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I want the heavens to not be able to cover my eyes, the earth to not bury my heart. I want all living beings to understand me. I want all buddhas to vanish into thin air!
Author : Mu QingLei
Publisher : Funstory
Page : 639 pages
File Size : 42,65 MB
Release : 2020-06-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1649750498
I want the heavens to not be able to cover my eyes, the earth to not bury my heart. I want all living beings to understand me. I want all buddhas to vanish into thin air!
Author : Terry Dunn
Publisher : Dragon Door Publication
Page : 119 pages
File Size : 40,1 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780938045144
Author : Feng ChanZi
Publisher : Funstory
Page : 823 pages
File Size : 47,67 MB
Release : 2019-09-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1646772105
Don't compete with me in talent. My five branches share the same cultivation, and I have the Demonic Lotus Legacy, the Sky Flipping Palm, and the condensed Nuwa Stone.Don't fight with me for a woman. I am elegant and elegant like a flower. I am a human beauty. I am a demi-human princess. I am a dragon queen.Don't play tricks with me, I look into the distance, my eight faces are as clear as the wind, my little scheme is profound, if you want to harm me, I will make sure your parents won't recognize me.I caused the earth to change color. The fifth prime minister was as miserable as a dog, and I made the heavens fear. The five emperors submitted and made me their enemy. Their lives were in ruins.You have to ask me who I am, I am the Master of the World!
Author : Richard Barry O'Brien
Publisher : London : Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 32,53 MB
Release : 1890
Category : Home rule
ISBN :
Author : Xue Er
Publisher : Funstory
Page : 1576 pages
File Size : 11,73 MB
Release : 2019-11-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1647367085
Long Xiaoyuan had been reborn, he was extremely happy.However, why was he reborn in the body of an unconscious monarch?This fatuous ruler loved his subjects and killed them for their loyalty. He was truly unscrupulous to the extreme!This flabbergasted ruler, after marrying the son of a general, had given him endless torment!How could he recreate such a person?That male wife of the empress is obviously an unparalleled beauty, right? Since he didn't want such a person, then let him!
Author : Tang XiaoMi
Publisher : Funstory
Page : 1022 pages
File Size : 12,14 MB
Release : 2019-11-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1647670403
The good-for-nothing son of the outer elder of the Flowing Moon Sect, Xiao Feng Lin, had his dantian sea broken by his fellow sect members and died. He was thrown into the forbidden mountain to obtain the remnant soul of the ancient corpse ancestor, and was then reborn into the current world as the sole zombie.
Author : Lynette Mitchell
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 35,55 MB
Release : 2013-08-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 1472511387
With an in-depth exploration of rule by a single man and how this was seen as heroic activity, the title challenges orthodox views of ruling in the ancient world and breaks down traditional ideas about the relationship between so-called hereditary rule and tyranny. It looks at how a common heroic ideology among rulers was based upon excellence, or arete, and also surveys dynastic ruling, where rule was in some sense shared within the family or clan. Heroic Rulers examines reasons why both personal and clan-based rule was particularly unstable and its core tension with the competitive nature of Greek society, so that the question of who had the most arete was an issue of debate both from within the ruling family and from other heroic aspirants. Probing into ancient perspectives on the legitimacy and legality of rule, the title also explores the relationship between ruling and law. Law, personified as 'king' (nomos basileus), came to be seen as the ultimate source of sovereignty especially as expressed through the constitutional machinery of the city, and became an important balance and constraint for personal rule. Finally, Heroic Rulers demonstrates that monarchy, which is generally thought to have disappeared before the end of the archaic period, remained a valid political option from the Early Iron Age through to the Hellenistic period.
Author : David M. Robinson
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 20,51 MB
Release : 2020-10-26
Category : History
ISBN : 1684170710
Like most empires, the Ming court sponsored grand displays of dynastic strength and military prowess. Covering the first two centuries of the Ming dynasty (1368–1644), Martial Spectacles of the Ming Court explores how the royal hunt, polo matches, archery contests, equestrian demonstrations, and the imperial menagerie were represented in poetry, prose, and portraiture. This study reveals that martial spectacles were highly charged sites of contestation, where Ming emperors and senior court ministers staked claims about rulership, ruler-minister relations, and the role of the military in the polity. Simultaneously colorful entertainment, prestigious social events, and statements of power, martial spectacles were intended to make manifest the ruler’s personal generosity, keen discernment, and respect for family tradition. They were, however, subject to competing interpretations that were often beyond the emperor’s control or even knowledge. By situating Ming martial spectacles in the wider context of Eurasia, David Robinson brings to light the commensurability of the Ming court with both the Mongols and Manchus but more broadly with other early modern courts such as the Timurids, the Mughals, and the Ottomans.
Author : Janice Valls-Russell
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 497 pages
File Size : 13,20 MB
Release : 2024-10-17
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 135012589X
Why does Bassanio compare himself to Jason? What is Hecuba to Hamlet? Is the mechanicals' staging of the Pyramus and Thisbe story funny or sad? This dictionary elucidates Shakespeare's use of mythological references in an early modern context, while bringing them to life for today's audiences and readers, at a time of renewed critical interest in the reception of the classics and fascination with classical mythology in popular culture. It is also a precious tool for practitioners who may not always know quite what to make of mythological references. Mythological figures, creatures, places and stories crowd Shakespeare's plays and poems, featuring as allusions, poetic analogies, inset shows, scene settings and characters or plots in their own right. Most of these references were familiar to Shakespeare's spectators and readers, who knew them from the writings of Ovid, Virgil and other classical authors, or indirectly through translations, commentaries, ballads and iconography. This dictionary illustrates how, far from being isolated, a mythological reference may resonate with the poetics of the text and its structure, cast light on characters and contexts, and may therefore be worth exploring onstage in a variety of ways. The 200 headings correspond to words and names actually used by Shakespeare: individual figures (Dido, Venus, Hercules), categories (Amazons, Centaurs, nymphs, satyrs), places (Colchos, Troy). Medium and longer entries also cover early modern usage and critical analysis in a cross-disciplinary approach that includes reception, textual, performance, gender and political studies.
Author : Stephen R. Bokenkamp
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 522 pages
File Size : 15,30 MB
Release : 1997
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520203228
"A work of historic proportions. . . . A whole new world of ancient religious life is being opened to us here, and readers can trust Bokenkamp to guide them through that world."--Russell Kirkland, University of Georgia "Bokenkamp, whose previous works on Daoism are already deservedly well known and appreciated, presents complete translations of six major Daoist texts. His introductions to each of them delineate and elucidate some points of both the history and fundamental notions of Daoism, which so far have remained unclear or subject to debate. This book will undoubtedly provide a better understanding of Daoism."--Isabelle Robinet, author of Taoist Meditation: The Mao-shan Tradition of Great Purity