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大同句律形成過程及與五言詩單句韻律結構變化之關係, Xiaoqin Du

嶺南學報 Lingnan Journal of Chinese Studies

近體詩律形成的一個前提基礎，是五言詩單句的律化。但學界此前在研究五言近體詩聲律體系成立問題時，主要考察的是五言詩句、聯間“粘對”規則的建立，對單句律化問題關注不够。即便有所涉及，亦多從齊梁時期甚至到漢魏時期的五言詩中找尋出符合後世近體詩律的律句，然後看其在不同歷史時期的發展情況。鑒於最近仍有學者在“執近體觀念以繩永明體”，本文遂在吸收學界已有成果的基礎上，對現存南北朝隋唐五言詩進行全面聲律分析和資料統計，又結合此一歷史時期相關詩律理論資料，對五言詩律化過程中的一個重要環節———大同句律的産生及其原因作了深入考察，還指出五言詩單句韻律結構與語法結構之間存在著一定的關聯性，在五言詩單句發展過程中，音步類型的變化與各種句式本身的表現藝術特點也有較大的關係。

"古文"與聲音 : 兼及其與詩學的關聯, Yinchi Chen

嶺南學報 Lingnan Journal of Chinese Studies

中國傳統之中，以文字爲主要媒介的文學，與聲音的關涉始終密切，這不僅表現在與音樂緊密相關的文學樣式上，表現在講究聲韻調諧之美的韻文裏面，即使散體的“古文”亦呈現此一特質。本文首先例舉古文學習和書寫中與聲音相關的若干事實，以爲全篇的導引；而後著重疏理、分析集古文傳統之大成的清代桐城派諸位古文大家，在習學前代古文和從事古文寫作等重要方面對於聲音的認識，可以見出聲音在桐城古文學裏面具有的關鍵地位；最後，推溯桐城古文家重視古文的聲音層面而形成前此所無的系統認識之緣由，從他們所持詩與古文一致的觀念入手，提出他們的詩學造詣對其古文聲音觀存在重要的影響，這由他們討論古文聲音的術語範疇與前代詩學所運用者有相承之迹，亦可獲得證明。

Does Xunzi’S Ethics Of Ritual Need A Metaphysics?, Sor-Hoon Tan

Research Collection School of Social Sciences

Contemporary philosophers working on Chinese Philosophy, Confucianism in particular, disagree about the status of metaphysics in early Confucianism. Some maintain that metaphysics are absent by pointing to the overwhelming emphasis on practical concerns – ethical and political – in the early Confucian texts. Others insist that even if there were no explicit metaphysical discussion or theorizing, metaphysical assumptions are inevitable. However do these assumptions point to one definite metaphysical system, or are they so vague and ambiguous that different mutually incompatible metaphysics could be constructed from them and attributed arbitrarily to the early Confucians? The latter situation would weaken the …

Experiences Of Personal Therapy As A Client: Perspectives Of Asian Music Therapists During Their Training In The Us, Hyejin So

Expressive Therapies Dissertations

This phenomenological research explored previous personal therapy (PT) experiences of East Asian music therapists during their training in the US. The study focused on examining the meaning of being therapy clients while they were music therapy students, and discovering the influence of PT on their personal, clinical, and musical development during and after the training. In addition, two different cultural influences on the therapeutic process were examined. Eight music therapists from Korea, Hong Kong, and Japan participated in this study. The length of their PT experiences ranged from six to 24 months. The participants’ therapists were Asians who immigrated to …

南來香港 : 「和平文藝」作者 : 一九五、六〇年代《星島晚報》副刊「星晚」的連載小說研究, Hoi Yin, Yuki Shum

Lingnan Theses

劉以鬯曾指出「和平文藝」作家（即「和平文人」）對1949年後的香港文學的影響是重要的關鍵。1949年的政治變動吸引了左派文人北上，而歐陽天、徐訏、易文和劉以鬯等四位「和平文人」卻南來香港。一九五、六〇年代香港的報紙副刊地位特殊，南來文人就以報紙副刊作為文學作品的主要發表園地。四位作家也不例外，最擅長的謀生技能主要是創作和編輯報章副刊或雜誌，又或是二者兼之。《星島晚報》副刊「星晚」是他們初到香港的主要發表園地，作品的文學性較強，此副刊更是五、六〇年代香港文壇一個重要而目前未有充份研究的文藝園地。和平文人是南來文人的其中一群，他們筆下呈現了「香港」的某個側面，值得追問的是，他們筆下的「香港」為何如此，由此探討他們的心態。

一九五、六〇年代副刊的連載小說是結集成書和改編成電影的前置文本，在報刊、出版業、電影業三個香港文化產業中擔當了非常重要的角色。連載小說雖有廣泛傳閱的優長，同時也有文類特點的限制，與結集作品要求小說內容的整體性產生衝突，作家或會在結集時加以修訂。另一方面，當時的文學作品被改編為電影的情況非常普遍。原著作家或會參與電影製作，工作跨越了不同的媒介；更有作家在跨界工作後，汲取電影拍攝技巧，運用於自己的文學創作中。四位作家在《星島晚報•星晚》的連載小說具跨界特點，是研究當時文化產業的重要例子。

本文提出以下三個研究問題：

一、和平文人在《星島晚報•星晚》上連載了不少作品，當中所呈現的一九五、六〇年代香港社會的面貌是怎樣的？

二、和平文人的連載作品透現出他們怎樣的心態？

三、和平文人的連載作品是小說結集與電影改編的前置文本，與當時報業以外的文化產業（主要是出版業和電影業）組成了緊密的生產線，然則，連載小說與這些文化產業的互動情況具體如何？

若要勾勒一九五、六〇年代的香港文壇面貌，必須兼顧作家、作品及刊登園地等三方面。本文以《星島晚報•星晚》為園地，以歐陽天、徐訏、易文和劉以鬯作為研究對象，以連載小說為焦點，勾勒當時的文學面貌，對作品及文化背景深入研究。

从春节的起源说开, Haiwang Yuan

DLPS Faculty Publications

该文讲述了春节的历史渊源和变迁，以及春节及其习俗的民间传说。习俗中包括了节日的饮食和禁忌及其在中国南北的差异。此外，文章还介绍了有关春节的背景知识，如阴历、生肖、二十八星宿及其与西方黄道十二宫图的比较等。

该文选自“日月星光网络传媒”的《旅讯快递》。

In Memoriam: Chester C. Wang 1920-2016

Journal of East Asian Libraries

No abstract provided.

The Origin Of Chinese New Year, Haiwang Yuan

DLPS Faculty Publications

Published on the SMS-I-Media Tourism Express, a bi-lingual weekly ejournal, with the Wechat public account TourismExpress, this article introduces the origin and customs of the Chinese New Year or Lunar New Year. It also gives a brief introduction to the festival's related background knowledge such as the Chinese lunisolar calendar, the 24 Chinese solar terms, the Chinese Twenty-Eight Lunar Mansions, the Twelve Chinese zodiac animals, as well as the relationship between them and the Western zodiac signs.

In Memoriam: Ramon Hawley Myers 1929-2015

Journal of East Asian Libraries

No abstract provided.

Book Notes And Review - Chinese Christian Theology, Anthony E. Clark

History Faculty Scholarship

Book review of Alexander Chow's Theosis, Sino-Christian Theology and the Second Chinese Enlightenment.

The Power Of Image: Medieval Debate On Icon And Its Theoretical Value, Qiong Wu

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

The debate on icon was an important event in the theological and visual cultural field in the Western Medieval era, and it exerted a profound influence on Western visual culture. This paper examines the theological and cultural context of the debate, and with a focus on the relationship between invisibility and visibility, the paper discusses the paradoxical value of representation and its effects on visual cultural field.

On Auscultation, Xiuyan Fu

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

The absence of auscultation, listening for precise judgement, in the perceptual experience entails the phenomenon of the employment of eyes for ears in the present "era of pictorial-reading." Listening has been entrusted with the power to resist the increasingly noisy self-talking in modern life. The earliest literary activity in mankind history is story-telling through listening, and due to the absence of auscultation, some important information only available to listening has been unrevealed from literary works. The paper argues that to re-read literary works from the perspective of listening facilitates to offset the perceptual imbalance caused by visual hegemony.

On The Aesthetic Significance Of Kant's Concept Of Schema, Hongbin Su

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

Schema is an important concept in Kant's philosophy, but Kant delimited it to the territory of epistemology. This paper argues that schema is also an important aesthetic concept. Schema is grasped through intuitive activities, and it follows that schema has certain aesthetic value. Schema is an object of aesthetic activity, but most often it also participates indirectly in aesthetic activities as the source of artistic images. The homogeneity between cognitive schema and aesthetic schema shows the homology of cognitive activities and aesthetic activities.

On The Significance Of "Bone" And The Unique Connotation Of Liu Xie's Concept Of "Wind And Bone", Aibin Yao

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

In the structure of life, "bone" is positioned between the inside and the outside of life structure, taking the special position of the inner side of the outside and the outer side of the inside. In The Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons, Liu Xie's concept of "wind and bone" is composed with multiple combinations of analogies of bone to analog different forms of the overall structure of writing. Main types include the following. First, "bone and flesh-skin (or hair)" is used to refer to the duality of "intent (concept) and words (language)," with "bone" indicating the concept of …

Qian Gurong In Literary Criticism From 1949 To 1966, Jianjun Xu

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

The first seventeen years from the establishment of P. R. China to the Cultural Revolution (1949 to 1966) is a special period for literary survival. In this period, the constraints and restraints of politics on literature co-exist with literature's rebellion against and escape from politics, which are intertwined with the dialogue and communication between the "integrated" literary norms and the heterogenic literary criticism. Under this historical context, Qian Gurong went through three important stages in his life, namely, the anxiety of political identity, the return to literary identity, and the adherence to "humanistic study." In each stage, Qian Gurong managed …

Reflections On The Literariness In The Post-Theoretic Era: The Dispersion Of Meta-Narration And The Plight Of Essentialist Poetics, Yanfeng Li

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

In the context of the dispersion of meta-narrative and the break-up in modernity, the paradigm of essentialist thinking faces the increasing crisis of representation of knowledge. The history of "big theory" is coming to an end, and the "post-theory" emerges as a new paradigm of discourse and system of knowledge. Post-theory takes on an anti-essentialist, non-centralist, pluralistic and historized standpoint of knowledge to reconstruct the validity of legitimacy, opposing rigid essentialism, logocentrism and the logic of totality and identification. With the advent of post-theory, the discourse paradigm of essentialist literariness and the essentialist poetics are faced with the question over …

The Audience Awareness In The Self-Annotations Among Mid-Tang Poets Such As Bai Juyi And Yuan Zhen, Zhiyue Yu

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

In Mid-Tang dynasty, self-annotations to poems were frequently practiced in Bai Juyi (772—846), Yuan Zhen (779—831) and other poets. This act as an extension of literary creation became an important means to assist their poetic expression, and it showed strong audience awareness. This act was especially practiced when poets edited their works for an expected interpretation of their works in later reading. Bai Juyi and Yuan Zhen's desire to be memorized by later generations appeared to be stronger than other poets of their age. Bai Juyi assumed a relatively lower expectation of his readers, so he made many annotations to …

The Distinction Of Han And Wei Dynasty's Poetry And Its Poetic Significance, Honglin Wang

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

Poetry critics from the Ming and Qing dynasties explored the different features of the Han and Wei poetries, which resulted in the distinction between the poetries of the Han and Wei dynasties. Their explorations also indicated that the stylistic principles of poetry began to take shape. Wang Shizhen first claimed that Cao Zhi's achievements were lower than Cao Cao's, while Hu Yinglin examined the differences between the Han poetry and the Wei dynasty poetry, maintaining that Han poetry was unadorned and elegantly simple while Wei poetry was embellished with rhetorical strategies. These claims about Han and Wei poetry influenced the …

The Function Of Generalization In Art History: Understanding Art Across Traditions, Davies David

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

The paper considers how one might assess the adequacy of art-historical accounts that exemplify what Michael Baxandall terms the 'inferential criticism' of paintings, where the latter is an instance of what Wollheim called 'criticism as retrieval'. The problem is to reconcile the interpretive nature of such accounts, and their claims to provide us with trans-cultural and trans-historical understandings, with more general 'scientific' constraints on explanation. I draw a parallel with a problem in interpretive ethnography considered by Clifford Geertz, and sketch the latter's claim that the former involves 'generalising within cases' rather than 'generalising across cases'. I offer a 'pragmatic' …

Wen Yiduo's Translation And The Formation Of Metrical Poetics, Liming Chen

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

Wen Yiduo translated English poems with different metrical forms, and consciously applied English metrical poetics in his poetry writing and the theoretical configuration of new Chinese poetry, as an attempt to resist the prevailing poetic trends during the May 4th New Poetry movement predominantly spoken vernacular in nature and to promote the modern Chinese poetics with contemporary metrics and prosody. Through an examination of Wen Yiduo's long neglected translation of Byron's "Isles of Greece," the paper demonstrates his metrical poetics was constructed in and by his practice of translation and creative writing. The paper argues that Wen's practice helped to …

On The Stylistic Construction Of Wang Guowei's History Of Traditional Opera In The Song And Yuan Dynasties, Yanlin Xu

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

Wang Guowei's pioneering work History of Traditional Opera in the Song and Yuan Dynasties is both a theoretical summarization of his studies on opera and a systematic exposition of his stylistic thoughts. Influenced by Western studies and inherited from Chinese academic tradition, the book reviews the classification, naming, features, origins of this genre and the debasing social attitude to it, and proceeds to highlight the genre with a strong consciousness of stylistics. It delineates the evolution of Chinese opera from the perspective of stylistics, and proposes that Chinese opera has integrated features of patterns, observable stylistic development from narrative to …

Reflections On The Post-Modernist Concept Of Literary History In A New Literary History Of America, Song Li

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

Greil Marcus and Werner Sollers' New Literary History of America from Harvard University Press sets a new paradigm for literary history writing in the aspects of style, organization and methodology. It has the following major features. First, it holds a literary view of culture vision. Therefore, the connotation of literature is expanded greatly and the boundary between literature and culture is blurred. Secondly, it embodies the principle of dedifferentiation in post-modernism culture. Thirdly, it advocates a constructional view on literary history. Fourthly, it disassembles the meta-narrative of an ontological history and emphasizes on the micro-narrative of history transection. Lastly, it …

Singularities Of The Three-Body Problem, Or Chinese Logic In The Era Of Science Fiction Globalization, Jun Zeng

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

This paper aims to analyze the singularity event of why Liu Cixin's Three-body Problem can single-handedly upgrade Chinese science fiction literature to the world prominence in the era of science fiction globalization. The paper argues that the scientific imagination in The Three-body Problem starts at the scientific frontier of "singularity" and expands on the spectacle of singularity. In The Three-body Problem, the essentialism of identity politics is transcended, which allows for the conceptualization of internal diversity of the post-human and the establishment of a cosmetic sociology on the principle of the dark forest. Therefore, it is possible for an analysis …

The Clash Of Civilizations And The Culture Self-Consciousness: Science Fiction And Social Reality In The Three-Body Problem, Qi Chen

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

From the perspective of the relation between science fiction and social reality, the core question of Liu Cixin's The Three-Body Problem Trilogy is the clash of civilizations between human and Trisolaran, which causes the future possibility of the end of human history. The narrative perspectives of the trilogy are the intelligentsia narrative of Wang Miao (Book I), the heroic narrative of Luo Ji (Book II), and the narrative of "the last man" of Cheng Xin (Book III). If the future civilization of the human beings is likely to encounter the cosmic catastrophe caused by the clash of civilizations between human …

Unfinished Subject: Empathy And Subject-Construction In Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep？, Simeng Miao

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

Philip K. Dick's novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? not only invites us to think about the problems of androids' identity, but also forces people into rethinking the existence of ourselves. As the subject, a man recognizing himself is firstly concerned with "identification/distinction." In the constructed world of the novel, the core of identification/distinction lies in the identification between a human being and an android. Empathy plays an important role in subject construction, which indicates that the subject can grasp others through bodily experience to achieve self-construction. However, it is merely imaginary to grasp the subjectivity of others through …

A New Discussion On Kuang Zhouyi's Ci-Poetry Criticism, Keqiang Sun

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

Some new findings about Kuang Zhouyi's critical materials on ci-poetry enable us to review and re-evaluate Kuang's theoretical contribution to ci-poetry criticism which include his explorations into the ci-poetry in the Southern and Northern Song Dynasties and his theoretical explanation of the concept of "big." The paper claims that Kuang should be given full justice as an important ci-poetry scholar in the late Qing dynasty.

Aesthetics In Cross-Cultural Perspective, Davies Stephen

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

In this paper I attempt reconcile two apparently opposed views: artworks are embedded in culturally relative art-historical contexts and cannot be fully understood without an awareness of these contexts, yet artworks trade in themes that are universally and perennially of human interest, such as war and peace, and shape these to cater to shared, biologically based perceptual systems. The first explains some of the difficulties we face in understanding and appreciating art cross-culturally. The second indicates why, nevertheless, a degree of cross-cultural artistic appreciation is possible. As well, our grasp of the challenges and possibilities of the media from which …

An Exploration Into The Logics Of Language Construction During The May Fourth Period, Wei Deng

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

In his History of National Language Movement, Li Jinxi discussed the process of language construction in the May 4th period with a focus on the pronunciation while putting the vernacular movement into his narrative of the national language movement history. On the other hand, Hu Shi paid high attention to written language and tried to construct the national language with "vernacular literature," hoping to use "a literature of national language" to create "a national language of literature." Hu Shi's endeavor showed the general logic of language construction during the May Fourth period, that is, to construct a modern national language …

Deconstructing Utopian Imagination: The Allegory Of Solaris And Others, Dan Chen

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

Utopia is a socio-economic sub-genre of science fiction. The question of how to imagine a utopia is actually an issue of how to write out the image of a utopia. In Stanislaw Lem's Solaris, there is a formal strategy of "double inscription," which turns the limitation of utopian genre into allegory and critical merits. Thus, it is possible to refute it from the inside of its anthropocentric totality and to divert the interpretation into the field of political ethics. As a result, the surface binary opposition between self and the other is nullified, and the imagination of a zero-degree Utopia, …

Event-Truth And Literary Criticism: On Badiou's Reading Beckett, Cheng Tan

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

Alain Badiou rejects the conventional idea that Samuel Beckett was a playwright associated with the Theatre of the Absurd. He points out that, in Beckett's writing, there is ideological transfer from "solipsism" to "event." As has been shown in Beckett's later works, he devoted himself to his reflection about "event," thus creating a text of "truth." Badiou, through his idea of Inaesthetics, attempts to understand Beckett in Beckett's own way. From the inherent ideological structure of the text, Badiou constructs critical concepts for the text, and consequently makes the truth of text appear in the form of concepts. He succeeds …