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        October 2015

        Chinese folk traditions:Folk Festival couplets

        by Ma Fang, Xiao Li

        Chinese Traditional Folklore series consists of six volumes, including Folk Festive Paper-cutting, Folk Dragon and Lion Dance, Folk Manual Embroidery, Folk Festival Lantern Riddles, Folk Festival Couplets, and Folk Traditional New Year Pictures. This series of books gives a detailed introduction to the tools, techniques, categories, customs, legends and applications of Chinese traditional folk culture in the form of pictures and texts. It is a set of folk craft activities readers that integrate ornamental and practicality.

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        October 2015

        Chinese folk traditions :Folk hand embroidery

        by Ma Fang, Xiao Li

        Chinese Traditional Folklore series consists of six volumes, including Folk Festive Paper-cutting, Folk Dragon and Lion Dance, Folk Manual Embroidery, Folk Festival Lantern Riddles, Folk Festival Couplets, and Folk Traditional New Year Pictures. This series of books gives a detailed introduction to the tools, techniques, categories, customs, legends and applications of Chinese traditional folk culture in the form of pictures and texts. It is a set of folk craft activities readers that integrate ornamental and practicality.

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        July 2014

        Ambush

        by Fang Fang

        This collection of works by writer Fang Fang includes novelettes such as Ambush, My Beginning Is Also My End, Floating Clouds and Flowing Water, Performance Art, and Scenery that have already been translated into English, French, Japanese, Korean, Italian, Thai and Portuguese, and published abroad. Among these, Scenery won the National Outstanding Novelette Prize and caused a national sensation. It also established her as one of the representatives of China’s “new realists”. Her other works have also won her many national important prizes such as Fiction Monthly Hundred Flowers Awards.

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        Literature & Literary Studies
        January 2018

        The Decay of Courage: Li Guowen Talks about History

        by Li Guowen

        This book selects twenty-one representative articles from Li Guowen’s six works about Chinese history. It is divided into two parts: "the silhouette of the dynasty" and "the tragedy of the literati". It embodies Mr. Li Guowen’s profound thinking on the relationship between imperial power and literati in Chinese history, national character of China, as well as the rise and fall of history.

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        July 2016

        Where the Clouds Disperse

        by Chi Li

        This collection includes five novelettes by Chi Li: Life Show, Who Do You Think You Are, The Birth of the Sun, and Where the Clouds Disperse. Most of these works reflect the characteristics of Wuhan and most of the characters in them are also related to the personality of this metropolis. Works like Life Show have been adapted into sensational films and TV series. They roughly represent the creativity of Chi Li.

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        Literature & Literary Studies

        Time Wrap

        by Chi Li

        Time wrap begins with romance of a couple who seemed to fell in love at first sight. However, this perfect match was the result of a sophisticated deployment by cooperation between both families. Taking this as a clue, Chi Li reveals the centuries-old fate of two families and three generations. This novel is known as the contemporary Chinese version of "One Hundred Years of Solitude".

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        October 2007

        Personalführung in China

        Motivationsinstrumente und Anreize

        by Ma, Xiao Juan

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        A practical manual for calligraphers and painters

        by Ma Dechun

        "Practical Manual for Calligraphers and painters (Revised Edition)" by the famous painter Ma Dechun and his wife for several years to compile, is a guide book to assist the majority of calligraphers, painters and painting lovers to create art. This book is divided into two parts, which "calligraphy and painting literature thought quote" fine escape of the first praise of the past dynasties, is the compilation of the content of the topic: "ink edge miscellaneous knowledge record" the calligrapher and painter often encountered and interested in the relevant knowledge made a carding excerpt, including traditional festival taboos, title title and modest words attached, Jijin name often deputy content."Practical Manual of Calligraphers and painters (Revised Edition)" by the famous painter Ma Dechun and his wife for several years to compile, is a guide book to assist the majority of calligraphers, painters and painting lovers to create art. This book is divided into two parts, which "calligraphy and painting literature thought quote" fine escape of the first praise of the past dynasties, is the compilation of the content of the topic: "ink edge miscellaneous knowledge record" the calligrapher and painter often encountered and interested in the relevant knowledge made a carding excerpt, including traditional festival taboos, title title and modest words attached, Jijin name often deputy content.

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        January 2021

        Li Zehou Collection

        by Li Zehou

        The manuscript was personally selected by the renowned scholar Mr Li Zehou, and contains his own discourses and dialogues on ethics since 2016. The 200,000-word collection is included in the "Library of Contemporary Hunan Ethics" series.

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        January 2015

        Nut-carving of Suzhou

        by Li Xiao

        China enjoys a profound civilization. Among countless classics, some are of rich meaning and deep insights, which has influenced people’s personality, mindset, morality and appreciation of beauty. These classics serve as a door to the understanding of Chinese culture. This series offers readers a way to learn classics through the calligraphy of master Sun Xiaoyun.

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        The Arts

        A Millennium from the Perspective of Arts – China in Classical Paintings (6 Volumes)

        by Li Shubo

        A Millennium from the Perspective of Arts – China in Classical Paintings tells the stories of China from paintings of different ages. It consists of six volumes, covering the Northern Song Dynasty, the Southern Song Dynasty, the Yuan Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty, and the Republic of China. By introducing the details of the works and observing the artists' creative mentality, the book not only tells the big pictures of politics, military, economy, technology, and humanity in different historical periods, but also shows the daily life and aesthetics of ancient China.   As a Norwegian Chinese cultural scholar, the author Li Shubo adopts a special perspective in the book by combining the achievements of overseas Chinese studies with contemporary archaeology and art history, and uses simple language presenting a comprehensive, profound and thought-provoking picture of Chinese civilization.

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        The Arts
        September 2017

        100 Best Photographic Places in Western Hunan: A Photography Collection

        by Ma Shujun

        This book is an excellent photography collection of "Mysterious Xiangxi" Top 100 Tourism Photographic Places. The book contains 100 best photographic spots in western Hunan (Fenghuang County, Jishou City, Yongshun County, Longshan County, Guzhang County, Huayuan County, Luxi County, Baojing County) selected in this event. Each photo is presented with a brief description to the content of the photo, highlighting the history, humanities, and natural beauty of western Hunan.

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        August 2017

        Die Verschwörung von Shanghai.

        Roman

        by Xiao Bai, Lutz-W. Wolff

        Ein Attentat im Hafen und die bildhübsche Ehefrau an der Seite des Opfers verschwunden. Die Spur führt in die Französische Konzession: 1931 eine zu Reichtum gekommene Enklave Frankreichs mitten in Shanghai, bevölkert von Gangstern, korrupten Polizisten, Revolutionären und Spionen … Xiao Bai spinnt eine meisterhafte Intrige rund um ein verhängnisvolles Begehren, literarisch, spannend, atmosphärisch. An Deck des Ozeandampfers mit Kurs auf Shanghai schießt Hsueh heimlich ein Bild von ihr. Er ist Fotograf, sie wunderschön, nichts weiter. Doch als nach den Schüssen unten am Hafen ihr Gesicht in jeder Zeitung auftaucht und er ihr dann in den Gassen der Französischen Konzession wiederbegegnet, verfällt er ihr hoffnungslos. Um in ihrer Nähe zu sein, wird er Teil eines doppelbödigen Spiels, als Spitzel für die Polizei, Kämpfer für die Revolution und Waffenhändler. Nur Leidenschaft allein hat in der Französischen Konzession noch niemanden vor einer Kugel bewahrt, das weiß er ganz genau …

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        August 2017

        Die Verschwörung von Shanghai

        Roman

        by Xiao Bai, Lutz-W. Wolff

        Ein Attentat im Hafen und die bildhübsche Ehefrau an der Seite des Opfers verschwunden. Die Spur führt in die Französische Konzession: 1931 eine zu Reichtum gekommene Enklave Frankreichs mitten in Shanghai, bevölkert von Gangstern, korrupten Polizisten, Revolutionären und Spionen … Xiao Bai spinnt eine meisterhafte Intrige rund um ein verhängnisvolles Begehren, literarisch, spannend, atmosphärisch. An Deck des Ozeandampfers mit Kurs auf Shanghai schießt Hsueh heimlich ein Bild von ihr. Er ist Fotograf, sie wunderschön, nichts weiter. Doch als nach den Schüssen unten am Hafen ihr Gesicht in jeder Zeitung auftaucht und er ihr dann in den Gassen der Französischen Konzession wiederbegegnet, verfällt er ihr hoffnungslos. Um in ihrer Nähe zu sein, wird er Teil eines doppelbödigen Spiels, als Spitzel für die Polizei, Kämpfer für die Revolution und Waffenhändler. Nur Leidenschaft allein hat in der Französischen Konzession noch niemanden vor einer Kugel bewahrt, das weiß er ganz genau …

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        January 2017

        Landscape Kāsaka

        by Li Xiuwen

        Landscape Kāsaka is the first prose collection of Li Xiuwen. Most of the works have been written by Li during the turbulent decade among places such as forest and townlet, temple and studio, inn and train and so forth, all of which constitute Li’s Landscape. He has painstakingly recorded the emotion and dignity of ordinary people: doorkeeper and peddler, umbrella mender and tinker, courier and cleaner, real estate broker and sales representative...Also, there are some chapters about traveling and poetry, traditional Chinese opera and day dream. By writing these, Li Xiuwen finally affirms his destiny: as for himself, writing, is not only the faith leading him out of fatigue, but also the Kāsaka during his wandering life.

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        Ukiyo-e

        by Li Pan

        Ukiyo-e is a print art popular during the Edo period (1601-1867) in Japan. It is known as the "encyclopedia of Japanese folklore". It features oiran beauty, Kabuki actors, erotic charms, scenery, flowers, birds, and social customs, representing the lifestyles and fashions of all classes of society at that time. Pan Li, an authority on Ukiyo-e research, clearly described the 300-year history of the rise and fall of Ukiyo-e. The ins and outs of 7 major genres including Torii School and Utagawa School, the life stories and artistic achievements of 31 masters including Kitagawa Utamaro, Katsushika Hokusai, Utagawa Hiroshige, etc., more than 200 classic works such as "One Hundred Views of Edo" "Three Beauties of the Present Day" "Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji" are perfectly displayed and fully analyzed in the book. Every Ukiyo-e picture carries a wealth of Japanese folk culture codes. Only by unlocking this information in detail can we say that we truly understand Ukiyo-e and have a more accurate understanding of Japanese culture. ——Pan Li 浮世绘是流行于日本江户时代(1601-1867)、出自民间画工的版画艺术,被誉为“日本民俗的百科全书”,它以花魁美人、歌舞伎演员、春宫魅惑、民俗风景、花鸟虫鱼等社会风俗为主要题材,表现当时社会各阶层的生活百态和流行时尚。 中国浮世绘研究权威潘力清晰地讲述了浮世绘300年的兴衰史。鸟居派、歌川派等7大流派的来龙去脉,喜多川歌麿、葛饰北斋、歌川广重等31位大师的生平故事与艺术成就,《歌撰恋之部》《富岳三十六景》《名所江户百景》等200多幅经典作品的风格解析,都在书中得到了完美展现。 每一幅浮世绘都承载着丰富的日本民俗文化密码,只有巨细无遗地解锁这些信息,才能说是真正看懂浮世绘,也才能对日本文化有更准确的认识。——潘力

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