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...

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?

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 18th Workshop on e-Business, WeB 2019, which took place in Munich, Germany, in December 2019.The purpose of WeB is to provide a forum for researchers and practitioners to discuss findings, novel ideas, and lessons learned to address major challenges and map out the future directions for e-Business. The WeB 2019 theme was “Smart Business: Technology and Data Enabled Innovative Business Models and Practices.”The 20 papers...

This open access book takes the common bedding rock slopes in engineering practice of the Three Gorges Reservoir Area as the research object. The book adopts a research system of in-site investigation, equipment development, experimental exploration, theoretical construction and numerical development, with detailed information, rich content and evidence-based arguments. The relevant research achievements can lay a theoretical foundation and provide scientific basis for solving the key scie...

Over the next few decades, millions of people, with varying backgrounds and levels of technical expertise, will have to effectively interact with robotic technologies on a daily basis. This means it will have to be possible to modify robot behavior without explicitly writing code, but instead via a small number of wearable devices or visual demonstrations. At the same time, robots will need to infer and predict humans’ intentions and internal objectives on the basis of past interactions in...

Discover the lost art of Neigong, the foundational internal practice of Chinese martial and healing arts, faithfully translated from a 19th-century master's manuscript.This illustrated guide unveils the complete system of Nei Gong Practicing with Illustrated Drawings, as compiled by Official Wang Zuyuan in 1881. Within these pages, you will find step-by-step instructions for the precise exercises, meditations, and self-massage techniques designed to strengthen the body fro...

International trade in the 21st century is characterized by the emergence and development of Global Value Chains. With the reform and opening-up deepening, China has become an important participant and practitioner of global value chains, a staunch supporter and defender of the multilateral trading system, and a contributor to and beneficiary of economic globalization. This book provides an insightful analysis of the pathways for China to upgrade in global value chains based on the country...

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...