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Tripitaka and his three disciples, Monkey, Pigsy, and Sandy were chosen to undertake a pilgrimage to India, during which they came across all sorts of dangers and difficulties. From a collection of three Chinese stories selected and retold in English for young readers.

The Dragon King below the Jing River defied the orders of the Jade God of the Heavens and was executed. His ghost resented the Tang Emperor Taizong for not saving him, and dragged the Emperor to the Underworld. From a collection of three Chinese stories selected and retold in English for young readers.

Gods and Goddesses are not always perfect, what did Chang E do to have herself ending up alone on the moon? Do you know that Yi the Great Archer did more than just shooting down nine suns? From a collection of three Chinese stories selected and retold in English for young readers.

Uses Chinese philosophy to reframe Western scholarship on gender, body, and aesthetics. This book considers theorectical and philosophical discussions, reviews female aesthetical representations and traces changing perceptions of femininity from imperial to contemporary China.

The origins of modern Daoism can be traced to the Church of the Heavenly Master (Tianshidao), reputedly established by the formidable Zhang Daoling. This book tells the story of the longue duree evolution of the Heavenly Master leadership and institution.

St Stephen's Girls' College is one of the many schools run under the auspices of the Anglican Church in Hong Kong. This book records the history and development of the school and is written for its 90th Anniversary, using much original source material.

Offers a striking analysis of the struggles faced by American society, written from the perspective of a Chinese professor of history who spent 60 years of his life in the US. As both an insider and outsider, Cho-yun Hsu is able to perceive what many other Americans may take for granted, and it is this viewpoint that make this work so unusual.

Offers an insightful and lively discussion of the spiritual life of the Chinese people. Through investigation of cultural ideals and life practices, the book constructs an original portrait of Chinese cultural values.

Many Shang dynasty inscribed oracle bones were found at Yinxu, Henan province. Their purpose and function shed significant light on the origin of Chinese culture, disclosing major concerns of the time. Shang oracle-bone script is the earliest known form of systematic Chinese writing, which is a crucial source for understanding the development of Chinese characters as well as the history of the Shang dynasty. The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) is the largest repository of oracle bones in Hong Kong, including forty-four oracle bones donated by Deng Erya's family to United College and twenty-seven by Lee Yim to the Art Museum. The specialist catalog is intended for both the expert and the uninitiated yet educated reader. The essays reveal the close relationship between and achievement of oracle-bones studies and art of the University.

Leung Ping-kwan brought as much talent and inspiration to the writing of his short stories as he did to his poems. Through the keen eyes and curious mind of a young girl, Ying-tzu, we are given a glimpse into the adult world of Peking in the 1920s.

Leung Ping-kwan is one of Hong Kong's most acclaimed poets. His poems display a unique blend of the literary and the down-to-earth, the modern and the traditional, the serious and the humorous, the local and the universal. These translated poems are a celebration of the continuing legacy of a remarkable Hong Kong poet.

Written by an internationally acknowledged pioneer in endocrine surgery, this book is intended as advice for aspiring medical professionals. In clear, concise language, Dimitrios Linos explains the steps needed to take to get into a top medical school, succeed as a resident, and become a board certified doctor.

In the West, love occupies centre stage in the modern age. We may observe a similar development in China. This volume offers critical readings of the texts that have shaped this trend, including important Ming and Qing dynasty works of drama, Buddhist texts and other religious/philosophical works, in all their subtlety and evocative power.

The memoir Ordinary Days by the scholar and critic Leo Ou-fan Lee and his wife Esther Lee Yuk Ying brings to this Hong Kong series an intensely personal touch, consciously echoing the great sentimental memoir of the eighteenth century, Shen Fu's Six Chapters of a Floating Life.

An anthology of essays from Hong Kong and the diaspora, ranging across the past hundred and seventy years, that record the intellectual ferment that has characterised the city since its founding in 1842, sometimes restless and questioning, sometimes meditative and lyrical, always civilised, and buoyed by an all-pervasive spirit of freedom.

One of the first full-length stream-of-consciousness novels written in Chinese, The Drunkard has been called the Hong Kong novel, and was first published in 1962. As the narrator, a writer at odds with a philistine world, sinks to his drunken nadir, his plight can be seen to represent that of a whole culture degraded by the forces of history.

For several decades Xi Xi has been widely known for her award-winning poetry and fiction. This time, she has chosen to write about the teddy bears she began making in 2005, after treatment for cancer, in order to improve the mobility of her right hand. The book offers fascinating insights into Chinese culture.

Like every major culture, Chinese has its set of ""keywords"": pivotal terms of political, ethical, literary and philosophical discourse. This volume analyses some of these keywords from different disciplinary and temporal perspectives, offering a new integrative study of their semantic richness, development, and usages in Chinese culture.

Features new and innovative writing from mainland China and abroad. Each bilingual title highlights the ever changing literary culture of China while simultaneously expanding the English language with a wave of new voices in translation.

A practical guide for learning and getting by in Mandarin Chinese for adult learners. With the busy reader in mind, each lesson works first to bring fast acquisition and build practical ability in speaking the language.

A concise encyclopaedia of Hong Kong in the Belt and Road. It provides a comprehensive introduction to the national initiative and exploring various opportunities for the territory in the Belt and Road as well as Hong Kong's cooperation with relevant regions along the routes, offering many valuable policy recommendations.

An indefatigable preserver of lost traditions in the field of classical Chinese medicine, Liu Lihong has done it again. The Yellow Emperor's Inner Transmission of Acupuncture features a clinically relevant synthesis of his discipleship with Yang Zhenhai, one of the last remaining master practitioners of Daoist acupuncture in mainland China.

Combines ethnographic analysis, personal vignettes, and a number of fascinating stories to present a convincing yet complex picture of how Gao villagers interact with the outside world, twenty years after the publication of his original ethnography of Gao Village.