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November 2019Fuxi
by Zhou Jing, Wu Haijia
Fuxi was recounted by ancient children's literature writer Zhou Jing and contemporary painter Wu Haijia, the latter recarving stories and characters in the style of Chinese painting. The integration of the poetry of the text and the richness of the painting is a wonderful interpretation of ancient myths, which expresses the unique Chinese charm and Chinese spirit. The story of this book is an in-depth description of the mythical figure of Fuxi, and unfolds the legendary Fuxi's contribution to humanity. The book tells the stories of Fuxi started making fire, portray, and divination, fishing with nets, breeding, singing, and dancing, etc. Using repeated techniques, the author applies the poetic deconstruction of traditional elements in the book. By depicting the image of Fuxi, the book celebrates the creativity and self-improvement of the Chinese nation.
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Humanities & Social SciencesMay 2017Study on Zhou Dunyi's Journey of Life
by Liu Yiping
Zhou Dunyi (1017—1073) is a famous ideologist, philosopher and originator of Neo-Confucianism in the Northern Song Dynasty. Together with Shao Yong, Zhang Zai, Cheng Hao and Cheng Yi, they are called "Five Thinkers of the Northern Song Dynasty". This book is one of a series of books commemorating Zhou Dunyi with 17 manuscripts in it. The author experiences Zhou Dunyi's life journey by visiting 17 places where Zhou Dunyi ever studied, worked, teached, etc., and records personal feelings and reflection. It is the author's attempt to have a further understanding of Zhou Dunyi, Chinese traditional culture, as well as the Neo-Confucianism in the Northern Song Dynasty.
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November 2019The Divine Power of Emperor Shun
by Zhou Jing,Gu Zengping
The Divine Power of Emperor Shun was recounted by ancient children's literature writer Zhou Jing and contemporary painter Gu Zengping, the latter recarving stories and characters in the style of Chinese painting. The integration of the poetry of the text and the richness of the painting is a wonderful interpretation of ancient myths, which expresses the unique Chinese charm and Chinese spirit. This book mainly tells the story of Emperor Shun's growth journey, and writes Shun's magical power full of blessing and good luck. As a mythical story, there are naturally some fantasy elements in these realistic life stories and emotions, combined with the imaginary birds and golden dragons.
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The Arts2015No Smooth Way: The Autobiography of Wu Guanzhong
by Wu Guanzhong
The book is the special version of the autobiography by the famous artist Wu Guanzhong in memorial of his fifth anniversary of the death of him.
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November 2019Huangdi Catches the Beast
by Zhou Jing,Pang Xianjian
Huangdi Catches the Beast was recounted by children's literature writer Zhou Jing and contemporary painter Pang Xianjian, the latter recarving stories and characters in the style of Chinese painting. The integration of the poetry of the text and the richness of the painting is a wonderful interpretation of ancient myths, which expresses the unique Chinese charm and Chinese spirit. This book starts from the traditional myth story of Huangdi warred Chiyou, examines this myth story from the perspective of modern values, and raises the question of whether various lives matter to different extent. The ups and downs of the fate and value of a beast go through the story, illustrated with rich picture details and harmonious colors.
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November 2019Kuafu Chased the Sun
by Zhou Jing, Ye Xiong
Kuafu Chased the Sun recounts ancient myths by children's literature writer Zhou Jing and contemporary painter Ye Xiong, the latter recarving stories and characters in the style of Chinese ink painting. The integration of the poetry of the text and the richness of the paintings is a wonderful interpretation of ancient myths, expressing the unique Chinese charm and Chinese spirit. Kuafu Chased the Sun is a classic Chinese myth that every child should know. In this book, Kuafu is brave and fearless, passionately loving nature from his heart, and devotes all his energy to pursuing his dreams, and finally gains lightness and happiness like never before. Through the interpretation of the author and the painter, the story became vivid on the paper.
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November 2019Herbs Shennong
by Zhou Jing,Chen Yunxing
Herbs Shennong was recounted by children's literature writer Zhou Jing and contemporary painter Chen Yunxing, the latter recarving stories and characters in the style of Chinese painting. The integration of the poetry of the text and the richness of the painting is a wonderful interpretation of ancient myths, which expresses the unique Chinese charm and Chinese spirit. This book tells the story of Shen Nong tasted hundreds of herbs for medicine, one of the classics in ancient Chinese mythology. Through clear and beautiful narratives, this book portrays the image of the tribal leader full of wisdom and selfless love. The story condenses the legendary Shennong's main deeds for the benefit of mankind, such as making puppets, growing grains, making pottery, and setting up markets.
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November 2019Ten Suns
by Zhou Jing,Chen Yunxing
Ten Suns was recounted by children's literature writer Zhou Jing, and contemporary painter Chen Yunxing re-engraving stories and characters in the style of Chinese painting. The integration of the poetry of the text and the thickness of the painting is a wonderful interpretation of ancient myths, which expresses the unique Chinese charm and Chinese spirit. The story in this book can be regarded as the prequel to the story of Houyi Shot Suns. The main story is why the ten suns appeared in the sky together. The author had a bold imagination and depicted the curiosity and naughtiness of the sun brothers. The story of Houyi was written through the surrival and death of the ten suns in the sky. This angle is novel and full of childlikeness.
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November 2019Emperor Yao Plants the Beans
by Zhou Jing,Gu Zengping
Emperor Yao Plants the Beans was recounted by ancient children's literature writer Zhou Jing and contemporary painter Gu Zengping, the latter recarving stories and characters in the style of Chinese painting. The integration of the poetry of the text and the richness of the painting is a wonderful interpretation of ancient myths, which expresses the unique Chinese charm and Chinese spirit. This book is a mythical story about friendship. In the reenactment of this story, the author endows Emperor Yao with a great love to the world and a strong desire for talented people. Li and Yao each had their own lives and pursuits. The bean pods that Li quietly brought to Yao gave Yao a great hope to success. These two men did not impose their pursuits on each other, but respected, appreciated, affirmed, and cherished each other.
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November 2019Dayu Control Flood
by Zhou Jing,Qian Dinghua
Dayu Control Flood was recounted by children's literature writer Zhou Jing and contemporary painter Qian Dinghua, the latter recarving stories and characters in the style of Chinese painting. The integration of the poetry of the text and the richness of the painting is a wonderful interpretation of ancient myths, which expresses the unique Chinese charm and Chinese spirit. This book takes a unique approach and tells the love story of Dayu and Tushanshi, offering Dayu, a deity figure, a humanistic charm. Starting from the well-known myth story of 'Dayu Controls Flood', the author chose a different entry point to retell the story. The affection of Dayu and Tushanshi is rarely mentioned but fascinating. Although this book is about the theme of love, the main theme is still the sacrifice spirit of Dayu who cares about the people.
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November 2019Pangu Creats Heaven and Earth
by Zhou Jing,Yang Hongfu
Pangu Creats Heaven and Earth was recounted by children's literature writer Zhou Jing and contemporary painter Yang Hongfu, the latter recarving stories and characters in the style of Chinese painting. The integration of the poetry of the text and the richness of the painting is a wonderful interpretation of ancient myths, which expresses the unique Chinese charm and Chinese spirit. Pangu Creates Heaven and Earth is an essential story that must be mentioned in ancient Chinese myths. It describes how the ancient ancestors of Chinese think on the origin of our universe. This book tells the story of how Pangu creates the heaven and earth, focusing on the exploration of Pangu's inner world and description of Pangu's psychological activities. It showed the courage and strength of Pangu, and endowed the founding image of Pangu with heroic temperament and arduous spirit.
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November 2019Nüwa Repairs the Heaven
by Zhou Jing,Ye Xiong
Nüwa Repairs the Heaven was recounted by children's literature writer Zhou Jing and contemporary painter Ye Xiong, the latter recarving stories and characters in the style of Chinese painting. The integration of the poetry of the text and the richness of the painting is a wonderful interpretation of ancient myths, which expresses the unique Chinese charm and Chinese spirit. Nu Wa Repairs the Heaven is a classic story in ancient Chinese mythology. It contains philosophical questions of how human beings examined themselves and thought about their origins. It is a famous piece of myths passed over generation by generation via words of mouth. Through the writer's new narrative, this book boldly breaks through the tradition but does not lose sight of it. It uses poetic words to describe the tranquility and beauty of the world in its initial stage, and makes the female figure more delicate and fuller in the book.
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The Collected Works of Zhou Zuoren
by ZHOU ZUOREN
Zhou Zuoren has always been called the "king of short prose". His essays are the culmination of Chinese vernacular prose. Contemporaries such as Lu Xun, Hu Shi, and Yu Pingbo have commented on it. He is erudite and knowledgeable, and his writings are all-encompassing. He is generally acknowledged as his literary style to be calm and dilute. His essays always permeate humanistic observations, which are both profound and forward-looking, and contain the plain and sincere of life, allowing readers to taste the classic aesthetics of prose in his dilute and simple texts, but also You can experience a rich life and harvest the wisdom of thinking.
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Literature & Literary StudiesAugust 2017Research on The Book of Songs (Shi Jing)
by Zhu Xiuquan
This book examines and demonstrates some part of The Books of Songs, and presents the author's personal perspective in a clear way. It is divided into 10 chapters: Chapter 1 Research on the movement Da Wu composed in the Western Zhou Dynasty and its evolution Chapter 2 Study on The Song of Zhou and the corresponding rituals Chapter 3 Ode to the Success of King of the Age—— A Study of the Theme of the Three Ode in The Book of Songs Chapter 4 Discussion on characteristics of the times reflecting from The Song of Zhou ......
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MedicineIllustrated Classic of the Shennong Ben Cao Jing
by Zhang Wei
This book is a meticulously curated and illustrated compilation based on the “Shennong Ben Cao Jing.” It categorizes herbs into superior, medium, and inferior grades, detailing each herb's name, original text, annotations, translations, sources, uses, and medicinal formulas. The precise descriptions are complemented by vivid full-color hand-drawn illustrations, providing a clear overview of early Chinese clinical herbal medicine practices. This book serves as a valuable reference for the study of traditional Chinese medicine.
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January 2019Heavenly Girl
by Zhou Jing
Heavenly Girl (Tian Nü) is based on a legendary story in The Classic of Mountains and Seas·Da Huang Bei Jing as a starting point. It describes the difficult journey of the Nü Ba out of the desert to find her identity after having exhausted her powers in aid to her father Huang Di at the war with Chi You. She became the Drought Godness then as drought emerged wherever she went. With the first-person narrative, the main body of the story describes the loneliness and the curiosity of the life of the goddess with her destructive ability. At the same time, the narratives about the protagonist from different persons are presented, offering a different perspective. The work is immense, exquisite in structure, full of characters and strong in originality and artistry.
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February 2020Jing Hua Yuan
by Li Ruzhen
Li Ruzhen's The Edge of Mirrors and Flowers is a long novel full of fantasy. The author draws on material from the Shanhaijing, and the first half of the novel depicts the various strange kingdoms overseas through the overseas travels of Tang Ao and Duogong, the daughter kingdom where men and women are interchangeable, the gentleman kingdom where there is no competition, and the gutless kingdom where dung is used as food. The second half of the book tells the story of Wu Zetian's selection of talented girls for the imperial examinations, and the successful examination and gathering of 100 talented girls.
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November 2018Summer Vacation in Nanjing
by Zhou Rui
Zhou Rui, a famous childhood literature writer, wrote this childhood novel in an autobiographical style. It sets the protagonist Qingning as the main clue. With the historical background of China in the 1950s and 1960s, it runs through historical events such as the Liberation War and the Cultural Revolution. The warmth of the strokes tells the love story of Qingning’s parents, his four brothers and sisters, and that his father who suffered in those historical turmoil had to send Qingning from Nanjing to grandparents’ home in Shanghai for fostering. Qingning could reunite with my parents only during the summer vacation. Despite all these uneasiness, he still managed to grow up well with the positive influence of his parents. It shows the joys and sorrows of oridinary people in the social turmoil during the special historical period.
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2006The Complete Works Of Wu Guanzhong
by Shui Tianzhong, Wang Hua
Owing to the spirit of exploration and experimentation in artistic practice, Mr. Wu Guanzhong has become an influencing and outstanding artist in the circle of Chinese fine arts. Mr. Wu Guanzhong has been diligent at creation. Excluding those work pieces lost or damaged deliberately by himself, nearly 5,000 paintings made by Mr. Wu Guanzhong have gone round in the world, including 500 oil paintings, about 3,000 wash paintings and around 1,500 sketches, watercolor paintings and drafts. The book consists of 9 volumes, ingathering 2,200 paintings and 1,500 thousand words. These paintings are his magnum opuses of all the periods of his creation, exhibiting his exploration and originality in art. His essays written in nearly 1,000 thousand words reflect his viewpoints and thoughts. The book exhibits his works vividly and demonstrates tridimensionally what Mr. Wu Guanzhong thought about and what he pondered on.
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March 2015The Stories of Zhou Enlai
by Liu Jintian
The characters included in the "The Chinese Leaders' Stories Series" are all the older generation of proletarian revolutionaries who have made great contributions or created great achievements in the great struggle to create the People's Republic of China and the great cause of leading the people to carry out socialist economic construction. The vivid and detailed stories illustrate these great people from their birth time until their senior status and describe their fighting process, showing the reader a full and vivid image, reappearing their personality charm, political wisdom, and military talent. The series is a good model for cultivating the patriotism of Chinese young readers, and it also provides a great opportunity for readers to relive in the history and have experienced those leaders' great achievements. This book is the stories of Zhou Enlai.
