Li Zhi
Author
Language
English
Description
Li Zhi's iconoclastic interpretations of history, religion, literature, and social relations have fascinated Chinese intellectuals for centuries. His approach synthesized Confucian, Buddhist, and Daoist ethics and incorporated the Neo-Confucian idealism of such thinkers as Wang Yangming (1472 - 1529). The result was a series of heretical writings that caught fire among Li Zhi's contemporaries, despite an imperial ban on their publication, and intrigued...
Publisher
Tai sheng yu le gong si
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
中文
Description
Hong Po Kei's engagement with Wuxi rice baron Tseung Kiu was broken off years ago after a natural disaster hit the country. After her family was killed she become a criminal. Through fate they meet again and she becomes his fourth wife. Kei is very clever and and Kiu entrusts her to find a successor for him before he dies. After she selects his second son, she is constantly challenged by Kau. What happens when Kau and Kei go head to head? They may...
Publisher
Guangdong zhong kai wen hua fa zhan you xian gong si fa xing
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
中文
Description
Wei Xiaobao is a commoner who is kidnapped as a teenager and held in the palace of the young emperor Kang Xi. Over time, the captive and emperor develop a friendship which will be tested when Wei Xiaobao is appointed leader of the Heaven and Earth Society, a rebel group with a secret operation to assassinate the emperor. Wei acts as a double agent for the emperor and society, successfully completing missions assigned to him by both entities. After...
14) Yihe yuan
Publisher
Palm Pictures
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
中文
Description
Yu Hong is a rebellious young woman from a small Chinese town transplanted to a politically charge Beijing University in the late 1980s. The country's social turmoil is witnessed through its disaffected youth, whose newfound sexuality and activism culminated in violent suppression. Spanning nearly 20 years of Chinese history, projects the country's struggle for definition through the eyes and heart of a young woman ill-equipped to handle it. While...
Series
Film Movement volume 7, film 7
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
中文
Description
Sid, the rebellious son of Kwan, a savage Hong Kong triad boss, escapes to Taiwan upon enraging his father's adversary, a powerful underground business leader. Hiding out in the mountains, Sid encounters a group of Zen drummers. Their mesmerizing art, rigorous training, and austere way of life pique the hostile urban young man's interest and he asks to join the group. Although Sid despises his father, he is turning out to be a younger version of...
17) Mengjia =: Monga
Publisher
Cai chang guo ji duo mei ti gu fen you xian gong si
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
中文
Description
Set in an all boys high school in Taiwan in the 1980s, rival gangs in the school fight to be the dominant group of boys in the school.
