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  • Unearthing the Changes

    Recently Discovered Manuscripts of the Yi Jing (I Ching) and Related Texts

    Series series Translations from the Asian Classics
    In recent years, three ancient manuscripts relating to the Yi jing (I Ching), or Classic of Changes, have been discovered. The earliest—the Shanghai Museum Zhou Yi—dates to about 300 B.C.E. and shows evidence of the text's original circulation. The Guicang, or Returning to Be Stored, reflects another ancient Chinese divination tradition based on hexagrams similar to those of the Yi jing. In 1993, ... Read more

    S$ 61.90 SGD

  • The Monkey and the Monk: An Abridgment of The Journey to the West

    An Abridgment of The Journey to the West

    by ...
    Anthony C. Yu’s celebrated translation of The Journey to the West reinvigorated one of Chinese literature’s most beloved classics for English-speaking audiences when it first appeared thirty years ago. Yu’s abridgment of his four-volume translation, The Monkey and the Monk, finally distills the epic novel’s most exciting and meaningful episodes without taking anything away from their true spirit. ... Read more

    S$ 19.83 SGD

  • The Lost Garden

    A Novel

    by Ang Li ...
    Series series Modern Chinese Literature from Taiwan
    The Lost Garden is an eloquent portrait of the losses incurred as we struggle to hold on to our passions. The novel begins with the family of Zhu Yinghong, whose father, Zhu Zuyan, was imprisoned in the early days of Chiang Kai-shek's rule. Zhu Zuyan spends his days luxuriating in his Lotus Garden, which he builds according to his own desires. Forever under suspicion, he indulges as much as he can ... Read more

    S$ 34.00 SGD

  • How to Read a Japanese Poem

    How to Read a Japanese Poem offers a comprehensive approach to making sense of traditional Japanese poetry of all genres and periods. Steven D. Carter explains to Anglophone students the methods of composition and literary interpretation used by Japanese poets, scholars, and critics from ancient times to the present, and adds commentary that will assist the modern reader.How to Read a Japanese ... Read more

    S$ 39.67 SGD

  • The Old Capital

    A Novel of Taipei

    Translated by Howard Goldblatt ...
    Series series Modern Chinese Literature from Taiwan
    Chu T'ien-hsin's The Old Capital is a brilliant evocation of Taiwan's literature of nostalgia and remembrance. The novel is centered on the question, "Is it possible that none of your memories count?" and explores the reliability of remembrances and the thin line that separates fact from fantasy.Comprised of four thematically linked stories and a novella, The Old Capital focuses on the cultural ... Read more

    S$ 39.67 SGD

  • 面白日本:穿梭大街小巷 掀揭探看市井間的文化樣貌

    by 神奇裘莉 ...
    Series series 浮世繪
    從超市觀察到職場生態從說話技巧到準備伴手禮的眉眉角角為你介紹超有趣、最好懂的日本生活潛規則●日本大媽買蔬果也是會捏捏看的●日本人其實很勇於說不●買土產重視的不是味道?●意外地「性保守」?!大學宿舍居然管這麼嚴!●公司聚會裡菜鳥不准大吃大喝遊日本、逛市場、採買電器,你有發現日本人的購物習慣與省錢策略嗎?住日本、看日劇、沉迷卡漫,是否困惑情侶的約會,男朋友怎麼沒有一路護送女朋友回家?喜歡日本、崇拜日本,甚至追求到日本留學工作,是否準備好面對人際關係中的應對進退與需要留意的各種小細節呢?神奇裘莉於求學期間旅居日本,企圖撇除成見、拋開從台灣媒體中接收的日本形象,仔細體察日本的人事物;小至買水果等日常瑣事、大至國家官僚政治,一一將眼前所見現象歸結為有趣又好玩的日本人生活模式。神奇裘莉期待陪伴熱愛日本的你,一起體會日本人的所思所行,共同開啟更多日本式的驚奇大發現! ... Read more

    S$ 7.89 SGD

  • 古文觀止化讀

    by 王鼎鈞 ...
    Series series 王鼎鈞作品集
    **  精選二十四篇經典古文,  從寫作觀點解析文言文的讀法,  搭建古典文學和現代散文之間的橋樑。**  作者開宗明義點出「化讀」要旨:「化,大而化之,食而化之,轉而化之。」精選二十四篇古文,逐篇進行深入剖析,談作者生平、時代背景、文體形式,也講生字、僻詞、典故、評論、文言文經典特殊句法、結構布局……,為現代寫作者找到借鑑古人方法的途徑,為忙碌現代人提供領略古文之美的窗口。傅月庵說:「翻翻此書,讀讀古文吧,拿到了老先生的鑰匙,學會他的釣法,門一推,霎時你將發現自己獨坐藍海之上,海闊天空任翱翔,到了那時候,『什麼是教養?』恐都不是問題了。」  ◎全新修訂典藏版,由王鼎鈞先生撰寫新序並補充修訂內容。**  ◎如何「化讀」?**  我們讀〈赤壁賦〉,不從東坡先生已經寫成的〈赤壁賦〉進入,要從東坡先生未寫〈赤壁賦〉的時候參與,他游江,我們也游江,他作文,我們也作文,他用文言,我們用白話。… ... Read more

    S$ 12.05 SGD

  • 走路──獨處的實踐

    by 龍應台 ...
    Series series 龍應台作品集
    龍應台首部圖文創作18****幅親手電腦繪圖 40****則自然思索▎走一條沒走過的路****做一件沒做過的事▕走路,就不會是觥籌交錯的時候。走路,就不會是把心分給他人的時候。走路,就不會是掛在網上、陷入其中的時候。即便是熙攘擁擠的市集,只要是走路,也是我帶著「自己」在熱的喧鬧中以冷靜聽、靜觀、靜思,更何況是行走山中野路,明月照亮青苔,溪水攪動碎星。只要走路,就一定是我的身體和我的「自己」單獨有約。新的一年,無論如何忙碌,每天走路,而且走路時,全神貫注,心無罣礙:1.走一條沒走過的路2.去菜市場,跟十個人說話3.去墳場走走4.在路邊一棵樹下,坐著5.找到沒有光的地方6.了解一種作物7.走進一方田... ... Read more

    Was S$ 10.13 SGD Now S$ 8.59 SGD

  • 讀懂古人的痛,就能跳過現代的坑:史上最潮的國學經典

    Series series 天際系列
    會考學測出題方式越來越新穎,讀透課文背後的故事才能活用解題得分!本書用最潮的網路用語及角度重新詮釋國學奧妙,精闢說書讓你拍案叫絕,隨手皆可應用!詩詞歌賦都是古人的人生經歷與智慧,以古鑑今,讀通古文才能通透人生使用方式!白居易是癡情暖男也是厭世社畜;學霸蘇軾超迷星座又愛嘴老闆;〈諫逐客書〉是地表最強「非自願離職書」;元稹與白居易堪稱大唐好基友**……**古文裡多得是職場高級酸,多得是同儕互爭兩相厭。以古文為鑑,照亮的不僅是國文成績,更是你的人生!國文讀的不只是字詞音律,更是文學背後所透露抒發的人生。作者出身清大中文系,曾任網站主編,以活潑現代的觀點切入,用幽默口語說書,讓古文與國學常識變得生動可親,更把文字沒寫出的時代背景與幽微心境一一闡明,帶著讀者穿越古代... ... Read more

    Was S$ 12.10 SGD Now S$ 10.30 SGD

  • 有故事的論語〔修養.天地篇〕:愈讀愈懂,這些千古金句背後的道理

    Series Book 32 - Sense
    ★2022希望閱讀百本好書書單_經典文學【國中】★舉一反三、不恥下問、任重道遠、當仁不讓、未知生焉知死……這些耳熟能詳的名句與成語都源自**《論語》****,流傳千年至今仍被廣泛使用,**究竟它們有什麼含意?背後有怎樣的故事?《論語》不是只有之乎者也,孔子不是只說禮、君子、仁這些道德說教,《論語》的世界是你我的人生寫照**:**有人際關係、日常生活百態,還有思考的方法!《論語》是孔子和弟子之間的對話錄,從人們的互動應對、學習方法,以及做事態度,再到找尋自我意義與人生定位,甚至思考生死大事,幾乎包羅一個人一生的全部。為何要用善行和恩惠來回報惡行?【<... ... Read more

    Was S$ 12.67 SGD Now S$ 10.78 SGD

  • Verse Going Viral

    China's New Media Scenes

    Series series Modern Language Initiative Books
    Verse Going Viral examines what happens when poetry, a central pillar of traditional Chinese culture, encounters an era of digital media and unabashed consumerism in the early twenty-first century. Heather Inwood sets out to unravel a paradox surrounding modern Chinese poetry: while poetry as a representation of high culture is widely assumed to be marginalized to the point of “death,” poetry ... Read more

    S$ 39.23 SGD

  • Miyazakiworld

    A Life in Art

    by Susan Napier ...
    The story of filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki's life and work, including his significant impact on Japan and the world—"an essential work in anime scholarship.” (Angelica Frey, Hyperallergic)A thirtieth†‘century toxic jungle, a bathhouse for tired gods, a red†‘haired fish girl, and a furry woodland spirit—what do these have in common? They all spring from the mind of Hayao Miyazaki, one of the greatest ... Read more

    S$ 19.83 SGD

  • 往事並不如煙(三版)

    by 章詒和 ...
    Series series 新人間
    ◎2004中時開卷年度十大好書、2004聯合報讀書人非文學類年度最佳書獎◎暢銷十萬冊的中國當代文學經典,2006年遭中國當局查禁本書描述大時代一群知識分子的命與運。章詒和是以晚輩的眼光側寫父母的友人──史良、儲安平、張伯駒、康同璧、聶紺弩、羅隆基等人,他在中國大陸「反右」及「文革」的血雨腥風中,整肅、清算、鬥爭的紅潮席捲下,受迫害的、參與迫害的,這些人之間的恩怨情仇與人性的幽微曲折,在她細膩的筆觸、獨特的視角與溫厚的學養,將其風骨刻畫出來,也折射出一個時代的風光雲影。《往事並不如煙》是目前為止刻畫中國上層知識分子如何面對中共政治浪潮,最細緻而生動的一本人物剪影。章詒和筆下的中國上層知識分子,不單單只是專制政權底下無助的政治受害者;他們有理想熱情和天真執著的一面,也有阿附政治權力和追求生活情趣的一面,還有驕傲自滿、虛榮自私、殘忍嫉妒和勢利糊塗的其他面。無論是熱心政治還是淡泊名利,他們是毛澤東 ... Read more

    Was S$ 13.50 SGD Now S$ 11.48 SGD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 明清文學中的西南敘事(二版)

    The Southwest in Ming-Qing Literary Imagination

    by 胡曉真 ...
    Series Book 1 - 臺大哈佛燕京學術叢書
    ◎首開將「西南」帶入中國文學研究領域,具有學術前瞻性的難得之作。◎「西南」作為方法,意義不僅在於史地實證研究,更能捕捉書寫者面對西南複雜的經驗和反應。在明清文學中,「西南」正是文化、政治、戰爭、美學、地理、民族、性別等諸多問題的輻輳交點。從外地到此的文人,以不同的方式處理自然與人文景觀所帶來的陌生感,他們的作品深切結合文化的衝擊與交流,表現出複雜的美學、情感與思想特色,亦關乎近代中國的地理學熱度、思想的發展與新世界觀的形成。因此,在文學審美、情感深度、歷史意識、文化體認乃至對世界的認知等等方面,明清文人的西南敘事提供了一個因其邊緣性而益顯鋒利的切入點。全書共分為三編,第一編〈情感與世界〉描述明清文人面向西南、所展現的幽微心事以及世界觀。第二編〈戰爭與統治〉聚焦明清官員的戍守西南的紀實,包括明代田汝成《炎徼紀實》和清初田雯《黔書》等。第三編《性別、歷史與文化多音》則偏向傳統說部逸史 ... Read more

    S$ 16.83 SGD

  • The Plum in the Golden Vase or, Chin P'ing Mei

    Volume One: The Gathering

    by David Tod Roy ...
    Series series Princeton Library of Asian Translations
    In this first of a planned five-volume set, David Roy provides a complete and annotated translation of the famous Chin P'ing Mei, an anonymous sixteenth-century Chinese novel that focuses on the domestic life of Hsi-men Ch'ing, a corrupt, upwardly mobile merchant in a provincial town, who maintains a harem of six wives and concubines. This work, known primarily for its erotic realism, is also a ... Read more

    S$ 44.57 SGD

  • 候场

    by 李诞 ...
    编辑推荐李诞首部中篇小说,李诞写了一个叫"李诞"的人的故事--从怎么干上脱口秀这行,进入娱乐业;说到专业,婚姻,被限制的自由,蹲在角落的死亡......"这本书是我那张*深的名片。在这名片里,才能看到这人跟名字一点关系都没有的那些部分。"一个迅速扩张的大时代,一个踏入名利场的年轻人,激流勇进浑浑噩噩指东打西,他的证词里全是我们的生命体验--"李诞"的心绪总能在某个层面上触动当代年轻人的神经:正视虚无、善于自嘲、热衷自厌、随时跑路,人活着到底是为什么?"一个过度关注自我,不会爱人怕被爱又渴望爱的人,四处奔逃之时写的书",不正是为我们每个人所写的书?以写话的方式创作小说,用小说的方式书写真实,打破次元、突破文体,一场真正的小说实验--"我喜欢写话,写话有话接",一个被认为*会搞笑的脱口秀演员写出的一部让人笑不出来的小说,率性得可爱,真实到可怕;小说里,在一个即将在现实中发生的演出现场,"李诞 ... Read more

    S$ 13.74 SGD

  • Chinese Novel Book Review: 小说《花落花开》读者网友书评集

    这本书收集了国内读者及海外网友对二十万字长篇小说《花落花开》原名《花浓爱更浓》的评论、建议和跟贴。 ... Read more

    Free

  • Let's Explore China (Most Famous Attractions in China)

    China Travel Guide

    Series series Children's Explore the World Books
    Pack up your bags because we're going to China! This picture book features majestic China, and is the perfect introduction to Chinese culture and art. Exposing little children to picture books allows for the development of language and in this case, geography too. This is an amazing book that deserves a place in your library. Get a copy today! ... Read more

    S$ 6.86 SGD

  • 史記故事及其成語(下)

    Edited by 許麗雯 ...
    Series Book 2 - 史記故事及其成語
    此書並非《史記》的白話翻譯版本,作者從原書中挑選了26篇具有代表性的人物傳記,重新整理,且捨去冗長的編年史,讓讀者的閱讀可以更順暢,期能讓閱讀者由此而深入《史記》原文,進而喜歡歷史。您知道項羽的霸氣,足以撼動山河嗎?您聽過呂后殘酷冷血、自私跋扈、惡行惡狀的故事嗎?戰國四公子是怎樣對待門下的食客,又如何借助他們的才華呢?滑稽列傳中有哪些一鳴驚人的有趣故事?……文學的魅力不應該受限於時代、語言的束縛,而文體的表達方式,也不應該只能有一種詮釋方法。《史記》是中國第一部紀傳體通史,同時也是傳記文學的代表作。歷來《史記》的文學觀、美學觀、散文風格、傳記文學特質、語言藝術,以及對後世散文、戲劇、小說等文學樣式的啟發,都佔有摧枯拉朽的關鍵地位,兼具了文學與史學的高度價值。《史記》當中的文章具有極大的感染力與文學的戲劇性。鴻門宴中,詳細描述了項羽、劉邦、范增、張良等人的座位,與劇場中的「佈景」無異 ... Read more

    S$ 7.10 SGD

  • 有故事的論語〔學習.處世篇〕:愈讀愈懂,這些千古金句背後的道理

    Series Book 31 - Sense
    溫故知新、登堂入室、殺雞焉用牛刀、己所不欲勿施於人……這些耳熟能詳的名句與成語都源自**《論語》****,流傳千年至今仍被廣泛使用,**究竟它們有什麼含意?背後有怎樣的故事?《論語》不是只有之乎者也,孔子不是只說禮、君子、仁這些道德說教,《論語》的世界是你我的人生寫照**:**有人際關係、日常生活百態,還有思考的方法!《論語》是孔子和弟子之間的對話錄,從人們的互動應對、學習方法,以及做事態度,再到找尋自我意義與人生定位,甚至思考生死大事,幾乎包羅一個人一生的全部。不能一邊做一邊學嗎?【知之為知之,不知為不知】子路安排師弟子羔去費邑... ... Read more

    Was S$ 12.67 SGD Now S$ 10.78 SGD

  • Bandits in Print

    "The Water Margin" and the Transformations of the Chinese Novel

    Bandits in Print examines the world of print in early modern China, focusing on the classic novel The Water Margin (Shuihu zhuan). Depending on which edition a reader happened upon, The Water Margin could offer vastly different experiences, a characteristic of the early modern Chinese novel genre and the shifting print culture of the era.Scott W. Gregory argues that the traditional novel is best u ... Read more

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  • 史記故事及其成語(上)

    Edited by 許麗雯 ...
    Series Book 1 - 史記故事及其成語
    此書並非《史記》的白話翻譯版本,作者從原書中挑選了26篇具有代表性的人物傳記,重新整理,且捨去冗長的編年史,讓讀者的閱讀可以更順暢,期能讓閱讀者由此而深入《史記》原文,進而喜歡歷史。您知道項羽的霸氣,足以撼動山河嗎?您聽過呂后殘酷冷血、自私跋扈、惡行惡狀的故事嗎?戰國四公子是怎樣對待門下的食客,又如何借助他們的才華呢?滑稽列傳中有哪些一鳴驚人的有趣故事?……文學的魅力不應該受限於時代、語言的束縛,而文體的表達方式,也不應該只能有一種詮釋方法。《史記》是中國第一部紀傳體通史,同時也是傳記文學的代表作。歷來《史記》的文學觀、美學觀、散文風格、傳記文學特質、語言藝術,以及對後世散文、戲劇、小說等文學樣式的啟發,都佔有摧枯拉朽的關鍵地位,兼具了文學與史學的高度價值。《史記》當中的文章具有極大的感染力與文學的戲劇性。鴻門宴中,詳細描述了項羽、劉邦、范增、張良等人的座位,與劇場中的「佈景」無異 ... Read more

    S$ 7.10 SGD

  • 基督徒怎样读懂四大名著

    by 齐宏伟 ...
    这是一本通过解读四大名著而让基督信仰与中国文化相遇的书,帮助基督徒以道观之读懂并读通四大名著,更新对中国文化以及自身信仰的认识。四大名著深深影响着中华文化,但在基督徒和非基督徒中却均存在着一些误解,以致读《圣经》的人不愿读四大名著(却避不开),读四大名著的人不屑读《圣经》(需要更新)。针对基督徒对四大名著的"怕",如怕被"世俗小学"影响,怕读得"迷进去"等等,作者给出了由表及里的破解方法。先通过了解每部名著引起兴趣,再选片断精读,加以引导、点拨,敞开讨论,用读和写来汲取名著的精华,促进生命的成长。以读写为路径,作者一步步引导读者从文本走进四大名著的精神世界。他在书中指出,"四大名著合在一起,代表了中国人对人生在世如何生活、如何活出意义和价值的整体思考",《水浒传》《三国演义》受儒家影响提供了一条"入世"之路,《西游记》《红楼梦》则受道佛影响提供了一条"出世"之路。这两条路合在一起 ... Read more

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  • A Thousand Pieces of Gold: A Memoir of China’s Past Through its Proverbs

    The author of the international bestsellers Watching the Tree and Falling Leaves has always been fascinated by proverbs and their importance and use in China. Both her book titles are based on such proverbs.The majority of Chinese proverbs are drawn from the 1st century, when the First King of all China established his leadership over the whole country and its warring kingdoms. In ancient China, a ... Read more

    S$ 10.89 SGD