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A rich and comprehensive history of Chinese art. The latest original work of the famous scholar-artist Mr. Chen Zhidong explores the historical changes of Chinese art and thought with unique language and perspective. Mr. Chen Zhidong, an art history researcher, painter, calligrapher, and collector, has profound accomplishments in Chinese classical literature and rich experience in artistic creation. The "History of Chinese Art" series, which he spent many years creating, is based on getting rid of the historical view of Western centralism, reinterprets the long development process of Chinese art from a Chinese perspective, and shares the latest academic results and related archaeological discoveries. The book dates from the time of the Chinese ancestors to the early 20th century, covering art categories such as painting, calligraphy, architecture, and sculpture. It also focuses on the social background, creative ideas, and humanistic values ​​behind the works of art. It can be said that the "History of Chinese Art" series is not only a comprehensive general history of Chinese art, but also a history of Chinese thought. This volume shows how the civilizations within the East Asian continent integrated and oscillated from prehistoric times to the late second century AD, eventually forming the mainstream of Chinese culture. Including: China's Neolithic painted pottery culture; unique bronzes and jades in the Shang and Zhou dynasties, as well as the birth of writing: engraving, casting and handwriting; the formation of representative calligraphy art - the change of seal script during the Qin and Han Dynasties; the awakening of painting and painterliness - lines in the plastic arts of the Han Dynasty, and other exciting contents.

This book is a narrative history of Chinese philanthropy. This book systematically sorts out ancient Chinese philanthropic thoughts, as well as the development of Chinese philanthropy from the Qin and Han Dynasties to the founding of New China. In particular, it vividly restores the humanitarian actions of rescuing people in distress and supporting the poor and weak practiced by the Red Cross Society of China and national philanthropists over the past century. This book contains detailed information and rich cases, and systematically reviews the history of the evolution of China's philanthropy. This book is of great significance for understanding the cultural origins and social conditions of charity in today's society, and for promoting China's philanthropy in the process of modernization.

"Beiyang University and China (Volume 1)" is a collection of research papers exploring the history of Beiyang University. This book discusses the development history of Peiyang University and modern China in detail, with rich content and detailed historical materials. It not only combs the history of the rise and development of Beiyang University, discusses the relevant figures of Beiyang University and their influence, but also touches on many topics such as Beiyang University and modern Chinese society. As the first modern public university in China, studying the history of Peiyang University is of great significance to understanding the interaction between universities and society in modern China. This book excavates relevant historical materials of Beiyang University, clarifies issues, and elucidates debates. It will be helpful for readers to gain a deeper understanding of Beiyang University and the interaction between universities and society in modern China.

This book is a comprehensive history of the development of the study of "The Classic of Filial Piety". It combines newly unearthed documents and adopts a method of combining classics and philosophy to sort out the doctrinal context of the development of the study of "The Classic of Filial Piety" and its internal connection with philosophical trends. It attempts to master the literature, analyze the history of ideas, and explore the awareness of the problems of the study of "The Classic of Filial Piety" itself. Achieve breakthroughs, deeply reveal the true spirit of "The Classic of Filial Piety" and the Confucian concept of filial piety, clarify some misunderstandings attached to the "Book of Filial Piety" and the concept of filial piety, and even Confucianism and Chinese culture in modern times; and through the analysis of the worries of modernity, in the perspective of the distinction between ancient and modern times, demonstrate the practical value and significance of Confucian filial piety thought.

Publishing is an important medium for making ideas and knowledge public, and Shanghai is the birthplace and center of modern publishing in China. Before 1949, more than 80% of the country's publishing institutions were concentrated in Shanghai, and more than 90% of modern academic works were published in Shanghai. Shanghai's publishing industry led the trend of new knowledge dissemination and ideological progress in modern China. On October 29 and 30, 2022, the Department of History of Fudan University and the Museum of Modern Press and Publication of China co-sponsored the academic seminar on "Modern Publishing and the Dissemination of New Knowledge". Nearly 50 scholars from all over the country participated in the meeting and discussed seven topics: "Publishing and the Dissemination of New Knowledge", "Publishing and Cultural Exchange", "Publishing and Business Interaction", "Dictionary and Textbook Publishing", "Publishing and New Culture", "Publishing and Scientific and Technological Knowledge", and "Publishing and Political Activities". This book compiles more than 30 papers from this conference. The research covers diverse topics such as book history, reading history, printing, translation, editions and bibliography, and reflects the cutting-edge trends in publishing history research.

Mathematics is a fundamental human activity that can be practiced and understood in many ways; in fact, mathematical ideas themselves are not fixed, but adapt and change across different eras and cultures. In this book, Jacqueline Stedall starts from the case of the famous mathematician Wiles cracking Fermat's Last Theorem, and lists many in-depth examples on different topics to sort out the history of the subject of mathematics, and explores the rich historical and cultural diversity of human mathematical research from the distant past to the present. The author arranges the content by theme to show the different backgrounds in which people learn, use, and transmit mathematics. He also selects cases from different periods including ancient China, the medieval Islamic world, and 19th-century England for research, condensing the development of mathematics over thousands of years into a small and interesting book.

As a discipline rooted in philosophy, psychology has a long history of development. From absorbing scientific research methods and getting rid of the speculative nature of philosophy to using scientific empirical methods to study all aspects of people's lives, psychology has gradually become an indispensable subject in the field of science and social life. This book reviews the development history of psychology from a panoramic perspective, and uses the historical research method of the new scientific historical perspective to sort out the development of psychological thought from the ancient Greek period to the present. The content covers from the philosophical foundation of psychology to the new trends and perspectives of modern psychological research, providing readers with a broader perspective for understanding and learning psychology. The author of this book, Thomas Hardy Lehey, has been committed to the study of philosophical psychology and the history of psychology. This book represents his academic achievements in these two fields and is suitable for every reader who is interested in understanding the development of psychology.

This is a popular science book and a history of surgery. It revolves around a series of people and events in various stages of the development of cardiac surgery. In the development of the story, it shows the unique scientific process of human beings challenging the restricted area of ​​the heart. It can be called "a medical history as beautiful as a novel." Although the author's work is a re-creation based on "Legend of the Heart" completed ten years ago, the author has added a lot of new historical materials and new thinking, revised some key historical facts, and added the story of an artificial heart. Therefore, the content of the entire work is more detailed, delicate and complete, the various important plots are more coherent, the thinking is deeper, and the reading is more vivid and legendary.

"History of New Drugs: From Panacea to the Frontier of Life Sciences" is a popular science book on the history of new drug science. It tells the background of the proliferation of "panacea" in history, the industrial revolution, war and the formation of the world's pharmaceutical industry system. Describes the development process from university to pharmacopoeia, drug regulatory act and the history of alchemy, modern chemistry and drug synthesis. It introduces the progress of vivisection, model organisms and pharmacology, the theory of evolution, the emergence of genes and biological drugs, as well as the theory of etiology, pathogen screening and serum therapy. It tells about bloodletting, blood transfusion, transplantation and new drug design, deadly viruses and the key to the secret of life. Finally, it introduces immunotherapy and cell therapy. The content is very rich and the viewpoints are novel. It clearly states that what drives the discovery of new drugs are theoretical debates, scientific competitions, patent disputes, etc. The whole book not only describes the inspiration and contributions of scientists, but also highlights the mistakes of scientists and shows another side of scientists. The book is easy to understand, has clear layers, and has in-depth analysis. It has strong readability and exploration value for people in the biomedical field and science enthusiasts.

This book is an overview of the newspaper industry during the period when China's modern journalism developed and local newspapers disappeared. The book includes the Chinese people's reaction to foreign newspapers, Wang Tao and Hong Kong newspapers, foreign newspapers in treaty ports, "Shen Shen" and Shanghai newspapers, the rise of mass newspapers, Liang Qichao and reformist newspapers, government and news reform, revolutionary newspapers, new newspapers and old newspapers, etc.

The core issue explored in this book is how China's public opinion has been expressed from ancient times to modern times. The author divides the ancient and modern parts into two parts to explore the circumstances and ways in which ancient Chinese scholars and ordinary people practiced public criticism.

"Listening to History and Telling Traditional Chinese Medicine" mainly starts from the compilation of historical Chinese medicine documents, and displays the appearance of ancient Chinese medicine and the historical inheritance and development of Chinese medicine from four aspects: medical system, medical education, famous doctors, and Chinese medical literature. It does not involve issues related to historical methods and Chinese medicine research. This is discussed in the first chapter of this book. In addition, this book does not involve the diagnosis and treatment of traditional Chinese medicine. It aims to help people understand the status and development of traditional Chinese medicine in ancient times, so as to better promote the culture of traditional Chinese medicine. From the writing perspective and content, we hope to use this book to benefit readers who are willing or want to learn about traditional Chinese medicine.

This intellectual history textbook has been popular in European and American universities for half a century. It is the masterpiece of Roland Stromberg, a professor at the University of Wisconsin. It has been reprinted many times since the Chinese version came out. It vividly and concisely outlines the panorama of modern Western thought with a high-level historical perspective, exciting and high-spirited text expressions, and sharp and thorough philosophical analysis. In this volume, the author follows the historical context and genealogy of ideological development and reviews the modern Western ideological trends from the late Middle Ages to the Enlightenment: The Middle Ages was the age of witchcraft and magic, and the birth of modern science and philosophy. In its later period, the most important ideological renaissance in European history occurred, which laid the foundation and created conditions for all subsequent developments. The 17th century was a "century of genius." From Kepler and Galileo to Descartes and Newton, the Western world entered science and rationality, and the material world and the spiritual world separated. The scientific revolution shaped the century and spilled over into the political sphere, as thought turned toward the Enlightenment. The 18th century was the century of enlightenment. People shifted the focus of understanding the world from nature to the human world. The Enlightenment set off a trend of ideological emancipation. Romanticism and skepticism went hand in hand. The ideas and concepts of freedom, democracy, and equality exerted a lasting influence. The following French Revolution ushered in the practical climax of Enlightenment thought... Liu Beicheng, a professor of history at Tsinghua University, and Zhao Guoxin, a professor at Beijing Foreign Studies University, worked together to create a full translation of the classic, accurately reproducing the grand ideological picture of the original book.

Starting from the etymology of concepts, it integrates three thousand years of Chinese intellectual history and discovers its significance that transcends the times. From the perspective of the history of concepts, this book explains the evolution of 12 groups of concepts in ancient Chinese history, including "politics, destiny, character, country, king, subjects, morality, benevolence and righteousness, etiquette, loyalty and filial piety, public and private, and Huayi". These 12 groups of 24 concepts have different original meanings, but they have each experienced integration and changes in the context of political and social development. We seem to be familiar with these words and use them frequently, but we rarely think about them in depth, let alone the huge changes that have occurred in their historical evolution. Based on literature, this book carefully analyzes these key texts in the history of political thought, revealing its original meaning and its changing characteristics and context in the historical process. It is hailed as a model work for "from primary school to Confucian classics" in the study of intellectual history.

This book is one of the series "History of Chinese Ship Research and Development". Passenger ships are ships used for water transportation of passengers, and they are also a means of transportation to meet people's needs for traveling to rivers, lakes and seas. China has a long history of passenger ship development. In the early 1950s, the People's Republic of China's first large-scale Yangtze River passenger ship was developed. Later, the first coastal passenger and cargo ship "Democracy 10" and the "Democracy" series were developed, including dozens of coastal passenger and cargo ships, the "Yangtze River Paradise" tourist ship and large luxury cruise ships. This book is divided into nine chapters, focusing on the research and development history and great achievements of China's passenger ships since the founding of the People's Republic of China. It also explains the patriotic enthusiasm of our country's ship research and development design team with the motherland in mind and serving the people, as well as the innovative spirit of bravely climbing to the peak of ship science and daring to be the first.

"Plague" is associated with human civilization. Since ancient times, our people have been constantly looking for ways to resist infectious diseases. The bravery, strength and fearless spirit burst out in the "war epidemics" of past generations are worthy of being remembered and learned by future generations. This book reviews the process of fighting epidemics in Chinese civilization from ancient times to the present, describing important epidemics, important epidemic prevention events and outstanding anti-epidemic figures in history. The text focuses on being simple and easy-to-understand, and is aimed at ordinary readers, providing a popular scientific interpretation of medical knowledge related to the war epidemic. The arrangement focuses on the combination of pictures and text, and combines a large number of historical photos to reflect the true history of the war epidemic. The whole book aims to summarize history and enlighten the present.

Based on the history of the development of large aircraft in the world, this book summarizes the world pattern of large aircraft dominated by the two giants of the United States and Europe, as well as the tortuous development process of large aircraft in Japan, Canada, Indonesia, Russia, Brazil and other countries, and sorts out the magnificent development history of China's large civil aircraft. From the sudden end of the development of "Yunshi" to the end of the cooperation with McDonnell Douglas, from the strategic decision-making of the Party Central Committee at the beginning of the 21st century to the emergence of COMAC, from the successful put into operation of ARJ21 to the stunning first flight and successful delivery of C919, this book starts from the historical context, It strives to build a panoramic portrait of the development history of China's large aircraft industry, including the background of the times, national strategic decisions, key core technology research and other aspects, and demonstrates the hard work and struggle spirit of China's large aircraft people. It is a book that integrates thematic, ideological, story-telling and readability.

This book is a monograph by Mr. Li Xiangting, a master of guqin performance. It traces the entire historical process of the creation, development and cultural evolution of guqin, from the Shang and Zhou dynasties, the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States, to the Qin and Han, Sui and Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties. It discusses the status, social and cultural role and status of guqin art in each dynasty, focusing on It expounds on the important guqin players and classics of the past dynasties, with special emphasis on the study of the performance methods and performance techniques of ancient famous music, and a detailed analysis of its artistic characteristics and contributions. It also expresses the profound and unique insights into the artistic characteristics, performance methods, improvisation and selection of guqin in special topics.

This book is one of the series on the history of Chinese ship research and development. Engineering ships are ships specially used for the construction of various above-water and underwater projects. This book starts from the definition, classification, key equipment, and ship type development of engineering ships, and focuses on the development history of my country's representative engineering ships such as crane ships, semi-submersible transport ships, pipe-laying ships, cable laying ships, submersible engineering ships, and wind turbine installation ships. It shows the achievements of my country's engineering ships in the 70 years since the founding of the People's Republic of China, and shows the spirit of the development team's self-reliance, hard work, courageous climbing, and pursuit of excellence, so that readers can be inspired by it.

This book is one of the series on the history of Chinese ship research and development, telling the history of the research and development of Chinese scientific research ships. The scientific research ship is a platform for investigating and studying marine activities, and it is also an important equipment for developing the ocean, utilizing marine resources, and building a maritime power. This book introduces the historical origins of scientific research ships, the characteristics, functions and types of scientific research ships, the research and development process of Chinese scientific research ships, and the fruitful results achieved by its R&D team by carrying forward the spirit of self-reliance, hard work, and seizing the day, and catching up with the world's advanced level in the research and development and construction of scientific research ships. This book combines professionalism, knowledge and popularity, with pictures and texts. It can be read by professional and technical personnel who develop scientific research ships and readers who are interested in marine scientific surveys, so as to encourage readers to work hard and devote themselves to the great cause of building a maritime power.

Tao Yuanming's poetry was not taken seriously until the Song Dynasty: few people know that Tao Yuanming, who is regarded as the originator of "idyllic poetry", was not taken seriously before the Tang Dynasty. It was not until the bureaucracy of China's feudal dynasty gradually strengthened in the Northern Song Dynasty, and literati increasingly yearned for pastoral life, that Tao Yuanming's works began to be highly respected. It can be said that the history of Tao Yuanming's acceptance is the history of the evolution of Chinese literati's thoughts. In addition to Tang poetry, the Tang Dynasty also had the source of drama - "Bianwen": Compared with Tang poetry, "Bianwen" is a literary style of the Tang Dynasty that is often overlooked. It originated from Buddhism, and its contents are mostly Buddhist stories and folklore. Its form is mainly a combination of singing and chanting, and is deeply loved by ordinary people. "Bianwen not only promoted the process of literature changing from elegance to vulgarity, but also became the source of drama in later generations. Opening this book, you will find more key details that have been ignored: oracles, poetry, drum poetry...

This book is one of the series on the history of Chinese ship research and development. Container ships are one of the three main ship types of modern ships with high added value and high technology. This book is divided into nine chapters to introduce the research and development process of China's container ships and its great achievements. Chapters 1 and 2 briefly introduce the origin, development and types of container ships. Chapter 3 mainly introduces the composition, key systems and construction technology of container ships to help people have a comprehensive understanding of container ships; Chapters 4, 5 and 6 introduce the development process of the design and construction of container ships in my country from scratch, from small to large, from Made in China to Created in China. Chapter 7 mainly introduces the development of feeder container ships. Chapter 8 introduces the R&D and design team of container ships, who are not afraid of difficulties and bravely climb to the top, and have made contributions to the development of container ships in our country. Chapter 9 looks forward to the future and development of container ships from aspects such as ship type, intelligence, and green environmental protection.

This book mainly contains Deng's articles on the history of calligraphy. Among them, "The Ins and Outs of Chinese Calligraphy" was serialized in issues 1, 2 and 4 of "New Observation" in 1957, mainly sorting out the evolution of Chinese calligraphy. Since the above-mentioned article was published earlier and was not easily found by readers in the 1980s, Deng Guozhi compiled an article "Talk about the Evolution of Chinese Calligraphy" based on Deng's manuscripts and published it in the 1985 issue of "Shupu" magazine. Its main points are the same as "The Ins and Outs of Chinese Calligraphy", but more concise and concise. Different from the above two articles, from "Wang Xizhi Learned from Others' Strong Points" to "A New Evaluation of Zhao Zhiqian's Calligraphy" are reviews written by Deng on famous calligraphers of the past dynasties. The content covers the characteristics of each calligraphy, the current status of calligraphy, and the reference significance for current calligraphy learning. The publication of this part of the articles is based on the first published books and periodicals, and has been re-edited and punctuated.

During the Stone Age, early Homo sapiens developed most of our current ideas. Entering the agricultural age, we experienced the development of social organization concepts, followed by the evolution from chiefs to kings. Intellectuals appeared, wrote texts, formulated laws, deified kingship, and established work ethics and family concepts. Humanity entered the Axial Age and ushered in Moses, Zoroaster, Confucius and the ancient Greek sages. They not only provided the concept of creation, but also the concept of redemption and the concept of fraternity. Their influence widely affected the body and spirit, the country and the church, politics and religion. These ideas foreshadowed the way we think now and have dominated our thoughts and feelings for 1,400 years. After the Age of Faith, the Renaissance, the Reformation and the Scientific Revolution followed, discovering the world and also discovering human nature. The 18th century was an era of enlightenment. In the 19th century, nationalism, militarism, advocating violence, racial origin, scientific supremacy, historical inevitability, and worship of the country became popular. For human civilization, thought is the real protagonist. Thought is not only the key ability for human advancement, but also the main driving force for changes in human lifestyles and historical evolution. For modern people, the basic ideological tools we rely on to live today have been developed over the course of tens of thousands of years. If we are to truly understand human history and ourselves, we must confront the evolution of ideas and the value of ideas. This 200,000-year history of human thought from a broad historical perspective will lead you to appreciate the full picture of human knowledge, re-understand society, and understand ourselves.

This book is one of the series of books on the history of Chinese ship research and development. It takes bulk carriers, one of the three major ship types in the world, as well as general cargo ships and multi-purpose cargo ships as the research object. It focuses on describing the development of bulk cargo transportation and bulk carriers in the world, the types and typical characteristics of bulk carriers, the research and development history of general cargo ships, bulk carriers and multi-purpose cargo ships in my country, typical bulk carriers in my country, the hard-working and enterprising R&D design team, and the future research and development trends of general cargo ships, bulk carriers and multi-purpose cargo ships. This book is not only a science and technology book for students in universities and technical secondary schools to understand the history of the research and development of general cargo ships, bulk carriers and multi-purpose cargo ships in our country, but also a professional book that can be used as a reference for scientific and technical personnel engaged in the research and development of bulk carriers.

This volume provides an overview of the cartography of traditional societies in Africa, the Americas, the Eurasian Arctic, Australia, and the Pacific Islands. Although people in these traditional societies lack the kind of artifacts that are customarily called maps like those developed by civilizations in the Eurasian continent, they still have cartographic thinking and can use images to present their understanding of space. Therefore, the study of these traditional social cartography can, on the one hand, reveal the diversity of human ethnic groups in different environments in expressing cartographic thinking and implementing cartographic activities according to local conditions; on the other hand, it can reveal the commonalities in cartographic thinking of various human ethnic groups. The first chapter, the introduction, introduces the theoretical framework required when studying traditional social cartography, and points out that terms such as "map" and "cartography" need to be treated in a broad sense. Chapters 2 and 3 discuss the traditional cartography of southern Africa and tropical Africa respectively; Chapters 4 and 5 detail the indigenous cartography of North America and Central America in a cultural sense respectively; Chapters 6 and 7 discuss the indigenous cartography of the two regions of South America; Chapter 8 discusses the traditional cartography of the Arctic and sub-Arctic regions of the Eurasian continent. ; Chapters 9 and 10 explore the cartographic practice of Australian Aboriginals from two perspectives; Chapters 11 to 14 cover the traditional cartography of the Pacific Islands, of which Chapter 12 introduces the Papua New Guinea region, Chapter 13 introduces the nautical cartography of Oceania, and Chapter 14 covers the cartography of the Maori people of New Zealand. The conclusion of Chapter 15 provides a preliminary summary of the common features of cartographic thinking in traditional societies, providing useful inspiration for further understanding the history of human cartography practice through cross-cultural approaches in the future.

Jinling Bookstore was the most prestigious local bookstore in the late Qing Dynasty and the most important official publishing institution. This book provides an in-depth review and discussion of Jinling Book Company's historical periodization, engraving staff, book engraving standards, etc. It also examines the number of books in detail, outlines their outlines, identifies their historical facts, and reveals the complex reasons for the rise of local bookstores in the late Qing Dynasty and the theoretical activities of relevant scholars. It is worth noting that the author has connected the research on publishing history and academic history, trying to explore book publishing and reading dissemination in the late Qing Dynasty by studying Jinling Bookstore, analyzing the knowledge structure and ideological status of scholars, revealing the changes in Confucianism and the beginning of new learning at this time, and better answering the question of the relationship between book publishing and the evolution of academic culture. This book puts a lot of effort into researching historical facts, and the ideas it puts forward are quite original, and have attracted much attention from the academic community.

For a long time, the Han Dynasty has been a weak link in the study of Chinese aesthetic history. This book uses the body as the entry point to reconstruct the understanding of Han Dynasty aesthetics. The author believes that the cognition of the body in the aesthetics of the Han Dynasty is divided into five levels, namely establishing the philosophical foundation for body cognition with the theory of vitality and nature, defining the essential composition of the body with the theory of form, spirit and bone, constructing the relationship between the body and the world with the theory of symmetry between heaven and man, recreating the social nature of the body with rituals, music and clothing, and expressing expectations for the immortality of the body with health preservation and lavish burial. With this as a background, this book further explores the contribution of the Han Dynasty's body concept to the aesthetics of the Wei and Jin Dynasties. It believes that the theory of literary spirit in Wei and Jin literature, the theory of form and spirit in painting, and the theory of muscles and bones in calligraphy are all extensions of the body theory of the previous dynasties to the field of art; the Han Dynasty's examination system is the historical motivation for the formation of the style of Wei and Jin people.

This book chooses the telegraph, a new communication technology that emerged in the 1860s, to discuss how this technology changed the "knowledge type" represented by the news reports of "Shen Shen", and ultimately made the newspaper tend to refer to "the present", "the world" and "facts".

This book is one of the series "History of Chinese Ship Research and Development". Dredgers play an important role in the national economy and national defense construction. This book reflects the spirit of self-reliance and hard work carried forward by the vast number of workers and scientific and technological personnel on the shipbuilding front in our country over the past 70 years, and clarifies the key technologies overcome and developed in the development process of dredgers from small to large, from weak to strong. The rapid development of dredgers has brought my country's dredging equipment into the world's advanced ranks and achieved brilliant results. This book can be used as a reference for workers, cadres and scientific and technical personnel in related fields.

Bicycles, which are commonplace today, may have a much higher status in the history of transportation than everyone imagines. This is the first time that humans have a tool that can expand the free transportation radius at minimal cost without relying on animal power. It is convenient, practical, and very fashionable. It once opened a way of sports and social interaction that fashionable men and women were most interested in, and triggered a huge change in women's clothing in Western society. It took people four hundred years to build this exquisite machine bit by bit, like a colorful and charming puzzle. The design and craftsmen of each era contributed to its completion, until the modern version was completed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

The "History of Chinese Calligraphy" edition was published in 1999. This revised publication has been replaced with large high-definition color pictures, and some text and content have been modified. In terms of chapter style, this book takes time as the axis to describe calligraphy in ancient times, Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, Sui and Tang Dynasties, Five Dynasties, Two Song Dynasties, Yuan Dynasty, Ming Dynasty, Qing Dynasty and the 20th century. On the basis of a comprehensive analysis of the history of calligraphy, the stylistic characteristics of calligraphy, calligraphy artists, calligraphy works, calligraphy history research works, and style arguments are analyzed and discussed. It is a very practical introductory book to calligraphy. I believe that the publication of this book will be very enlightening to beginners of calligraphy. This is followed by a portion of the seal and seal carving content to increase its added value.

"China's Academic History in the Past Three Hundred Years" is one of the masterpieces of the famous scholar Liang Qichao. It was originally the lecture notes of Liang Qichao's lectures on the academic history of China in the past three hundred years at Tsinghua University from the autumn of 1923 to the spring and summer of 1924. The book was divided into sixteen lectures. The content of this book describes the evolution of Chinese academics since the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It is intertwined and has complex levels. It uses issues to describe history, characters (schools) to describe history, and disciplines to describe history. It consists of three major sections: the history of social ideological trends, the history of schools, and the history of disciplines. The book consists of sixteen topics, which can be divided into three parts: Topics 1 to 4 are the first part, which mainly discusses the academic changes and political influence in the Qing Dynasty, and reveals the political reasons for the tortuous academic development in the Qing Dynasty. Topics five to twelve constitute the second part, which summarizes the scholarship in the Qing Dynasty, mainly before the mid-Qing Dynasty. Special Topics 5 to 11 discuss in detail several important schools from the early Qing Dynasty to the mid-Qing Dynasty in the form of schools and academic cases, including representative figures, academic achievements, scholarly experience and methods, making the academic history before the mid-Qing Dynasty clearly visible; Special Topic 12 also introduces other famous non-mainstream academic figures in the early Qing Dynasty and their achievements who influenced the later development of Qing Dynasty studies under the title "Remnants of the Waves of Learning in the Early Qing Dynasty". Brief Commentary on Shaohe; Topics 13 to 16, titled "The Total Achievements of Qing Dynasty Scholars in Collating Old Learning", provide a comprehensive discussion of Qing Dynasty academics such as Confucian classics and its related derivatives such as elementary school, collation, forgery identification, compilation, and other representative figures and academic achievements; historiography and its related derivatives such as local chronicles, geography, and genealogy, representative figures and achievements; and achievements of representative figures in calendar calculation and other natural sciences. Starting from the main characteristics of the academic history of "distinguishing academic chapters and examining the origins" of academic history, he made a more detailed discussion of the academic origins, representatives, sources of instruction, main achievements and academic gains and losses of various schools in different periods of the Qing Dynasty, and comprehensively and in-depth summarized the academic achievements of the Qing Dynasty.

This book is an easy-to-understand medical history that integrates anthropology, civilization history, medical thought, medical conditions, doctor figures, folklore and the history of human disasters. It tells the history of plague and the spiritual history of mankind's fight against plague. It comprehensively recalls the characteristics and processes of various plagues that humans have faced from ancient times to contemporary times, profoundly reveals the relationship between the progress of medicine, the power of viruses, and the evolution of civilization. It provides a blueprint for humans to understand the true face of plagues and provides reference experience for preventing and controlling plagues. History has proven that eras without plague are rare. Humanity has always been accompanied by plague. In other words, plague is a part of human life and an opponent that human beings will always have to fight against. The work of Howard Macell proves the assertion of Pasteur, the father of virology: "The laws of plague and death are always imagining new means of destruction, while the laws of peace, work, and health are always seeking new ways to save mankind from plague.

This book is the final result of the first major national social science project on rituals, "Research on the Changes of Chinese Ritual Systems and Their Modern Values." It is a systematic review and summary of the changes in ritual systems from pre-Qin to modern times. It is divided into four volumes: the pre-Qin edition, the Qin, Han, Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties and Sui dynasties, the Tang, Five Dynasties, Liao, Song, and Jin editions, and the Yuan, Ming, and Qing modern editions. For the first time, this book divides the changes in traditional Chinese rituals before 1949 into: the pre-ritual period, the kingdom ritual period (Haidai Dawenkou-Longshan Culture Period), the royal ritual period (from Xia, Shang and Zhou to the Warring States Period) and the centralized ritual period (it can also be called the imperial ritual period, from the unification of Qin to 1949); each period is further divided into several stages, and the basic context and major changes in rituals in each ritual development period are systematically summarized and investigated. On the premise of discussing the basic clues and situations of the changes in etiquette in various periods, this book selects some connected etiquette forms with important research value for in-depth study to reveal certain laws and characteristics of the changes in traditional Chinese etiquette. It also shows the characteristics and changes of etiquette in different periods. The relationship with power institutions, the relationship between ritual changes and social and political groups, the relationship between ritual changes and ideas (religions), the relationship between ritual changes and ethnic groups, the relationship between ritual changes and extraterritorial (foreign) influence, the relationship between ritual transformation and the evolution of social nature, the intrinsic value and significance of traditional Chinese rituals, etc.

From tuberculosis, which has plagued mankind since the Neolithic Age, to the Black Death, which was comparable to nuclear war in the past, from COVID-19, which is constantly "escalating and mutating", to monkeypox, a "close relative" of smallpox... Whether you admit it or not, the epidemic of infectious diseases has become a part of human history. The author of this book reviews major infectious disease outbreaks in human history such as plague, tuberculosis, Ebola, AIDS, and SARS, introduces their origin, development, demise, and historical impact on mankind, and demonstrates the transformation of mankind from ignorance in history to scientific epidemic prevention in modern times. Humans once thought that infectious diseases could be eliminated by relying on vaccination and the use of antibiotics, but new epidemics have repeatedly proved to humans that infectious diseases will always coexist with humans.

The Floating Coast is the first comprehensive history of the Bering Strait, the Arctic land and sea from Russia to Canada. Since the 19th century, mankind has embarked on a very modern ideological experiment in the extreme north of Beringia. By telling the history of Beringia's animal and mineral resources, the author reveals how humans have transformed the ecological wealth of this remote area into economic growth and national strength for more than 150 years. As a groundbreaking work about the relationship between human development and Arctic ecology, "The Floating Coast" breaks away from familiar environmental history narratives and re-examines the neglected landscape of Beringia from a fresh perspective. In this book, Demuth tells us a profound and fascinating story based on his own experience of living with local people, as well as interviews with local people and related archives, revealing the dynamic changes and unforeseen consequences that humankind's huge needs and ambitions have brought and will continue to bring to this resource-limited planet. Like many environmental historians, Demuth no longer agrees with the view put forward by the British historian Collingwood in the 1930s that nature and humans must have different histories in the face of humanity's impact on the earth system. In Demuth's writings, nature and human history are intertwined. Human beings and their concepts interact with non-human parts such as regions, animals, plants, and mineral resources.

Rivers have had an impact on the course of civilization beyond our imagination. Rivers are the arteries of ancient civilizations, and almost all of mankind's splendid civilizational heritage is inseparable from the nourishment of rivers. On the one hand, rivers provided water resources and means of transportation, making reproduction and communication possible for early humans. After the development of civilization, they promoted agriculture, industry, and trade, provided new energy, and provided impetus for social prosperity. On the other hand, as a natural resource and barrier, rivers can not only serve as national boundaries, but can even give rise to national cultural identities. River management is also widely involved in social political and economic issues, and has had a profound impact on population migration, lifestyle, social structure, etc. Today, with climate change and urban development, our relationship with nature is changing, and there are undercurrents of opportunities and crises in the rivers on which human beings depend. Lawrence C. Smith is a scientist who has long been concerned about human hydrological environment and has a deep understanding of the eternal but underappreciated relationship between rivers and human society. In this book, he explores the familiar and unfamiliar waters with his broad strokes, traces the development of human history and social changes, and tells the intricate relationship between rivers as a natural force and human society.

As an ancient water vehicle, sailing boats have witnessed people's struggle to "discover" the ocean and conquer nature. "Smooth sailing" expresses people's simplest wishes for thousands of years, and also proves the unruly nature of the ocean. The birth of sailing boats promoted the ocean to become an important stage for human activities. It can be said that sailing ships opened the maritime age of mankind and wrote the history of mankind. Five thousand years of sailing history tells the story of people and sailing ships on the ocean.

This book provides a detailed overview of the development history of Chinese phonetics and introduces some basic knowledge of the history of Chinese phonetics. The whole book is divided into three parts: introduction, phonology through the ages, and the development rules of phonetics. In the introduction, the author discusses the four basic aspects of knowledge required to study the history of Chinese phonetics. In the phonology of past dynasties, the development and changes of phonology from pre-Qin to modern times are sorted out, and a phonetic development table of past dynasties is provided. Finally, in the law of speech development, four main ways of speech development are summarized.

As an internationally renowned classic book, the author uses etymology, semantics and other disciplines as tools to examine the literary and historical texts, vocabulary, myths, rituals, social organizational structures, legal procedures and material remains of ancient India, Iran, Greece, Rome, Celtic, Germanic and other peoples. At the same time, it elucidates the Indo-European people's behavior on war and sacrifice and the view of life and death it implies; discusses the layout of death and funerals in Indo-European mythology, and debates conflicting views; it points out that it is not a common language or a common ancestry, but a common social structure and a common historical situation that produce the Indo-European people's common mythology and religious beliefs, and determine the way they live and the way they die.

Based on the characteristics of maritime activities, this book explores the changes of maritime activities in Chinese history and its impact on Chinese society from the two dimensions of maritime technology and maritime humanities in chronological order. This book introduces in detail the changes in China's maritime technology such as shipbuilding, navigation technology, and navigation support, and traces the development of maritime civilization in China such as maritime culture, maritime organizations, maritime personnel, maritime education, and maritime concepts. This book aims to enable readers to further understand the "gene" of navigation in Chinese civilization and to clarify the historical foundation and realistic necessity for China to build a maritime power in the new era. This book "renarrates" China's maritime history based on historical facts. It can be used as a textbook for navigation, shipping, marine science and other related majors in colleges and universities and a teaching reference book for professional teachers. It can also be used as a basic book for readers to understand Chinese navigation.

"A Brief History of Jewelry" follows the general development of the history of human civilization and art, and outlines a complete picture of the development of jewelry in the nearly 5,000-year history from the Mesopotamian civilization around 3,000 BC to the 1970s. This book is divided into three chapters, thirteen chapters, with clear levels. It comprehensively discusses the history of jewelry from "points", "lines" and "surfaces": "surface" refers to the historical main line of jewelry development over the past 5,000 years; "line" refers to the aesthetic characteristics of jewelry craftsmanship in each period, and focuses on several special techniques, such as enamel, granulation technology, gold craftsmanship, relief gemstones, etc.; "Points" refers to the aesthetic characteristics of specific crafts in each period, as well as the jewelry masters and representative works of that period. The three intersperse and guide each other, composing a climax and orderly jewelry movement.

This book embodies Professor Guo Qiyong's experience in teaching and research for more than thirty years, and reflects the common endeavors and accumulation of generations of scholars over the past century since the discipline of Chinese philosophy was established. The book systematically introduces the development history of Chinese philosophy, with special emphasis on elucidating representative philosophical classics and philosophers' thoughts, fully revealing the characteristics of Chinese philosophical wisdom that are different from Western philosophy and its modern value. This book proposes a four-stage division of the history of Chinese philosophy; it deletes the tedious textual research and historical background parts, and goes straight to the philosophical theme, using this to select trends of thought and representative figures, highlight the key points and key points of their philosophical thoughts, focus on the big and let go of the small, accurately grasp the relevant categories and propositions, objectively comment on the contributions and limitations of each school, and talk about it. We strive to explain each issue thoroughly, and do not focus on one issue here and there, so that we cannot talk clearly; we focus on strengthening the plain understanding and corresponding interpretation of the most representative original classics and characters' thoughts, and strive to analyze the connotation and characteristics of Chinese philosophy, especially the difference with Western philosophy, and avoid wearing boots and hats, and cutting feet to fit shoes.

From September 1945 to April 1946, the Soviet Union actually transferred more than 500,000 Japanese prisoners of war from the above-mentioned areas and the northern part of the Korean Peninsula to various parts of the Soviet Union to engage in various forms of labor utilization such as log collection, mineral extraction, and railway and road construction labor. From the end of 1946, the Soviet Union began to repatriate Japanese prisoners of war one after another. It was not until the two countries signed the "Soviet-Japanese Joint Declaration" in 1956 and normalized relations that the repatriation of Japanese prisoners of war was basically completed. During this period, the repatriation of Japanese prisoners of war went through two stages: the early stage of concentrated repatriation and the later stage of concentrated repatriation. The issue of Japanese prisoners of war in the Soviet Union is an important issue in the history of post-war Soviet-Japanese relations. The resulting debate between the Soviet and Japanese governments, private citizens, and the international community has never ended. This article uses the declassified archives of the Soviet Union, the latest research results of Russian and Japanese academic circles, the memoirs of Japanese prisoners of war in the Soviet area, and interviews with the parties, etc. To conduct a systematic study and combing of the postwar Soviet government's entry into the Soviet Union, regional distribution, daily management, ideological and political education, labor utilization, and repatriation of Japanese prisoners of war.

This book briefly describes the history of the development of European literature from ancient Greece to the Russian Revolution of 1917, and provides some basic knowledge to readers, especially college students. The book is divided into eight chapters. Each chapter describes the outline of European literature in a period and is closely related to the history and ideological trends at that time. Each chapter also describes the literary development of several countries during this period, focusing on representative writers and works, thus forming the characteristics of this book as a literary history.

"Ming and Qing Literature and Documents" is a professional academic journal sponsored by the Ming and Qing Literature and Culture Research Center of Heilongjiang University. The book focuses on the research results of Ming and Qing literature, documents and culture, and strives to present the cutting-edge trends and latest results of Ming and Qing literature research, reflecting the characteristics of this discipline.

"Arab Studies Series" is a collection of Arab studies sponsored by the Arab Studies Center of Beijing International Studies University, the regional and national research base of the Ministry of Education. The content focuses on the politics, economy, society, culture and diplomacy of Arab countries. Based on the Arab Studies Forum, this journal selects academic papers published by scholars at the forum and compiles them into a volume to benefit the accumulation of domestic Arab studies.

This book starts from the pottery of primitive society, and covers many unique Chinese art forms such as pottery, jade, bronze, cursive script, running script, landscape painting, gongbi painting, etc. It spans multiple periods such as Qin, Han, Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming, Qing, and modern times. Yi Gongzi uses her unique perspective and takes time as the context of her writing. Through familiar art treasures, she connects this magnificent and criss-crossing artistic history. With concise, vivid and humorous language and rich and exquisite pictures, she leads readers to re-understand the development of Chinese art, appreciate the spiritual connotation of Chinese art, and feel the unique artistic color of this land of China.

This book focuses on the transformation process experienced by China's shipping industry in modern times since 1840, using key events in time series as an entry point to introduce in detail the rise and evolution of China's ports, the development of ports and international shipping centers, changes in maritime routes, the thorny road of inland shipping, the mark of the times in the development of the shipping industry, changes in shipping enterprise systems, changes in shipping systems, and the development of shipping policies. The content of the book is organized to enable readers to understand the difficulties and obstacles that the country has faced from standing up to becoming rich and strong through the mirror of "shipping", and to experience the turbulent years that the party has led the Chinese nation through. This book can be used for classroom teaching of general humanities courses in colleges and universities, and can also be used as a textbook for shipping management, transportation, logistics management, port management and other related majors, as well as a teaching reference book for professional teachers. At the same time, this book can also be used to learn shipping knowledge for professional groups engaged in economic management.