Wang Wei, one of Chinese literature's greatest poets, divided his time between the court and his country estate, where he drew inspiration from the mountains and solitude. His poetry affirms his belief in a whole natural order, and his delicately observed descriptions of landscapes are infused throughout with a sense of unity and Buddhist devotion. Yet it also bears testament to the tension Wang Wei experienced in his own life, between that unity and the worldly pleasures of life at court:...

A breathtaking presentation of artistic and spiritual collaboration in the classical Chinese traditions of landscape poetry and painting—with 40 full-color artworks.The quintessential poet of solitude of the middle Tang dynasty, Wang Wei spent much of his time in seclusion at his retreat property at Wheel-Rim River in the Whole-South Mountains, near present-day Xian, China. One autumn, his friend and fellow poet P’ei Ti came to visit him, and the two spent the seas...

Flow cytometry plays a critical role in the diagnosis of hematopoietic neoplasms. Understanding the key immunophenotypic features of each entity is essential for accurate diagnosis. Filling a crucial gap in current literature, this is a comprehensive reference text that systematically details these immunophenotypic profiles. Grounded in real-world experience, this practice-driven resource offers expert guidance on the use of flow cytometry in the diagnosis and classification of hematolymph...

This monograph provides a rare sociological analysis of China’s efforts to globalise its academic knowledge through translation and international publication. Centring on the Chinese Outbound Academic Translation Initiative (COATI), a major State-funded programme administered by the National Office for Philosophy and Social Sciences, it examines how academic knowledge is translated, negotiated, and institutionally positioned within global knowledge economies. A distinctive contribution of ...

Multi-agent systems are special networked systems full of research interest and practical sense, which are abundant in real life, ranging from mobile robot networks, intelligent transportation management, to multiple spacecraft, surveillance and monitoring. Consensus control is one of the most typical and hot research issues for multi-agent systems. Distributed Adaptive Consensus Control of Uncertain Multi-agent Systems provides innovative technologies to design and analyz...

This book focuses on the solar sailing technique and investigates in detail its applications for deep-space explorations focusing on the Earth-Moon, Sun-Earth and Sun-planet systems. Solar sailing is an advanced and propellent-free form of low-thrust propulsion, and therefore, a perfect option for energy-demanding and long-duration space missions. This book covers the topics on non-Keplerian orbit designs, low-thrust station-keeping, and spacecraft formation flying using solar sailing from...

Chinese Explored Asia Long Before the Europeans: An Ancient World Map Tells All is the fruit of the author's research into the history of exploration prior to the European Age of Discovery. This book analyses thoroughly the Asian regions of an important ancient world map: Kunyu Wanguo Quantu (KWQ) (坤舆万国全图), translated as 'Complete Geographical Map of All the Kingdoms of the World'. The map was published in 1602 by Italian Jesuit priest Matteo Ricci in China. For over 400 years, the map has...

The book explores how ethnic minority culture is integrated into school practices inside and outside classrooms in Southwest China.The author investigates the challenges in teaching and administration teachers have encountered in Chinese ethnic minority regions, specifically problems faced by teachers in ethnic Dai and ethnic Tujia; and how pre-service teachers are trained in current teacher education programmes in ethnic minority regions. Drawing on the theoretical frameworks of m...

Web 3.0 is the next generation of the Internet built on decentralized technologies such as blockchain and cryptography. It is designed to address issues encountered in the previous generation of the Internet such as imbalanced distribution of interests, monopoly of platform resources, and leakage of personal privacy. This book explores the challenges and solutions related to ensuring security and privacy in the context of the evolving Web 3.0 architecture.Web 3.0 represents the nex...

China: Insight into History, Culture, and People illuminates a nation whose history and traditions remain largely unfamiliar to many in the West. This book serves as an essential guide for understanding China's past, present, and growing global influence. Through a compelling and fast-paced narrative, it explores China's rich history, vibrant culture, and complex relationship with the West, offering readers a deeper appreciation of this dynamic nation. Engaging and informative, this book p...

This significant book sheds light on the nexus between tourism and sustainability through an interdisciplinary research lens to showcase tourism’s power in shaping a responsible society and sustainable tourism future.It achieves this by critically exploring core themes on climate change, AI, destination marketing strategies, smart cities, animal centrism, open-source intelligence and tourism from a wide range of disciplinary perspectives. It includes cutting-edge tourism interdisci...

This book is a comprehensive collection of technologies and methods on intelligent information processing, which includes artificial neural network, fuzzy logic, and evolutionary computing. It also introduces the latest research directions and progress in intelligent information processing, such as transfer learning through convolutional neural network, time series prediction, clustering based on fuzzy neural network, test and evaluation of the traveling salesman problem, test and evaluati...