This is one of the most justly celebrated texts of the Chinese tradition - impressive for both its bold philosophical imagination and its striking literary style. Accepting the challenge of translating this captivating classic in its entirety, Burton Watson has expertly rendered into English both th[...]

China is home to one of the largest and oldest societies in the world, and presently contains fifty-six ethnic groups. Among them is the Zhuang, the largest of the minority populations, which partakes in a very long history of preliterate oral traditions. This volume presents an introduction to Zhua[...]

Distributed-order differential equations, a generalization of fractional calculus, are of increasing importance in many fields of science and engineering from the behaviour of complex dielectric media to the modelling of nonlinear systems. This Brief will broaden the toolbox available to researcher[...]

Cheng Ting Hua was one of the most famous martial arts masters to emerge from nineteenth-century China. An unbeatable wrestler, he was the top disciple of Dong Hai Quan, the founder of Bagua Zhang. After his death during the Boxer Rebellion of 1900, Master Cheng's students continued to perfect the a[...]

The Maguai Festival of the Zhuang people literally means 'worshipping frog to pray for peace, harmony and a good harvest for the upcoming year' in the Zhuang language since the frog is deemed as an incarnation of gods. The book introduces the cultural background of the Zhuang people, the origin, dev[...]

Over the past decade, China has undergone immense changes in its cultural, economic, and political systems that have changed its face as a nation, as well as its role in international politics. The authors provide a comprehensive cross-cultural guide to Chinese culture, along with insights into how [...]

Zhan Zhuang, the Art of Nourishing Life is the exploration of an ancestral practice: Zhan Zhuang, the practice of physical and meditative postures. Through this practice, a continual process of adjustment, learning, and purification takes place; it is a process by which the mind and body mutually in[...]