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  • Courtyard Housing for Health and Happiness

    Architectural Multiculturalism in North America

    by Donia Zhang ...
    Health and happiness are fundamental to human quality of life. The United Nations World Happiness Report 2012 reflects a new worldwide call for governments to include happiness as a criterion to their policies. The Healthy Cities or Happy Cities movement has been endorsed by the WHO since 1986, and a Healthy House or Happy Home is a critical constituent of a healthy city or a happy city. ... Read more

    $104.99 CAD

  • Courtyard Housing and Cultural Sustainability

    Theory, Practice, and Product

    by Donia Zhang ...
    Series series Design and the Built Environment
    Cultural sustainability is a very important aspect of the overall sustainability framework and is regarded as the fourth pillar alongside the other three: environmental, economic, and social sustainability. However, the concept is neither fully explored, nor widely accepted or recognized. This book elicits the interplay of nature-culture-architecture and theorizes the concept of cultural ... Read more

    $117.99 CAD

  • Confucianism Classic Passages

    This translated volume in poetry format contains about 600 extracted key passages from Confucian Analects (Lunyu), Doctrine of the Mean (Zhongyong), and Great Learning (Daxue), which are the three core classic philosophical works of Confucius (Kongzi, 551‒479 BCE) compiled by his disciples and followers before 300 BCE, and which embody Confucian political propositions, ethical thoughts, moral ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD

  • Chinese Poetry

    Poetry has always been held in high regard in China as it can provide expressions of deep emotion, offering insight into the inner life of Chinese writers across space and time. Chinese poetry often reflects the influence of its various religious traditions. This collection contains 81 carefully selected Chinese poems arranged in chronological order, from classical periods (c.2000 BCE) to modern ... Read more

    $5.99 CAD

  • Dao De Jing

    As one of the greatest masterpieces in Chinese history, Dao De Jing is a philosophical work by Laozi (Li Er, c.571‒471 BCE) published in the 4th century BCE. It contains 81 chapters/verses whose essence is on moral philosophy and ideal ways for humans to be in harmony with nature, self-cultivation, governing the country, deploying military forces, among other things. Although some of the ideas are ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD

  • Chinese Fables and Folktales

    Chinese fables are originally folktales of oral creations that were very popular in the Spring and Autumn (770‒476 BCE) and the Warring States (475‒221 BCE) periods. Many Chinese fables are from the works of Chinese philosophers of the pre-Qin (before 221 BCE) era, and many Chinese tales are collected from the books of Chinese historians, most of which have been extracted and crystallized into ... Read more

    $5.99 CAD

  • Chinese Proverbs, Classic of Poetry, Chinese Couplets

    This concise collection contains English translation of 50 Chinese proverbs, 40 extracted verses from the Classic of Poetry (Shi Jing), 30 Chinese couplets, and four Chinese poems on four cardinal vices in life. It aims for cultural understanding and exchange and to let Chinese wisdom pass down to newer generations so that people can find something valuable and benefit from them, as the Chinese ... Read more

    $5.99 CAD

  • Heavenly Induction, Liaofan's Four Lessons

    Taishang Ganying Pian, translated into English as Heavenly Induction, is a Daoist scripture from the Song dynasty (960-1279) to persuade people to always obey moral norms, stop evil, cultivate kindness, and benefit oneself and others. The chapter places special emphasis on the "Law of Responsibility," and is reputed as "The first Chinese book on kindness since ancient times." The first chapter ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD

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  • The Book of Chinese Names: A Guide to Auspicious and Elegant Names

    by Goh Kheng Chuan, Goh Kheng Yew ...
    What makes a good Chinese name and how does the name shape destinies and character? How do you ensure that the name is meaningful, elegant and auspicious at the same time?This book provides all the knowledge you need for devising a good Chinese name for your child.This book covers:- Creative Methods For Naming: Number of Strokes Theory, Chinese Horoscope, The Five Elements, The Eight Characters ... Read more

    $9.90 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Magpie at Night

    The Complete Poems of Li Qingzhao (1084–1151)

    by Li Qingzhao ...
    Translated by Wendy Chen ...
    A luminous new translation of the greatest woman poet in Chinese history, highlighting Li Qingzhao's iconoclastic verse and showcasing her visionary portrait of the inner workings of the artist’s mind.The Magpie at Night is a lyrical and searching portrait of the inner life of Li Qingzhao, one of the greatest poets in Chinese literary history. These spare and arresting poems evoke with rare ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • Bouncing Pearls: Ancient Chinese Poetry

    by Kwan-Hung Chan ...
    Bouncing Pearls: Ancient Chinese Poetry is a new English translation of classical Chinese poems, dating from 600 BCE to the Eighteenth Century. It presents the writings of about 110 poets. Over 250 poems were selected from different sources, especially Poems of a Thousand Masters and Three Hundred Tang Poems. The former, aimed less at moralizing, may do more in revealing the intrinsic values of ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Complete Poems of Li Shangyin

    The Tang Poet of Erotic Ambiguity

    by Mark Obama Ndesandjo ...
    This is the first translation into English of all of Li Shangyin's poems (Tang Dynasty 813-858 AD). Li Shangyin is one of the most fascinating of poets and this book includes historical background on the poet as well as introductory and explanatory notes by the translator. For over 1200 years, scholars have attempted to understand, let alone translate Li Shangyin’s poems. At least four different ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD