Chinese Water

From the Yangtze to the Yellow River, China is traversed by great waterways, which have defined its politics and ways of life for centuries. Water has been so integral to China's culture, economy, and growth and development that it provides a window on the whole sweep of Chinese history. In The Water Kingdom, renowned writer Philip Ball opens that window to offer an epic and powerful new way of thinking about Chinese civilization. Water, Ball shows, is a key that unlocks much of Chinese culture.

What if your life wasn’t a race to the finish line—but a painting in progress? What if every day could feel more like wandering through a mountain path, resting by a flowing river, or breathing beneath an open sky? In Shan Shui: Designing Your Inner Landscape, author Rick T. Fu introduces listeners to the ancient Chinese art of shan shui (山水—literally “mountain-water”) and shows how it offers a timeless blueprint for modern life. For centuries, Shan Shui was more than painting.

不读水浒，不知天下之奇。《水浒传》是中国几千年历史的一个缩影，深藏着社会的冷暖、人性的明暗，重重玄机中展现农民阶层和统治者之间的较量……不讀水滸，不知天下之奇。《水滸傳》是中國幾千年歷史的一個縮影，深藏著社會的冷暖、人性的明暗，重重玄機中展現農民階層和統治者之間的較量……