"Seventeen teachers of tai ji quan, xing yi quan, and ba gua zhang present perspectives on the philosophy, history, and training methods of the internal martial arts. The revised edition contains four new teacher profiles and artwork"--Provided by publisher.

Through the use of archaeology, anthropology, sociology, and iconography, this book utilizes a multidisciplinary approach to research Chinese sports. A unique aspect of this book is that it documents the history and culture of Chinese sports through relics of mythology, rock paintings, painted pottery, oracle bones, bronzes, tomb bricks, paintings, porcelain, copper mirrors, and ancient books and literature. Through illustrations and text, the book traces the origin, development, evolution, and dissemination of ancient Chinese sports through various historical periods.

The name Sun Lu Tang rings familiar to almost anyone who has studied one or more of the major "internal" styles of Chinese martial arts. Because Sun was highly skilled in Xing Yi Quan, Ba Gua Zhang, and Tai Ji Quan, he wrote five different books on these subjects and synthesized the three arts to invent Sun Style Tai Ji Quan. His name has become well known wherever Chinese martial arts are practiced. Sun Lu Tang's treatise on Xing Yi Quan, published in 1915, was his first work and it was the first book published publically in China which integrated the thories of martial arts with Chinese philosophy and Daoist Qi cultivation theories. In addition to the original text of Sun's Xing Yi Quan book, this English translation also includes a detailed biography of Sun Lu Tang and an interview with his daughter, Sun Jian Yun. Book jacket.

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This is no ordinary guidebook into one of the world's greatest civilizations. It will take readers not through a single passage through China, but through the multiple passages of China, touching on the country's rich history, diverse cultures, politics, and the remarkable stories of this stupendous nation's development in recent decades to be the China that we see today. Travel books and business guides on China are a dime a dozen. But Passage through Chinaoffers something unique to readers in terms of depth and insight by bringing life and historical context to the different provinces of China and their ancient relics and landscapes.

UNESCO has identified some 700 world heritage sites, ranging from natural sanctuaries and manmade landscapes to whole urban centres, archaeological areas, and individual monuments. This is the second of three volumes, which focuses on 47 monumental sites of diverse geographic, cultural, and historic importance throughout the world, with colour photographs and explanatory text. Sites detailed include the Pyramids from Giza to Dashur, the Mosque of Isfahan in Iran, the Taj Mahal in Agra in India, the Great Wall of China, the Alhambra in Granada, Spain, the Kremlin of Moscow, Russia, Versailles Palace and Park, France, and Westminster Abbey, London.