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Gyōgi Bosatsu, James Shields

Faculty Contributions to Books

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Musō Soseki, James Shields

Faculty Contributions to Books

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Ikkyū, James Shields

Faculty Contributions to Books

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Folie Et Écriture Dans Calomnies De Linda Lê, Ching Selao

Présence Francophone: Revue internationale de langue et de littérature

This article proposes to explore the many faces of madness through a reading of Linda Lê’s Calomnies, in which two narrative voices are presented. The following shall demonstrate how this novel reproduces a “romantic” perception of madness as encountered in Michel Foucault’s work. Although this narrative text introduces a mad narrator speaking in the “I” persona, it nonetheless points out the difficulties of letting madness speak for itself. These difficulties are also examined in this study.

Defining The Feminine Impact On The Progression Of Japanese Language: An Inquiry Into The Development Of Heian Period Court Diaries, Michele Gibney

Michele Gibney

From the split of the private and public lives of gender divides, men lived on the outside imbibing Chinese language styles, while women on the inside established and preserved a uniquely Japanese form of language. This paper asserts the theory that the Heian period was one of the first times in which the schism was produced through the female’s power to embody a written language which the Japanese could claim as their own independently of the effect from other cultures. In its focus this paper aspires to analyze the public/private, male/female origins by placing them within the Heian period, from …

Homosexuality In Fushigi Yuugi And Gravitation: An Investigation Into The Cultural Background Of Homosexuality In Japanese Animation, Michele Gibney

Michele Gibney

This paper will delve into the following issues: how the Japanese view homosexual males and how the agency of the reader and/or viewer impacts the depictions of visual displays of intimate behavior by homosexual males. The purpose of this paper will be an attempt to define some sort of answer to each question within the context of the Japanese cultural products of manga and anime. I am going to dissect shifting sexualities as they are represented in two different examples of Japanese anime aimed at slightly differing audience groups. The two shows that I will focus on are: Fushigi Yuugi …

Japan’S War With China: Context And Stakes, Michele Gibney

Michele Gibney

The context in which Japan was drawn into war with China, and what they had at stake going in, are flip sides of the same coin. The contexts and stakes are: democratic government, will of the people, international status, foreign trade, the Emperor, and racial superiority. In the 1920’s and 30’s, Japan was losing the ideal of democracy, the desire to have democracy, and the will of the people. They were drawn into the war with China in order to reunite the citizenry and because of a failed democratic leadership being supplanted by right wing militarists. International status and foreign …

Enjo Kosai: Brand Name Marketing, Michele Gibney

Michele Gibney

Media is a contributing factor in creating a market for the prostitution of minors in Japan today. Media creates an image to which the girls aspire by placing the trendiest items in the hands of music and movie idols who the girls look up to . The drive to then own these trendy, and expensive, products forces the girls into marketing their bodies to strangers. Though in many ways media can be seen as the root of all evil through print and film advertisements, there are some forms of media which work as a caution instead of an encouragement to …

Ono No Komachi: Love And Desire, Michele Gibney

Michele Gibney

The poetry of Ono no Komachi can be read in many lights. The two ways in which I feel its message and context can be best appreciated are through feminine independence and masculine subjection. Ono no Komachi wrote poetry that was evocative of the feminine ideal of longing for a male, but she also wrote poetry which denigrated the need for a woman to rely on a male. Through a self-critical reader analysis of some of her poems, I will show that Komachi’s poetry can be read as comprising a longing for the world of men, and men in particular, …

李晨風電影作品與「五四傳統」的關係, Hoi Yin Shum

Theses & Dissertations

愛國反帝運動和新文化運動所引起的批評傳統、關心社會、強調民主思想和科學精神的思潮,一直被認為是五四傳統的基調。發展到三、四十年代,由於抗戰的影響,有「救亡」壓倒「啟蒙」的趨勢,而在1949年後,在兩岸三地中,香港正因為特殊的政治位置,成為言論相對自由的地帶。在這個直接政治干預相對較少的背景下,李晨風在五、六十年代主動改編多部五四傳統 的文學作品,繼承五四精神,實在值得深入研究。李晨風在的改編中, 藉著周蕙和高淑英的對比, 強調五四時期「個人」與「家庭」間的對立,以突出反傳統、反家庭的望題。至於的改編,李晨風在原有的戰爭背景下, 加強了對戰爭的控訴,使戰爭成為所有不幸事情的原兇。另外,又一改曾發生的形象,把她改寫成完美的媳婦,讓白燕保持一貫正面形象之餘,為新式女性在「經濟自主」與「家庭倫理」之間得到協調的空間。李晨風的改編電影,改寫了小翠的悲劇命運,比曹禺原著中對「希望」的暗示表露得更清楚。 其他改編五四時間流行的外國翻譯作品如托爾斯泰的著作,更能看到他對關懷社會的有一種執著。甚至其他並非直接與五四主題有關的電影作品中,亦可以見到李晨風批評軍閥、讚揚革命、追求個性自由的思想。

Rule By Right Vs. Rule By Force, Michele Gibney

Michele Gibney

There are at least two ways to legitimize a power base. One is to prove you have the right to rule, the other is to rule by force. In Japan’s feudal period, three leaders came to power and each ruler utilized some of the preceding ones principles of government, while at the same time adapting his mode of dominion on the prevailing factors of the day. Only one of these rulers had the right to rule by virtue of his lineage; perhaps this is why his reign lasted so much longer than the other two, or perhaps it is simply …

論香港新詩 1925-1949, Chi Tak Chan

Lingnan Theses and Dissertations (MPhil & PhD)

本論文研究一九二五至一九四九年間的香港新詩，即從目前所見最早的香港 新詩資料開始，直至一九四九年為止。研究從翻查和整理大量早期報刊、文學雜 誌等第一手資料開始，配合同時期中國新詩的發展，探討二○年代即香港新詩的 創始階段，至一九四九年的發展特色，思考香港新詩在中國現代文學史上的意義，並展開相關討論。

論文第一章先概述香港與內地新詩的連繫，再釐定本論文的研究範圍和香港新詩的定義，其中有關香港新詩的定義是參考上海現代文學史研究學者區分上海 作家和上海文學為兩個不同概念的做法，把「香港詩人」和「香港新詩」分屬不同範疇，並特別以「香港新詩」為討論重點。除了地域層面上的意義，本論文亦嘗試析論香港新詩相對於中國新詩的精神面貌和詩學取向。

第二至第九章基本上以時間發展為序，探討香港新詩不同時期的發展特色， 包括二○年代引介五四新詩及不同的詩形式，三○年代的都市詩、對上海《現代》 雜誌和現代派詩歌的學習和批評、寫實主義詩論的探討及創作，抗戰時期的論爭及不同取向、戰後的左翼詩歌等等，關注點除了特定時期的重要或主流風尚，也 仔細閱讀難以歸類的詩作，思考時代風尚與主流以外不同風格之間的關係。

早期香港新詩的發展除了本身特色，亦與大範圍內整個中國新詩的發展歷程密切相關，研究和討論早期香港新詩，除了「本土」的意義，也可以補充「中國現代文學史」論述的不足。相比一九五○年代以後的時期，早期香港新詩歷史的特色、亦即它複雜的地方，正在於它與中國新詩的關係。一九五○年後，新詩在 中國內地、台灣和香港各自發展，各有不同的面貌和取向，相對於三四○年代中 國新詩和當代中國和台灣新詩的研究，有關早期香港新詩的研究不算多，本論文 嘗試全面地回顧一個階段的香港新詩，提出討論的方向，期望有助進一步的研究。

Chinese Minority In A Malay State By Tan Chee-Beng, Sharon A. Carstens

Anthropology Faculty Publications and Presentations

Review of Chinese Minority in a Malay State: The Case of Terengganu in Malaysia, by Chee Beng Tan, published by Eastern Universities Press, 2002.

The Inter-Relations Of Geography And Human Advancement, Michele Gibney

Michele Gibney

When I think about what factors into creating a culture, I seldom think of geography. But when one gets right down to it, geography plays an incredibly pivotal role in two of the most important categories of human interaction with the earth: agriculture and war. Both occupations go towards feeding a need in society and both produce innumerable advances in technology and human relations. According to texts currently under study in this class, the importance of geography (in the senses of features and border lines) is of paramount importance. But what makes them so important? How have the major geographical …

New Woman In Early Twentieth-Century Chinese Fiction, Jin Feng

Comparative Cultural Studies

In The New Woman in Early Twentieth-Century Chinese Fiction, Jin Feng proposes that representation of the "new woman" in Communist Chinese fiction of the earlier twentieth century was paradoxically one of the ways in which male writers of the era explored, negotiated, and laid claim to their own emerging identity as "modern" intellectuals. Specifically, Feng argues that male writers such as Lu Xun, Yu Dafu, Ba Jin, and Mao Dun created fictional women as mirror images of their own political inadequacy, but that at the same time this was also an egocentric ploy to affirm and highlight the modernity …

Review Of: Awesome Nightfall: The Life, Times, And Poetry Of Saigyō, Michiko Yusa

Modern & Classical Languages

A quarter of a century ago William LaFleur published his book on Saigyō, Mirror for the Moon, which the present work, Awesome Nightfall: The Life, Times, and Poetry of Saigyō, thoughtfully and masterfully supersedes. In the first part of the book, "The Life and Times of Saigyō," the author succinctly incorporates many of these findings and relates Saigyo's poems both to historical events and to his personal life experience (pp. 1-70). The second half of the book contains LaFleur's translation of over 150 poems by Saigyō, all of which appear to be taken from his earlier book.

從妒到療妒 : 談《獅吼記》中的柳月娥, Qianqing Li

Dissertations from all years

明人汪廷訥(生卒年尚無定論，估計大約生於萬曆年間)所著傳奇──《獅吼記》，是一個有關宋人陳季常與妻子柳月娥夫婦間的故事。這個故事所以為後人認識，全為柳氏之妒；然而這故事所以能在當時流行，卻全仗「妒」之反面──「療妒」。「妒」與「療妒」的故事在明朝所載甚多，¹ 卻以《獅吼記》最為有名。

《獅吼記》中的柳氏，代表了不甘服從男權社會的另類力量，她以不同的方式阻止丈夫狎妓遠遊，並希望透過禁錮來杜絕丈夫納妾的機會。雖然她最終回到中饋角色，成為傳統要求的賢德之婦，但這種另類的女性的精神價值，卻十分值得探討。

本文將從三部分分析《獅吼記》這個故事。第一部分將簡論有關妒婦的由來與定義。第二部分將嘗試探討有關「療妒」故事的出現與及特殊意義。第三部分將以《獅吼記》中的柳月娥作為研究對象，從故事中出現的療妒情節探討她的行為轉變，本文並不純粹採用「成長」的觀念，而是採用群體心理學來分析她的行為轉變，嘗試將療妒作一個更科學化的闡釋。最後將總結柳氏能成為妒婦代表人物的原因。

Zhongyong As Grand Harmony, Chenyang Li

Chenyang Li

No abstract provided.

Zombie Slayers In A "Hidden Valley" (Sbas-Yul): Sacred Geography And Political Organisation In The Nepal-Tibet Borderland, Francis Khek Gee Lim

Francis Khek Gee Lim

No abstract provided.

The Floating Island: Change Of Paradigm On The Taiwan Question, Zheng Wang

Zheng Wang

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Guarding Moral Boundaries: Shame In Early Confucianism, Jane Geaney

Religious Studies Faculty Publications

Claims that China is a ‘‘shame culture’’ tend to presume that guilt is the superior moral motivation. Such claims characterize guilt as internally motivated and operative even if no outsider is aware of any wrongdoing. By contrast, they assume that shame occurs only when someone is observed. The observer represents the moral opinion of an outsider, and, as a result, shame is said to be externally motivated. In this view, genuinely moral motivation is internal. Internality is seen as a requirement for moral autonomy (the ability to make decisions independent of particular social norms), and only guilt cultures are thought …

Piero Chiara E La Tradizione, Stefano Giannini

Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics - All Scholarship

Piero Chiara (Luino 1913- Varese 1986) wrote many novels and short stories that immediately met great public success. Critics devoted mixed attention to him but his works deserve a new critical assessment to analyze the rich and sophisticated web of cultural and literary references that permeate them. Through readings of Il piatto piange, “L’uovo al cianuro” and other novels and short stories, this paper analyses the complex textual relations Chiara entertains with Pirandello’s Il fu Mattia Pascal. Chiara investigates the themes of identity and the double. His narrative depicts an apparently lighthearted reality that in fact reveals despair. …

Getting To The Pulp Of Haruki Murakami's Norwegian Wood: Translatability And The Role Of Popular Culture, Jacquelyn Zuromski

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Haruki Murakami's Norwegian Wood (1987) veers from his favored detective-fiction genre by offering readers a 1960s coming-of-age romance, a story whose plot nonetheless spins around the protagonist seeking out his personal identity. The conflicts between Japanese tradition and modern, global perspectives are illustrated through the inclusion of popular culture elements such as music, literature and films. This thesis seeks to show how the novel's references to popular culture of the 1960s combine to help the protagonist establish an identity for himself as well as his place within the universal community. First, though, the project explores the impact of the translatability …

唐代俠客風貌概述, Zhiliang Wan

Dissertations from all years

本文研究的主題是：俠客在唐代的角色身份和對當時整個時代（包括統治模式、人民生活、道德觀念等等）的影響。從現在已掌握的資料去看，我們可看到唐代的俠有以下若干的特點：第一，唐代的俠熱衷於入世建功，不管是亂世還是治世。一如其他朝代，亂世的軍閥樂於利用俠去達到他們的目標。而太平盛世之後，統治者亦繼續重用俠客，賞其高官厚爵，建府開牙。這是唐代特有的現象；第二，唐代行刺風氣極盛，這實況直接的影響了小說的創作。刺客思想行為上和 俠有相通點，以致後世學者為此爭論不休。而武俠神怪化亦在當時的小說中開始流行，對後世的武俠小說發展影響極為深遠；第三，以現代的道德觀點切入，唐代俠客的行為可以說缺乏人道主義觀念。現代人常將俠客和仁義並舉，但閱讀描寫唐代俠客的文獻（不論文學創作作品還是歷史資料），卻會發現那根本是兩碼子的事。

針對以上所指出的現象，我提出一些問題：一）究竟俠在歷史角逐爭雄中扮演著甚麼角色？二）朝廷對於這群俠又是甚麼態度？三）刺客能否算俠？四）從甚麼時候開始俠客和仁義道德之間畫上了等號？五）假設俠是不人道的，為什麼歷代的人民，甚至學者（如章太炎等）又會對他們推崇備至？六）小說家為什麼將俠客塑造成武功出類拔萃的一群？

研究方法方面，我主要採用的材料是唐代的傳奇和相關的歷史材料。傳奇大部份取材自《太平廣記》，而歷史材料則以《新唐書》和《舊唐書》為主。本文 的主要研究方法是透過傳奇小說和歷史材料兩方面的印證和配合，從而刻畫出唐代俠客的一些特色風貌。

賈平凹小說的城鄉嬗變 : 從《商州三錄》、《廢都》、《土門》到《懷念狼》, Chung Yin Cheung

Dissertations from all years

中國現代化城市的興起，作家的想像地域不再限於鄉土，城市的繁華、喧囂、熱鬧，為他們提供一個新的敘述空間。但無論是魯迅的紹興、沈從文的湘西，以至莫言的高密東北鄉、賈平凹的商州，那怕城市如何誘人，中國作家看來從未忘卻鄉土，鄉土仍是他們念茲在茲的敘述對象，也是他們安身立命的所在。相比之下，城市被想像成罪惡淵藪，與象徵純樸的鄉村形成對立的局面。

陝西作家賈平凹以寫「商州」系列作品知名於當代文壇。商州即今陝西南部，也是賈平凹的故鄉。自《商州三錄》始，他以述說故鄉人事風貌、山川美景，展現鄉土的美好的風土人情，成為八十年代初尋根文學的一名健將。《浮躁》以後，他力圖改變創作路向，不局限於鄉土抒寫，他以久居城市的鄉下人身份書寫城市，觀察、論述城鄉的變化、現象，一時成績頗為可觀。

城市與鄉村既是賈平凹小說的主要論述對象，他對於城鄉，或是批判，或是感嘆，或是歌頌，牽引著文本對城市、鄉村的想像。本文試以賈平凹的四部作品《商州三錄》（一九八三）、《廢都》（一九九三）、《土門》（一九九六）、《懷念狼》（二零零零）為主要的研究文本，輔以他的其他小說，以文本細讀的方法，及結合作者的生平，分析他在小說中如何論述城市、鄉村，並試圖梳理賈平凹筆下的城鄉關係的轉變，及把他的城鄉論述置於文學史角度觀看其傳承。本文無意探究賈平凹小說中敘述的城市、鄉村的情況、面貌，與現實中的城鄉之異同，也不會討論小說中的城鄉與社會之間的關連，我所關心的只是作者在作品中怎樣論述城鄉關係，城鄉在文本中的相互對話，並希望以文學史角度觀看他的城鄉論述的傳承，由此探看鄉土文學在中國現代、當代文學中能「香火不斷」的獨特現象。

殺寇, Hiu Man Ip

Dissertations from all years

一、寫作動機及內容

「當初我在設計學院出來時，滿腔熱誠，很有『火』，畢業後馬上找一份設計的工作。」我一位從事設計行業的朋友這樣對我說。

「但做了半年，就知道根本不是你心中所想的。」他又說：「設計，起初很喜歡，後來很討厭。處處受人掣肘，不是能夠發圍的行業。」

「當一切都不屬於自己的時候，就會覺得什麼都不在乎了。」最後他總結：「我現在已經完全麻目了，設計只是一份工作。我不需要掌聲，收貨就好。」

我聽著他的話，覺得非常悲哀，又可怕。我還沒有畢業，打工的經驗也少，未能完全了解他的感受。但我不斷地想：現實，究竟能將人的理想磨蝕到什麼樣的程度呢?它能夠把人的意志扭曲成什麼模樣呢?我想探究這些問題，於是寫了〈殺寇〉。

二、寫作目標

我想探討一個人的轉變。

與原作者直接對話，固然能直接了解他的心路歷程，然而，這樣的故事想必會流於單調乏味吧，於是我採用了雙故事線發展的模式：「我」除了與創作者交談外，更直接對創作者的作品加以描述。我採用「連載漫畫」作媒介；透過「連載漫畫」的劇情發展，可窺探創作者的心理變化。

西砲的應用與明代的國防, Ka Wing Yiu

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踏入明代中葉，隨著歐洲人東來，西砲亦相繼傳入中國。鑒於自身火砲素質不佳，加上外患日亟——日本、滿洲、蒙古等外族皆對中土虎視眈眈，尤以東北女真為最大的威脅，屢次大破明軍。在這危急存亡之秋，引進先進的西砲成為了明季增強國防力量的重要法門。當中影響較大的有佛郎機砲和紅夷砲，它們的傳入曾掀起國內仿製之風，頗受重視。

明廷大臣汪鋐(1466-1536)、徐光啟(1562-1633)、李之藻(1565-1630)等在接觸來華歐人的同時，分別獲悉佛郎機砲及紅夷砲威力之鉅，先後向朝廷推薦並引進之，以圖強化國防力量，抵抗外侮。戚繼光(1528-1587)、孫承宗(1563-1638)、袁崇煥(1584-1630)等將領，更將之運用於軍隊編制或實戰中，成就斐然。本文將以 此兩種西砲為論述範圍，淺論它們傳入的經過，以及明廷的仿製及明軍的應用，並旁述它們在明季對日本與後金戰爭中的成效。

誠然，對西砲在華影響的研究，前人論述頗多，成果有目共睹。拙文旨在選取若干明代史料，配合不同學者的研究成果，冀能在佛郎機砲及紅夷砲的基礎上，為明代後期西砲的應用及影響，作一綜合及宏觀的分析。

Asia Pacific Perspectives Vol. 5 No. 1, December 2004, University Of San Francisco, University Of San Francisco

Asia Pacific Perspectives

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Introduction by Joseph Tse-Hei Lee

In East Asia, the complexity of church-state relations can be better understood if one takes into account the involvement of local community in negotiating with the state over sacred and secular matters. This article argues that the church, state, and community were not independent variables, but constantly negotiated with each other over the control of religions, religious institutions and rituals. When the state was strong, the church and community participated in the formation of the state power. As the state power declined, the church and community reverted to their original independence and crossed the …

Asia Pacific Perspectives Vol. 4 No. 1, May 2004, University Of San Francisco, University Of San Francisco

Asia Pacific Perspectives

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The Future of U.S. Relations with Japan and China: Will Bilateral Relations Survive the New American Unilateralism? by Rita Kernacs

The following paper examines how America's bilateral relations with Japan and China may be affected by Washington's recent move towards an increasingly unilateral foreign policy. Immediately after the tragic attack on the United States on September 11th, it appeared that relations with Japan and China, as with many countries around the world, would grow stronger. Finding a common enemy in "militant Islam" did much to improve U.S.-China relations. But, despite the temporary warmth, issues related to Taiwan, a lack …

The Art And Politics Of Painting Qianlong At Chengde, Deborah A. Sommer (司馬黛蘭)

Religious Studies Faculty Publications

New Qing Imperial History uses the Manchu summer capital of Chengde and associated architecture, art and ritual activity as the focus for an exploration of the importance of Inner Asia and Tibet to the Qing Empire (1636-1911). Well-known contributors argue that the Qing was not simply another Chinese dynasty, but was deeply engaged in Inner Asia not only militarily, but culturally, politically and ideologically.

Emphasizing the diverse range of peoples in the Qing empire, it analyzes the importance to Chinese history of Manchu relations with Tibetan prelates, Mongolian chieftains, and the Turkic elites of Xinjiang. In offering a new appreciation …