This book introduces the reader to the folktales behind Chinese traditional festivals and reveals the fascinating origins of their intricate rituals. Some festivals such as the Dragon Boat Festival and the Mid-autumn Festival are probably familiar to the reader. Other equally interesting festivals are the so-called "Chinese Valentine's Day" and the Festival of Flowers. This book includes twelve Chinese Traditional Festivals, each complete with its historical background, origin, past and present activities, and other pertinent information. With the growing interest in Chinese culture, this...

Military Strategists of Ancient China contains biographical sketches of sixteen eminent Chinese military strategists of past ages. Each sketch covers the background, character, lifework and activities of the man and the historical role he played. It has been said that history is a mirror; if so, and, as these stories do indeed form part of history, the reader will undoubtedly find every tale in this book infused with lessons and insights from the past. The art of war as conceived by the military strategists of ancient China has evolved and continues to evolve and develop over the years since...

CHINESE PROVERBS, Volume Five, A Bilingual Dictionary (Chinese-English), Short Expressions of Popular Wisdom. Proverbs are short and pithy sayings that encapsulate the experience, ideological content and artistic quality of a society's values and beliefs in short and well-known expressions of popular wisdom. They are elements of a language that distinctly define a culture in a manner loved by the masses. In Chinese Proverbs, readers will discover a cornucopia of eastern wisdom, truths, morals and traditional views that they can hand down from generation to generation.