This book introduces a formula for safe stock investment.Do you think investing in stocks is gambling?Or do you think simply good luck will make a profit, and bad luck will make a loss?There\'s a formula for safe stock investment.The forces that move the sport do not simply manage the sport by luck, nor do they decide whether the sport goes up or down like gambling.There may be a deviation from one stock to another, but the power does not simply leave t...

★繼政治思想史大師蕭公權後　第二本暢銷於西方的中國史★中國歷史三千年，蘊含著複雜多元的文明，然而「中國」是什麼？如何形成開展？在歷史的長河中是否為大一統概念的延續？迄今仍是常被忽略的課題。本書從歷史事件、思想家言論、經典文本與注疏等素材，議題式探究時代、人民與政治思想間如何拉鋸與磨合，如何以文化回應與認同自己的位置。「中國」是國家？抑或地理名詞？「專制」與「大一統」並非認識中國史的絕佳視角？在朝代更迭間，人們該如何應對新變革？新舊王朝的思想觀是否有延續？中國在二十一世紀作為全球大國迅速崛起，然而全球在很大程度上仍然忽視或過度簡化塑造中國的漫長歷史，以及在國際轉型上的複雜思想和理想。在大眾的認知中，中國一直是作為單一且固定的國家存在，然金英敏教授提供了新的視角，探問中國歷朝的政治秩序和思想，真的超過兩千年從未改變？每個朝代的開展或能視為一個嶄新秩序，更是思想家與傳統道德互動、形塑敘事視角的契機。作者循著中國歷史的進程，以影響中國深遠的孔子時代為開篇，結束在...

This book explores the history of modern Korean literature from a sociocultural perspective. Rather than focusing solely on specific authors and their works, Young Min Kim argues that the development of modern media, shifting conceptualizations of the author, and a growing mass readership fundamentally shaped the types of narratives that appeared at the turn of the twentieth century. In particular, Kim follows the trajectory of the sin sosol (new fiction) as it meshed with the new print an...

In 1961 South Korea was mired in poverty. By 1979 it had a powerful industrial economy and a vibrant civil society in the making, which would lead to a democratic breakthrough eight years later. The transformation took place during the years of Park Chung Hee's presidency. Park seized power in a coup in 1961 and ruled as a virtual dictator until his assassination in October 1979. He is credited with modernizing South Korea, but at a huge political and social cost.South Korea's poli...

This book illustrates how Seoul's transition into a digitally networked city has reshaped governance structures, economic systems, and cultural life.Central to this transformation is the proactive role of the Seoul Metropolitan Government, which has guided the city through multiple stages of smart urbanization with strategic planning and policy innovation.Organized into three parts, the contributors first examine the government's leadership in building a smar...

Why do representatives of different religious traditions find the transhumanist vision of the future not only theologically compatible but even inspiring? Transhumanism is a global movement seeking radical human enhancement. The trans in transhumanism marks the transition from the present stage in human evolution into the future, namely, post-human existence. Containing chapters written by adherents to a variety of religious traditions, Religious Transhumanism and Its Critics prov...

Perspectives on East and Southeast Asian Folktales is a multidisciplinary examination of folktales that are unfamiliar to Western audiences. Examining folktales from countries like Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Burma, China, Japan, and Korea, the contributors consider various aspects: including identity issues, morals, collectivism, violence, scatological references, language socialization, representation of Buddhist values, emotional competence, as well as folktales' relationship to idioms and...

In Second-Generation Korean Experiences in the United States and Canada, Pyong Gap Min and Samuel Noh have compiled a comprehensive examination of 1.5- and second-generation Korean experiences in the United States and Canada. As the chapters demonstrate, comparing younger-generation Koreans with first-generation immigrants highlights generational changes in many areas of life. The contributors discuss socioeconomic attainments, self-employment rates and business patterns, marital patterns,...

This volume culls scholarship on both what high literacy is and how it is developed. It embraces the call put forth by Langer and Applebee (2016) that high literacy must continue to be our aim and to see more research analyzing and identifying how teachers might promote literacy practices that promote deep thinking around important content. The editors offer a conceptual framework for high literacy that explicates how each component (i.e. reading, writing, dialogic engagement, and epistemi...

This book serves as a valuable resource for researchers and practitioners in related fields, providing timely insights into recent progress in robotics and artificial intelligence. Today, AI's capabilities exceed human limitations. As AI generates texts, images, and videos, the boundaries between virtual reality and the physical world are becoming increasingly blurred. We are entering a new era in which AI agents can act on our behalf. With the continued development of AI agent systems, ro...