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As a Cultural construct, gender is fictional and imagined, yet its ideological and representational effects on the formation of self and identity are quite real. The fiction behind the fictional, which many accepts as truth, is at the core of what is most intriguing about the problem of gender. Critiquing this narrative, Gender, Discourse, and the Self in Literature unravels the strategies that writers and filmmakers adopt in their (de)construction of the gendered self in three Chinese communities: mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. Writing from the vantage points of film, literature, and gender studies, contributors make an innovative marriage to Western gender discourse and the construction and representation of self and identity in contemporary China.

The social, economic and technological developments have inspired the advancement in architectural design, construction technology and building services installations in modern cities. Hong Kong, as a modern city famous of its tall buildings in Asia Pacific, has gone through remarkable changes in its building design and construction since 1970s. Building owners and occupants are now keen on achieving better environmental health, human comfort, life safety and more effective use of space. This book assesses the contemporary changes in design concepts and development trends of the major disciplines in building services engineering. Among the analyses featured are trends on heating, ventilating and air-conditioning, electrical and fire services, plumbing and drainage, and building automation systems. Powerful examples of well-known building projects in Hong Kong and Mainland China will be put forward and discussed. Written by a team of experts in the building services engineering discip

This book is about management of student conduct in the classroom, which is the number one area of concern of many teachers. The chapters include discussions and real-life cases with specific reference to the influences of Chinese culture on Hong Kong classrooms. Examples are provided to illustrate how positive learning environments can be created and maintained in the classroom. Topics covered include managing challenging behaviour, establishing classroom rules, conveying authority, and coping with bullying.

Economic integration between Hong Kong and Mainland China is a topic of great interest among both policy circles and the academia. This book is a collection of relevant research papers of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority in the past two years, which study the economic integration process between Hong Kong and the Mainland from different perspectives, including linkages through both the trade and financial market channels. This volume sheds light on the important policy issues facing both Hong Kong and the Mainland, including how resilient the Hong Kong economy is against external shocks, how large portfolio capital outflows from China will be once its capital account is liberalized, and in what ways fund flows between Hong Kong and the Mainland affect Hong Kong’s monetary and financial conditions. With 11 essays, this monograph can be divided into 2 parts. Part I studies the “real” linkages between Hong Kong and the Mainland, while Part II focuses on the financial linkages. A detailed

Noel Croucher was a legend in his own time – a raconteur, yet a recluse, conventional yet eccentric, extremely rich yet mean to himself. And all the while, he had a secret penchant for philanthropy. From simple beginnings in England, he arrived in Hong Kong at the turn of the century to live through eight decades of change on the China Coast. Mystery surrounded Noel Croucher. Seen as tightfisted by some yet loved by others, he endowed Hong Kong with its richest academic charity in the Croucher Foundation. He became Commodore of the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club and Chairman of the Stock Exchange. To many, he was a throwback to the glory days of empire. Yet he battled prejudice to get ahead in the colony. That era has now passed. This fresh look at the lives lived on the Coast – through Noel Croucher’s life story – brings out the realities of those times. Hundreds of interviews, thousands of letters and extensive research in Britain and Hong Kong, together with access to the unique Carl

https://youtu.be/jvnQpphx17k 本書以扎實的 Spring Boot/MVC/API 基礎為基石， 帶您精通 Spring AI 的核心組件， 最終具備開發企業級 AI 應用程式的能力 ★ 從 Spring Boot 基礎教起，建立堅實的企業級開發能力 ★ 精通 RESTful API 設計，打造穩健的生產級後端系統 ★ 掌握多模態處理、語音合成，擴展智能應用邊界 ★ 由 API 串接 AI，為模型賦予 Function Calling 行動力 ★ 實戰企業級 RAG 知識庫，讓 AI 讀懂你的私有文件 ★ 提供17個實作範例，涵蓋最新的MCP開發 【核心基礎】奠定企業級 AI 應用開發基石 • 穩固開發基礎：深入解析 Spring Boot 自動配置、三層架構，以及 RESTful API 開發 • 必備觀念與實踐：掌握依賴注入、Validation、全域錯誤處理、安全配置 API Key 的方法 • 掌握 Spring AI 核心價值：專注於解決將 企業數據、API 與 AI 無縫串聯 的根本挑戰 • 統一 API 介面：透過 ChatClient，輕鬆整合多種主流 AI 模型 【AI 實戰】建構高智能對話與多模態能力 • RAG 知識庫核心：實作RAG系統，從而解決資料過時或幻覺 問題 • 賦予 AI 行動能力：透過 Function Calling突破AI限制，讓模型能調用外部 API 獲取即時數據、執行業務操作 • 記憶與上下文管理：建立 ChatMemory 系統，實現對話歷史的 短期記憶 和跨會話的 長期記憶 • 多模態功能集成：實現圖片、語音、影片分析及生成等功能 •結構化輸出保證：讓 AI 回應自動轉換為 類型安全 的 Java 物件，便於系統整合與數據處理 【企業部署與優化】打造生產就緒的 AI 平台 • 數據品質保證：深入了解 ETL的 文本清理、智能分塊 和 元資料增強 等技術 • Advanced RAG：學習 Embedding、Re-ranking排序優化，將檢索準確率提升至 90% 以上 • MCP協議擴展：掌握MCP，這是標準AI工具接口，可輕鬆整合外部服務 •生產部署與監控：進行效能監控與成本追蹤 【本書適合】 ◎Java 開發者： 熟悉 Spring Boot 或 Spring Framew

全面探討圓圈時間（Circle Time）教育方法，內容涵蓋圓圈時間的基本操作原則，突顯其在促進學生情感支持、自我認知、社交技巧及行為調節方面的成效，通過實例展示如何將其融入日常教學。

◎This book is the first to explain the core principles and training methods of Guangzhou Wing Chun ◎From knowing nothing about Wing Chun to fully mastering the Wooden Dummy training movements and application techniques of Wing Chun. ◎This book serves as the teaching material for the Guangzhou Wing Chun Martial Arts Association, covering 51 core topics, 133 Wooden Dummy techniques, and 16 group movements. ➤ The Wooden Dummy is not just a tool; it is a reflection of the core philosophy and techniques of Wing Chun, as well as a testament to the bond of master and disciple. This book, for the first time in a comprehensive and systematic manner, uses the Wooden Dummy to delve deeply into the core principles and training methods of Guangzhou Wing Chun. Even if you are a beginner with no prior experience in Wing Chun, you will find guidance and confidence here to begin your journey. ➤ Guangzhou Wing Chun primarily consists of two major lineages: the Yuen Kay Shan lineage and the Sum Nung l

Uncover Taichung’s hidden American past! “Echoing Footsteps of the American Military Presence in Taiwan” reveals how the US military profoundly shaped Taichung’s urban landscape, culture, music, food, and social fabric from the 1950s to the 1970s. Explore forgotten stories and iconic sites – a captivating journey through “Little America” in Taiwan. This groundbreaking book, “Echoing Footsteps of the American Military Presence in Taiwan,” invites readers on an extraordinary journey through time and space, specifically focusing on Taichung’s West District and beyond during the pivotal 1950s, 60s, and 70s. Authored by Syong Yi-ping, this commissioned work delves into the surprisingly pervasive and often hidden influences of the United States military on the city’s historical, cultural, and social landscapes. Many familiar aspects of daily life in Taichung, from architectural styles to popular foods and music genres, have deep roots in this unique historical period, often unbeknownst to

This book features five theme-based units on cross-disciplinary academic English skills, focusing on the needs of first-year undergraduate students. Each unit covers academic writing, reading, and speaking skills. The units progressively take students through the steps needed to complete three common academic assignments: the essay, report, and tutorial discussion. These steps include searching for quality sources, note-taking, establishing a critical stance, formulating evidence-based arguments, synthesizing information from multiple sources, and structuring academic texts. Each unit also provides opportunities for students to analyse texts, apply their critical thinking skills, practise what they have learnt in productive tasks, and reflect upon their progress. This book is aimed at first-time university students. Many of the readings are related to China and a broader Asian context. As such, it appeals to first-year university students in Hong Kong, Mainland China, and Taiwan.

In an epic historical story that talks directly to our times, Cross and Dragon dramatizes the life of one of the most famous Western figures in China: Italian Jesuit Matteo Ricci. Sent by the Pope in the late 16th century to convert the Chinese Emperor, Ricci was faced with a “mission impossible” as China in the Ming Dynasty did not allow foreigners to enter the country. Initially, dressed like a Buddhist monk, he slipped into the country, where he impressed everyone he met with his secret weapons: remarkable memory techniques and the latest Western science. He stayed for 30 years. During this time, his journey took him from southern China and rural life to the mesmerizing city of Nanking and on to Peking, where he eventually had an office in the Forbidden City. Through his belief in cultural engagement rather than military confrontation, he opened new doors for East–West understanding.

This book is the second in a two-volume monograph on the Zidanku Silk Manuscripts. Looted in 1942 from the Warring States-period Chu tomb at Zidanku, Changsha, the manuscripts date to the turn from the 4th to the 3rd centuries BCE and are the only pre-Imperial Chinese manuscripts on silk found to-date. The monograph represents the culmination of almost four decades of research by Professor Li Ling of Peking University. Volume One addresses the circumstances of the discovery of the Zidanku Silk Manuscripts and the subsequent provenance history in China and the United States. Volume Two provides the first complete transcription of the Zidanku Silk Manuscripts in their entirety together with reproductions of the original manuscripts. The transcription is accompanied by comprehensive annotations, with full paleographic and philological analysis of the texts. An English translation of the texts has been added by Professor Donald Harper. For the first time, the Zidanku Silk Manuscripts can

During the nineteenth century, the transpacific world underwent profound transformation, due to the transition from sail to steam navigation that was accompanied by a concomitant reconfiguration of power. This book explores the ways in which diverse Mexican, British, Chinese, and Japanese interests participated, particularly during Porfirio Díaz’s presidency at the peak of Mexico’s participation in the steam network: from its 1860s outset through a time of many revolutionary changes ending with the World War, the Mexican Revolution, the opening of the Panama Canal, and the introduction of a new maritime technology based on vessels run by oil. These transoceanic exchanges, generated within these new geographies of power, contributed not only to the formation of a transpacific region but also to refashioning the Mexican national imaginary. With transnationalism, global and migration studies as its main framework, this study draws upon a dazzling array of primary sources to center Mexic

Benny Chia’s memoir of life on the fringe is a vivacious slice of Hong Kong’s life and cultural development at a time of minimal institutional support. His colourful and anecdotal story will interest culture practitioners as well as the general reader curious about the Fringe Club and its role as a seedbed for local artists and as a venue for international ones, both functions championed by Benny at the helm of this small but important institution housed in a distinctive former ice house in Central.

The Hong Kong Cemetery in Happy Valley is home to over 470 graves connected to the city’s Japanese population. Most of these graves belong to individuals who died during the Meiji era (1868–1912), a remarkable period of modernisation and opening up of Japan that saw thousands of its inhabitants travel to other parts of the world to study, work, and settle. Who were these people? What were they doing in Hong Kong? And why were unbaptised Japanese buried in what was called at one time the ‘Protestant Cemetery’?Hong Kong’s Meiji-era Japanese community was one of two halves. Company executives sat atop the social ladder and karayuki-san, or prostitutes, occupied the lower echelons, with tradespeople and professionals somewhere in between. By revealing the personal journeys of these mostly forgotten Japanese, the authors aim to add to transnational perspectives on Hong Kong and Japan during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, as well as increase recognition of this fragm

The Power of Interchange Time is impartial—each day lasts a fleeting 24 hours. Even if we work tirelessly throughout our lifetimes, our accumulated experience will be quite limited. If everyone withheld their treasured experience instead of sharing, the development of national parks and even global conservation progress would be completely different from what they are now. However, because our predecessors generously shared their precious experience with like-minded fellows, active followers, and those new to such issues through various methods, they have inspired more and more people to embark on the journey of conservation. In Cover Story I, we witness how Taiwan has become a “voice” for conservation and sustainability by conducting wetland conservation lectures, the Wetland Research Camp, the International Summit on Greyfaced Buzzard and Migratory Raptors, and other activities to promote domestic and international experience exchanges. By participating in SDGs Asia, Taiwan’s natio

In Redefining Heresy and Tolerance, Hung Tak Wai examines how the Qing empire governed Muslims and Christians under its rule with a non-interventionist policy. Manchu emperors adopted a tolerant attitude towards Islam and Christianity as long as political stability and loyalty remained unthreatened. However, Hung argues that such tolerance had its limitations. Since the mid-eighteenth century, the Qing court intentionally minimised the importance of the Islamic identity. Restrictions were imposed on the Muslims’ external connections with Western Asia. The Christian minority was kept distant from politics and the Han majority. At the same time, Confucian scholars began to acquire a new understanding of religion, but they were not encouraged to get in touch with the Muslims and Christians. This book demonstrates how, from the late eighteenth to the early nineteenth century, the Qing government prevented Confucian scholar-bureaucrats from interfering in the religious life of Christians an

Waiting on God is not waiting for God to come. God lives within us. Waiting on God is looking up to God and drawing close to Him. Waiting on God is not just a temporary emotion, and just spending a short period of time quietly before God. Waiting on God is a lifelong practice. Are you seeking spiritual renewal? Do you long for heavenly fulfillment that is far beyond your wildest imagination? Spend time waiting on God, forget about everything else, sink deeply into the ocean of the Lord’s love, and allow yourself to disappear into the glorious presence of God. 等候神不是等神來，神就住在我們裡面，等候神就是仰望神、親近神。 等候神不是一時興起的情緒，花一小段時間安靜在神面前而已；等候神是一生的操練。 您在尋求屬靈的更新嗎？您是否渴望獲得遠超過您最大想像的屬天滿足？本書將教導讀者如何花時間等候神，深深地沉入主愛的海洋，讓自己消失在神榮耀的同在中。

Historical memory has a particular value in analyzing events and characters that give life to stories from the past. Jorge Edwards specifies that the story’s description is nothing more than the literary success of a writer who navigates the vicissitudes of life and history, as he rightly points out. History must be observed carefully and as a “conjecture” that points, in the first place, to an experience of “memory” and that keeps alive, despite time, the unique reality of a country and its people. Like Edwards, we attempt to wander through reminiscences and recollection. Our narrative experience is simple. However, it is an observation and representation of history with a testimonial value in its approach. As the novelist points out, the testimony of history is the most creative thing that the writer has. In the same way, our effort is neither more nor less the rescue, through these short stories and their language, of facts and characters that are part of realities, in which their p

The book presents an innovative method that will free you from using the trial-and-error method of finding solutions to your problems, pointing you in the direction of a strong solution. This is a targeted search method. You will save time and effort, and you will get a solution without disadvantages using this method. The method has five steps, so it is easy to use, and easy to get good results. It has been refined and improved over 40 years by incorporating what we learned from using it, and incorporating the experiences of many others. This book should be useful to engineers, scientists, students, inventors, and people solving complex problems in business, government, and social environments, as well as everyday problem solvers.

只要以別人為優先，時間永遠不夠用！ 在日常生活中稍稍改變「時間的使用比例」，就能創造前所未有的愉悅感。 做你人生的總編輯，製作專屬於你的「人生時間表」吧！ 3步驟重新審視時間，任何人都能為自己創造出Me Time。 從今天起，可以用一輩子的超實用時間創造術「SEE法」 S（show）：將時間「可視化」，清楚了解自己無意識度過的時間 E（edit）：編輯你的時間，整理哪些是「Have to」，哪些是「Want to」 E（enjoy）：盡情享受時間，投身於自己在這段時間要做的事 即使人生進入新的階段，你都能根據該階段，一邊順應時代潮流，一邊重新制定出理想的時間利用方式。現在，立刻就來實踐吧！

本书以当前流行的数据库管理系统 MySQL 和数据库建模工具 PowerDesigner16.5为操作平台，精心 组织设计了13个上机实验，具体包括MySQL的安装、数据库基本操作、表的基本操作、数据操作、数据查 询、数据完整性控制、索引、视图、数据库安全性控制、存储过程和函数、事务和锁、应用 PowerDesigner进 行数据库建模、Java通过JDBC连接数据库。本书实验目的明确，实验步骤清晰，可操作性强，知识点编排 循序渐进、由浅入深，使读者能够有效地将理论应用到实践当中，便于对数据库理论知识进行巩固。每 个实验后均配有适量习题，便于学生课后练习。 本书可作为高等院校软件工程专业、计算机相关专业本科生的数据库课程上机实验的教学用书，也 可以作为数据库管理人员及数据库应用系统开发人员的参考用书。

Python最強入門邁向頂尖高手之路 王者歸來 第二版 本書特色 本書第一版曾經榮登博客來、天瓏、Momo暢銷排行榜第一名 本書除了贈送全書1101個程式實例，所有是非與選擇題皆附有習題解答，實作題部分有約260多個程式實例則是贈送所有偶數題的解答，有了這些解答讀者可以自行驗證學習成果。 多次與教育界的朋友相聚，談到電腦語言的發展趨勢，大家一致公認Python已經是當今最重要的電腦語言了，幾乎所有知名公司，例如：Google、Facebook、…等皆已經將此語言列為必備電腦語言。了解許多人想學Python，市面上的書也不少了，許多人買了許多書，學習Python路上仍感障礙重重，原因是沒有選到好的書籍，市面上許多書籍的缺點是： 1：Python語法講解不完整，沒有建立Python紮實語法的觀念 2：用C、C++、Java觀念撰寫實例 3：Python語法的精神與內涵未做說明 4：Python進階語法未做解說 5：基礎實例太少，沒經驗的讀者無法舉一反三 6：模組介紹不足，應用範圍有限 許多讀者因此買了一些書，讀完了，好像學會了，但到了網路看專家撰寫的程式往往看不懂。就這樣我決定撰寫一本用豐富、實用、有趣實例完整且深入講解Python語法的入門書籍。其實這本書也是目前市面上講解Python書籍中語法最完整、應用範圍最廣、範例最豐富的書籍。整本書從Python風格說起，拋棄C、C++、Java思維，將Python語法、內涵與精神功能火力全開，完全融入矽谷頂尖Python工程師的邏輯與設計風格。 這是史上最多範例的Python書籍，有約1101個程式實例搭配約500個模組的函數，輔助約260個習題，外加126頁的習題電子書，用極深入、最詳細的態度講解Python語法的基礎與進階知識，例如：utf-8中文編碼、list、tuple、dict、set、bytes、bytearray、closure、lambda、Decorator、@property、@classmethod、@staticmathod…等。 此外，也將應用範圍擴充至下列應用： 人工智慧基礎知識融入章節內容 認識Python彩蛋 從bytes說起、編碼(encode)、解碼(decoding) 完整解說Unicode字符集和utf-8

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Initially based on a comparative study of Chinese and Euro-American art theory in the 18th and 19th centuries, this book examines how both cultures looked at their own past and their outside, i.e. what was construed as not belonging to their own cultural sphere, and how they devised new ways of adapting them into evolving cultural constructs. While the 17th century was still a time when the epistemological backgrounds of both civilizations were so profoundly different that nearly no dialogue was possible, the 18th century saw the emergence in both places of profound changes that would get them close enough to create the conditions for the beginning of a conversation. First quite superficial and taking shape mostly in the decorative arts, this process of rapprochement, while remaining chaotic and unpredictable, led to wider and more profound zones of contact throughout the late 19th and 20th centuries. Through the reinterpretations of each other’s cultural creations, these zones of con

Initially based on a comparative study of Chinese and Euro-American art theory in the 18th and 19th centuries, this book examines how both cultures looked at their own past and their outside, i.e. what was construed as not belonging to their own cultural sphere, and how they devised new ways of adapting them into evolving cultural constructs. While the 17th century was still a time when the epistemological backgrounds of both civilizations were so profoundly different that nearly no dialogue was possible, the 18th century saw the emergence in both places of profound changes that would get them close enough to create the conditions for the beginning of a conversation. First quite superficial and taking shape mostly in the decorative arts, this process of rapprochement, while remaining chaotic and unpredictable, led to wider and more profound zones of contact throughout the late 19th and 20th centuries. Through the reinterpretations of each other’s cultural creations, these zones of con

Is the opinions agreed by the majority of experts necessarily correct? Is there any other way for the universe to be created besides the Big Bang? Why “potential energy” is described as extra energy? Is the speed of light the limit? What is space? What is time? Can an empty space really give rise to all things? This book offers a new perspective on the birth of the universe and gives you an insightful and unique explanation.

Masculinity, fast-changing and regularly declared to be in the throes of crisis, is attracting more popular and scholarly debate in China than ever before. At the same time, Chinese literature since 1989 has been characterized as brimming with countercultural ‘attitude’. This book probes the link between literary rebellion and manhood in China, showing how male writers, as they critique the outcomes of decades of market reform, also ask the same question: how best to be a man in the new postsocialist order? In this first full-length discussion of masculinity in post-1989 Chinese literature, Pamela Hunt offers a detailed analysis of four contemporary authors in particular: Zhu Wen, Feng Tang, Xu Zechen, and Han Han. In a series of insightful readings, she explores how all four writers show the same preoccupation with the figure of the man on the edges of society. Drawing on longstanding Chinese and global models of maverick and marginal masculinity, and responding to a desire to retain

Sir Robert Ho Tung (1862–1954) is a compelling figure in Hong Kong history. He is regularly portrayed as the colony’s greatest philanthropist and wealthiest man of his day, the first Chinese to live on the Peak, and, at the end of his life, the ‘Grand Old Man of Hongkong’. The illegitimate son of a Chinese mother and European father, he was highly sensitive about his mixed heritage though he consistently made the most of his fate. He was a man perfectly in tune with his place and time, his success driven as much by his entrepreneurial talents as by his being Eurasian. This book shows him in all his immense variety—clerk with the Imperial Maritime Customs, chief compradore of Jardine Matheson, financial wizard, husband and lover, patriarch of a large family of five sons and eight daughters, loyal British subject but also, paradoxically, Chinese patriot. China’s president Yuan Shikai awarded him the Order of the Excellent Crop, and King George V knighted him. May Holdsworth’s thoughtful

Tripitaka and his three disciples, Monkey, Pigsy, and Sandy, were chosen to undertake a pilgrimage to India, during which they came across all sorts of dangers and difficulties. This time, the Flaming Mountain blocked their way, and they needed a little help from the Princess Iron Fan and Bull Demon, well, parents of the Red Boy, who wanted to eat up Tripitaka and was just defeated by Monkey. Things never go smooth for them! My Favourite Chinese Stories is a collection of three Chinese stories specially selected and retold in English for young readers. The first story is from Chinese mythology, while the other two are from classical Chinese literature. They are widely known to the Chinese people, and reflect, in varying degrees, some of the essential characteristics of Chinese culture. Each story is accompanied by beautiful full-colour illustrations drawn by Lo King-man as well as audio narration by the author Pamela Youde.

More Than 1001 Days and Nights of Hong Kong Internment is the wartime journal of Sir Chaloner Grenville Alabaster, former attorney-general of Hong Kong and one of the three highest-ranking British officials during the Japanese occupation. He was imprisoned by the Japanese at the Stanley Internment Camp from 1941 to 1945. During his internment, he managed to keep a diary of his life in the camp in small notebooks and hid them until his release in 1945. He then wrote his wartime journal on the basis of these notes. The journal records his day-to-day experiences of the fall of Hong Kong, his time at Stanley, and his eventual release. Some of the most fascinating extracts cover the three months immediately after the fall of Hong Kong and when Alabaster and his colleagues were imprisoned in Prince’s Building in Central and before they were sent to the camp, a period little covered in previous publications. Hence, the book is an important primary source for understanding the daily operation

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This book explains the key aspects of executing an international IPO. Packed with useful tips, it reviews rules and market practices from the US to Europe, the Middle East, and the Asia-Pacific region. Real-life case studies are used to illustrate all aspects of conducting an IPO, including documentation, valuation, as well as marketing issues. This new edition has been the subject of a complete and detailed revision, including new information pertaining to market developments. Some topics, such as spin-off offerings, SPACs, listing requirements, and due diligence have also been further expanded while some 15 additional IPOs have been included as examples to illustrate various aspects of new offerings. It is most suitable for entrepreneurs, chief executives, and CFOs of companies about to be floated, investor relations professionals, family offices, private equity, hedge fund and institutional investors, and finance students. It will also be of interest to market practitioners such a

The origins of modern Daoism can be traced to the Church of the Heavenly Master (Tianshidao), reputedly established by the formidable Zhang Daoling. In 142 CE, according to Daoist tradition, Zhang was visited by the Lord on High, who named him his vicar on Earth with the title Heavenly Master. The dispensation articulated an eschatological vision of saving initiates—the pure, those destined to become immortals— by enforcing a strict moral code. Under evolving forms, Tianshidao has remained central to Chinese society, and Daoist priests have upheld their spiritual allegiance to Zhang, their now divinized founder. This book tells the story of the longue durée evolution of the Heavenly Master leadership and institution. Later hagiography credits Zhang Daoling’s great-grandson, putatively the fourth Heavenly Master, with settling the family at Longhushan (Dragon and Tiger Mountain); in time his descendants—down to the present contested sixty-fifth Heavenly Master living in Taiwan— made th

本书系统全面地介绍了有关Android程序开发所涉及的各类知识，全书内容按照技术体系和内容难度，分为14个章节，和2章是Android的概念和开发环境。第3~6章介绍了Android开发的基础知识，包含界面布局、资源文件、控件和适配器等。第7~12章介绍了Android的不错开发技术，包括权限控制、线程和服务、数据存储、网络编程、多媒体和地图定位服务等。3和14章是两个综合案例，分别为基于本机数据的app和使用网络数据的app。本书适合有一定Java基础，希望掌握Android程序设计的读者。

The coronavirus pandemic that broke out in 2019 has finally calmed down in China, after the bungling occasioned by the iron hand of lockdown. But beginning in March 2020, the disaster spread abroad, and at present there is no end in sight. In this work, Qin Hui offers a bracing examination of the impact of coronavirus pandemic on political institutions in both China and the West. Deliberating on the contradiction between “human rights” and “human survival,” he contends that China has achieved success in imposing coercive lockdowns to control the virus, but it will be a challenge to prevent the normalization of emergency measures from worsening human right conditions. The West, in contrast, must learn how democracies can efficiently enter a state of emergency and put an end to these measures at the proper time. ---------- “Qin Hui is one of the most original thinkers and commentators active in China today. In this wide-ranging and meticulously researched book he argues that the COVID-1

This delightful memoir is the story of a life well lived—a Hong Kong doctor who worked as a surgeon for over fifty years and who later turned his hand to his other great passion, gardening. At times amusing, at times heartbreaking, and at other times educational and instructive, he describes real-life cases and the medical causes of illnesses, including many incredible stories of life-saving operations that will keep you riveted to your seat. Interspersing these chapters are tales from his fascinating personal life, and reflections on his journey to becoming an expert gardener. Throughout the book is woven the metaphor of the author’s journey to Ithaka, as described in a moving poem of the same name that charts a path for how to live a life ‘full of adventure, full of discovery’. Beautifully written in a lively, engaging style, this book is sure to win the hearts of many, whether they personally knew this respected and well-loved surgeon/gardener, or whether they simply—after reading t

This is the anecdotal story of Clive Grossman SC and his travels from his birthplace in Hackney in London during the Second World War to what was then Southern Rhodesia. He describes his life in Rhodesia and what later became Zimbabwe, growing up there, schooling, working as a clerk then university in Cape Town, practice at the Bar, his time in the military, and eventually his trip to Hong Kong which resulted in an invitation to work in the Attorney General’s Office and a life thereafter at the Hong Kong Bar.

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