This is the first book that has comprehensively introduced the culturalrelics of the Yan Garden and its ancient buildings. During the Ming andQing dynasties, it became the “granted garden” of the imperial family.After centuries’ ups and downs, the...
This book selects 25 speeches delivered in English by Professor Chang.These speeches mainly focus on the three aspects of cultural issues,education as well as growth and development, which are usually generaland vague issues but interesting and easy-...
This is a collection of scholarly writings by Chen Congzhou, one of themost preeminent scholars in the field of garden history. It provides afascinating look into various aspects of traditional Chinese garden designand culture and represents a seriou...
Zen Buddhism developed in China some fifteen hundred years ago, withBodhidarma or Daruma being the First Patriarch, and became the dominant formof Buddhism in China in the late Tang Dynasty. This book presents the readers adetailed account of inherit...
This book includes ten representative essays of Tang Yijie, focusing on culturalinteraction among Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism and Christianity. It bringsup the concept of “harmony in diversity” with profound impact in the field ofphilosophy at h...
This is an account of the interviews in 1984 with the “Last Confucian”Liang Shuming by Guy S. Alitto, an American sinologist. Comparedwith the 1980 conversations, these interviews concentrate more onhis encounters with such important figures as Lia...