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Fei-yen wai-zhuan the true era of its birth and investigation of its author
No full textFei-yen wai-zhuan 飛燕外傳 (The Unofficial Biography of [Zhao] Fei-yen) is one of the classical-language fictions in traditional China, describing the famous romance between Emperor Cheng-di 成帝 and Zhao Fei-yen 趙飛燕 sisters in the Former Han Dynasty. The author is attributed with Ling Xüan 伶玄, who definitely had confessed that he was living with the Former Han Dynasty in his brief autobiography. However, it was too suspicious to believe, from the beginning of its appearance in the Southern Song Dynasty, scholars have been puzzled to determine the true era of its birth. Through their discussions, now it is widely accepted that Fei-yen wai-zhuan was born during the Six Dynasties, not in the Tang Dynasty, though it is still lacking in conclusive evidence. But some insist that it could be compared with the great masterpieces of Tang-tales, like Ying-ying zhuan 鶯鶯傳, Li Wa zhuan 李娃傳, Huo Xiao-yü zhuan 霍小玉傳, which belonged to the Tang Dynasty. Then should we say that Fei-yen wai-zhuan was a premature masterpiece? It still remains a great mystery to all, including its author Ling Xüan himself. This study, paying attention to the text itself, proves this tale should belong to the Tang Dynasty. Its main keywords are two, Zhen-la 眞臘 and Qi-chu Ling-hua jing 七出菱花鏡 (Water-chestnut flower shaped bronze mirror, circled by seven petals). The former, used first in the historical records in China was in the Sui Dynasty Da-ye 大業 12years(616), and the latter one likely appeared after reign of Empress Wu(690--705). These facts simply tell us Fei-yen wai-zhuan was born in the Tang Dynasty. The true author of this tale is Niu Seng-ru 牛僧孺, a famous prime minister of late Tang and was also a well-known writer of Tang-tales, who authored Xüan-guai lu 玄怪錄. We could know the close affinities between Fei-yen wai-zhuan and Xüan-guai lu. As a drafted scholar-official, all of Niu's life had been under the strife in bureaucracy with the factional parties at that time. Once the opposition party blamed Niu for violating his majesty, to write the tale Zhou Qin xing-ji 周秦行記 named Niu Seng-ru. Though its writer was anonymous, Niu was nearly accused of injury to the majesy (Lèse majesté). I contend Niu decided to write Fei-yen wai-zhuan under a pseudonym to make counterattack against a recreant writer in the same manner and to regain true pride for himself
(Oral) Tunable luminescent properties of graphene quantum dots by controlling oxygenous functional group
No full textAnthropology as an interdisciplinary field
No full textThe article discusses anthropology as an interdisciplinary field from the author's own research experience.AnthropologySociologySSCI0ARTICLE120-243
Wo zhe yi nian
No full textby Fey Shiaw tong.Live recording.Prof. Rulan Chao Pian read "During my past year" by Fei Xiaotong.Electronic reproduction from Rulan Chao Pian Audio Cassette Collection.Read in Chinese.by Fey Shiaw tong
[[alternative]]The Fine Artist's Self-Marketing---A Case of Chen Yi-Fei
No full text[[abstract]]Abstract:
Must become artist this line of business, in the former idea should be one kind “Devotee” profession, but in the real life, as if majority people didn’t dare to the “Artist” profession, the reason that an artist most basic is facing many “Survival” the question, because also in the middle of this has too many “Contradictions”. “Economy” and “Artist” between if can a closer union, whether the artist can survive in the nowadays practical life? As the enterprise body management profession has the condition which survives in the society.
This research that one is good at the self-marketing take Chen Yi-Fei as an example. How discusses with fine artist to light, in the fit space position, own art idea in the suitable time makes the pinpointing, only then can develop the biggest benefit .Have left behind business and art will a “very perfect” fuse in together life way.
“Chen Yi-Fei Phenomenon” may inquire into an artist can develop by own limited condition belongs to its individual brand of infinite commercial art, and carries forward incisively the self-marketing idea.
Chen Yi-Fei make art business dealing and the creativity self-marketing for its goal and the strategy principle, own management and design and establishment “Yi-Fei” group, to show the self-marketing hope and the pursue, unfolds an artist's business ambition and the intense social sense of responsibility.
Generally specifically, this research Chen Yi-Fei succeeds the conclusion to have the following three essentials:.
(1)Grasps the artist own superiority condition effectively.Manipulation variation superiority strategy.
(2)Effective grasping trend of the times and market demand.Manipulation approval、demand strategy、sponsor strategy、platform strategy.
(3)Effectively grasps an artist self-marketing essence. Manipulation modernized tool、celebrity effect strategy、social person strategy.
Chen Yi-Fei's entire wrap artist self-marketing process, enables him to become widely known, nobody did not know and is known to everybody the flagship artist, his value has led art into general common populace, his fervor advanced boldly a development art business zealously with the process, he satisfied an artist also to satisfy an artist to the beautiful request for the wealth pursuance； He became the artist's paragon and raised the general populations to the happy thing fervor, and also relying on individual strength, let the artistic industry start out a living way, he is neither non-artist not entrepreneur, motion activist …and so on can describe that, In fact he attempts to unfold an artist “Hero” special characteristic and “Superhuman” the style.
An Interview with Deanna Fei, Author of A Thread of Sky
No full textDeanna Fei is author of A Thread of Sky (Penguin Press, 2010), a novel about three generations of women in a Chinese American family. Here, she talks with recent UC Irvine graduate Mengfei Chen.
Mengfei Chen: What were some of your inspirations in writing the book? How did it begin? What experiences informed your writing?
Deanna Fei: A Thread of Sky is the story of a family of Chinese American women who reunite for a tour of their ancestral home. It was inspired by a trip through China’s “must-sees” that I embarked on ten years ago with my mother, my sisters, my aunt and my grandmother — six strong-willed, complicated women herded together for two weeks on a package tour. I was struck by the dramatic possibilities of this set-up, as well as the questions it raised about home and identity, culture and authenticity, travel and migration, history and memory. The tour took place at the end of a year I’d spent studying Chinese at Beijing Normal University. I’d thought I was ready to move on to the next stage of my life: teaching in New York, studying creative writing. But a few years later, I hadn’t stopped thinking about that tour. I started scribbling notes, and the characters began taking on lives of their own, completely apart from their real-life counterparts, and soon I was writing a novel.
I knew that in order to write about my characters’ travels through China with the necessary depth and immediacy, I needed to return. This time, I went back on a Fulbright Grant, intending to stay for another year, researching contemporary Chinese history and soaking up modern life in Shanghai while making periodic trips to the cities on my characters’ itinerary. I became so immersed in my research and writing that my stay eventually stretched to three years, during which my understanding of China continually evolved — and I expect it always will
An Interview with Deanna Fei, Author of A Thread of Sky
No full textDeanna Fei is author of A Thread of Sky (Penguin Press, 2010), a novel about three generations of women in a Chinese American family. Here, she talks with recent UC Irvine graduate Mengfei Chen.
Mengfei Chen: What were some of your inspirations in writing the book? How did it begin? What experiences informed your writing?
Deanna Fei: A Thread of Sky is the story of a family of Chinese American women who reunite for a tour of their ancestral home. It was inspired by a trip through China’s “must-sees” that I embarked on ten years ago with my mother, my sisters, my aunt and my grandmother — six strong-willed, complicated women herded together for two weeks on a package tour. I was struck by the dramatic possibilities of this set-up, as well as the questions it raised about home and identity, culture and authenticity, travel and migration, history and memory. The tour took place at the end of a year I’d spent studying Chinese at Beijing Normal University. I’d thought I was ready to move on to the next stage of my life: teaching in New York, studying creative writing. But a few years later, I hadn’t stopped thinking about that tour. I started scribbling notes, and the characters began taking on lives of their own, completely apart from their real-life counterparts, and soon I was writing a novel.
I knew that in order to write about my characters’ travels through China with the necessary depth and immediacy, I needed to return. This time, I went back on a Fulbright Grant, intending to stay for another year, researching contemporary Chinese history and soaking up modern life in Shanghai while making periodic trips to the cities on my characters’ itinerary. I became so immersed in my research and writing that my stay eventually stretched to three years, during which my understanding of China continually evolved — and I expect it always will
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No full textAuthor(s): Fei Lin Article Title: A formulation of neem cake seeded with Bacillus sp. provides control over tomato
Fusarium crown and root rotArticle doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09583157.2017.1296106Supplemental Table S1</div
Imputation of automatic control algorithms and estimation in high-dimensional linear regression:
No full textThis thesis contains two parts. In the first part, we study a semiparametric imputation method to simulate a time series of blood glucose level under certain closed-loop control algorithm of a diabetic patient equipped with a continuous glucose monitor and an insulin pump, from the "frozen" measurements under self-adjusted open-loop control. The Star One data set provided by Medtronic Inc illustrates the feasibility of a simple PID algorithm, as an example of automatic control algorithms, in controlling blood glucose levels from the perspective of reducing the A1c level and controlling hypoglycemia risk.
In the second part, we consider L1-penalized selection of variables and estimation of regression coefficients in a high-dimensional linear model. Under an L0 sparsity condition on the regression coefficients, we sharpen an upper bound of Candes and Tao (2007) for the L2 loss of the Dantzig selector and extend it to the Lq loss and the Lasso. By allowing q equals infinity, our bound implies the variable selection consistency of threshold Dantzig selectors. For the estimation of regression coefficients in Lr balls, we provide minimax lower bounds for the Lq risk and the tail quantiles of the Lq loss as well as sufficient conditions on the design matrix and penalty level for the Dantzig and Lasso estimators to attain these minimax rates.Ph.D.Includes bibliographical references (p. 58-59)by Fei Y
La maturità di Alessandro Fei del Barbiere, in bilico tra Maniera e Riforma
No full textThis article studies the mature career of the Florentine painter Alessandro Fei del Barbiere (1537-1592), beginning with the rediscovery of the 'Ascension' altarpiece formerly in the Albizi Chapel in the destroyed church of San Pier Maggiore, Florence. Studying this painting and others recorded in 1584 by the biographer Raffaello Borghini, such as the two altarpieces for Santa Maria delle Grazie and the Madonna dell'Umiltà in Pistoia, the author reconstructs a body of works showing how in the 1580s Fei gradually went beyond the archaic style of his apprenticeship - he had been trained by Ridolfo del Ghirlandaio and Pierfrancesco Foschi, but was also marked by the Maniera of Vasari - evolving towards naturalism in both mimesis and pictorial handling. In Florence, his development partly parallels that of Santi di Tito and his circle, but Fei was also influenced by a probable sojourn during the early part of that decade in Rome, where he could have been inspired by Girolamo Muziano and the painters working for Pope Gregory XIII. Among other proposals, the author suggests that the artist was responsible for decorating the chancel of Fiesole Cathedral (c. 1584-1589), which consisted of an altarpiece, only rarely discussed by scholars, and a cycle of frescoes hitherto attributed to Nicodemo Ferrucci
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