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DIETARY CONDITIONS AND DIFFERENTIAL ACCESS TO FOOD RESOURCES AMONG THE VARIOUS CLASSES DURING THE HAN PERIOD
Full text linkIn this thesis, I study how food resources and dietary conditions were determined by social and economic status during the Han period in China, B.C. 206~A.D.220. Even though earlier scholars have published research concerning the Chinese food culture of this period, these studies were limited in that they only illustrated the dietary culture of the upper class or the available food resources in one geographic area. Also, without any persuasive data, it has been assumed by these earlier scholars that there were big differences in food resources and food consumption between the upper and lower classes. In this thesis, for comparison among the classes, I divide the social and economic classes into five stratified groups: nobles, officials, peasants, soldiers and convicts. After a brief introduction of the nature of each social class, I examine the food resources and nutritional condition of each group using information such as the wealth and income of each group, the market price of food resources, the agricultural products of peasants, and the amount of food distribution to soldiers and convicts. I found these data from archaeological remains, received historical records and pictorial data, and excavated texts. This research shows a broader view of Chinese dietary condition focusing not only on the variety of food resources of nobles, but also on the different food accessibilities among the officials, and the food deficiencies of peasants. It also deals with the situations of food supply for soldiers and convicts in an effort to reveal the true dietary consumption and nutritional conditions for all Chinese. This research proves that the various classes during the Han period in China had different food resources and dietary conditions
The politics of fashion: perceptions of power in female clothing and ornamentation as reflected in the sixteenth-century Chinese novel Jin Ping Mei
Full text linkThis 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
Microeubria jaechi Lee and Yang
No full textMicroeubria jaechi Lee and Yang Microeubria jaechi Lee and Yang 1994:327. Specimens Examined. 1 male (USNM): ‘‘ MALAYSIA: Sabah; 14 km W Kundasang, el. 1,450 m, 13 Aug. 1983 G. C. Hevel and W. E. Steiner’ ’. Distribution. Indonesia (Java), E. Malaysia (Sabah).Published as part of Lee, Chi-Feng & Yang, Ping-Shih, 2002, Notes On The Larva Of The Genus Microeubria Lee And Yang, With Description Of A New Species From Borneo (Coleoptera: Psephenidae: Eubriinae), pp. 246-252 in The Coleopterists Bulletin 56 (2) on page 249, DOI: 10.1649/0010-065X(2002)056[0246:NOTLOT]2.0.CO;
Mark Lee Ping-Bing a jeho filmy
No full textThis thesis examines the cinematic oeuvre of Mark Lee Ping-Bing, a prominent Taiwanese cinematographer of great significance in contemporary times. By conducting an in-depth analysis of his film collaborations with director Hou Hsiao-Hsien, this research demonstrates how Mark Lee's distinctive aesthetic philosophy about cinematography and visual style has manifested in his collaborations with various international directors, thus making a substantial contribution to the evolution of cinematography aesthetics, particularly in the decades following the Taiwanese New Wave cinema movement.Tato diplomová práce zkoumá filmové dílo Marka Lee Ping-Binga, významného tchajwanského kameramana současnosti. Prostřednictvím hloubkové analýzy jeho filmových spoluprací s režisérem Chou Siao-Sienem tato studie ukazuje výraznou estetickou filozofii Marka Leeho, která se týká kinematografie a vizuálního stylu, a to, jak se projevila v jeho spolupracích s různými mezinárodními režiséry, a významně tak přispěla k vývoji filmové estetiky zejména v desetiletích po tchajwanské nové vlně
3D Z-string: a new knowledge structure to represent spatio-temporal relations between video objects
No full textElectrophoresis of a non-conducting Newtonian drop of low electrical potential normal to a plane
No full textLeung Ping-kwan 也斯 on being a Hongkong writer and importance of modernism - Hong Kong 1990
No full textThis audio clip is extracted from a conversation recorded in Hong Kong, 9 May 1990 with Leung Ping-kwan 也斯. Here PK talks about the specificity of being a Hong Kong writer, and the importance of Chinese modernism. Photographs by Gregory B. Lee
Notes On The Larva Of The Genus Microeubria Lee And Yang, With Description Of A New Species From Borneo (Coleoptera: Psephenidae: Eubriinae)
No full textLee, Chi-Feng, Yang, Ping-Shih (2002): Notes On The Larva Of The Genus Microeubria Lee And Yang, With Description Of A New Species From Borneo (Coleoptera: Psephenidae: Eubriinae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 56 (2): 246-252, DOI: 10.1649/0010-065X(2002)056[0246:NOTLOT]2.0.CO;2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1649/0010-065x(2002)056[0246:notlot]2.0.co;
Robust Facial Feature Extraction Using Embedded Hidden Markov Model for Face Recognition under Large Pose Variation
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