This book not only introduces important methods and strategies for solving problems in mathematics competition, but also discusses the basic principles behind them and the mathematical way of thinking.It may be used as a valuable textbook for a mathematics competition course or a mathematics education course at undergraduate and graduate level. It can also serve as a reference book for students and teachers in primary and secondary schools.The materials of this book come fr...

Spend 24 hours with the ancient Chinese.The year is AD 17. The Han dynasty is in power and we are in and around Chang’an, the capital and one of the most developed regions of the empire**, which** is enjoying a prolonged economic and cultural pinnacle.There are extraordinary palaces, military bases and city walls. Households are benefitting from the

Opening a new window into Chinese intellectual discourse, this unique book is a critical engagement with the issues, problems, and meanings of contemporary Chinese intellectual thought. As key participants in these debates who have exercised a significant influence on the development of contemporary Chinese thought, the volume's contributors explore concerns over the role of the intellectual and the outcomes of knowledge production in the humanities. Masterfully translated, these essays pr...

The transition from the middle to late Holocene (5000–4000 BP) coincided with profound socioeconomic transformations and intensified regional and trans-regional interactions in late prehistoric China. These environmental and socioeconomic changes gave rise to diverse lifeways and settlement modes that constituted the foundation for the emergence of regional civilisations. In this Element, prehistoric China is divided roughly into the Highlands, Lowlands, and Coastal areas, each with unique...

In the West, the story of Ancient China is less familiar to us than that of Ancient Egypt or Rome, but it is no less absorbing, and its rollcall of achievements is easily as impressive. 30-Second Ancient China unlocks the secrets of its Bronze Age glories and offers summaries of everything from the lost cities of the Zhou kings and the elaborate oracle-bone rituals that were practiced at their courts to the exquisite bronze vessels that gave the age its name, and the birth of Confucianism....

Spend twenty-four hours with the ancient Chinese.Travel back to AD 17, during the fourth year of the reign of Wang Mang of the Han dynasty, a vibrant and innovative era full of conflicts and contradictions. But as different as the Han culture might have been to other great ancient civilizations, the inhabitants of ancient China faced the same problems as people have for time immemorial: earning enough money, coping with workplace dramas, and keeping your home in or...

In his previous life, he lived alone, and in this life, he created a beast. He refused to accept that fate was unfairand he created his own demonic cultivation method. He wanted to turn the Demonic Lion clan into a Qilin clan that could fight against a huge dragon.

In his previous life, he lived alone, and in this life, he created a beast. He refused to accept that fate was unfairand he created his own demonic cultivation method. He wanted to turn the Demonic Lion clan into a Qilin clan that could fight against a huge dragon.

In his previous life, he lived alone, and in this life, he created a beast. He refused to accept that fate was unfairand he created his own demonic cultivation method. He wanted to turn the Demonic Lion clan into a Qilin clan that could fight against a huge dragon.

In his previous life, he lived alone, and in this life, he created a beast. He refused to accept that fate was unfairand he created his own demonic cultivation method. He wanted to turn the Demonic Lion clan into a Qilin clan that could fight against a huge dragon.

In his previous life, he lived alone, and in this life, he created a beast. He refused to accept that fate was unfairand he created his own demonic cultivation method. He wanted to turn the Demonic Lion clan into a Qilin clan that could fight against a huge dragon.

In his previous life, he lived alone, and in this life, he created a beast. He refused to accept that fate was unfairand he created his own demonic cultivation method. He wanted to turn the Demonic Lion clan into a Qilin clan that could fight against a huge dragon.