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Review: Buddhism, Unitarianism, And The Meiji Competition For Universality By Michel Mohr, Susanna Fessler Phd

East Asian Studies Faculty Scholarship

Review of the book "Buddhism, Unitarianism, and the Meiji Competition for Universality" by Michel Mohr.

Rereading SōSeki: Three Early Twentieth-Century Japanese Novels, Reiko Abe Auestad

CEAS Reprint Series for Rare and Out of Print Publications

For the first project in the Council on East Asian Studies’s reprint series for rare and out of print publications, we are pleased to introduce an electronic republication of Rereading Sōseki: Three Early Twentieth-Century Japanese Novels, a very influential work from 1998 on the celebrated Japanese novelist Natsume Sōseki, written by Reiko Abe Auestad of the University of Oslo. J. Keith Vincent of Boston University has written a new introduction, and Auestad has provided a new preface as well as a bibliography of recent critical studies on Sōseki. We would like to thank John Whittier Treat for recommending this …

In Praise Of Iron Grandeur: The Sensibility Of Kōjō Moe And The Reinvention Of Urban Technoscape, Ikuho Amano

Department of Modern Languages and Literatures: Faculty Publications

Since the late 1980s, sci-fi fans and machinery aficionados in Japan have expressed their fascination with factories, projecting an imagination that sites of industrial facilities are simulacra of futuristic urban technoscape portrayed in Hollywood films. Although factory watching used to be an activity for a limited population, in the past decade organized factory night tours are becoming increasingly popular in Japan. This type of tour has expanded public interest in factories located on coastal industrial zones as a form of popular leisure-time activity. Widely known as kōjō moe (‘factory infatuation’), fans have elevated plants to objects for aesthetic appreciation. This …

Spiritual Formation Of Young Adults In China: A Case Study Of Protagonists In Boxers And Saints, Xu Bian

Seattle Pacific Seminary Theses

The thesis examines the spiritual development of young adult protagonists depicted in Boxers and saints by Gene Luen Yang using the framework of six spiritual components and the approach of critical content analysis. It shows that the six elements, journey, transcendence, community, religion, mystery of creation, and transformation, are involved regardless of different religions people are converted to. In addition, religions provide an avenue for spirituality to mature given that spirituality is an intrinsic and universal characteristic of human beings regardless of their religious beliefs or lack of them. Finally, spirituality is not superior to religions because of the two …

Haiku's Reception And Practice In Contemporary North American Poetry, Judy Halebsky, Ayako Takahashi

Collected Faculty Scholarship

This article traces the chronological development of haiku translation, which includes Imagism and haiku, the transitional period around the 1950's, the emergence of English Haiku and contemporary haiku practice. To examine the influence of haiku in contemporary American poetry, the discussion includes west coast fi-ee verse poets whose work draws from Basho's haiku in different ways.

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‘If Apprehending Occurs, It Is Not The View’: Sakya Thinkers On The Madhyamaka View Of Freedom From Proliferations, Yaroslav Komarovski

Department of Classics and Religious Studies: Faculty Publications

This paper addresses several key elements of Sakya thinkers’ approach to Madhyamaka, with the primary focus on their understanding of ultimate reality described as ‘freedom from proliferations’ (spros bral). It first provides a short summary of the general Sakya approach, then addresses works of several early Sakya masters, and finally explores writings of Gowo Rapjampa Sönam Senggé (go bo rab ’byams pa bsod nams seng ge, 1429-1489)— Gorampa (go rams pa) for short—whose position is accepted as representative of the mainstream within the Sakya tradition. Sakya thought in general, and its approach to Madhyamaka in particular, is based largely on …

Comics At The Surface: Michael Deforge’S Ant Colony, Shiamin Kwa

East Asian Languages and Cultures Faculty Research and Scholarship

The comics artist and illustrator Michael DeForge published his first graphic novel, Ant Colony, in 2014. The sophisticated combination of verbal and visual storytelling in his work has earned him the admiration of readers and critics alike, and makes him one of the most compelling practitioners of the “literary comic.” This article applies surface reading theory to reading contemporary comics, also referred to as graphic narratives or novels, taking the work of DeForge as its case study. It analyzes Ant Colony as a work of narrative art, and also as a theory of narrative art that draws our attention …

Mixed With All The Hokum And Bally Hooey: 'Chinese Food' And America (Review)., Shiamin Kwa

East Asian Languages and Cultures Faculty Research and Scholarship

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Buddhism In Korean Film During The Roh Regime (1988-1993), Ronald S. Green

Philosophy and Religious Studies

This article outlines and critically discusses South Korean Buddhist films made during the time of the Roh Tae-woo government (1988-1993), which can be called a semi-democratic and semi-dictatorial regime. This was a period of transition in film policy from the censorship of the earlier dictatorial regimes to the freedom of expression offered to directors by the later democratic administrations, unprecedented in Korean film history. During this period the technical skill of directors improved bringing about a corresponding improvement in the quality of Korean Buddhist films and thus international attention. Although the government allowed filmmakers considerably more freedom to express ideas …

Mulan And Filial Piety: Lesson Plan, Kitty Lam

Religion and Philosophy in the Ancient World

In this lesson, students will examine the relationship between gender roles and Confucian principles in pre-modern China by considering the extent to which the Mulan legend is compatible with the Confucian concept of filial piety. Students will read and discuss texts on filial piety by Confucian scholars, as well as three different works of Chinese literature based on the Mulan legend from three distinct time periods.

爐火升起, Ka Yan Wu

Dissertations from all years

文昇是一個在大牌檔工作了大半輩子的老員工。他性格忠厚，十五歲便入行工作，一直到三十五歲時，重遇了早年認識的大牌檔同行順哥。在那個經濟蓬勃的黃金時代，順哥藉炒賣樓房及股票而風生水起。這次重遇成為文昇一生的第一個轉折點——相信天道酬勤的他改變心態，與順哥合夥做生意，不料「九七」金融風暴把這一切覆滅，他一無所有。

在窮困潦倒時，文昇通過「假結婚」賺錢應急，因此認識了妻子碧英。可惜他的人生就如大牌檔的命運一樣一直走下坡，再無起色。到了文昇六十多歲時，政府因大牌檔生意慘淡而決定把地方收回。面臨著即將失業的危機，以及養育年幼兒子的負擔，他感到彷徨。

本文不僅是敘述這個普通員工的一生，更希望呈現透過他一生，反映香港時代的變化，以及大牌檔的興衰；借整理、回顧過去，表達我們身處在這個年代，面對一些本土事物、價值慢慢失去時，雖彷徨無力，卻仍持有堅韌的生命力繼續生活。面對時代的衝擊，不肯妥協的我們，該如何走下去？

Women, Gender And Family In Chinese History, Kitty Lam

Religion and Philosophy in the Ancient World

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Haiku's Reception And Practice In Contemporary North American Poetry, Ayako Takahashi, Judy Halebsky

English and Creative Writing | Faculty Scholarship

In the Meiji Restoration of 1868, the Meiji government implemented a wealth and military strength policy. This policy invited employed foreigners from western countries to Japan in order to modernize the nation by importing western laws, technologies and systems. Through these employed foreigners, Japanese literacy and literature were abruptly introduced into western countries. The translation of haiku in French influenced Symbolist poets and the translation in English also greatly influenced Imagist poets in England and the United States. The term haiku, it has been used since Shiki Masaoka. Before him, the words of haikai and hokku were brought into use …

Silent Protest And The Art Of Paper Folding: The Golden Venture Paper Sculptures At The Museum Of Chinese In America, Sandra Cheng

Publications and Research

Housed in the Museum of Chinese in America is the Fly to Freedom collection of paper art, which were produced by a traditional folk method of Chinese paper folding. The 123 paper works were created by detainees of the Golden Venture, a freighter used to smuggle undocumented immigrants into the U.S. On the evening of June 6, 1993, the ship ran aground off the Rockaways in New York City and nearly 300 migrants, gaunt from the four-month ordeal at sea, poured out of the cramped windowless hold of the vessel. Several drowned that night, a few escaped, but the majority …

Discovering The Lotus On This Shore: A Reading Of Kenji Miyazawa's "Okhotsk Elegy", Jon P. Holt

World Languages and Literatures Faculty Publications and Presentations

Miyazawa wrote stories and poems in order to help others understand, venerate, and propagate the Lotus. In doing so, he created works that are both very Japanese and very worldly.

從《說文‧木部》分析中國古代農業及手工業的發展情況, Siu Fan Lo

Dissertations from all years

本文以《說文‧木部》的字為核心研究範圍，透過考證其字義，結合西方社會分工論中第二次社會大分工的概念，並以相關史料佐證，分析中國古代農業與手工業的面貌及發展情況。

《說文‧木部》收錄的字主要可分為農業類及手工業類，這兩大類之下可再細分為樹木名稱類、果實類、樹木結構類、農業工具類、交通工具類、軍事刑具類、建築類、日常生活類、傢具類、喪葬死亡類及祭祀禮樂類，總共十一類。這些字例能在一定程度上反映東漢或以前農業與手工業的面貌及發展情況，結合史料佐證，更完整地還原當時農業與手工業的面貌及發展情況。

探析「簋」的字形變化及其文化意義, Yim Ping Leung

Dissertations from all years

簋，常用卻鮮為人所熟知的字。據現代漢語，或廣東方言所理解的「簋」，已由盛飯器具引申為盛食物的用具，如九大簋，即粵俗所言的盛宴。可見「簋」作為飲食器具所反映的飲食文化，至今仍是影響我們。雖現時隸寫的「簋」仍循小篆發展而來，是一會意字，但其字形、字音、字義及文化都經過了相當繁複的發展，當中涉及古字、假借字，異體字等等的影響而成今天的「簋」。由其字形演變，亦可略見食器反映的相關文化。

「簋」的字源相當複雜，支流繁多，不同時期涉及不同的字形。「簋」由甲骨文的象形字，到金文假借至另一個會意字，另出現了為「簋」而創的形聲專字，影響後期小篆的字形發展，今變為从竹、从皿、从皀的「簋」字。其字源、字形、字音及其相關的異體字一直是眾學家研究的方向，有關的研究亦不少。雖然學界大致認同其字義是食具之義，但對其字形變化的解釋卻有所差異，亦沒有詳細述論現今「簋」字的形成之因。

故本文簡單從縱向的方法整理出不同學者對「簋」字形、字義、字音的解釋，分析他們的相同及相異之處，嘗試整理出較為合理，能貫穿「簋」的字形及文化之義的解釋；重點補充「簋」金文與小篆之間的戰國文字，以及食器「簋」的功用演變，嘗試以字形及文化解釋其後形成小篆「簋」的字形之因，清楚梳理「簋」的字例演變。略說「簋」與其異體字的字形、字音的關係。望能更進一步的補充「簋」的形，音，義，以及找出書寫現今「簋」字从竹、从皿、从皀之因。

「妒」與「療妒」、「靈」與「慾」 : 論《聊齋誌異》的〈江城〉、〈邵女〉與〈馬介甫〉, Yi Wang Chan

Dissertations from all years

清人蒲松齡所寫的《聊齋誌異》以幻寫實，以故事反映社會百態。當中以妒婦為題的故事不小，明顯描述的約有十八篇。從其「療妒懲悍」的歷程可見女性心理與行為的轉變，反映當代女性的精神面貌。過往多討論《聊齋誌異》中妒婦的形象、社會制度對妒婦的影響、療妒的手段與蒲松齡對妒婦的態度等，較少深入探討女主人公的心理轉變，尤其欠缺西方心理學理論分析。故此，女主人公的心理層面具探討價值。

本文將從四部分分析〈江城〉、〈邵女〉與〈馬介甫〉。第一部分將簡述妒婦的定義，以及妒與悍的關係。第二部分將分析「療妒懲悍」故事與清代社會的關係及其意義，以史實助證。第三部分將以誘因、施暴與療妒懲悍，剖析三篇故事的女主人「療妒懲悍」的歷程，以便下文討論妒婦的精神面貌與內心的慾望。最後，第四部分將採用佛洛依德 (Sigmund Freud) 本我 (id) 、自我 (ego) 與超我 (superego) 的理論及施虐狂 (sadism) 之說分析，以西方學說闡釋妒婦的心理及其行為轉變的原因，重新探討她們的想望與困境。

論柳永詞中的女性形象及其文化意蘊, Fuk Yung Lee

Dissertations from all years

柳永（987-1058）為北宋前期詞人，他「變舊聲作新聲」，大量創作慢詞，開拓了詞的體制形式。歷代學者對柳永詞甚為關注，在研究柳詞對婉約詞的繼承與創新、題材風格、詞牌運用等各方面都有豐碩的成果，然而鮮有以女性角度切入，通過柳詞去解讀宋代女性的形象。

本論文以柳詞為研究主題，參照前人評論，嘗試分析柳永詞作中的女性形象，並由此探求當中的文化內蘊或意象。最後，把柳永所描繪的女性作為切入點，探討對其人生經歷的關係及意義。

李清照閨閣妝奩詞研究, Ho Chun Wong

Dissertations from all years

自古以來，女性一直在中國文壇處於極為邊緣的狀態，能夠流傳下來的女性作品甚為罕見。故此，凡寫女性，大多由男性角度出發，透過構想女性的視點而創作出來的詞作終究與以女性第一身所創作有所差別。由於此研究問題牽涉大量男、女作家作品比對問題，甚為遼闊。故此於本論文之中，希望透過研究李清照這名罕見而有名氣的女詞人的詞作，以其閨閣妝奩詞作討論中心，選取當中能代表女性的兩個角度﹕頭飾以及整妝舉動的詞作分析，為之後研究男女視點以及感情表達方面作出一點建樹。

妝奩，「奩」的意思即為梳妝盒上有鏡子配置，亦稱梳妝鏡匣。故本論文選取了十三首與頭飾或是與整妝舉動有關的詞作作為研究對象，希望透過研究這特定的十三首詞，提取當中不同時期、以及不同心境下所寫作的詞，從而分析李清照對於頭飾運用的個人特色之處。

本論文以討論李清照的飾物以及整妝舉動兩點作為主導，從所選的詞當中研究飾物與整妝舉動之於李清照的意義。論文有三個主要元素組成﹕

首先是用飾物的感情色彩，由新至舊，由舊到殘，當中展示著飾物的變化與李清照心境的關係；其次是飾物背後的反映，指出物件被異化，被用作表達感情或回憶的媒介；最後是飾物的包含元素，以七情六慾作為分類，帶出不同詞當中的感情載體。

論文前半部份以歷史時間作為背景，從李清照的成長歷程以及人生經歷作為主線，將其感情變化以及描寫狀況分為四大部份，分述不同時期下的感覺如何影響她對於飾物的描寫；後半部份則以感情作為分類方法，分析李清照如何將感想透過兩者反映。