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Concubinage and Servitude in Late Imperial China

Author : Hsieh Bao Hua
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 0739145169
Total Pages : 397 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book Concubinage and Servitude in Late Imperial China written by Hsieh Bao Hua and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2014-06-18 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the long course of late imperial Chinese history, servants and concubines formed a vast social stratum in the hinterland along the Grand Canal, particularly in urban areas. Concubinage and Servitude in Late Imperial China is a survey of the institutions and practice of concubinage and servitude in both the general populace and the imperial palace, with a focus on the examination of Ming-Qing political and socioeconomic history through the lives of this particular group of distinct yet associated individuals. The persistent theme of the book is how concubines, appointed by patriarchal polygamy, and servants, laboring under the master-servants hierarchy, experienced interactions and mobility within each institution and in associating with the other. While reviewing how ritual and law treated concubines and servants as patriarchal possessions, the author explores the perspectives available for individualconcubines and servants and the limitations in their daily circumstances, searching for their “positional powers” and “privilege of the inferiors” in the context of Chinese culture during the Ming-Qing time period. For a list of the book's tables and their sources, please see: http://www.wou.edu/wp/hsiehb/

Inside the World of the Eunuch

Author : Melissa S. Dale
Publisher : Hong Kong University Press
ISBN 13 : 9888455753
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (884 download)

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Download or read book Inside the World of the Eunuch written by Melissa S. Dale and published by Hong Kong University Press. This book was released on 2018-11-01 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of Qing palace eunuchs is defined by a tension between the role eunuchs were meant to play and the life they intended to live. This study tells the story of how a complicated and much-maligned group of people struggled to insert a degree of agency into their lives. Rulers of the Qing dynasty were determined to ensure the eunuchs’ subservience and to limit their influence by imposing a management style based upon strict rules, corporal punishment, and collective responsibility. Few eunuchs wielded significant political power or lived in a lavish style during the Qing dynasty. Emasculation and employment in the palace placed eunuchs at the center of the empire, yet also subjected them to servile status and marginalization by society. Seeking more control over their lives, eunuchs serving the Qing repeatedly tested the boundaries of subservience to the emperor and the imperial court. This portrait of eunuch society reveals that Qing palace eunuchs operated within two parallel realms, one revolving around the emperor and the court by day and another among the eunuchs themselves by night where they recreated the social bonds—through drinking, gambling, and opium smoking—denied them by their palace service. Far from being the ideal servants, eunuchs proved to be a constant source of anxiety and labor challenges for the Qing court. For a long time eunuchs have simply been cast as villains in Chinese history. Inside the World of the Eunuch goes beyond this misleadingly one-dimensional depiction to show how eunuchs actually lived during the Qing dynasty. “This book is a thorough and responsible account of eunuch life during the Qing dynasty, which takes us deep inside the Forbidden City and introduces the often underclass families who provided servants to the Qing monarchs.” —R. Kent Guy, University of Washington “This is a unique study of Chinese eunuchs, in which Melissa Dale proves that they were a necessary and vital presence in the palace of the last dynasty in China. She explores all aspects of their life to the end of their existence, while avoiding the temptation to sensationalize them.” —Keith McMahon, University of Kansas

Chanting the Medicine Buddha Sutra

Author : Criddle, Reed
Publisher : A-R Editions, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1987204301
Total Pages : 103 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (872 download)

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Download or read book Chanting the Medicine Buddha Sutra written by Criddle, Reed and published by A-R Editions, Inc.. This book was released on 2020-01-01 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edition, comprising a sound recording, transcription, and English translation, provides a record of the Liberation Rite of Water and Land as a resource for the study, analysis, and further exploration of both the Medicine Buddha Sutra and the accompanying liturgical service. The editor created it at the invitation of Fo Guang Shan monastery, and it outlines both the textual and musical elements of the service. Designed as a chantbook, it is intended to be a tool for all those who wish to participate in the vocal elements of the service, from the uninitiated monastery visitor to musical ensembles that might use these musical fragments as inspiration for appropriately staged performances. It is especially conceived for non-Chinese speaking monastics in the Buddhist college and/or those who have experience reading Western musical notation.

Migration in the Time of Revolution

Author : Taomo Zhou
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1501739948
Total Pages : 319 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Migration in the Time of Revolution written by Taomo Zhou and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2019-10-15 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Migration in the Time of Revolution explores the complex relationship between China and Indonesia from 1945 to 1967, during a period when citizenship, identity, and political loyalty were in flux. Taomo Zhou examines the experiences of migrants, including youths seeking an ancestral homeland they had never seen and economic refugees whose skills were unwelcome in a socialist state. Zhou argues that these migrants played an active role in shaping the diplomatic relations between Beijing and Jakarta, rather than being passive subjects of historical forces. By using newly declassified documents and oral history interviews, Migration in the Time of Revolution demonstrates how the actions and decisions of ethnic Chinese migrants were crucial in the development of post-war relations between China and Indonesia. By integrating diplomatic history with migration studies, Taomo Zhou provides a nuanced understanding of how ordinary people's lives intersected with broader political processes in Asia, offering a fresh perspective on the Cold War's social dynamics.

Essentials of Chinese Materia Medica and Medical Formulas

Author : Shengyan Xi
Publisher : Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 0128127236
Total Pages : 1018 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (281 download)

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Download or read book Essentials of Chinese Materia Medica and Medical Formulas written by Shengyan Xi and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2017-05-01 with total page 1018 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essentials of Chinese Materia Medica and Medical Formulas: New Century Traditional Chinese Medicine presents specific knowledge about the source, medicinal nature, action and application of more than 800 commonly-used Chinese materia medica, as well as the efficacy and application of more than 740 kinds of commonly-used Chinese medical formulas. Notably, all of the content is presented in table form, making the information easier to access, understand and apply. Each primary herbal medicine is introduced with color pictures, and each primary formula is presented with efficacy analysis pictures. The book provides readers with essential information on Chinese materia medica and formulas and how to use them accurately, including the most common Chinese materia medica used in clinics and in commonly used clinical formulas. This is an essential reference for traditional medical professionals and those interested in traditional Chinese medicine, including advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students. - Includes over 800 Chinese materia medica and 740 medical formulas with their essential information - Combines 514 color pictures of medicine material crude slices and 255 formulary efficacy analysis pictures - Organized with concise forms, facilitating understanding and memorization

Clinical Handbook of Chinese Herbs

Author : Will Maclean
Publisher : Singing Dragon
ISBN 13 : 0857012983
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (57 download)

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Download or read book Clinical Handbook of Chinese Herbs written by Will Maclean and published by Singing Dragon. This book was released on 2017-02-21 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This revised edition of Maclean's classic Clinical Handbook of Chinese Herbs is an extensive and detailed guide to the medicinal properties of traditional Chinese herbs, and how they should be prescribed in today's medical practice. The handbook employs comparative charts to help clinicians to select the optimal medicinals for their patients. Each table outlines the characteristics of a group of herbs, including extensive indications with relative strengths of action and function, the domain, flavour, nature, and dosage guidelines. The book also caters for special circumstances in health that may alter a patient's requirements, with appendices giving need-to-know instructions for a number of specific cases. Easy-to-use and comprehensive, the handbook will facilitate efficient comparative reference, as well as detailing the fine points of discrimination.

Obstetrics and Gynecology in Chinese Medicine

Author : Giovanni Maciocia
Publisher : Elsevier Health Sciences
ISBN 13 : 0702049212
Total Pages : 1092 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Obstetrics and Gynecology in Chinese Medicine written by Giovanni Maciocia and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2011-05-12 with total page 1092 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New edition of the most comprehensive Chinese Medicine Obstetrics and Gynecology textbook in the English language World-renowned author and teacher Giovanni Maciocia gives a clear, detailed explanation of the physiology, pathology and aetiology of women's disorders in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and adapts these to Western conditions and patients. Seventy gynecological conditions are discussed in detail with consideration given to differentiation between conditions, the advised treatment using acupuncture and herbs, prevention and prognosis. Guidelines on lifestyle and use of the eight Extraordinary Vessels are provided, with case studies allowing easy application of theory to practice throughout. New for this edition: New attractive two-colour layout with book marks to ease navigationEndometriosis and its treatment now included and fully covered in a new chapter Infertility chapter includes recent research highlighting factors in infertility All prescriptions now removed from the text and attractively presented in three appendices: Patient Remedies, Prescriptions and Three Treasure Remedies "Obstetrics and Gynecology in Chinese Medicine is a paradigmatic work. It is tempered with reverence and innovation, meticulous archival attention and detailed modern clinical insight. When future generations look back at this work...they will find not only knowledge and wisdom but also reasons for inspiration and awe."From the Foreword to the first edition by Ted J. Kaptchuk, Associate Director, Centre for Alternative Medicine Research, Beth Israel Hospital; Instructor in Medicine, Harvard medical School, Boston, USA. • Physiology and pathology of women's disorders in Chinese medicine• Aetiology and diagnosis of women's disorders• Differentiation and treatment – including acupuncture, herbs and patent remedies – of 64 gynecological conditions• Prevention and prognosis for each disease• Approximately 100 case histories from the author's own practice• A detailed discussion of the use of the eight extraordinary vessels in gynecology

The Chinese State in Transition

Author : Linda Chelan Li
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134036159
Total Pages : 203 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book The Chinese State in Transition written by Linda Chelan Li and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2008-08-18 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the more commonly and widely held beliefs outside the People’s Republic of China about the changes wrought by the reform era is that there has been no political change The attention of the outside world focuses inevitably on Beijing and national level politics. Nonetheless, it may actually be at the more local levels that changes in politics and the state are most obviously made manifest The contributions to this volume clearly and convincingly demonstrate that the state and politics in China have changed considerably since the beginning of the 1980s. An international line up of experts explore the meanings of local initiatives through case studies, assessing their contribution to improving governance, questioning how they can be sustained, and revealing the political nature of normative standards. Each contribution focuses on a different policy area including cultural strategies, housing, land politics, corruption, peasants’ burden and cadre reforms, women and gender, and international relations. The Chinese State in Transition is an important read for students and scholars of Chinese politics, social and public policy, and governance.

Journal of Music in China

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Journal of Music in China written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Obscene Things

Author : Naifei Ding
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780822329169
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (291 download)

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Download or read book Obscene Things written by Naifei Ding and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2002-07-18 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In this absorbing study of the multiple lives of a literary classic that is also a popular pornographic text, Naifei Ding steals across the border between cultural studies and feminist/queer literary criticism. Bringing a gendered social history of modern print culture in China into a 'porous intimacy' with both a critique of interpretive power and a feminist 'counter-ethics' of reading, "Obscene Things" is a scholarly work of exceptional creativity. Ding herself is a wonderful storyteller, and her critical narration of the fortunes of "Jin Ping Mei" will inspire anyone concerned with the "how" of studying historical modalities of gender, sexuality, status, and cultural power."--Meaghan Morris, Lingnan University

Chinese Herbal Medicine Made Easy

Author : Thomas Richard Joiner
Publisher : Hunter House
ISBN 13 : 9780897932752
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (327 download)

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Download or read book Chinese Herbal Medicine Made Easy written by Thomas Richard Joiner and published by Hunter House. This book was released on 2001 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive guide features alphabetical listings of more than 250 illnesses, information on their treatment in both Western and Chinese medicine, and more than 750 herbal formulas used to treat specific complaints.

260 Essential Chinese Medicinals

Author : Bob Flaws
Publisher : Blue Poppy Enterprises, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9781891845031
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (45 download)

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Download or read book 260 Essential Chinese Medicinals written by Bob Flaws and published by Blue Poppy Enterprises, Inc.. This book was released on 1999 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While there are more than 6,000 Chinese medicinals described in the Chinese medical literature on herbal medicine, only about 260 of these are typically used in day to day clinical practice. This book describes the clinical uses of this core repertoire of Chinese medicinals. This book is the ABCs of the art of practicing Chinese herbal medicine.

Engineers and the Two Taiwans

Author : Kuo-Hui Chang
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031597664
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (315 download)

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Download or read book Engineers and the Two Taiwans written by Kuo-Hui Chang and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Martial Spectacles of the Ming Court

Author : David M. Robinson
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 1684170710
Total Pages : 444 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (841 download)

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Download or read book Martial Spectacles of the Ming Court written by David M. Robinson and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2020-10-26 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like most empires, the Ming court sponsored grand displays of dynastic strength and military prowess. Covering the first two centuries of the Ming dynasty (1368–1644), Martial Spectacles of the Ming Court explores how the royal hunt, polo matches, archery contests, equestrian demonstrations, and the imperial menagerie were represented in poetry, prose, and portraiture. This study reveals that martial spectacles were highly charged sites of contestation, where Ming emperors and senior court ministers staked claims about rulership, ruler-minister relations, and the role of the military in the polity. Simultaneously colorful entertainment, prestigious social events, and statements of power, martial spectacles were intended to make manifest the ruler’s personal generosity, keen discernment, and respect for family tradition. They were, however, subject to competing interpretations that were often beyond the emperor’s control or even knowledge. By situating Ming martial spectacles in the wider context of Eurasia, David Robinson brings to light the commensurability of the Ming court with both the Mongols and Manchus but more broadly with other early modern courts such as the Timurids, the Mughals, and the Ottomans.

The Making of a New Rural Order in South China

Author : Joseph P. McDermott
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107048516
Total Pages : 481 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book The Making of a New Rural Order in South China written by Joseph P. McDermott and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-07-02 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In examining the key merchant group in late imperial China this book provides a framework for understanding China's path to modernity.

Sexual and Reproductive Health in China

Author : Kaining Zhang
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 900418242X
Total Pages : 391 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (41 download)

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Download or read book Sexual and Reproductive Health in China written by Kaining Zhang and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2011-04-21 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Thirty years since China’s reform and opening have been very eventful for the country in in the areas of sexual and reproductive health, and this volume presents a multi-disciplinary look at the current scholarship going on in China on the subject, translated into English to assist scholars worldwide in understanding China’s recent history.

Eminent Chinese of the Qing Period

Author : Arthur W. Hummel Sr.
Publisher : Berkshire Publishing Group
ISBN 13 : 1614728496
Total Pages : 1100 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (147 download)

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Download or read book Eminent Chinese of the Qing Period written by Arthur W. Hummel Sr. and published by Berkshire Publishing Group. This book was released on 2018-01-01 with total page 1100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eminent Chinese of the Qing Period was first developed under the auspices of the US Library of Congress during World War II. This much-loved work, edited by Arthur W. Hummel Sr., was meticulously compiled and unique in its scope, and quickly became the standard biographical reference for the Qing dynasty, which lasted from 1644 to 1911/2. Amongst the contributors are John King Fairbank, Têng Ssû-yü, L. Carrington Goodrich, C. Martin Wilbur, Fêng Chia-shêng, Knight Biggerstaff, and Nancy Lee Swann. The 2018 Berkshire edition contains the original eight hundred biographical sketches as well as the original front and back matter, including the preface by Hu Shih, a scholar who had been China’s ambassador to the United States. An introduction by Pamela Crossley places this classic work in historical context, and discusses its origins, authors and editors, themes, style, and contemporary relevance. Chinese names in English have been converted to the pinyin transcription system (changing the book’s title from Ch’ing to Qing), but the traditional Chinese characters have been retained. Additional materials added by Berkshire include a general bibliography, a Wade-Giles to pinyin conversion table, and a list of Qing dynasty emperors. Arthur W. Hummel Sr. (1884–1975) was a missionary, sinologist, and the first director of the Orientalia Division at the Library of Congress. Pamela Crossley is a professor at Dartmouth College and a specialist on the Qing empire and modern Chinese history, as well as the software author and scholarly editor of the ECCP Reader, a digital companion to the original Eminent Chinese of the Ch’ing Period.