。 外國魚市常見魚類，出國生活也能端出台灣海鮮熱炒 台灣水果名產圖解，「玫瑰荔枝麵包」、「桂圓蛋糕」、「芒果冰」精彩呈現 各式身體穿環、耳環圖解，Rocker也能溜英文 牛仔褲款式圖解，型男靚女必備英文 特色4：英文抓漏小幫手，揪出現代人習以為常的英文錯誤 以下三個句子，你看得出當中有什麼問題嗎？ My hair is at sixes and sevens. （我的頭髮亂七八糟。） I’ve got a nose dust in my nose. （我的鼻子裡卡了一個鼻屎。） I can’t endure you. （我受夠你了。） 解答： 一般形容「雜亂」會用名詞 mess 或形容詞 messy，比較不會說

戀人們在彼此美麗的神韻光華中纏綿繾綣，倘若愛情是盲目的，黑夜便最適合這樣的盲目。故事發生在如詩如畫的維洛納，有一對以死殉情的摯愛情侶。凱普萊特家歡宴的燭光綽綽，夜幕遮掩下，愛情輕盈的翅膀飛過高牆，戀人們偷取愛的香餌，在窗邊互約誓盟－ How silver-sweet sound lovers’ tongues by night, Like softest music to attending ears! 夜裡情人的聲音像銀鈴般清脆悅耳， 迴響在耳畔，那是最柔美的音樂！ 一往情深，卻在極度艱辛中短嘗無限甜蜜， 在嫉妒的晨曦中，擁抱越來越黑暗的離別－ Night’s candles are burnt out, and jocund day Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops. 夜晚的星光已經熄滅，歡快的白晝 也已把腳尖站在了雲遮霧繞的山巔。

在冰雪初融的溪裡 春之來 汩汩似我的脈息 在眼前、耳際和唇邊 春之來 若詩的不可避免 In the creeks with newly melting ice Spring is arriving Rhythmically like the beating of my pulse Through my eyes, ears and lips Spring is arriving As inevitable as poems’ spontaneous 本書特色： 當今詩壇、少數譯介及從事文化交流者之一 藍星

用來吟誦的詩！精選51首雋永經典英詩，首首唯美動人。 用來聆聽的詩！沉浸優美英詩吟誦，曲曲動聽。 用來觀賞的詩！穿插世界名畫，引你走進詩畫之境。 用來學習的詩！詳介詩人的背景和詩風，賞析詩歌。 A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom. 詩，始於歡愉，而終於智慧。 ─美國詩人，佛洛斯特 (Robert Frost, 1874-1963) Poetry is thoughts that breathe, and words that burn. 詩，是會呼吸的思想，是會焚燒的文字。 ─英國詩人，湯瑪斯．格雷 ( Thomas Gray, 1716-1771) Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings. 詩是波濤情感的自然流露。 ─英國詩人，渥茲華斯 (William Wordsworth, 1770-1850) 一般人讀「英詩」，往往墜入五里霧中，難入其境掌握詩之真義。究其根本，英詩不僅具備特有的格律、用詞、艱澀的古字，加上詩人所賦予的修辭技巧，在在讓英詩有令人望之卻步，不敢親近之感。 本書依照時代先後排序，精選英國自伊麗莎白時代至維多利亞時代的二十位代表詩人，以愛情詩為主軸，每章開頭先說明該時代背景、詩歌的變革及代表詩人，接著介紹該時代詩人的詩歌作品與解析。 不論詩歌想表達的是詩人的愛國情懷、一個故事、一段回憶或一段戀情。在透過對時代背景的了解，加以詩人風格及詩作分析，都能引領讀者進入「思」與「想」的跌宕起伏，激盪出詩情與詩意。 選詩採中英對照，附有單字解釋及音標，讓讀者便於理解研究；行文間搭配名家插畫，品詩情佐以畫意，讓人馳騁於英詩的想像世界，沐浴在藝術之美中。 【本書所羅列的詩人】 1. Sir Thomas Wyatt（湯姆斯．懷亞特爵士） 2. Christopher Marlowe（克里斯多夫．馬婁） 3. William Shakespeare（威廉．莎士比亞） 4. Sir Philip Sidney（菲利浦．西德尼爵士） 5. Ben Johnson（班．強生） 6. Andrew Marvell（安德魯．馬維爾） 7. John Donne（約翰．但恩） 8. Robert Herrick（羅伯．海瑞克） 9. Wil

Long before the Europeans reached the East, the ancient Chinese had elaborate and meaningful perspectives of the West. In this groundbreaking book, Wang explores their view of the West as other by locating it in the classical and imperial China, leading the reader through the history of Chinese geo-cosmologies and world-scapes. Wang also delves into the historical records of Chinese “world activities,” journeys that began from the Central Kingdom and reached towards the “outer regions.” Such analysis helps distinguish illusory geographies from realistic ones, while drawing attention to their interconnected natures. Wang challenges an extensive number of critical studies of Orientalist narratives (including Edward Said’s Orientalism), and reframes such studies from the directionological perspectives of an “Oriental” civilization. Most significantly, the author offers a fundamental reimagining of the standard concept of the other, with critical implications not only for anthropology, bu

Since the appearance of Roads Range Far: Selected Poems of Bai Chuan (道路遠近：白川詩選) in its original native language, there has been a demand for a serious attempt to transform its international outlook into an international readership. In response to this, the present English edition offers not a slavish translation. Instead, there is perhaps a true sense of creative effort, to say nothing of the venture itself being a rich and rewarding experience.

Advances in Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management (New Series) is an annual publication designed to disseminate developments in the area of investment analysis and portfolio management. The publication is a forum for statistical and quantitative analyses of issues in security analysis, portfolio management, options, futures, and other related issues. The objective is to promote interaction between academic research in finance, economics, and accounting and applied research in the financial community.

收錄20個經典伊索寓言故事，中英對照、聽故事、學英語、親子共讀快樂學習 20個故事全彩繪本 《ABC英語故事袋：伊索寓言篇》包含二十篇生動的故事，供讀者欣賞學習。 單字學習與中文翻譯 重點單字介紹，可搭配MP3學習，提供故事中文翻譯，方便讀者學習對應。 英語補給站 圖解式文法說明，以輕鬆活潑的解析方式，強化英文文法理解能力。 你知道嗎？ 針對每則故事，設計了主題延伸學習，可在學習之餘，吸收其他相關新知識。 練習活動 看完故事後，我們還設計了趣味小活動，可以加深讀者的學習印象。 DVD-ROM電腦互動光碟/LivePen 點讀筆（含朗讀MP3功能） 本書數位學習版更特別請專業英語老師錄製教學影片，並搭配互動光碟中逐句朗讀、錄音練習、語音辨識、字典查詢等豐富學習功能。本書也支援可中英語切換的點讀筆使用學習。 《ABC英語故事袋：伊索寓言篇【全新增修版】》除了能為我們的生活增添色彩之外，舉凡做人的道理、處事的態度、以及對於人性的探討等，都可以用簡單明瞭的角色、直線爆點的劇情，幽默地釋放出驚人的啟示。當然最棒的是，還可以輕鬆愉快的學習英語並增強自我本身的英文能力！ 本書《ABC英語故事袋：伊索寓言篇【全新增修版】》，特地整理收集了許多大家熟悉的知名寓言，例如狼來了 (The Boy Who Cried Wolf) 、龜兔賽跑 (The Tortoise and the Hare) 以及猴子與堅果 (The Monkey and the Nuts) 等等，希望讀者能藉由這些寓言故事，達到寓教於樂的目的。 此外，除了電腦互動光碟DVD-ROM學習，本書內容還支援可發音的點讀筆功能喔！ 《ABC英語故事袋：伊索寓言篇【全新增修版】》於每篇之後加上與讀者朋友互動的單元，看完故事後別忘了動動腦、動動手跟著伊索寓言篇一起快樂學習英語。還在等什麼，趕快進入伊索寓言的奇妙世界吧！

Tsering Woeser and Wang Lixiong are widely regarded as the most lucid, insightful writers on contemporary Tibet. Their reportage on the economic exploitation, environmental degradation, cultural destruction and political subjugation that plague the increasingly Han Chinese-dominated Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) is as powerful as it is profound, ardent and analytical in equal measure, and not in the least bit ideological. Voices from Tibet assembles essays and reportage in translation that capture many facets of the upheavals wrought by a rising China upon a sacred land and its pious people. With the TAR in a virtual lockdown after the 2008 unrest, this book sheds important light on the simmering frustrations that touched off the unrest and Beijing's relentless control tactics in its wake. The authors also interrogate long-standing assumptions about the Tibetans' political future. Woeser's and Wang's writings represent a rare Chinese view sympathetic to Tibetan causes. Their powe

At the end of June 2013, Professor Anton MJ COORAY retired from his position at the City University of Hong Kong School of Law after almost twenty-five years of loyal and productive service. During that time, he made a very substantial contribution to the success of the School, as well as to the study and practice of law both within and outside of Hong Kong. This Festschrift has attracted contributions from not only his colleagues, but also a number of world-renowned scholars, who wished to convey through their contributions their enormous respect for his scholarship, leadership and gentlemanly bearing. 'The Rule of Law: a Comparative Perspective' has been chosen the theme of this Festschrift because it is one of the most important topics in the area of constitutional and administrative law, about which Professor COORAY has researched and written extensively. Although the study of the 'rule of law' encompassed a very long list of fundamental legal principles or precepts, the thirteen

From the academic perspective, Southern Min is one of the Chinese Language families, a dialect. Specifically, Taiwanese Southern Min(TSM) has resulted from a mixture of Formosan languages, Dutch, Japanese and Mandarin by way of language contact. It has preserved the basic structure, but is quite different from the Southern Min spoken in Mainland China. TSM is the natural result of a mixture of different accents. The author has dedicated his research life to the study of TSM, and the profound result of his study is revealed in this book. 本書從宏觀語言學角度介紹臺灣閩南語的各種問題。首先介紹臺灣閩南語的基本觀念；其次敘述三百多年來閩南語 在臺灣的發展；然後從語音、語法、詞彙角度說明臺灣閩南語的語言特色；再其次詳細介紹臺灣閩南語的語音結構等問題；最後對曾經或目前正在使用的漢字、教羅 等書寫方式，做一簡單的介紹。書後有「研究參考書目、分韻俗諺、音節結構表」三個附錄，相信對閱讀本書正文或深入研究臺灣閩南語，應有一定助益。

Professor William S-Y. Wang is among the most influential contemporary linguists. For several decades, he has been leading the development of Chinese Linguistics to a higher level. Professor Wang established the famous theory of lexical diffusion, advocating an evolutionary perspective and interdisciplinary methods for research on language and linguistics. His writings have appeared in handbooks, textbooks, encyclopedias, numerous technical journals, and have been translated into several languages. On the occasion of his 80th birthday, numerous pupils and colleagues of Professor Wang come together for the compilation of the Festschrift to pay tribute to him. The Festschrift has over sixty contributions by scholars from Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, East Asia, North America and Europe, partitioned in Chinese and English volumes. Authors are active in areas of various linguistic frontiers, investigating language and linguistics from an interdisciplinary perspective. Most of the con

Financial statements facilitate the communication between corporations and various stakeholders. The integrity, stability and transparency of such communication help preserving Hong Kong as a top global financial centre. To many laypersons, looking through financial statements can be like reading novels in a foreign language, with a sea of jargon obscuring the statements’ true meaning. Financial Analysis in Hong Kong 2nd Edition is a product of experience, feedback and chapter review as well as an update of the changes in practices, guidelines, standards and legislations since its 1st edition in 2008. This 2nd edition provides a clear, concise reference for analysing corporations’ financial statements. Based on the evaluations of published financials, this book is a convenient standalone guide for both novices and financial professionals in the boardroom and beyond.

Punctuated by a string of "surprising events" and even alarming incidents in the crucial "sunset era" of Donald Tsang, the second Chief Executive of the Hong Kong SAR, how shall we rate Tsang's performance during this 7-year term? This weighty monograph offers an authoritative academic critique of the HKSAR Government’s performance in various policy areas and state–society interactive topical dimensions under the Tsang years from 2005 to 2012. By inviting contributions from a number of scholars specialising in different research disciplines, the volume in 18 chapters covers a lot of key issues and public policy areas that constitute a very rich combination of analytical narratives from multi-disciplinary perspectives. The massive coverage of this book, while exemplifying the criticality of Tsang's era when handling challenges of these aspects, will provide readers with a thorough assessment of the government during the Tsang years in a broader comparative context and on a contemporar

全民英檢推薦教材 ──最紮實的寫作訓練用書 ──全民英檢優秀作文獨家選錄解析 ──全民英檢及各類英語考試必備 ──語言訓練測驗中心 (LTTC) 執行長、臺灣大學外文系教授廖咸浩主編 LTTC董事、臺大外文系高天恩教授、文化大學文學院張武昌院長審訂 ‧引導思考架構，學會寫作技巧 ‧精選範文，修正實例教學 ‧練習題組，馬上實戰寫作 本書是專為英語學習者設計的「全民英檢」初級寫作練習叢書，每套包含「學習手冊」及「練習手冊」，適合教師課堂使用，也可供讀者自修練習。「學習手冊」收錄近年「全民英檢」初級寫作測驗試題和官方解析，並精選「優秀作文獎」得獎作文，每單元針對一個寫作技巧說明寫作要領，透過賞析得獎作文的優點掌握寫作方法。「練習手冊」每單元提供豐富的字彙、文法、閱讀、寫作練習題，以及總複習測驗供教師作為課堂評量或學生課後複習之用，並可與「學習手冊」搭配使用。 「學習手冊」分為八個單元，「練習手冊」分為六個單元。 學習手冊： 單元一至六各有不同的主題，包含Outdoor Activities、Shopping、Art and Music、Sports、Food 及Friends，每單元分為字彙練習、寫作技巧、得獎範文賞析及寫作練習，單元七介紹初級寫作十大必學重點，單元八為總複習。 單元一至六各提供兩個「全民英檢」寫作題目，各單元涵蓋內容詳列如下： 1. 字彙練習：腦力激盪思考圖片的主題字彙。 2. 寫作技巧：名家指點寫作技巧，搭配練習題，鍛鍊寫作功力。 3. 範文賞析：專家評析得獎範文，深度鍛鍊寫作功力。 4. 學習重點：整理範文佳句的字彙、語法，提供進階例句，迅速掌握道地英文。 5. 寫作小叮嚀：獨家傳授寫作要訣。 6. 寫作練習：再次練習「全民英檢」試題，提升寫作功力。 練習手冊： 各單元皆包含多元的練習，並附參考答案： 1. Exercise/Quiz 1 – 2：每單元提供兩個詞彙、文法或閱讀的練習(exercise)，每個練習並附一份測驗題(quiz)。配合單元重點，強化學習效果。 2. 寫作練習：指引讀者依各單元學習重點，練習全真「全民英檢」初級寫作的故事。 3. 總複習：評量各單元學習成果，供教師課堂測驗或讀者自我測試之用。

What has traditionally been the main matter explored by Cantonese literati? From the earliest poets—oceanic elements and riparian scenes contrasted with stunning rock formations; a love for the exotic, especially local plants, products, and lore; Daoist transcendentalism; and, finally, a concern for pointing up local loyalty to the distant throne and a fierce pride in being culturally authentically Chinese. The Southern Garden Poetry Society in Guangzhou was the only major literary club in Chinese history to be periodically reconvened over the Ming, Qing, and Republican eras. Beginning with an examination of its five founding members during the Yuan / Ming transition period, in particular Sun Fen (1335–1393), David Honey traces the various elements of this Southern Muse that became embodied in later Cantonese poetry, and pursues the issue of social memory by focusing on later reconvenings of the society.

This volume first explores the transformation of Chinese Daoism in late imperial period through the writings of prominent intellectuals of the times. In such a cultural context, it then launches an in-depth investigation into the Daoist dimensions of the Chinese narrative masterpiece, The Story of the Stone—the inscriptions of Quanzhen Daoism in the infrastructure of its religious framework, the ideological ramifications of the Daoist concepts of chaos, purity, and the natural, as well as the Daoist images of the gourd, fish, and bird. Zhou presents the central position of Daoist philosophy both in the ideological structure of the Stone, and the literati culture that engenders it.

This book closely examines texts from Chinese and Western traditions that hold up ethics as the inviolable ground of human existence, as well as those that regard ethics with suspicion. The negative notion of morality contends that because ethics cannot be divorced from questions of belonging and identity, there is a danger that it can be nudged into the domain of the unethical, since ethical virtues can become properties to be possessed with which the recognition of others is solicited. Ethics thus fosters the very egoism it hopes to transcend, and risks excluding the unfamiliar and the stranger. The author argues inspirationally that the unethical underbelly of ethics must be recognized in order to ensure that it remains vibrant.

《淮南子韻讀及校勘》是劉殿爵先生晚年的力作，繼清儒王念孫《淮南子韻譜》之後，此書是最精確的韻讀研究。校勘部分兼採諸家異說，提出獨到的見解，尤其精采。今後此書必將成為討論西漢楚語的堅實基礎，同時更是了解漢初思想史的重要依據。――丁邦新，中央研究院院士 D. C. Lau was, at the time of his passing in 2010, one of the world’s greatest scholars of classical Chinese philosophy. Long renowned for his translations of the Laozi, the Analects and the Mencius, and the Founding Editor for the CHANT series of critical texts and concordances, Lau was also a devotee of the Huainanzi. But during his long scholarly career he was only able to publish one article of textual notes in 1968 and the translation of the first chapter of the HNZ with Roger Ames, Yuan Dao: Tracing Dao to Its Source. This publication of his meticulous notes on the rhymes and textual criticism of the HNZ represents a heretofore unknown gift of Professor Lau’s profound scholarship to the world of Chinese Studies.―Harold D. Roth, Professor of Chinese Religious Studies, Brown University In what is indeed a highly technical study, Professor D. C. Lau wields

本書整理出台灣的景點、夜市、節慶等等在地特色，並且模擬實境對話 讓你輕輕鬆鬆介紹台灣，當外國朋友最道地的導遊！ 準備好《輕鬆用英語介紹台灣》就能和外國朋友一起環島了！Let’s GO！ －情境對話－ A: Do you know anything about Orchid Island？ 你聽過蘭嶼嗎？ B: Is it one of the islands that surround Taiwan？ 那是台灣周圍的一個島嶼嗎？ A: Yes, it is on the sea, southeast of Taitung County. 對，是在海上，台東縣東南方。 B: Who are the residents on that island？ 誰住在島上呢？ A: The indigenous people living there are the Tao people. 達悟族是住在那裡的原住民。 They have their own traditional canoes and Flying Fish Festival. 他們有自己的拼板舟和飛魚祭。

More than any other treasure, Shijing 詩經 contains the historical roots of China, from which much of modern culture grew. From a lovelorn young man to an aging woman spurned by her wedded husband, from an elder statesman admonishing a young sovereign, to foot-soldiers facing the unspeakable fate of sacrificial burial, the love and war in Shijing serves as a key to unlock the cultural roots of Ancient China. The book presents the reader with a fascinating glimpse of the peoples of Ancient China by analyzing many poems in Shijing and discussing aspects of culture and events reflected in the poems from a wide range of disciplines, including archeology, ethnography, history and linguistics. Reading this book will enhance the general reader’s knowledge of Chinese culture as well as familiarity with the language as a “bare-bone”. Minimalist English translation is used which enables readers to get closer to and gain a better sense and flavor of the original text.

Dimensions of Originality investigates the issue of conceptual originality in art criticism of the seventeenth century, a period in which China dynamically reinvented itself. In art criticism, the term which was called upon to indicate conceptual originality more than any other was qi 奇, literally, "different"; but secondarily, "odd," like a number and by extension, "the novel," and "extraordinary." This work finds that originality, expressed through visual difference, was a paradigmatic concern of both artists and critics. Burnett speculates on why many have dismissed originality as a possible "traditional Chinese" value, and the ramifications this has had on art historical understanding. She further demonstrates that a study of individual key terms can reveal social and cultural values and provides a linear history of the increase in critical use of qi as "originality" from the fifth through the seventeenth centuries, exploring what originality looks like in artworks by members of th

Will the rise of China change the international system built by the industrial and constitutional democracies of the West of the past centuries? Should China be content with the maintenance of that system: one of competing nation-states of absolute sovereignty and relative power? Does the Confucian past contain a moral vision that may connect with universal human values of the modern world? And will the rising China become an engine for a renewed Chinese civilization that contributes to the equity in the international system? Pondering these fundamental questions, historian Prof. Wang Gungwu probes into the Chinese perception of its place in world history, and traces the unique features that propel China onto its modern global transformation. He depicts the travails of renewal that China has to face and betters our understanding of China’s position in today’s interconnected world. This collection of Prof. Wang Gungwu’s thoughts is a must-read for us to contemplate China’s root an