"When Deng Xiaoping introduced market reforms in the late 1970s, few would have imagined what the next four decades would bring. China's GDP has grown on average nearly 10 percent annually since, and its economy is now the second largest in the world. Forty years ago, the Flying Pigeon bicycle ruled the roads; today, China is the world's largest car market. And if forty years ago you looked out across the Huangpu River from the Bund in S ..."
Confucianism(1st Edition) A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) by DanielK. Gardner, Smith College Gardner Paperback, 152 Pages, Published 2014 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-539891-5, ISBN: 0-19-539891-2
"To understand China, it is essential to understand Confucianism. First formulated in the sixth century BCE, the teachings of Confucius would come to dominate Chinese society, politics, economics, and ethics. In this Very Short Introduction, Daniel K. Gardner explores the major philosophical ideas of the Confucian tradition, showing their profound impact on state ideology and imperial government, the civil service examination system, dom ..."
The Four Books The Basic Teachings of the Later Confucian Tradition by DanielK. Gardner, Si Shu English, Xi Zhu Paperback, 192 Pages, Published 2007 by Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. ISBN-13: 978-0-87220-826-1, ISBN: 0-87220-826-5
"In this engaging volume, Daniel Gardner explains the way in which the Four Books -- Great Learning, Analects, Mencius, and Maintaining Perfect Balance -- have been read and understood by the Chinese since the twelfth century. Selected passages in translation are accompanied by Gardner's comments, which incorporate selections from the commentary and interpretation of the renowned Neo-Confucian thinker, Zhu Xi (1130-1200). This study prov ..."
"Part of the Reacting to the Past series, Confucianism and the Succession Crisis of the Wanli Emperor brings to life the suppleness and power of Confucian thought. The game is set in the Hanlin Academy in Ming dynasty China. Most students are members of the Grand Secretariat of the Hanlin Academy, the body of top-ranking graduates of the civil service examination who serve as advisers to the Wanli emperor. Some Grand Secretaries are Conf ..."
Zhu Xi's Reading of the Analects Canon, Commentary, and the Classical Tradition (Asian Studies) by DanielK. Gardner, Smith College Paperback, 184 Pages, Published 2003 by Columbia University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-231-12865-0, ISBN: 0-231-12865-7
"The Analects is a compendium of the sayings of Confucius (551--479 b.c.e.), transcribed and passed down by his disciples. How it came to be transformed by Zhu Xi (1130--1200) into one of the most philosophically significant texts in the Confucian tradition is the subject of this book.Scholarly attention in China had long been devoted to the Analects. By the time of Zhu Xi, a rich history of commentary had grown up around it. But Zhu, ..."
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" Confucianism and the Succession Crisis of the Wanli Emperor introduces students to the suppleness and power of Confucian thought by recreating the historical context that applied to issues of governance during the Ming Dynasty. Part of the “Reacting to the Past” series, this text consists of elaborate games in which students are assigned roles, informed by classic texts, set in particular moments of intellectual and social fer ..."
Learning to Be A Sage(90th Edition) Selections from the Conversations of Master Chu, Arranged Topically by Hsi Chu, DanielK. Gardner, Xi Zhu, Čchu Si Paperback, 232 Pages, Published 1990 by University Of California Press ISBN-13: 978-0-520-06525-3, ISBN: 0-520-06525-5
"Students and teachers of Chinese history and philosophy will not want to miss Daniel Gardner's accessible translation of the teachings of Chu Hsi (1130-1200)--a luminary of the Confucian tradition who dominated Chinese intellectual life for centuries. Homing in on a primary concern of our own time, Gardner focuses on Chu Hsi's passionate interest in education and its importance to individual development. For hundreds of years, every lit ..."
Zhu Xi's Reading of the Analects(Updated) Canon, Commentary, and the Classical Tradition (Asian Studies) by DanielK. Gardner Hardcover, 184 Pages, Published 2003 by Columbia University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-231-12864-3, ISBN: 0-231-12864-9
"The Analects is a compendium of the sayings of Confucius (551-479 b.c.e.), transcribed and passed down by his disciples. How it came to be transformed by Zhu Xi (1130-1200) into one of the most philosophically significant texts in the Confucian tradition is the subject of this book. Scholarly attention in China had long been devoted to the Analects. By the time of Zhu Xi, a rich history of commentary had grown up around it. But Zhu, cl ..."
The Four Books The Basic Teachings of the Later Confucian Tradition by DanielK. Gardner, Si Shu English, Xi Zhu Hardcover, 192 Pages, Published 2007 by Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. ISBN-13: 978-0-87220-827-8, ISBN: 0-87220-827-3
"In this engaging volume, Daniel Gardner explains the way in which the Four Books-- Great Learning , Analects , Mencius , and Maintaining Perfect Balance --have been read and understood by the Chinese since the twelfth century. Selected passages in translation are accompanied by Gardner's comments, which incorporate selections from the commentary and interpretation of the renowned Neo-Confucian thinker, Zhu Xi (1130-1200). This study pro ..."
Chu Hsi and the Ta-hsueh(1st Edition) Neo-Confucian Reflection on the Confucian Canon (Harvard East Asian Monographs) by DanielK. Gardner Hardcover, 181 Pages, Published 1986 by Harvard University Asia Center ISBN-13: 978-0-674-13065-4, ISBN: 0-674-13065-0
Learning to Be A Sage Selections from the Conversations of Master Chu, Arranged Topically by Hsi Chu, DanielK. Gardner, Xi Zhu Hardcover, 218 Pages, Published 1990 by University Of California Press ISBN-13: 978-0-520-06524-6, ISBN: 0-520-06524-7
"Students and teachers of Chinese history and philosophy will not want to miss Daniel Gardner's accessible translation of the teachings of Chu Hsi (1130-1200)—a luminary of the Confucian tradition who dominated Chinese intellectual life for centuries. Homing in on a primary concern of our own time, Gardner focuses on Chu Hsi's passionate interest in education and its importance to individual development.For hundreds of years, every liter ..."
"There is a love that flourishes only in the darkness; a passion that rises only from the grave. This anthology of all-new stories probes the shadowy meeting ground of our ancient, primal terrors -- and our deepest forbidden desires.Edited by one of today's most respected anthologists, featuring today's most acclaimed fantasy authors, Dying for It takes you far beyond the realm of the ordinary, and into a realm where the living not only ..."
"Following in the successful tracks of DRIVE, vehicle sketches and renderings, BLAST takes the readers on a visual exploration of spaceships. The team from DRIVE, Scott Robertson, Annis Naeem, and Danny Gardner are together again for BLAST, with each of the three artists exploring spaceships and sci-fi environments with concept sketches executed in wide range of mediums through to final full color Photoshop and 3D digital renderings.BLAS ..."
"Following in the successful tracks of DRIVE, vehicle sketches and renderings, BLAST takes the readers on a visual exploration of spaceships. The team from DRIVE, Scott Robertson, Annis Naeem, and Danny Gardner are together again for BLAST, with each of the three artists exploring spaceships and sci-fi environments with concept sketches executed in wide range of mediums through to final full color Photoshop and 3D digital renderings.BLAS ..."
"Divided into 4 chapters, each with a different aesthetic: aerospace, military, pro sports and salvage, the book is bursting with black-and-white and full-colour images of sports cars, big rigs and off-road vehicles."
DRIVE(1st Edition) vehicle sketches and renderings by Scott Robertson by Scott Robertson, DanielGardner, Annis Naeem Hardcover, 176 Pages, Published 2010 by Design Studio Press ISBN-13: 978-1-933492-86-5, ISBN: 1-933492-86-4
"DRIVEfeatures Scott Robertson's very latest vehicle designs intended for the video game space communicated through skillfully drawn sketches and renderings. DRIVEbuilds upon the success of his prior two vehicle design books,Start Your EnginesandLift Off. Featuring four chapters, each representing a different aesthetic theme, Aerospace, Military, Pro Sports and Salvage, conc DRIVEfeatures Scott Robertson's very latest vehicle designs int ..."
"This volume assembles for the first time a staggering multiplicity of reflections and readings of John Fante’s 1939 classic, Ask the Dust, a true testament to the work’s present and future impact. Charting the trajectory of one Arturo Bandini over the multiethnic terrain of Los Angeles, ambition and bravado soar, crash, and burn in Fante’s signature novel in ways that resonate profoundly some eighty years after Stackpole Press’s first e ..."
A Treatise on International Law And a Short Explanation of the Jurisdiction and Duty of the Government of the Republic of the United States by DanielGardner Paperback, Published 2018 by Franklin Classics Trade Press ISBN-13: 978-0-344-36017-6, ISBN: 0-344-36017-2