In China today skyscrapers tower over ancient temples, freeways deliver lines of cars and tour buses to imperial palaces, cinema houses compete with old theaters featuring Peking Opera. The disparity evidenced in the contemporary Chinese cityscape can be traced to the early decades of the twentieth century, when government elites sought to transform cities into a new world that...(展开全部)

This book is an engagingly written critical genealogy of the idea of “love” in modern Chinese literature, thought, and popular culture. It examines a wide range of texts, including literary, historical, philosophical, anthropological, and popular cultural genres from the late imperial period to the beginning of the socialist era. It traces the process by which love became an al...(展开全部)

When Buddhism was introduced into China at about the beginning of the Christian era, the Chinese were captivated at first by its overpowering world view. Consequently, Buddhism in China has usually been discussed in terms of the Indianization of Chinese life and thought, but Kenneth Ch'en shows that as Indian ideas were gaining ground the Chinese were choosing among them and mo...(展开全部)

Chinese Pure Land Buddhism: Understanding a Tradition of Practice is the first book in any western language to provide a comprehensive overview of Chinese Pure Land Buddhism. Even though Pure Land Buddhism was born in China and currently constitutes the dominant form of Buddhist practice there, it has previously received very little attention from western scholars. In this book...(展开全部)

Over the past century, Buddhism has come to be seen as a world religion, exceeding Christianity in longevity and, according to many, philosophical wisdom. Buddhism has also increasingly been described as strongly ethical, devoted to nonviolence, and dedicated to bringing an end to human suffering. And because it places such a strong emphasis on rational analysis, Buddhism is co...(展开全部)

《大转型时代:全球帝国的阵痛1900-1950》讲述了：20世纪上半叶的美国，就是一幅大变革和大转型的图画，就是一个国家走向全球权力顶峰的历史。在这50年间，美国得到了快速发展：人均收入从到500美元，增长到1600美元，并实现了广泛的社会保险体系；曾经多达26％的童工受到法律的禁止；黑人已经在名义上享受美国公民的全部权利；登记在册的汽车由13.824辆（人130.76亿），增长到4400万辆（人口158亿），每4人即有一辆；全美由一条地铁，增加到已有10多个城市拥有地铁；电话则从、33万部，增加到4300万部。美国将令人叹为观止的生产力跟这个世界曾目睹过的最广泛的繁荣结合起来。实现了从科技到社会诸领域的广泛变革．实现了美利坚民族的伟大转型。每个人都深信：在所有可能存在的世界中，这里是最好的世界．而且，每时每刻都在变得更好。 而“美国大发现”的本质就...(展开全部)

《大转型时代:全球帝国的阵痛1900-1950》讲述了：20世纪上半叶的美国，就是一幅大变革和大转型的图画，就是一个国家走向全球权力顶峰的历史。在这50年间，美国得到了快速发展：人均收入从到500美元，增长到1600美元，并实现了广泛的社会保险体系；曾经多达26％的童工受到法律的禁止；黑人已经在名义上享受美国公民的全部权利；登记在册的汽车由13.824辆（人130.76亿），增长到4400万辆（人口158亿），每4人即有一辆；全美由一条地铁，增加到已有10多个城市拥有地铁；电话则从、33万部，增加到4300万部。美国将令人叹为观止的生产力跟这个世界曾目睹过的最广泛的繁荣结合起来。实现了从科技到社会诸领域的广泛变革．实现了美利坚民族的伟大转型。每个人都深信：在所有可能存在的世界中，这里是最好的世界．而且，每时每刻都在变得更好。 而“美国大发现”的本质就...(展开全部)