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The politics of fashion: perceptions of power in female clothing and ornamentation as reflected in the sixteenth-century Chinese novel Jin Ping Mei
Get PDFThis thesis examines issues of female power and influence in sixteenth-century China focusing on how women and their roles were perceived in the changing social environment of the mid-late Ming dynasty. Using aspects of a New Historicist approach, information from contemporary literary and historical sources are analysed alongside each other. With its emphasis on the lives of women and preoccupation with the description of material objects, the late Ming novel Jin Ping Mei forms an important element in the thesis. China in the sixteenth century saw expanding urbanisation, the emergence of a new wealthy merchant class, increasing visibility of women and a questioning of traditional morality. Fashion consciousness, as one of the most conspicuous aspects of the new material culture, is a possible indicator of these trends. Traditional Western theories contend that fashion began in the particular context of Renaissance Europe. However, this study argues that a similar fashion awareness existed in China too, and was manifested in a competitive striving for social status, in this case specifically among women. In contrast to previous studies which downplayed the impact women had on defining traditional Chinese culture, this thesis demonstrates how women and their sartorial choices began to redefine the boundaries of material culture, influencing literati discourse which, in turn, re- influenced female behaviour
Changing Political and Intellectual Landscapes during the Mid-Ming: Revival of Private Academies, Emergence of jianghui, and the Enshrinement Case of 1584
Get PDFabstract: This thesis examines the relationship between political culture, Confucian intellectuals, and the rise of a new intellectual and cultural paradigm during the early to mid-Ming dynasty (1368 – 1644). The main goal of this thesis is to supplement current scholarship on Chen Xianzhang’s 陳獻章 (1428 – 1500) life as an intellectual of Cantonese origin and his political activities at both local and national levels. Furthermore, the thesis supplements current research on the Yangming School and the School’s contribution to the revitalization of private academies during the Ming with a study on the relationship between the three Confucian intellectuals enshrined in 1584 and the revival of private academies from the perspective of political history. In analyzing the relationship between these various aspects of the Ming political and intellectual landscapes, the thesis uses the 1584 Confucian Temple enshrinement, which involved Wang Yangming 王陽明 (1472 – 1529) and his two older contemporary Confucian intellectuals, Chen Xianzhang and Hu Juren 胡居仁 (1434 – 1484), as an entry point to explore the dynamics behind the political and cultural changes at the time. It aims to investigate the issue of cultural power versus imperial power, the central-versus-peripheral narrative in Ming politics, the evolution of how cultural power was asserted by members of the Confucian tradition, and the manifestation of such evolution in response to contemporary political discussions. The author begins with an analysis of the revival of private academies (shuyuan 書院) during the mid-Ming, and the influence of Chen Xianzhang and Hu Juren in this revival. He then dissects the relationship between the revival of private academies and the emergence of jianghui 講會 (discussion gatherings) in the following decades. Finally, the thesis discusses the struggle of mid-Ming intellectuals in gaining cultural legitimization for both private academies and jianghui activities by urging the imperial court to give due recognition through enshrining Wang, Chen, and Hu in the Confucian Temple, and the historical significance of this struggle to the development of the Confucian tradition in the Ming. The author ultimately argues that Chen Xianzhang, contrary to the common perception about him being a philosopher-poet who was indifferent to political discourses, was in fact a politically active intellectual; and that Chen’s contributions to the revival of private academies in Guangdong predated that of Wang Yangming in the Jiangnan region.Dissertation/ThesisMasters Thesis Asian Languages and Civilizations 201
A novel design for an RF MEMS resistive switch on PCB substrate
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Judicial deference at work: Some reflections on Chan Kin Sum and Kong Yun Ming
Get PDF"Due deference" - the giving of appropriate weight to the government's judgment in the court's reasoning - is a tool that courts use to maintain the separation of powers in constitutional rights review. This note aims to provide a theoretical framework for understanding the issue of deference, and to analyse the Court of First Instance (CFI)'s approach to deference in two recent cases, Chan Kin Sum and Kong Yun Ming. The author argues that the CFI has adopted a spatial approach that failed to specify the contested issues that called for deference, inappropriately considered democratic legitimacy as a factor for deference and made broad presumptions about the democratic character of primary decisions. This approach may lead to an over-deferential attitude that threatens the separation of powers, and the malleability of the approach may be subject to courts' manipulation. The author argues for a more context-sensitive approach based purely on institutional factors.published_or_final_versio
sp(3)-sp(2) C-C Bond Formation via Bronsted Acid Trifluoromethanesulfonic Acid-Catalyzed Direct Coupling Reaction of Alcohols and Alkenes
No full textA novel and efficient trifluoromethanesulfonic acid-catalyzed sp(3)-sp(2) C-C bond formation reaction through the direct coupling of alcohols with alkenes has been realized under mild conditions. The present protocol provides an attractive approach to a diverse range of polysubstituted olefins in good to excellent yields with high stereo- and regioselectivities
Impact van C-ITS use cases: Verslag challenge, Den Haag, 11 juni 2019
No full textCoöperatieve intelligente transportsystemen (C-ITS) zijn volop in ontwikkeling. Dit kan een grote impact hebben op het Nederlandse wegennet. Rijkswaterstaat (RWS) werkt binnen het programma C-ITS Next aan opschaling en uitrol van kansrijke C-ITS diensten. Hierbij onderzoekt Rijkswater-staat welke mogelijkheden er zijn om toepassingen binnen een periode van twee jaar te realiseren en welke effecten dit kan hebben. In het kader hiervan is een workshop gehouden waarbij experts van Rijkswaterstaat samen met een aantal experts van TNO op het gebied van C-ITS samengeko-men zijn om vijf diensten te bespreken en een eerste inschatting van de effecten te maken, als opzet voor verder onderzoek. Het ging daarbij om een inschatting van de effecten op doorstro-ming, veiligheid en duurzaamheid en om een inventarisatie van de randvoorwaarden en nevenef-fecten.Transport and Plannin
二、雙烯三羰鐵鉻亞甲烷錯合物的合成及應用
No full text[[abstract]]帶酯基的有機鋅銅試劑加成到(η5-戊二烯)三羰鐵陽離子錯鹽上，可生成(η4-雙烯
)三羰鐵錯合物，經DIBAL還原成醇，再與丁機醯4氯反應，可得到C-5位置有碳酯基支
鏈的(η4-雙烯)三羰鐵錯合物，以LDA進行分子內環化反應－在-78℃下反應兩個小時
，接著以三 醋酸終止反應，可得到加成在C-2位置的八員環內酯及雙環[5.2.1]內酯
化合物；但在氟1atm.CO氣體下反應，則會進行CO差入反應，產生雙環[5.2.1]內酯化
合物。而在25℃下反應兩個小時，接著以三氟醋酸終止反應，則得到加成在C-1 位置
的九員環內酯化合物。
穩定的鉻亞甲烷錯鹽[(CH3)4N][Cr(CO)5COC6H5]與乙醯溴進行醯化反應後，直接以具
醇基支鏈的雙烯三羰鐵錯合物進行一鍋的取代反應，可得到產率不錯的雙烯三羰鐵鉻
亞甲烷錯合物。此錯合物在甲苯中迴流，可進行分子內親電子加成反應一三羰鐵雙烯
攻擊到強親電子的鉻亞甲烷基上，生成4.5-二氫砆喃三羰鐵錯合物及2-氧雙環[3.3.0
]辛烷衍生物；而在照光的條件下反應，則生成脫去三羰鐵的4,5-二氫砆喃衍生物。
Optimization of 3-hole-assisted PMMA optical fiber with double cladding for UV-induced FBG fabrication
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Ultrahigh birefringence index-guiding photonic crystal fiber
Get PDFAuthor name used in this publication: Ming-Leung Vincent TseRefereed conference paper2013-2014 > Academic research: refereed > Refereed conference paperVersion of RecordPublishedCopyright retained by autho
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Woven Paintings, Woven Writing: Intermediality in Kesi Silk Tapestry in the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1912) Dynasties
Get PDFThis dissertation explores pictorial kesi, silk-woven tapestry, from its origins in China through the Qing dynasty, focusing on objects and sources from the Ming and Qing periods. While pictorial kesi imitated the visual appearance of paintings and calligraphy, no in-depth study of the three media in relation to each other has been undertaken. By approaching kesi through the techniques of the weaver and the materiality of the finished product, this dissertation explores an important pictorial art form on its own terms.
This dissertation is divided into two parts, the first focusing on the origins, technology and techniques of weaving kesi in China. While tapestry weave was imported from Central Asia in the seventh century, Chinese craftsmen embraced the technology of creating colorful clear designs in silk and used it to imitate court paintings of the Song dynasty in the twelfth century. The author will study the intricate techniques of color blending and color joining that were developed by Chinese weavers to create complicated, beautiful images inspired by paintings. Looking at a kesi reproduction of a calligraphy scroll by Dong Qichang (1555-1636), I will analyze kesi calligraphy through the process of its making and the meaning in its materiality, as well as the political implications of this work.
The second part will study kesi in relationship to the visual arts, focusing on painting. Examining a kesi attributed to the woman weaver Zhu Kerou (active twelfth century) will shed light not only on the practice of weaving painting-like images but also on the elaborate system of male connoisseurship in the Ming and Qing dynasties that judged and categorized it. Lastly, focusing on a composition attached to the name of a famous Ming painter, Shen Zhou (1427-1509), this dissertation will study the issue of authorship in kesi and the practice of adding famous names to woven compositions.
Through studying the issues of intermediality, reproduction, connoisseurship, and materiality, the author will shed a new light on kesi, believed for so long to be decorative copies of paintings. These works incorporate complex techniques developed to solve aesthetic problems and have a unique visual language of their own. Through this study, the objects, so carefully and painstakingly created by craftsmen and weavers, will begin to speak for themselves
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