Human Compatible

The human condition affects us all. As we journey through life, we face birth, aging, sickness, and death, each bringing significant challenges. How can we better understand our human condition? What can we learn from it? In Buddhist Encounters: Finding a Home in the Human Condition, Dr. Lewis R. Lancaster explores the essence of our existence, addressing the internal conflicts and external pressures exacerbated by the post-pandemic and AI era. Through the lens of Buddhist teachings, he seeks answers to these timeless issues, reflecting on the very dilemma that concerned the Buddha himself.

The context in which constitutional laws and human rights instruments are read is ever-changing, and this is particularly true for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. To understand the application of both national and local legislation and internationally recognized covenants, it is essential to be well acquainted with the documents themselves. Constitutional Law and Human Rights in Hong Kong—A Sourcebook is a one-stop resource for teaching, learning, and researching constitutional law and human rights in Hong Kong. As a handbook of teaching materials suitable for undergraduate and postgraduate studies, it is an indispensable tool for courses such as Hong Kong Constitutional Law, Basic Law, Public Law of Hong Kong, The Law of Human Rights of Hong Kong, International Human Rights Law, International Criminal Law, International Labour Law, Law and Gender, International Environmental Law, Business and Human Rights, and Discrimination Law. Moreover, it is equally useful for teachin

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In everyone’s life, there are the most difficult times. Have you encountered yours? The Buddha was a human being, not a god. He knew the path to true wealth, spoke of love and affection, and was caring and righteous. Encountering him will help you navigate with fewer road blocks. In this book, may you find solace and overcome tough obstacles through vivid comics that weave stories relevant to today’s living.

In everyone’s life, there are the most difficult times. Have you encountered yours? The Buddha was a human being, not a god. He knew the path to true wealth, spoke of love and affection, and was caring and righteous. Encountering him will help you navigate with fewer road blocks. In this book, may you find solace and overcome tough obstacles through vivid comics that weave stories relevant to today’s living.

In everyone’s life, there are the most difficult times. Have you encountered yours? The Buddha was a human being, not a god. He knew the path to true wealth, spoke of love and affection, and was caring and righteous. Encountering him will help you navigate with fewer road blocks. In this book, may you find solace and overcome tough obstacles through vivid comics that weave stories relevant to today’s living.

In everyone’s life, there are the most difficult times. Have you encountered yours? The Buddha was a human being, not a god. He knew the path to true wealth, spoke of love and affection, and was caring and righteous. Encountering him will help you navigate with fewer road blocks. In this book, may you find solace and overcome tough obstacles through vivid comics that weave stories relevant to today’s living.

In everyone’s life, there are the most difficult times. Have you encountered yours? The Buddha was a human being, not a god. He knew the path to true wealth, spoke of love and affection, and was caring and righteous. Encountering him will help you navigate with fewer road blocks. In this book, may you find solace and overcome tough obstacles through vivid comics that weave stories relevant to today’s living.

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

愛上獨一無二的你 IT男 X 藝術女甜蜜吵鬧的情侶日常 在網上結識，第一次見面聊天7小時，相處2個月就拍拖？ 兩個行業截然不同的人竟然這麼合拍？ Instagram擁有20多萬粉絲的本地插畫師Bonnie， 以外國畫風畫出情侶相處的幸福打鬧時刻！ *附有「IT男／藝術女的使用守則」！ You are my UNICORN! The sweet and silly life of IT Guy & Art Girl Met online, talked for 7 hours on the first date, got together within 2 months! How two totally different backgrounds be so compatible? With 200k+ followers on Instagram, Hong Kong illustrator Bonnie records all of the moments in this book! *Come along with an IT Guy & Art Girl user's manual! 獻給期待愛情、享受戀愛、準備步入教堂的人！ FOR ALL LOVERS! 中英對照 Bilingual in Chinese and English

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This book presents a rational, research-based critique of the C. Y. Leung Administration that governed in Hong Kong from 2012 to 2017. It is a sweeping and original publication that covers various aspects of governance, including politics, economics, healthcare, human rights, civil service, housing, urban planning, youth, and legislative council elections as well as Hong Kong’s relationship with Taiwan, Mainland China, and Western countries.

Through the keen eyes and curious mind of a young girl, Ying-tzu, we are given a glimpse into the adult world of Peking in the 1920s. The five sequential stories in this collection can be read as either stand-alone pieces, or as a novel, due to the cleverly constructed themes and character development. Exploring ideas of loss and bewilderment, Lin Hai-yin carefully captures the transition from childhood to adulthood. Shielded by a child’s innocence, we are taken on a journey of discovery as Ying-tzu grapples with the uncertainties of human relationships as well as her developing awareness of the world around her. Poignant and poetic, it is hard not to be moved by Memories of Peking: South Side Stories.

Tracing China’s journey began from exploring rural revolution and reconstitutions of community in South China. Spanning decades of rural-urban divide, it finally uncovers China’s global reach and Hong Kong’s cross-border dynamics. Helen Siu traverses physical and cultural landscapes to examine political tumults transforming into everyday lives, and fathom the depths of human drama amid China’s frenetic momentum toward modernity. Highlighting complicity, Siu portrays how villagers, urbanites, cadres, entrepreneurs, and intellectuals—laden with historical baggage—venture forward. But have they victimized themselves in the process? This essay collection, informed by critical social theories and shaped by careful scrutiny of fieldwork and archival texts, is woven by key historical/anthropological themes—culture, history, power, place-making, and identity formation. Siu stresses process and contingency and argues that culture and society are constructed through human actions with nuanced

Originally written over a period from about 1979 to the early 1980s, the first in the trilogy was inspired by the theatre of the absurd and focused on the nature of human relationships across the fabric of space-time. The second, written in the late 1980s and the following early 1990s, was focused on repercussions of events across space-time; and then the third, written in 2000 and after, more or less concludes the trilogy with elements of the preceding two interwoven and coming to grips with the vicissitudes of life.

本書是以通俗筆法所書寫的一本哲學概論(通論)，以西洋哲學為經，輔以中國哲學為參證，講述各種哲學問題，且敘論每一問題時，均由神學開端，玄學論述，至科學而加以綜合。根據張教授的解說，哲學即人類的世界觀 （ The Word View Of Human ）。本書縱貫古今中外之哲學理論，而以簡明扼要、邏輯分明之體裁呈現，為哲學著作之翹楚。

The Ivory Tower and the Marble Citadel opens up a new way of pursuing the critical development of political philosophy in today's intercultural intellectual arena. Metzger holds that political philosophies are linguistically unavoidable efforts to infer the principles of morally legitimate government from a maximally enlightened conceptualization of the universal human condition. Because these efforts depend on a vocabulary embodying culturally inherited premises, textual analysis uncovering these premises and debate about how they should be revised are crucial for the improvement of political philosophy.

Li shang wanglai is a phrase that combines practice and principle. It is what others have discussed as Confucianism. But it is the summation of what is practised in daily life and without the leadership of an elite intelligentsia. With this phrase the author has brought together what had been separately discussed: the social philosophy of bao (asymmetrical reciprocity), the central importance of mianzi and lian (face), the moral economy of renqing (human relationships of fellow-feeling), the art of making guanxiwang (social networks), and much else. She shows how they work together in what might be called a discursive constellation. Using sociological and anthropological theorisations of reciprocal relations in China and Japan, she creates a framework of four dimensions, namely, principled rational calculation, human-feeling, moral, and religious, and four kinds of relationships, namely, instrumental, expressive, negative and generous.

Our world today is troubled by war and conflicts, and leaders are seeking solutions from different sources, and some are turning to the Confucian principles of benevolence, righteousness, priority, and trust for moral guidance. These are simple concepts pertaining to human relationships and personal development. This book is a rendition of selected parts of The Four Books, focusing on the nature and morality of man, the education process, and the perfect personality, and will help the modern reader to appreciate the essence of Confucian wisdom.

《神學大全》中文版標題縮寫的用法 索引一　人名書名對照 索引二　重要詞彙索引（按英文字母順序排列） 索引三　重要詞彙索引（按中文筆畫順序排列） 索引四　中文版分類索引 論天主一體三位（第一冊） 聖道（Treatise on sacred doctrine） 天主（Treatise on the one God） 天主三位一體之神聖位格（Treatise on the most Holy Trinity） 論天主創造萬物（第二冊） 總論受造物的區別（Treatise on the distinction of things in general） 善與惡的區別（Treatise on the distinction of things in particular） 天使（Treatise on the angels） 創造工程（Treatise on the work of the six days） 論創造人類與治理萬物（第三冊） 人（Treatise on man） 論神聖的治理（Treatise on the divine government） 人的道德行為與情（第四冊） 最後目的（Treatise on the last end） 人性行動（Treatise on human acts） 情（Treatise on the passions） 德性與惡習及罪（第五冊） 習性（Treatise on habits in general） 德性（Treatise on habits in particula） 論法律與恩寵（第六冊） 法律（Treatise on law） 恩寵（Treatise on grace） 論信德與望德（第七冊） 向天主之德（Treatise on theological virtue） 信德（faith） 望德（hope） 論愛德（第八冊） 愛德（charity） 論智德與義德本身（第九冊） 樞德或達德（Treatise on the cardinal virtues） 智德（prudence） 義德（justice） 相反分配正義的惡習（vices opposed to distributive justice） 相反交換正義的惡習（vices opposed to commutative justice） 論義德之功能部分或附德（

臨床療效是醫學的生命。離開臨床無醫學。了解醫學之演變與應用，對於臨床診療的實際，將有更深入的理解。 本書《臨床與基礎醫學交會之今昔》，由陳麒方、皮國立兩位教授學者主編，共收錄8篇文章以及1篇中醫臨床醫學雜誌論文總清單。文章作者群涵蓋醫藥衛生領域16位專家學者，文章主題包含：中醫癌症診治分析、婦幼醫學孕產用藥與轉骨探討、台灣系統化醫療肇始（日本時代的醫生免許規則等）、傳統醫藥領域的新技術肌筋膜脈學治療及其醫案、醫學書翻譯的研討等。另有目前發行時間最長的台灣中醫藥期刊《中臨醫誌》論文總清單920篇完整書目。本書對臨床醫學以及基礎醫學從治療、藥品、醫學演變、技術、文化發展等面向，都有論述，是一部相當有意義的中醫學術書。 This book "On the Interaction of Clinical and Basic Medicine" is edited by two scholars, Prof./Dr. CHEN Chi-Fang and Prof. PI Kuo-Li. It contains a total of 8 articles and a comprehensive list of articles in Taiwan Journal of Clinical Chinese Medicine (TJCCM). Group of the article covers 16 experts and scholars in the field of health from whole Taiwan. The topics of the article including: Exploring the Relationship between Dysfunction of the Four Major Functions of the Human Body from the Perspective of Traditional Chinese Medicine and the Occurrence of Cancer, Research on the Safety of CM usage during Pregnancy, Development of CM Bone-Strengthening Formulae, Japanese-Rule

Sustaining Landscapes: Governance and Ecology in Chinese Visual Culture, 960–1368 CE examines ecological thought contested amid the rise of the Chinese landscape genre, tracing its intersections with infrastructure governance, natural resource management, and geospatial knowledge. It traces the pre-industrial notion of “sustainability” in policy debates, legal regulations, and arts. Landscape imagery on paintings, maps, as well as mass-produced artifacts such as fans and ceramic pillows documented both appropriate and exploitative use of natural resources, and critiqued on social inequity and political turmoil. This book breaks new ground by bringing together research on visual and material culture with analysis of politics and ecology. Wang argues that the Chinese landscape genre embodied a holistic approach to negotiating debates on human-nature interdependence and people-state relationships. It joins the increasing literature on ecocriticism and offers alternative perspectives to ad

內容簡介 The transmission of Buddhism to China gave rise to a uniquely rich and systematic monastic tradition. One Hundred Lessons on Monastery Languages & Affairs offers an in-depth exploration of this tradition through six themes: Monastery Systems, Monastic Precepts, Temple Undertakings, Cultivation and Gatherings, Organizational Management, and Spread of Buddhism. Drawing from decades of lived experience, it guides readers through the past, present, and evolving future of Chinese Buddhist monasticism. 目錄 GLOSSARY Table of Contents About Venerable Master Hsing Yun Translator’s Introduction Preface English-Chinese Glossary Chinese-English Glossary Poems and Verses 作者簡介 About Venerable Master Hsing Yun Venerable Master Hsing Yun (1927–2023) was born in Jiangsu Province, China. He studied at various renowned Buddhist institutions such as Qixia Vinaya College and Jiaoshan Buddhist College. Soon after his arrival in Taiwan in 1949, he became the chief editor of Human Life, a Buddhist maga

內容簡介 The transmission of Buddhism to China gave rise to a uniquely rich and systematic monastic tradition. One Hundred Lessons on Monastery Languages & Affairs offers an in-depth exploration of this tradition through six themes: Monastery Systems, Monastic Precepts, Temple Undertakings, Cultivation and Gatherings, Organizational Management, and Spread of Buddhism. Drawing from decades of lived experience, it guides readers through the past, present, and evolving future of Chinese Buddhist monasticism. 目錄 VOLUME 3 TEMPLE UNDERTAKINGS Table of Contents About Venerable Master Hsing Yun Translator’s Introduction Preface Lesson One: The Monastery Establishment Lesson Two: Inauguration of Abbotship Lesson Three: Inter-Monastery Relations Lesson Four: Universal Tea Gatherings Lesson Five: Entering and Exiting the Buddha Shrine Lesson Six: Buddhist Etiquette Lesson Seven: Offerings to the Human and Heavenly Realms Lesson Eight: Buddhist Festivals Lesson Nine: Spring and Autumn Memorial Rite

◎Aging often occurs due to the senescence of cells in the body. These senescent cells, also known as zombie cells, not only contribute to age-related diseases but may also promote the development of cancer cells, ultimately leading to cancer and a shortened lifespan. ◎The repair of aging cells can currently be achieved through human stem cells or the release of extracellular vesicles (exosomes). Although they can be effective in delaying the onset of aging, we must not forget that there is also a potential risk of cancer development. ◎In addition to the assistance of regenerative cells or exosomes, delaying aging also seems to heavily rely on adjustments in diet and medication—both Eastern and Western—as well as regular exercise. In recent years, the development of regenerative medicine has provided a new platform to improve problems and diseases caused by aging—particularly through the extensive application of stem cells and extracellular vesicles/exosomes. However, since the use of

內容簡介 Wisdom That Transforms Lives Twenty-five centuries ago, a man who had once lived in royal luxury walked barefoot across the dusty plains of India, sharing insights that would forever change human history. The Buddha—“the Awakened One”—dedicated forty-nine years of his life to illuminating the path beyond suffering for all who would listen. This first volume presents 36 stories from the Buddha’s life and the lives of his disciples, each revealing the Buddha’s remarkable ability to meet people where they were and guide them toward realization. Readers will discover the Buddha’s insights on the importance of kindness, right speech, right actions, and community living that remain profoundly relevant to our lives today. Each story concludes with “Words of Wisdom” that connect ancient guidance to contemporary challenges. Throughout the collection, we see how the Buddha’s gentle yet powerful approach led others to profound insights, inspiring many to become his disciples and

Hong Kong and Macau have both been Special Administrative Regions of China since 1999. To this day, however, the two SARs and mainland China have yet to form a cohesive agreement for extradition. Yanhong Yin proposes a theoretical model—the China Arrest Warrant—that fulfils three essential criteria: compliance with the framework of “One Country, Two Systems,” allowance for differences within the three divergent legal systems, and sufficient human rights protection. This model takes direct inspiration from the European Arrest Warrant, which is undergirded by the principle of mutual recognition—the idea that while states may make different decisions on a wide range of matters, results will be accepted as equivalent to decisions made by one’s own state. The success of the European Union’s adoption of mutual recognition across political, economic, and legal situations is instrumental in providing a blueprint for judicial cooperation among mainland China, Hong Kong SAR, and Macau SAR. Th

太和邨，香港公共屋邨。喜和樓、愛和樓、新和樓、居和樓、翠和樓、麗和樓、安和樓、福和樓、亨和樓、逸和閣、興和閣、家和閣。1989年4月正式入伙，整個屋邨分成12座，6,913個單位，18,439名居民。本來平平無奇的屋邨，即將變成一個……「人間地獄」。某種病毒感染，讓太和邨的居民變異成不明生物「怪體」，牠被稱為「Honster」……「Human Monster」。牠們的頭顱被拉長成人類頭顱四倍的長度，臉上的五官被拉長而完全扭曲，眼珠也整個爆開！牠們生存的唯一的目的，就只有……進食，進食新鮮的人類血肉！一個生活在太和邨的四人小家庭，父母與一對只有四歲的孖生姊妹，他們要如何在這惡劣的環境生存下去？兩姊妹完全不怕怪物，因為爸爸跟她們說只是一場像《愛麗絲夢遊仙境》的「遊戲」，在她們的眼中，怪物只是《迷你兵團》的長頭角色Kevin，她們手上的果汁糖可以讓人回復能量，甚至復活，而且打敗怪物還可以升等級。對她們來說，這只是一場「太和邨歷險記」，只是一個……「童話故事」。孤泣生存懸疑冒險作品《太和邨》，帶你進入一個黑暗、人性、血腥、恐怖、被困、逃出，充滿不明生物的……「童話故事」世界。帶你進入香港版的……《一個快樂的傳說》。

2023台灣創意力100《Human Identity》 La Vie雜誌自2014年舉辦「台灣創意力100」大獎評選，2017年轉型為雙年獎，透過專家學者的公開評選及思辨，推廣並鼓勵台灣文化及創意成果。2023台灣創意力100邁入第6屆，若說上屆的雙年獎時間軸最關鍵的時事為疫情，本屆2022～2023年的時間裡，則無法逃離AI的衝擊與影響。 許多人稱2023年為生成式AI（Generative AI）元年，隨著Midjourney、ChatGPT等逐漸走入大眾甚至創作者，一個永遠經典的疑問隨之生成——AI會取代人類嗎？2022年美國科羅拉多州Fine Arts Exhibition數位藝術首獎、2023年Sony世界攝影大獎的創意類別冠軍，皆為AI生成創作。諾貝爾文學獎得主莫言，也曾公開表示使用ChatGPT協助完成一篇致詞。 綜觀文化創意領域的發展，「誰取代誰」的論調早不是第一次。以目前備受AI挑戰的影像創作來說，Photoshop等修圖軟體推出時，就已有威脅攝影存在的聲浪，而曾幾何時攝影問世時，也被認為將取代繪畫。同樣邏輯，電影在電視、DVD、OTT影音串流出現後，現場展演在疫情衝擊和AR、VR、MR等XR延展實境技術革新下，都曾遭受存亡質疑。抑或自媒體時代下人人都是創作者，一件不在傳統創作工具與脈絡下誕生的作品，可能比所謂設計師和藝術家的創作，享有更高的關注與驚奇。取代的疑問，是時代更迭的必然輪迴，但事實自明，這些不同時代的產出並非可被全然替換的關係。因此重點不在取代，而應該回歸自身：這些人類創意的價值，到底是什麼？ 2023台灣創意力100即以「Human Identity」為命題，勾勒這個時代人類的創意特質與價值。所謂Human Identity，並非得要相對於AI等科技才成立，以自身經驗書寫下《八尺門的辯護人》和《偽魚販指南》的唐福睿、林楷倫，張徐展創造紙紮動畫的獨特質地、樂團裝咖人結合音樂與小說創作，Giloo紀實影音在娛樂化的影視串流產業裡堅持推廣紀錄片的理念、薩泰爾娛樂在台灣尚未興起喜劇文化時果敢投入等等，皆是專屬他們創作與摸索出來的創意特質。 而相對於科技，將眼動科技應用於重症患者的目目非營利、從事科技教育的史汀實驗室，皆表明「創新的是教育與服務」，不斷優化的科技，也需要不斷革新的教育和推廣，才能觸及更多需要該項科

It is written from an objective, external viewpoint and paints a colourful and lively picture of Sanguinetti in a voice that could almost be his own. Using Sanguinetti' s life experiences, the biographer touches on various historical events, including the Mau Mau revolution in Kenya and the 1957 riots in Hong Kong, and details the social and political problems of the times, such as lingering colonialism, class structure issues, and human rights violations, among others. These glimpses of history through Sanguinetti' s eyes are accessible, thought-provoking, and truly representative of the man himself.Offering a well-rounded image of the eccentric subject, this book fulfils Sanguinetti' s common response to questions about both his personal and professional life — “ more when I know you better” . It will undoubtedly be of interest to those who knew Sanguinetti as well as legal professionals, young barristers, and readers with an interest in post-war history in Gibraltar, Kenya, and espe

A Sketch of Truth Theory The Truth Theory refers to a natural attribute which all things embody during cosmic movement. And which features the inherent quality of the universe, that is, the attraction between Yin and Yun, the negative cosmic gas and the positive cosmic gas. It is the natural and scientific reality of the universe. The appearance of this theory will completely shatter the barriers that have hindered human understanding of life and all things in the universe for thousands of years. It will put an end to the idealism-materialism dichotomous outlook on the world and completely terminate the theism-atheism dualistic religious concept that people have disputed for thousands of years. It will enable humankind on Earth to see the universe in the true, clear-minded and correct manner for the first time. It will enable humankind to explain mysterious cosmic phenomena with our acquired part of scientific knowledge about the universe in a deep and complete manner for the first

English novelist E.M. Forster wrote his last and best-loved work, A Passage to India, both as a paean to his love for India and as a tribute to the relationships he formed with Indians. Forster became entranced by the India of the Raj at a young age, and his love affair with the sub-continent, its princes, and peoples, was to last all his life. At his most socially transgressive, it was with Indians that Forster chose to connect and with whom he put into effect his belief in man’s duty to value friendship over state or ideology. His time in India was undoubtedly when he was at his most human and most vulnerable. At once a contemporary reflection on India’s rich history and a biographical retelling of Forster’s travels through the country in the early 1900s, Developing the Heart delves into the past to better understand the profound impact certain events and people had on his writing. In doing so, it allows readers to look on as Forster matures and softens over time in his behaviour

English abstract Panic disorder is one of the neuroses. Neurosis is the most popular mental disease and the representative of mild mental illness. Foreign research reports reveal that the lifetime prevalence rate of neurosis is about between 20%-50%, but few people accepted clinical treatment. Neuroses (panic, depression, and so on) and cardiac disorder will be the nightmare of causing serious diseases of human life in 2020. Panic disorder (attack) is a quickly and suddenly strong anxiety symptom and like a psychologic disease surrounded by dark and terrible emotion and hard to eliminate it. But by appropriate treatment, panic attack will be eased. Medicine treatment is the most efficient and simplest way for a definite diagnosis panic patient in practice. But due to political issues between China and Taiwan, Taiwan’s poor economy seems getting worse and worse and the health insurance medicine price of Central Health Insurance Bureau is also getting lower and lower. It is increasingly