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The Heart Of Basketball: A Dynamic And Transformative Program Design For Chinese Youth, Jayson Gilbert

Capstone Collection

Chinese participation in educational overseas programs has steadily increased over the past several years. Chinese parents and youth see these types of programs, specifically short-term programs, as a means to gain exposure to a foreign country and its culture before possibly studying in that country. This capstone paper explores the value of such programs by examining their long-term impact while considering other factors that may influence Chinese desire to participate in these programs.

The research in this paper reveals that overseas youth programs that incorporate sound pedagogy and elements of experiential learning in their design have potential to be successful …

Chinese Wines And Foreign Urns: Making Objects Of Lyric, Ryan Matthew Hintzman

Student Work

A 2016-2017 William Prize for best essay in East Asian Studies was awarded to Ryan Matthew Hintzman (Silliman College '17) for his essay submitted to the Department of Comparative Literature, "Chinese Wines and Foreign Urns: Making Objects of Lyric.” (Edward Kamens, Sumitomo Professor of Japanese Studies, advisor.)

Ryan Hintzman’s essay, Chinese Wines and Foreign Urns: Making Objects of Lyric is a work of awe-inspiring erudition, vision, and ambition. Ranging far and wide among traditional and more recent theories of the lyric and moving boldly from 8th century poems in Japanese to 19th and 20th century poems in English, Hintzman …

Xinghun: A "Cooperative Marriage" Ties Chinese Lesbians And Gays, Rongdian Zhu

Master's Projects and Capstones

In modern China, although the normality of homosexuality has been officially admitted, misconception and discrimination against homosexuals are still prevalent in the mainstream of Chinese society. Chinese LGBT people endure two main sources of pressure: one is from the external and another is from the internal. From the outside, Chinese LGBT people bear the suppression made by the normality of sexual orientation and the hegemonic culture of heterosexuality, in particular heterosexual marriage. And such discrimination is still occurring now in our society. LGBT people themselves are heavily tortured by the pain and pressure of self-denial. A lot of them cannot …

A Coffee-Scented Space: Historical, Cultural, And Social Impacts Of The Japanese Kissaten, Claire A. Williamson

Student Work

A 2016-2017 William Prize for best essay in East Asian Studies was awarded to Claire Williamson (Jonathan Edwards College '17) for her essay submitted to the East Asian Studies Program, “A Coffee-Scented Space: Historical, Cultural, and Social Impacts of the Japanese Kissaten.” (William Kelly, Professor of Anthropology and Sumitomo Professor of Japanese Studies, advisor.)

Japan has a long and well-documented history as a tea culture, from everyday practices to the refined aesthetics of the tea ceremony and its associated arts. Yet modern Japan is also a highly developed culture of coffee, and this is the topic that Claire Williamson …

Enclave Of Ingenuity: The Plan And Promise Of The Beijing Intellectual Property Court, Max Goldberg

Student Work

A 2016-2017 William Prize for best essay in East Asian Studies was awarded to Max Goldberg (Pierson College '17) for his essay submitted to the Ethics, Politics, & Economics Program, "Enclave of Ingenuity: The Plan and Promise of the Beijing Intellectual Property Court.” (Frances Rosenbluth, Damon Wells Professor of Political Science, and Paul Gewirtz, Potter Stewart Professor of Law, advisors.)

Max Goldberg’s thesis, Enclave of Ingenuity: The Plan and Promise of the Beijing Intellectual Property Court, examines in depth one of the most interesting institutions in today’s China – an experimental court that stands at the intersection of …

Celebrating The Feminine: Daoist Connections To Contemporary Feminism In China, Dessie Miller

Master's Projects and Capstones

Contemporary feminism and its emergence in the early 20th century may seem like a recent phenomenon; however, the idea of feminism has been evolving over the centuries and what may be called a “proto-feminism” could be found in one of China’s classical literary masterpieces, known as the Daodejing. Classical Chinese philosophy has influenced and helped shape what feminism is today in China. For this project, I analyzed the use of language in the Daodejing to demonstrate the feminine imagery throughout the text. Secondly, the characters having significance for feminist interpretations for the Dao and Yin-Yang were deconstructed and analyzed in …

Phenomenal Marks, Ruptured Spaces, Relearning Language, Crossing Cultures, Meelee Ahn

Graduate School of Art Theses

The form of my thesis is one of interruptions, or “Ruptures,” as I call them. These are events of my personal history, or stories from the lives of artists, that intervene against my narrative through graphic and language devices meant to be understood as equivalent to the material affects in my painting. Important artists and movements mentioned are Gerhard Richter, Franz Kline, Helen Frankenhauler, Lee Ufan, Doho Suh, and Abstract Expressionism. Writers and philosophers Maurice Merlou-Ponty, Gaston Bachelard, Joan Banach, Sigmund Freud, John Gage, Brian Massumi, Allen Weiss, Clement Greenburg, Shin-Chulgyu, and Yoon-Dongju are also discussed. The idea discussed include …

One Epic Φf Stardusts, Y∞N Irene Hong

Bachelor of Fine Arts Senior Papers

A long time ago in a far away galaxy,

there was a star shining alone in the deep darkness.

The beautiful star aged and exploded into a supernova,

where her golden light scattered into the tiniest sparkles of dust,

pouring down to Earth.

Made of Stardust,

humans naturally have responded to the divine light that they carry inside their souls,

through diverse acts of enlightenment such as art, religion, and science.

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As a Stardust, an artist, a Korean, and a woman,

I keep walking in between opposing forces and varying perspectives

until I transcend their boundaries and …

A Study Of Apocalyptic Themes In Japanese Popular Culture, Thomas M. Coar

Senior Theses

While consuming Japanese popular culture, it is easy to notice the reoccurring themes of the apocalypse though they are often very different in their presentation to the audience. Through investigation, the study found that the Japanese people draw their understanding of the apocalypse from many different religions and ideologies, also known as religious pluralism. An influential aesthetic inspired by the Buddhist doctrine of impermanence in Japan is mono no aware which is the idea of seeing the beauty in the chaos and destruction, with sadness and compassion, including the apocalypse. Stemming from the ideologies of reincarnation and masse, the Japanese …

Animating Chinese Cinemas: A Preface, Li Guo, Jinying Li

Languages, Philosophy, and Communication Studies Faculty Publications

This preface by the guest editors provides a situated overview of the purpose, structure and methodologies of the contributing articles on Chinese animations in this special issue. Aiming to reconfigure Chinese film studies through historical and theoretical inquiries about the relationship between the animated and the cinematic, the special issue introduces a nascent perspective on Chinese animations by offering rigorous and stimulating studies on the forms, genres and materiality of animation, as well as on the technological and ontological conditions of animated moving images in the age of digital new media. The preface also provides a brief historical overview of …

Making Japan Great Again: The Imperial Rescript On Education, Ayoung Kang, Alistor Skabelund, Matthew Stephenson

FHSS Mentored Research Conference

The Meiji government used the Imperial Rescript on Education in order to develop nationalism and respond against the dominating presence of Western Imperialism by standardizing Meiji education and interpreting it to justify militarism.

詞與樂府關係新論 : 關於詞與樂府關係的綜合考, Zhixi Qian

嶺南學報 Lingnan Journal of Chinese Studies

本文從以下三個方面對詞與樂府關係作新的考察：一、唐宋時期詞稱樂府的實義；二、詞作爲新興樂章系統與前此的古樂府系統的關係；三、詞作爲新聲樂府與唐宋時代已經不能實際入樂的古樂府的消長倚伏的關係，即詞與唐詩中各種新舊樂府體的關係。

《嘯亭雜録》三條考辨, Zejie Zhu

嶺南學報 Lingnan Journal of Chinese Studies

清代昭槤的著名筆記《嘯亭雜録》，存在著不少記載失實或錯誤的地方。本文對其中“本朝文人多壽”、“老年科目”、“青年科目”這三條進行考察辨析，理清事實，更正錯誤，藉以梳理相關歷史人物的生卒年問題，同時增進對《嘯亭雜録》乃至其他同類著作的認識。

唐人《幽蘭賦》意象源流論, Hanglun Zhan

嶺南學報 Lingnan Journal of Chinese Studies

唐人《幽蘭賦》意象的源頭是屈原的《離騷》和託名孔子的《幽蘭操》。《文苑英華》中收録六篇《幽蘭賦》，一篇是初唐楊炯的古賦，另外五篇是題下限韵的律賦，爲大曆十三年進士試賦。這些賦作中的幽蘭意象一方面對屈原或孔子有所繼承，另一方面對幽蘭意象的内涵有所改造與豐富。中國文學“意象”的特色之一是：意象的内涵既具有歷史的傳承性，又隨著時空語境的變遷而發生變化。當代電影《孔子》主題曲《幽蘭操》既有對傳統意象的誤讀，在某種意義上也顯示出對古典美的回歸。

馮夢龍《太平廣記鈔》的編纂和評點, Yunmei Kang

嶺南學報 Lingnan Journal of Chinese Studies

明末馮夢龍有鑒於《太平廣記》在明代印行的訛亂缺漏情況，遂從事《太平廣記》的編纂整理，完成《太平廣記鈔》一書。在《太平廣記鈔·小引》中，馮夢龍陳述對於全書進行去同存異、芟繁就簡、併類合事、前後更置、削簡事件、減省字句等編纂。本文嘗試分析馮夢龍如何具體落實這些編纂工作，將500卷的《太平廣記》縮編爲80卷的《太平廣記鈔》。此外，本文還意圖探究馮夢龍《太平廣記鈔》中的評點，包括評點的形式、立場和功能，以及其中所藴含的觀點。並藉探討結果綜論《太平廣記鈔》作爲一《太平廣記》選本的特色，進而與於1462年韓國朝鮮時代儒者成任所完成的《太平廣記詳節》比較，討論兩部《太平廣記》選本的差異。希冀藉由本文的研究，能够全面而深入地抉發馮夢龍編纂和評點《太平廣記鈔》的特色與意藴。

權力意志 : 清高宗乾隆帝譏斥錢謙益詩文再議, Chi Hung, Lawrence Yim

嶺南學報 Lingnan Journal of Chinese Studies

清高宗乾隆皇帝 (1736-1795 在位) 對批判明清易代之際文壇宗主錢謙益 (牧齋，1582-1664) 似乎有一種情結或執念，無所不用其極。檢《清實録·高宗純皇帝實録》，乾隆《御製詩集》、《文集》，乾隆二十六年至五十四年(1761-1789)之28年間，關涉牧齋者（包括直接因牧齋而發或提及牧齋者），至少有諭、令等19件，詩12題15首。前賢論乾隆之批判牧齋，切入點多在乾隆關於牧齋的諭旨及其種種政治舉措，此乃大關節大問題，固宜先攻破之，但筆者以爲，值得一併考論者，還有學者尚未注意到的乾隆所寫關於牧齋的古今體詩。有鑒於學者對乾隆的相關諭令著墨已多，成果豐碩，但全面探論乾隆相關詩作者尚未之見，本文擬另闢蹊徑，將探論的重心放置於乾隆的詩作，而輔之以乾隆的相關諭令，如此，或能更完整地瞭解乾隆帝譏斥牧齋的情實，並能進一步拓展此一研究課題的深度與廣度。

丁茶山的中國易學史論, Wai Ming, Benjamin Ng

嶺南學報 Lingnan Journal of Chinese Studies

丁茶山是朝鮮易學史上極重要人物。他在《周易四箋》及《易學緒言》分别提出具啓發性的方法論，及對中國歷代易學作系統性批判。前者提出研究《周易》的四大方法，後者以此四法爲標準評價中國歷代易學。本研究以此二著作爲主要參考，考察茶山對中國歷代易學的評價。這不但有助了解茶山易學的特色及貢獻，而且亦可窺見實學與朱子學的關係及朝鮮儒學的創意及其局限性。

顧頡剛與崔述, Ching Chang Lin

嶺南學報 Lingnan Journal of Chinese Studies

探討崔述和顧頡剛學術的關係的論文已有多篇，但多從學術史的角度切入，論述崔述對顧頡剛古史考辨思想的淵源。其實，顧頡剛對當代學術史的貢獻，即樹立一個整理古人著作的方法和準繩，作爲後人模仿效法的對象。本文舉他兩次重編《崔東壁遺書》爲例，説明他蒐集資料的方法及其對後代的影響。全文分《前言》、《崔述的生平》、《蒐尋崔東壁遺書》、《重編崔東壁遺書》、《上海古籍版崔東壁遺書》、《顧頡剛對崔述的評價》、《結語》七小節，重點在第三、四、五三個小節。

劉禹錫與元白詩派的離合, Caizhi Chen

嶺南學報 Lingnan Journal of Chinese Studies

拙著《元白詩派研究》將晚年與白居易唱和的劉禹錫劃入元白詩派，曾引發異議。確實，歷來文學史對劉禹錫的定位，都是視其爲中唐元白與韓孟兩大詩派之外的優秀詩人，自具風格，别有個性。但劉禹錫晚年的詩歌創作，因爲與白居易交往唱和而有所變化，也同樣是不爭的事實，只是没有受到充分的重視而已。二人詩風因交互影響而不免有趨同傾向，歷史上也屢有劉冠白戴的誤判，其中還包括方虚谷、王漁洋和袁隨園等赫赫有名的詩評家。本文擬在詳細排比劉禹錫與白居易交遊唱和詩基礎上，論述他們詩歌創作上的交互影響之跡，以求辨析劉禹錫與元白詩派的離合。

《文章辨體》的分類與選篇, Fan Zong

嶺南學報 Lingnan Journal of Chinese Studies

明初吳訥所編之《文章辨體》55卷，既是一部著名的詩文總集，也是一部影響深遠的文章辨體學著作。至於該書的文體數量，諸家所言不一。今依照國家圖書館所藏明天順八年刻本《文章辨體》卷首詳目，並結合“序題”和正文，認定該書實際分爲58體。吳訥批判地繼承了前代詩文總集的編纂思想和分類方法，他將《文選》、《文苑英華》貫通古今的氣魄，《文章正宗》“明義理、切世用”的編纂思想和古今正變觀念，以及《唐文粹》、《宋文鑑》、《元文類》所展示的文體分類方法加以融會、提升，集其菁英，棄其未當，編成了一部思想正統、體制宏大、古今兼收、源流判然的詩文總集。將該書與《古賦辯體》等書比較，可知其選篇情況亦對前代總集多有繼承與發展。儘管《文章辨體》亦有瑕疵，但其對中國古代文體學發展的貢獻是十分突出的，許多真知灼見至今仍有參考價值。