Many people today are familiar with Indian yoga but the secrets of the Chinese system have never been widely available. TAOIST YOGA offers a comprehensive course, which has passed down through the generations from ancient Chinese masters. Specially written to make its contents accessible to the Westerner, the book explains the mysteries of Taoist spiritual alchemy, which entails many sexual practices to preserve the generative force of the body.

"Tea Classic" is the first monograph of the earliest, most complete and most comprehensive introduction of tea in China and the world . It is known as the tea encyclopedia , written by Lu Yu of the Tang Dynasty .This book is about the history, origin, current situation, production technology of tea production, as well as the comprehensive theory of tea drinking techniques and tea ceremony principles. It is an epoch-making tea school monograph, an incisive agronomic book, and a book ...

This book, structured as an edited volume, consists of 12 chapters organized into four key themes: Theoretical Foundations, Human Factors, Application Domains, and Future Challenges. It highlights the dynamic and interdisciplinary nature of cyber deception research, offering insights into diverse application areas such as industrial control systems and AI security.Cyber deception has emerged as a critical strategy for defending digital assets across academia, industry, and governme...

This 18-volume set constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th Chinese Conference on Pattern Recognition and Computer Vision, PRCV 2025, held in Shanghai, China, during October 15-18, 2025.The 692 full papers included in this book, comprising 66 oral presentations and 626 posters, were carefully reviewed and selected from 2370 submissions.PRCV's mission is to serve as a comprehensive platform for dialogues among researchers from both the academic field and the industry....

This six-volume set LNAI 15877-15882 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education, AIED 2025, held in Palermo, Italy, during July 22–26, 2025.The 130 full papers and 129 short papers presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 711 submissions.The conference program comprises seven thematic tracks:Track 1: AIED Architectures and ToolsTrack 2: Machine Learning and ...

The book tells the story of Chia family, and the traditional ceremonies that accompany marriage, death, and birth. The family's peaceful life is up-ended with the Japanese invasion and the family flees to the countryside. As the country falls into turmoil, the household head, Chia Hao-tz'u is kidnapped. The family's burdens fall on the shoulders of his wife, Tu Hua. After the long war ends, civil war breaks out. The Communists take over the mainland and confiscate the family's property. Tu...

This three-volume set CCIS 2590-2592 constitutes poster papers and late breaking results, workshops and tutorials, practitioners, industry and policy track, doctoral consortium, blue sky and wideAIED papers presented at the 26th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education, AIED 2025, held in Palermo, Italy, during July 22–26, 2025.The 72 full papers and 73 short papers (72 of them presented as posters) presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected...

This 18-volume set constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th Chinese Conference on Pattern Recognition and Computer Vision, PRCV 2025, held in Shanghai, China, during October 15-18, 2025.The 692 full papers included in this book, comprising 66 oral presentations and 626 posters, were carefully reviewed and selected from 2370 submissions.PRCV's mission is to serve as a comprehensive platform for dialogues among researchers from both the academic field and the industry....

This six-volume set LNAI 15877-15882 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education, AIED 2025, held in Palermo, Italy, during July 22–26, 2025.The 130 full papers and 129 short papers presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 711 submissions.The conference program comprises seven thematic tracks:Track 1: AIED Architectures and ToolsTrack 2: Machine Learning and ...

This 18-volume set constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th Chinese Conference on Pattern Recognition and Computer Vision, PRCV 2025, held in Shanghai, China, during October 15-18, 2025.The 692 full papers included in this book, comprising 66 oral presentations and 626 posters, were carefully reviewed and selected from 2370 submissions.PRCV's mission is to serve as a comprehensive platform for dialogues among researchers from both the academic field and the industry....

This six-volume set LNAI 15877-15882 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education, AIED 2025, held in Palermo, Italy, during July 22–26, 2025.The 130 full papers and 129 short papers presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 711 submissions.The conference program comprises seven thematic tracks:Track 1: AIED Architectures and ToolsTrack 2: Machine Learning and ...

This three-volume set CCIS 2590-2592 constitutes poster papers and late breaking results, workshops and tutorials, practitioners, industry and policy track, doctoral consortium, blue sky and wideAIED papers presented at the 26th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education, AIED 2025, held in Palermo, Italy, during July 22–26, 2025.The 72 full papers and 73 short papers (72 of them presented as posters) presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected...