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The Making of a Modern Art World: Institutionalisation and ...
Pedith Pui ChanAs Lydia Liu argues, the term “national essence” (guocui) underwent a drastic transformation in meaning between 1911 ... 60 Lydia He Liu, “Rethinking Culture and National Essence,” in Translingual Practice: Literature, National Culture, and ...
近代中國的商會網絡及社會功能
Pui-Tak Lee 李培德Pui-Tak Lee 李培德. 6 商人團體、地方政府,社會櫂力^以 1933 至 1934 年金融危機 中的汕頭市商會為例黄挺―、 1933 年以前汕頭的金融狀況 1 .清末民初汕頭獨特的 金融制度 1860 年汕頭開埠以後,商業經濟日見繁盛。當時市面行使的銀元,來源頗為 ...
The Power of Patriarchs: Qisong and Lineage in Chinese Buddhism
Elizabeth A. MorrisonA study of the Northern Song Chan monk Qisong and his writings on Chan lineage, this book offers new arguments about Buddhist patriarchs, challenges assumptions about Chan masters, and provides insight into the interactions of Buddhists and ...
Attaining the Way: A Guide to the Practice of Chan Buddhism
PreviewThis landmark guide to the practice of Chan Buddhism includes texts from the great living Chan master Sheng Yen, as well as material by three key ancestors of his lineage, going back to medieval times: Yuanyun Jiexian, Boshan Yuanlai, and ...
Poker
PreviewJohnny Chan Johnny Chan Johnny Chan at the 2006 World Series of Poker Nickname(s) Orient(al) Express Hometown Las Vegas, Nevada World Series of Poker Bracelet(s) 10 Money finishes 42 Highest ITM Main Event finish Winner, 1987, ...
Play Poker Like Johnny Chan: Book One: Casino Poker
Johnny ChanWhether you are a beginning or intermediate player, this book will help you on your road to expert status. Concise and easy to understand, Play Poker Like Johnny Chan covers all the popular casino poker games.
The Ghost of Neil Diamond
David MilnesNeil tried to recall in which of Chan's smart clubs Iannis was working but he couldn't remember. What else was in that expression, that puckered frown? With the shadow from the hat it was impossible to say. “How is he? Ole channy Chan?
Million Dollar Hold'em: Limit Cash Games
Johnny ChanChan, who regularly plays against and defeats the best players in the world, shows how to win money consistently at poker's most popular game-limit hold'em.
Charlie Chan's Words of Wisdom
Howard M. BerlinA selection of 600 quotes from the Charlie Chan movies, based on the character created by Earl Derr Biggers. Includes a 12-page databank of publicity photos, lobby cards, and other scenes from the movies.
Chan Rhetoric of Uncertainty in the Blue Cliff Record: ...
Steven HeineSee Morten Schlütter, How Zen Became Zen: The Dispute Over Enlightenment and the Formation of Chan Buddhism (Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2009). T48:292c22–293a14. See Robert E. Buswell Jr., “The Transformation of Doubt ...
Prophetic Lament: A Call for Justice in Troubled Times
Soong-Chan RahSoong-Chan Rah's prophetic exposition of the book of Lamentations provides a biblical and theological lens for examining the church's relationship with a suffering world.
The Moneymaker Effect: The Inside Story of the Tournament ...
Eric RaskinThis was our ESPN debut broadcast, so we wanted—and ESPN wanted—to have a Johnny Chan or a Doyle or a Hellmuth. So when Johnny Chan was eliminated, there was certainly some disappointment in that. Maranz: Our coverage, we ...
Shattering the Great Doubt: The Chan Practice of Huatou
ShengyanA Chan Master who has co-led retreats with the Dalai Lama presents the Chinese Zen meditational practice of asking an answerless question, called huatou, a traditional method for breaking through the trap of habitual thinking and finding a ...
Out of the Shadow of 1997?: The 2000 Legislative Council ...
PreviewSome of the Young Turk members in these branches spent time campaigning for Albert Chan, instead of campaigning in their own districts, as they saw Chan as the only hopeful Young Turk candidate. However, this did not violate any party ...
Attaining the Way: A Guide to the Practice of Chan Buddhism
Master Sheng-YenHe finally settled down on Mount Bo (Boshan) to teach for the rest of his life. In the Chan custom of referring to eminent masters by their place of settlement, he then became known as Master Boshan. The two tracts of Boshan's translated here ...
WSOP Official Guidebook
PreviewJohnny Chan 198788 Main Event Champion Member of Poker Hall of Fame The 1988 championship event isa classic in WorldSeries ofPoker history,inpart because Johnny Chan won it for the second consecutive year, but primarily because ...
Patriarchs on Paper: A Critical History of Medieval Chan ...
Alan ColePatriarchs on Paper charts the emergence of this kind of “fantasy Buddhism” and details how it interacted with more traditional forms of Chinese Buddhism in order to show how Chan’s illustrious ancestors were created in literature in ...
Chan Rhetoric of Uncertainty in the Blue Cliff Record: ...
Steven HeineSee Miriam Levering, “Dahui Zonggao and Zhang Shangying: The Importance of a Scholar in the Education of a Song Chan Master,” Journal of Song-Yuan Studies 30 (2000), 115–139; Robert M. Gimello, “Chang Shang-ying on Wu-t'ai Shan,” ...
Incorporating Children in Worship: Mark of the Kingdom
Michelle A. Clifton-SoderstromRah, Soong-Chan. Many Colors: Cultural Intelligence for a Changing Church. Chicago: Moody, 2010. ———. “Soong-Chan Rah: Freeing the Captive Church.” Faith and Leadership. September 2011.
52 Greatest Moments World Series of Poker
Mark RogersTHE MOMENT If Johnny Chan wanted to be the king of the World Series of Poker he first would have to defeat the court jester. The final match was postponed in order for ESPN to provide adequate television coverage for Chan's historical ...
Master Sheng Yen:
Dharma Drum MountainBy the time of his death in February 2009, Chan Master Sheng Yen was recognized as a preeminent spiritual leader. A traditional master of Chinese Buddhism,he wasa lineagedescendant ofboththe Linjiand Caodongschools of Chan.For over ...
Coconut recipes from around the world
M. L. C. GeorgeAlbert Chan and Yeow Giap Seng did the layout. We are grateful to our Bioversity colleagues Albert Chan, for providing valuable technical assistance; Yeow Giap Seng, for facilitating the whole process of getting the book to publication; and ...
Fire in the Tail: Bobby's Adventure Continues Down Under
Mary RandallAs the five of us kids and Tutu looked over at Mae—Ling, her father Albert—Chan , and Kim—Sung, we noticed that Kim—Sung who was now dressed was looking down at the ground in shame while his father, Albert—Chan was speaking very ...
The Letters of Chan Master Dahui Pujue
PreviewFor Zhang Shangying, see Miriam Levering, “Dahui Zonggao and Zhang Shangying: The Importance of a Scholar in the Education of a Song Chan Master, ” Journal of SongYuan Studies 30 (2000): 115–139. 10 See Jeffrey Lyle Broughton, ...
Families – Beyond the Nuclear Ideal
PreviewDaniela Cutas, Sarah Chan ... (Hardback) ISBN 9781849663397 (Ebook) Humans and Other Animals: Challenging the Boundaries of Humanity Sarah Chan ISBN 9781780932187 (Hardback) ISBN 9781780932545 (Ebook) Global Health and ...
Mean Chris Chan
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The Next Evangelicalism: Releasing the Church from Western ...
Soong-Chan RahSoong-Chan Rah calls on the North American church to escape its captivity to Western cultural trappings and to embrace a new evangelicalism that is diverse and multiethnic.
圖像與商業文化 (Graphic Images and Consumer Culture: Analysis of ...
Preview分析中國近代廣告 吳詠梅 Yongmei Wu, 李培德 Pui-tak Lee. ഹ٫ᔊʧ ܲືනҏ රд؛, 斯坦福大學歷史系博士。現任台灣中央研究院近代史研究所研究員、所長。國立台灣 師範大學中國史教授。黃教授的研究方向為中國近現代思想史和文化史。他最近的兩 部 ...
日本文化在香港: 由傳統國都到社會主義首都
Pui-tak LeeH.Cheungand Mitsuo Kawaguchi,Re—vising HongKongparadise: a Stdy 2/ JapaneSehe Sl/2ry(HongKong:HongKongInstituteofAsia—Pacific Studies, ChineseUniversityofHongKong,2000). 17 .王向華〈香港 O 一日系又一八一了一分 以卜 0 )組織 ...
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