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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
No full textThis 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
A Study on the English Translation of Fu Ping from the Perspective of Translator Behavior Criticism
No full textFu Ping is a Chinese novel written by Wang Anyi. It’s a story of the country girl named Fu Ping, who settled down in Shanghai and found her true self. Taking Fu Ping’s life as the perspective, the novel depicts a series of characters who have endured the hardships and yearned for the city life, thus painting a vivid picture of the mundane, delicate, and down-to-earth life of the lower class people in Shanghai. Using Translation Behavior Criticism as the tool, this paper analyses the translator behavior reflected in the English translation of Fu Ping. The translation maintains the Chinese culture of the source language and respects the writing style of the original. At the same time, it considers the readers of the target language, producing a translation which is in accordance with the poetics of the target language.The translation methods, translation strategies and translator behavior of Howard Goldblatt are described and presented on a whole by utilizing the theoretical framework of Zhou Lingshun’ s Translator Behavior Criticism
The genus Conocephalus Thunberg (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Conocephalinae) in Hainan, China with description of one new species
No full textShi, Fu-Ming, Wang, Ping (2015): The genus Conocephalus Thunberg (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Conocephalinae) in Hainan, China with description of one new species. Zootaxa 3994 (1): 142-144, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3994.1.
The Hsiang-ping 鄕兵 at the Close of the Northern Dynasty
No full textThe fu-ping 府兵 or provincial guards created in the middle of the sixth century by Western Wei constitute a good material for studying the nature of the Sui and T'ang Dynasties. There are not a few studies on the origin of the fu-ping system. One of the theories is that the fu-ping system sprang up from the provincial guards or militia organized under the leadership of the gentry, i.e., hsiang-ping, and this theory has been causing controversy. The present author, who is inclined to support the hsiang-ping origin of the fu-ping system, discusses the structure of hsiang-ping bands in their historical development. In the critical period of the Northern Wei Dynasty the gentry of north China, who were facing a crisis as a social class, picked up strong people from among the fellow-provincials, and organized them into military organization. Consequently, the relations between the leader and the soldiers were rather free as compared with those in the older ping-hu 兵戸 (military household) system. The hsiang-ping were given certain official ranks according to their capabilities as prescribed by the Northen Wei Government, and this principle was also applied to the lowly who were under the rule of the gentry, leading to a change in a status-bound society where lineage predominated. The gentry who came largely from the clans of noble lineage conceded the increasing demand of the people for lifting social discrimination. This concession on the part of the genntry in turn, resulted in consolidating their own power and paved the way to the birth of the Sui and T'ang aristocracy
Zhong fu tang xu xuan lin zheng zhi nan
No full textV.1-8. 臨證指南醫案 : 十卷 -- v.9-10. 種福堂續選臨證指南 : 種福堂公選溫熱論醫案 : 卷一 -- 種福堂公選良方 : 卷二至四.V.1-8. Lin zheng zhi nan yi an : shi juan -- v.9-10. Zhong fu tang xu xuan lin zheng zhi nan : Zhong fu tang gong xuan wen re lun yi an : juan yi -- Zhong fu tang gong xuan liang fang : juan er zhi si.葉桂著 ; 李大瞻, 華南田, 邵銘同較. 種福堂續選臨證指南 : 四卷 / [葉桂論] ; 苕溪漫士重較刊.綫裝.框12.9x10.1公分, 分上下欄. 上欄註解小字每行2字, 下欄正文10行22字, 無界行. 白口, 左右雙邊, 單黑魚尾. 版心上鐫題名,中鐫卷次及小題, 下鐫葉次. 眉端刻評.《種福堂續選臨證指南》題名據總目.刻書年據序.書名頁刻"臨證指南醫案評本, 聚益堂藏板" ; 卷端題下署"丁丑正月苕溪漫士臨本"《中國中醫古籍總目》11332著錄清乾隆刻本聚益堂藏板.鈐"莊兆祥印"朱, 白文各一方.Xian zhuang.Kuang 12.9 x 10.1 gong fen, fen shang xia lan. Shang lan zhu jie xiao zi mei hang 2 zi, xia lan zheng wen 10 hang 22 zi, wu jie hang. Bai kou, zuo you shuang bian, dan hei yu wei. Ban xin shang juan ti ming, zhong juan juan ci ji xiao ti, xia juan ye ci. Mei duan ke ping."Zhong fu tang xu xuan lin zheng zhi nan" ti ming ju zong mu.Ke shu nian ju xu.Detailed notes in vernacular field only.Detailed notes in vernacular field only.Ye Gui zhu ; Li Dazhan, Hua Nantian, Shao Ming tong jiao. Zhong fu tang xu xuan lin zheng zhi nan : si juan / [Ye Gui lun] ; Tiaoxi Man shi chong jiao kan.Qian "Zhuang Zhaoxiang yin" zhu, bai wen ge yi fang
MATHEMATICS OF HUNG-PING TSAO II: BUSINESS MATHEMATICS
No full textTsao, Hung-ping (2023). Mathematics of Hung-Ping Tsao II: Business Mathematics.In: "Evolutionary Progress in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics (STEAM)", Wang, Lawrence K. and Tsao, Hung-ping (editors). 5 (4), April ; 238 p. Lenox Institute Press, MA, USA ..... ABSTRACT: During my seventeen years (1985-2002) of teaching at College of Business, San Francisco State University, the tailor-made textbook “College Mathematics” for my classes has been out of print for over twenty years now. I would like to share its contents, except for problem sections, with readers who might benefit from quite a few innovative ideas in pedagogical perspectives. The purpose of this sequel of “MATHEMATICS OF HUNG-PING TSAO” (see the link h-tsao-2020-hcommons.org) is to share, retrospectively, with readers the stem of my teaching resources. I would especially like to refresh my Kung-fu analogy of those differentiation rules, new approach in solving optimization problems in calculus and the cross-multiplication method for solving linear programming problems. All in all, my doctoral dissertation “Some Extremal Problems in Ordered Structures” played an important role in my tortuous career, Part I and Part II of which were published more than ten years after their submissions to the Journal of Discrete Mathematics. I was mistreated by the Journal of Discrete Mathematics when Daniel J. Kleitman was the Chief Editor. To support my claim, I present in the end a rejection letter from Daniel J. Kleitman in 1975 with a referee’s comments, contrary to what the reviewer of Mathematical Review said about Part I of my doctoral dissertation. Partly because of my frustration, I pursued eight years of actuarial career, for which I have no remorse. As a matter of fact, I had benefited a lot from it. In “MATHEMATICS OF HUNG-PING TSAO” , I have included many tidbits in Actuarial Mathematics that I previously published in Transactions and ARCH of the Society of Actuaries
Propuesta de herramienta de entrenamiento para la postura Sei Ping Ma en Kung Fu
No full textEl proyecto presentado en esta memoria se enfoca en el diseño de una herramienta de entrenamiento analógica para la práctica de la postura Sei Ping Ma, una técnica fundamental en el Kung Fu Choy Lay Fut. La propuesta busca abordar las dificultades que enfrentan los practicantes para mantener la constancia y superar los retos físicos y técnicos que implica esta postura, a través de una solución que respeta los valores tradicionales y culturales de esta disciplina marcial.
La metodología empleada combina investigación teórica e incluye encuestas, entrevistas y observación participativa, para identificar las necesidades específicas relacionadas con la postura Sei Ping Ma y los factores que motivan a los practicantes a perseverar en su entrenamiento. A partir de estos hallazgos, es que se diseñó una herramienta que facilita la práctica de esta postura, permitiendo medir el progreso personal mientras se fomenta la conexión con los valores del Kung Fu.
La herramienta propuesta integra funcionalidad, ergonomía y estética, empleando materiales naturales y referencias culturales tradicionales chinas. El diseño pretende ser una invitación a los practicantes a fortalecer no solo su técnica, sino también promover la disciplina, la resiliencia y el equilibrio en su camino hacia una vida más plena y significativa.Versión original del auto
楚辭 = Chu ci
No full textAnnotation of Chu Ci (Verses of Chu or Songs of Chu), which is an ancient anthology of Chinese poetry traditionally attributed mainly to Qu Yuan (c.340 BC-c.278 BC) and Song Yu (c.298 BC-c.222 BC) from the Warring States period (475 BC-221 BC)Fu "Qu Yuan lie zhuan" deng封面鐫"楚辭新註", "乾隆戊午年", "居易堂藏板"框20.8 x 14.9公分, 9行20字, 白口, 四周雙邊, 單黑魚尾. 版心上鐫"楚辭", 中鐫卷次及篇名附"屈原列傳"
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