What if your destiny was not a fixed path, but a story you could rewrite?For centuries, Liao Fan's Four Lessons has been Asia's most cherished secret to a life of purpose, prosperity, and peace. This timeless classic begins with a shocking premise: a wise man predicts the exact course of Yuan Liaofan's life—every success, every failure, even the day of his death. Trapped by this seemingly unchangeable fate, Liaofan resigns himself to a passive existence... until a ...

This book provides the reader with the latest archaeological discoveries of Liangzhu culture for its sophisticated jade artifacts. The structure and contents systematically present that large-scale ritual vessels such as jade cong and bi were originally regarded as the embodiment of Zhou and Han dynasties have been proved as burial accessories of Liangzhu culture. This confirmation urges archaeologists to renew an earlier interpretation of societal development dimension in Liangzhu culture...

Cycles of Power unveils the timeless political wisdom of Feng Dao, the legendary statesman who thrived as Prime Minister under ten emperors across four chaotic dynasties. In an era where betrayal and violent upheaval were the norm, Feng Dao mastered the delicate art of survival, leadership, and influence—guiding rulers, outmaneuvering rivals, and enduring where others fell. This book distills his profound insights into power dynamics, offering lessons on adaptability, strategic hu...

SpringPeach was a maidservant in a wealthy family. The host, unable to have children with his wife for over twenty years, had an affair with SpringPeach. When the hostess found out, she sold SpringPeach to a bean curd maker for ten taels of silver. After marrying, SpringPeach gave birth to a baby boy, whom her mother-in-law wanted to drown. SpringPeach saved her son and started helping her husband with the bean curd business.One day, a monk came to their shop, and she gave him free...

The Liangzhu Culture (3,300-2,300 BC) represented the peak of prehistoric cultural and social development in the Yangtze Delta. With a wide sphere of influence centred near present-day Hangzhou City, Liangzhu City is considered one of the earliest urban centres in prehistoric China. Although it remains a mystery for many in the West, Liangzhu is well known in China for its fine jade-crafting industry; its enormous, well-structured earthen palatial compound and recently discovered hydraulic...

Different from traditional medical devices, customized prostheses made with 3D printing realizes a transition from one size fits all to tailor-made precision. The book systematically introduces the basic issues, design preparation, clinical applications, potential risks, precautions, and regulatory supervision of 3D printing personalized prostheses in the field of orthopedics. It will be a theoretical and technical reference for clinical doctors, engineering technicians, regulatory and res...

When a victim of abuse became abuser, then what would happen? Who killed him? His parents, his childhood friends, his classmates, his teacher, the indifferent neighbors or himself?

When generating electronic products, manufacturing enterprises are producing pollution and waste that is harmful to the environment. As a result of this increasing event, green production has become a valuable research topic. Green Production Strategies for Sustainability is an essential reference source for the latest empirical research and relevant theoretical frameworks on creating profit through environmentally friendly operating processes. Including coverage on a range of topics such ...

This book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Cognitive Systems and Signal Processing, ICCSIP 2020, held in Zhuhai, China, in December 2020.The 59 revised papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 120 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on algorithm; application; manipulation; bioinformatics; vision; and autonomous vehicles.

Coupled climate system models are of central importance for climate studies. A new model known as FGOALS ( the Flexible Global Ocean-Atmosphere-Land System model), has been developed by the Sate Key Laboratory of Numerical Modeling for Atmospheric Sciences and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (LASG/IAP, CAS), a first-tier national geophysical laboratory. It serves as a powerful tool, both for deepening our understanding of fundamenta...

This book reflects the latest research trends, methods, and experimental results in the field of Artificial Intelligence and Autonomous Transportation, which covers abundant state-of-the-art research theories and ideas. As a vital research area that is highly relevant to current developments in a number of technological domains, the topics covered include Autonomous Transportation Systems, Autonomous Transportation Management and Control Technology, Autonomous Transportation Equipment Tech...

This book constitutes revised selected papers from the 17th Workshop on e-Business, WeB 2018, which took place in Santa Clara, CA, USA, in December 2018.The purpose of WeB is to provide an open forum for e-Business researchers and practitioners world-wide, to share topical research findings, explore novel ideas, discuss success stories and lessons learned, map out major challenges, and collectively chart future directions for e-Business. The WeB 2018 theme was “The Ecosystem of e-Bu...