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繁花似錦見一梔子, Hiu Lam Heung

Dissertations from all years

是次指導論文為一篇由多個人物描寫組成的散文創作，題目是《繁華似錦見一梔子》。

在日常生活中，每個人都會遇見不同的人。有些是自己的親友，有些是素未謀面的陌生人，他們也許行動古怪，卻有獨特的思考方式；也許他們不被身邊的人所接納的人，卻有值得被欣賞的長處。

本文紀錄筆者在求學期間遇見六個與眾不同的人，透過描寫主人公的經歷和內心獨白，帶出一個主題：無論一個人的外貌、行為和思想是否符合主流規範，也是值得被尊重、理解和關懷的。人應當有廣闊的胸懷，懂得以不同的角度看事物，不單單是知道或理解，甚至能欣賞他人。

彼岸花, Wai Shan Yiu

Dissertations from all years

傳說彼岸花是地獄之花，有著死亡、離別與悲傷回憶的含義。花開彼岸，冷冽的外表既美麗又憂傷，可惜花生葉落，葉長花凋，此花在命運中注定孤獨。花朵盛開之日，是幸福的來臨，還是劫難的開始？

莠芳是名性工作者，她背負失敗的婚姻，獨自養活女兒，可惜母女關係一直疏離。故事講述她在位於油麻地的一棟唐樓工作，自卑的她拒絕別人的好意，卻又一直默默守護身邊的人，不論對女兒、朋友及鄰居等，也展現強烈的情感。隨著舊樓即將被收購重建，主角重新審視這座大廈對她的意義。她一直渴望擁有一個美好的家，但隨著收購的日子迫近，她的夢想是否能如願？

「一樓一」與唐樓的關係緊密，此篇小說旨在以獨特的視野帶出香港舊樓重建的議題。隨著社會發展，香港越來越多舊樓面臨被拆卸重建，莠芳的故事只是社會上的縮影，而事實上，更多小市民被地產商剝削，卻無處申訴。筆者希望通過小說寫出舊樓對某些市民的意義，並期望借此引起其他人對這議題的關注。《彼岸花》寫舊樓收購下的小市民、本地性工作者，也寫一個卑微的母親。

汪精衛廬山詩研究, Lai Kan Lam

Dissertations from all years

汪精衛，民國時期政治人物，早年以行刺清攝政王載灃失敗下獄傳世，後於第二次中日戰爭鼓吹「和平運動」而身敗名裂。至今學界研究大多論述其爭議的政治立場，近年雖有研究結合汪精衛的詩詞論述其背後的政治話語，但從文學角度研究汪精衛的詩詞，仍屬少數。

本文以汪精衛的山水詩為研究對象，以其廬山詩為例，全文共分四章：第一章為緒論，交代研究緣起、文獻回顧及研究方法，當中簡單交代汪精衛背景及研究山水詩在汪精衛的詩詞創作的意義。第二章以文史互證方法，嘗試疏理汪精衛出遊廬山的背景，並作創作時期的分類。第三章根據第二章創作時期的分類，提出汪精衛山水詩的藝術技巧及特色，從用境寫意、以景賦情、以我寫物三方面，論述汪精衛山水詩在不同時期的同異。第四章從歸立上兩章對汪精衛山水詩的論述，分析其詩中廬山的形象和意蘊作為結論。

楊向奎「五十凡論說」補述, Ziqian Yang

Dissertations from all years

關於《左傳》“五十凡”來源、性質的探討，自杜預提出始，就成為歷代學者爭論不休的話題，論者對其來源、性質的判定辨析迄今無定論。眾說大多考證片面，理據不足，或先入為主，或有師承關係，使得“五十凡”來源問題越來越複雜化，難以讓人信服。

直到上世紀三十年代，楊向奎先生(1910-2000)通過對《左傳》凡例逐條研究，辯駁大半，於一九三五年寫就〈略論“五十凡”〉一文，反駁了杜預說，孔子非本凡例而修《經》基本已成鐵案；經歷了對《小戴禮記》中類似凡例記載的整理，對《尚書大傳》引《左傳》凡例的歸納，加上細讀文本，楊先生進一步修正了自己的意見。其後發表的〈論凡例〉，澄清了若干歷代關於凡例來源的關鍵問題，普遍為當時及後世學者所接受。

本文旨在通過細析楊向奎“五十凡論說”，著重關注楊先生兩次論說之間的變化，找出變化的原因，指出楊先生“五十凡論說”中有說服力的地方，並嘗試對當中部分例說進行補充，使其更加完善。最後，以楊先生之說為基礎，筆者將嘗試對“五十凡”性質和來源問題提出幾點自己的想法。

Treatment And Evolution Of Digital Rights: A Comparative Analysis Of China, Russia, The United States, And Germany, Karina Barbesino

Honors Program Theses

The internet and digital technologies allow for the recognition, advocation, and protection of human rights. People around the world have access to faster and exponentially more information than ever before. The possibilities for education, politics, healthcare, work, and equality have greatly expanded. The internet provides new opportunities for the progression of humanity, but not without a cost. The transformative power of the internet to both empower and infringe on human rights has not been lost on states. As a relatively new domain, the policies in cyberspace remain in their trial periods. Each state is implementing, redacting, and implementing again policies …

A Thesis Is A Product Is A Tracking, Yixue Li

Theses and Dissertations

In this work, I discuss how global products/ identities are made, transported and consumed, and the inevitable ‘mis-’ in acts of transmission. This research ranges from the miscommunication in languages and linguistics, to the gap between production and consumption. I investigate how things and humans are misread, mispronounced, misfit and mistranslated when they traverse social and cultural borders, arriving at a place in between languages, holding on to and letting go of things that are familiar to neither and both cultures. This work explores diverse media such as publications, videos and installations, and examines how they maybe used to address …

Applying Gadamer: An Evaluation Of Interpretations Of The Confucian Analects By Different Schools Under The Light Of Gadamerian Hermeneutics, Yifeng Xu

Senior Independent Study Theses

This thesis attempts to analyse and evaluate several interpretations of the Confucian Analects under the light of Gadamerian hermeneutics. In chapter 1, I explicate Gadamerian hermeneutics and analyse Gadamer’s hermeneutical view. In chapter 2, I introduce a challenge to Gadamer’s theory regarding the problem of objectivity, give Gadamer a limited defence, and then reconstruct Gadamerian hermeneutics in order to answer the challenge. Chapter 3 deals with some further concerns about the application of Gadamerian hermeneutics in terms of evaluating interpretations. Chapter 4 and 5 are spent on analysing two groups of interpretations of the Confucian Analects as well as the …

Animated Encounters: Transnational Movements Of Chinese Animation, 1940s-1970s By Daisy Yan Du (Review), Li Guo

World Languages and Cultures Faculty Publications

In her groundbreaking monograph, Daisy Yan Du offers a rigorous discussion of Chinese animation by highlighting the historical course of Chinese animation and how animated filmmaking contests the notion of nationhood and opens up a spatialized conception of intercultural encounters and collaboration. The book contains a theoretical introduction essay, four substantial chapters, a concise epilogue, and three appendices on animated films by Mochinaga Tadahito, on leaders of Shanghai Animation Film Studio, and on major publications on Chinese animation. It contributes valuable discussions on the “disjuncture between politics and aesthetics in the sense that politics cannot fully control arts” (Du 2020, …

Rice Bunnies In China's #Metoo: Discussion Of A Feminist Movement Under Censorship, Tyler Caple

Honors Theses

This paper aims to assess the reception of the currently developing #MeToo movement in China from the perspective of Chinese internet users, feminists, and the state government as well as how censorship affects the way in which these individuals express their opinions on gendered sexual violence in Chinese society. By using a qualitative content analysis to comb through Chinese social media posts, Chinese state- sponsored news articles, and Western news articles, findings suggest that Chinese netizens are engaging with societal concerns over #MeToo and sexual assault, but do not define their grievances as being within a movement presumably to avoid …

Chinese Male Homosexual Identity Construction On Yaba(丫吧), Brendan Ryan

Honors Theses

Jianshangdejiaoyaba (肩上的脚丫吧), also known as Yaba (丫吧), is a forum on the Chinese website Baidu Tieba (百度贴吧) containing stories and questions from users that focus on homosexual experience and identity in China. The members of the forum communicate using Linyu (淋语), a form of Chinese Internet Language (CIL). This thesis seeks to understand why and how Yaba (丫吧) users use the word ji (鸡: chicken) and female kinship terms, two prominent features of Linyu (淋语). The research uses methodologies in virtual ethnography to conceptualize Yaba (丫吧) as a research site. To better understand the research site and the experience of …

Asia Pacific Perspectives Vol. 16 No. 1, Fall/Winter 2018-2019, University Of San Francisco

Asia Pacific Perspectives

Contents:

Editor's Introduction by Melissa S. Dale

Within this issue, we share three examples of the latest research on cultures of dress, clothing, fashion and the formation of identity in the Asia Pacific region. These articles reveal the innovative work that scholars are currently pursuing in this area of research, ranging from the history of the tattooing in Japan, to fashion exchange between China and Mozambique, to the phenomena known as cosplay.

Fashioning Tattooed Bodies: An Exploration of Japan's Tattoo Stigma by John M. Skutlin

This article uses a cultural anthropological approach to examine tattooing stigma in contemporary Japan, particularly …

Revisiting 'Seventeen–Year Literature' (1949-1966) In China From A Neocolonial Perspective, Tian Zhang

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

In her article "Revisiting Seventeen–Year Literature' (1949-1966) in China from a Neo­colonial Perspective" Tian Zhang surveys the "Seventeen-Year Literature" (1949-1966) from a neocolo­nial perspective. It reviews the internal and external factors of anxiety faced by Chinese during the period of seventeen years since the establishment of the People's Republic of China in 1949. The sev­enteen years witnessed a stress on and flourishing of the proletarian socialist literature of the people, by the people and for the people. The seventeen-year literature, on its way to smashing the old system, represents the trend of Chinese literature of the time and the extension …

Motivation For Learning Chinese As A Foreign Language: Experiences From Duce, Emmanuel Ilonga Dr

Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences

This study explores the motivation for learning Chinese language at the Dar es Salaam University College of Education (DUCE). The major objective is to find out the reasons that motivated learners to enrol into the optional Chinese language course. The data used in the study was gathered through questionnaires and structured interviews. The presentation of findings reflected four types of motivation: intrinsic, extrinsic, integrative, and lastly, instrumental motivation. The results revealed that learners’ motivation for learning Chinese as a foreign language at the DUCE includes personal contentedness, developing base for further education abroad, integrating with the Chinese community and learning …

Asian America And Empathy: Understanding The Chinese American Experience Through The Art Of Flo Oy Wong, Brienne Wong

Master's Projects and Capstones

This capstone examines how the work of Chinese American artist Flo Oy Wong could be an impetus for dialogue for creating empathy for the Asian American experience. The capstone briefly discusses Chinese American history as the Chinese are one of the earliest immigrant groups to the United States and Asian American art history which demonstrates the role of art for Asian Americans. It also describes the importance of empathy in society and how some museums today are trying to apply empathy to serve their communities. Within this framework, I discuss artist Flo Oy Wong whose ability to tell stories about …

Four Poems From The Divine Way Station By Shaojun Li, Shelley Kristina Hu

Transference

Translated from Chinese by Shelley Kristina Hu:

• At Dusk
• The Divine Way Station
• Confession
• Green Jade

Four Poems By Yu Xiuhua, Xinlu Yan

Transference

Translated from Chinese by Xinlu Yan:

• My Dog, Little Wu
• I Crossed Half of China to Lay You
• An Evening in Early Winter
• I Please This world With Pains

Three Inscriptions For Paintings By Yao Nai, Andrew Gudgel

Transference

Translated from Chinese by Andrew Gudgel.

Transference Vol. 6, Fall 2018

Transference

Complete issue with covers of Transference Vol. 6, Fall 2018

Three Essays On The Impacts Of China’S Monetary Policy, Shen Chen

Dissertations

China has experienced high speed of economic growth, trying to catch up with the developed countries. Monetary policy has played a more and more important role in China. This dissertation studies the impacts of China's monetary policy on China's housing market, stock market, and China's economic growth.

The first essay examines macroeconomic determinants of China's housing price by constructing a VAR model. Granger Causality tests, impulse response functions and variance decompositions are used to analyze the impacts of macroeconomic factors on the housing price. By using the monthly data from 2005 to 2015, the results show that a contractionary monetary …

諧聲假借的原則及複雜性, Fuhai Zhang

嶺南學報 Lingnan Journal of Chinese Studies

諧聲假借是利用語音的相同或相近關係來造字和使用文字。諧聲偏旁的讀音必定與整字的讀音相同或相近，某字所假借表示的詞的語音必定與其本來的讀音相同或相近。音近有一定的原則：聲母方面，如同部位的塞音，同部位的鼻流音；韻母方面，如韻相同，開合相同。但不合一般原則的諧聲假借亦不乏其例，尤其是在以戰國竹簡爲代表的出土古文字資料中，諧聲假借的語音關係表現複雜，需要加以歸納和解釋。而傳統的“一聲之轉”説帶有極大的任意性，必須摒棄。

新見《壽「四每」尊》銘文所見「卜馬」字試釋, Pui Ling Tang

嶺南學報 Lingnan Journal of Chinese Studies

香港翰海秋季拍賣會公佈新見《壽「四每」尊》乙器，年代屬於西周早期至中期之間。銘文記有“睗（錫）「卜馬」馬卅匹”一語，當中，「卜馬」字从“卜”从“馬”，乃金文首見，拍賣圖録讀爲“駙”。本文結合傳世文獻所見“馼”、“駇”二字的討論，提出尊銘「卜馬」字當讀爲“駁”，“睗（錫）「卜馬」馬卅匹”意指賞賜雜色馬三十匹。此外，本文復通過先秦用馬制度中“毛馬而頒之”與“物馬而頒之”的記述，指出《壽「四每」尊》所記賜馬數量較多，或因雜色馬無法用於禮儀活動，故其用途可以理解爲軍旅出征或家居代步。

説甲骨文的「豕凶十」和「奚戌」字, Qingyu Du

嶺南學報 Lingnan Journal of Chinese Studies

甲骨文中的「豕凶十」和「奚戌」字都比較常見，但它們的字形該如何分析，學界尚無統一意見。本文通過相關字形的分析對比，並結合辭例及文獻進行考察，認爲「豕凶十」爲「冡」字初文，「奚戌」爲「髡」字初文。

戰國楚竹書《容成氏》校讀, Zhi-Peng Lin

嶺南學報 Lingnan Journal of Chinese Studies

《上海博物館藏戰國楚竹書》第2册有《容成氏》一篇，存簡五十餘枚，内容涉及夏商周三代興亡及其前的古史傳説，所記頗能補傳世文獻之闕。從2002年刊布以來，已有多部專書及數百篇論文針對此篇竹書的簡序編聯、疑難字詞及思想内涵作深入的探討。近年孫飛燕、單育辰搜集相關論著，分别編有集釋，筆者在其整理的基礎上，重新校讀全篇竹書。除了廣引時賢意見，加以論斷、補充新説外，筆者對於簡文中的難解詞語，如“歭板正立”、“方爲三俈”、“民乃宜怨”等，亦提出自己的看法。

新出曾伯「雨桼」壺銘的“元屖”與舊著録銅器銘文中相關詞語考釋, Pei Shen

嶺南學報 Lingnan Journal of Chinese Studies

2017年1月16、17日，湖北省文物考古研究所發表湖北京山蘇家壟遺址出土的曾伯雨桼壺銘文照片，並對銘文大部分内容作了解釋。有學者很快就發表了研究文章。本文隨即對前述相關研究做了檢討，重新隸寫釋文，並作相關注釋，重點將其中“孔武元屖”與舊著録曾伯「雨桼」簠相應的“元武孔黹”進行對比，確定“孔黹”當讀爲“孔夷”。由此，文章又對其他銘文中難解的“黹”字及相關語詞進行了重新解釋。此外，文章還順便討論了樂器銘文中常見的“元鳴孔皇”的語法結構問題。

試論早期“中國”觀念的形成, Gang Xu

嶺南學報 Lingnan Journal of Chinese Studies

西周初年，“中國”的概念逐漸固定在洛陽，這是武王、周公的戰略設計。在周民族進入中國歷史之前，洛陽一直是個邊緣地帶，並不是政治與文化的中心。西周以前，華夏族的政治經濟中心是九州中的冀州地區。把洛陽作爲天下之中，除了地理的因素之外，更重要的是宗教、軍事、資源上的考慮。“中國”是一個宗教性的概念，是一種精神的象徵。

司馬遷與《過秦》篇, Kanli Chen

嶺南學報 Lingnan Journal of Chinese Studies

司馬遷編著《史記》，全文引述賈誼《過秦》篇，有含而未申之義。參考北大漢簡《趙正書》等出土文獻，可知《過秦》所述史事别有所據，與《史記》多有牴牾。司馬遷對這些牴牾之處未加删削，也不像對待一般作品那樣將《過秦》篇置入作者的列傳，而是收録在抒發己見的“太史公曰”中，有意假借賈誼的文字，寫出對武帝晚年政局的批評和重蹈亡秦覆轍的憂慮。這樣的表達方式，受到《詩》《書》《春秋》等古代經典的影響，切合當時的歷史情境，更與司馬遷本人的遭遇和心態緊密聯繫，體現了《史記》寫作中個人化的一面。

新出“宗人”諸器所反映的西周宗族關係, Wei Han

嶺南學報 Lingnan Journal of Chinese Studies

新見流散西周青銅器中，有一組與名爲“宗人”的貴族相關的銅器，包括宗人簋兩件、伯或父鼎（作器者實爲“宗人”）一件、叔安父簋一件、孝簋一件、叔友簋兩件。這組銅器年代在西周中期後段，銘文内容涉及西周世族的内部結構以及大、小宗之間的關係，十分重要。銘文記録“伯或父（伯氏）”、“凡姬”和“叔安父”先後賞賜“宗人”和“孝（叔友）”，或爲他們製作祭器。本文首先分析銅器銘文中記録的人物關係，指出“伯或父”爲該家族大宗宗子，“凡姬”爲其夫人，是出身“周公之胤”凡氏家族的女子。“叔安父”應爲“伯或父”之世子。“宗人”是“伯或父”的小宗侄輩，“孝（叔友）”則是“宗人”的親兄弟。由此可見，西周時期世族内部的大宗和小宗之間保持着嚴格的宗法關係，在政治、經濟和祭祀等諸方面，小宗都服從於大宗，並從大宗獲取資源支持。而且大宗宗子的夫人（宗婦）和世子（法定繼承人）都在族内享有一定的支配權。這些都深化了我們對西周家族形態和宗法制度的認識。

談談戰國文字中用爲“野”的“冶”字, Ping'an Zhao

嶺南學報 Lingnan Journal of Chinese Studies

戰國文字中有一個從“土”從“爪”的字，長期以來得不到正確的釋讀。本文比較系統地梳理了該字的研究歷史，分析了該字的相關用例，特别是新出簡帛資料，認爲應釋爲野。從來源上講，很可能是冶的假借改造字。

中國古墓爲何隨葬書籍, Hua Yang

嶺南學報 Lingnan Journal of Chinese Studies

中國古墓中出土大量書籍，是上古葬俗的反映。在喪葬禮制的初期，它們被埋入墓中，可能與墓主的身份、職業、興趣有直接關係，但後來相沿成俗，便變得關係不大了，大多是舉喪時臨時抄寫的文本。喪家可能並不在意入葬文本的性質和完整性，而只是在意是否隨葬了“書”，對葬書禮俗的重視反而超過了對文獻本身的重視。所以纔會出現重複文本、摘抄選抄、補綴書寫、空白簡等現象。不同時期人間社會流行的書籍，在“陰間”墓葬中都會得到反映。

戰國工官屬吏中的成童 : 再談三晉銘刻中所見“孺子”的身份, Yongbing Guo

嶺南學報 Lingnan Journal of Chinese Studies

本文結合《陝西金文集成》著録的春成孺子鼎和邵陰下官銅箍銘文，對戰國文字資料中與斠量器物有關的“孺子”的身份再次進行了探討，否定了過去對三晉銘刻中所見的部分“孺子”身份的判斷，認爲這些“孺子”是工官中負責諸如器物檢定斠量等輔助工作的成童，與戰國文字資料中的“敖童/敖史”、“馬童”身份接近，或可類比。文末附帶談了燕國的“郭大夫甗”，懷疑所謂“郭”字可能也應改釋“乳”，並對器物自名作了研究。