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Meng Jiangnü Brings Down the Great Wall

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Publisher : University of Washington Press
ISBN 13 : 0295800127
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (958 download)

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Download or read book Meng Jiangnü Brings Down the Great Wall written by and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2012-03-15 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meng Jiangnü Brings Down the Great Wall brings together ten versions of a popular Chinese legend that has intrigued readers and listeners for hundreds of years. Elements of the story date back to the early centuries B.C.E. and are an intrinsic part of Chinese literary history. Major themes and subtle nuances of the legend are illuminated here by Wilt L. Idema's new translations and pairings. In this classic story, a young woman named Meng Jiang makes a long, solitary journey to deliver winter clothes to her husband, a drafted laborer on the grandiose Great Wall construction project of the notorious First Emperor of the Qin dynasty (BCE 221-208). But her travels end in tragedy when, upon arrival, she learns that her husband has died under the harsh working conditions and been entombed in the wall. Her tears of grief cause the wall to collapse and expose his bones, which she collects for proper burial. In some versions, she tricks the lecherous emperor, who wants to marry her, into providing a stately funeral for her husband and then takes her own life. The versions presented here are ballads and chantefables (alternating chanted verse and recited prose), five from urban printed texts from the late Imperial and early Republican periods, and five from oral performances and partially reconstructed texts collected in rural areas in recent decades. They represent a wide range of genres, regional styles, dates, and content. From one version to another, different elements of the story--the circumstances of Meng Jiangnu's marriage, her relationship with her parents-in-law, the journey to the wall, her grief, her defiance of the emperor--are elaborated upon, downplayed, or left out altogether depending on the particular moral lessons that tale authors wished to impart. Idema brings together his considerable translation skills and broad knowledge of Chinese literature to present an assortment of tales and insightful commentary that will be a gold mine of information for scholars in a number of disciplines. Haiyan Lee's essay discusses the appeal of the Meng Jiangnü story to twentieth-century literary reformers, and the interpretations they imposed on the material they collected.

中国人文标识系列：长城，故国与家园（英）The Great Wall, Ancient China and Homeland

Author : 魏敏
Publisher : China Intercontinental Press
ISBN 13 : 7508545486
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (85 download)

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Download or read book 中国人文标识系列：长城，故国与家园（英）The Great Wall, Ancient China and Homeland written by 魏敏 and published by China Intercontinental Press. This book was released on 2021-02-01 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 你知道有个叫八台子的地方，长城与教堂相依偎吗？你知道在老牛湾，长城与中华民族的母亲河——黄河相交融吗？你知道西水峪水长城上，春天的美景宛如桃花源吗？烽两位作者将历史与现实、人文与风光、正史与传说、资料与实践结合在一起，用风趣的语言、精美的图片、独特的立意，向我们展示了一个不一样的长城，一个更加生动的、有血有肉的长城。 With a total length of 21196.18 kilometers (including 6,259.6 kilometers of artificial walls), the Great Wall represents the wisdom of the Chinese nation developed since ancient times. It has been a mute witness of Chinese history stretching back more than two millennia. It is the largest ancient defense pro- ject constructed over the longest span of time. Since there was a historical record of the two Chinese characters Chang Cheng (Great Wall) in the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BCE), the work of building and maintaining it has been a continuous process for well over two thousand years encompass- ing vast areas of north and central China. The Great Wall bears the precious historical memory and national spirit of the Chinese nation. With the passage of time, many sections along its 5,000- km length have been destroyed, although the names remain. Sections of the Great Wall extant today, known almost to all, include Badaling, Shanhaiguan and Jiayuguan. We hope this book can bring readers different experiences of an Earth- based structure visible. The areas bisected by it include deserts and grass- lands, rivers and the remains of enemy towers. May the words recorded here make it possible for readers to gain a better understanding of this world his- torical heritage site.

The Columbia Anthology of Chinese Folk and Popular Literature

Author : Victor H. Mair
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231153139
Total Pages : 662 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (311 download)

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Download or read book The Columbia Anthology of Chinese Folk and Popular Literature written by Victor H. Mair and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 662 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Columbia Anthology of Chinese Folk and Popular Literature, two of the world's leading sinologists, Victor H. Mair and Mark Bender, capture the breadth of China's oral-based literary heritage. This collection presents works drawn from the large body of oral literature of many of China's recognized ethnic groups--including the Han, Yi, Miao, Tu, Daur, Tibetan, Uyghur, and Kazak--and the selections include a variety of genres. Chapters cover folk stories, songs, rituals, and drama, as well as epic traditions and professional storytelling, and feature both familiar and little-known texts, from the story of the woman warrior Hua Mulan to the love stories of urban storytellers in the Yangtze delta, the shaman rituals of the Manchu, and a trickster tale of the Daur people from the forests of the northeast. The Cannibal Grandmother of the Yi and other strange creatures and characters unsettle accepted notions of Chinese fable and literary form. Readers are introduced to antiphonal songs of the Zhuang and the Dong, who live among the fantastic limestone hills of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region; work and matchmaking songs of the mountain-dwelling She of Fujian province; and saltwater songs of the Cantonese-speaking boat people of Hong Kong. The editors feature the Mongolian epic poems of Geser Khan and Jangar; the sad tale of the Qeo family girl, from the Tu people of Gansu and Qinghai provinces; and local plays known as "rice sprouts" from Hebei province. These fascinating juxtapositions invite comparisons among cultures, styles, and genres, and expert translations preserve the individual character of each thrillingly imaginative work.

Asian Folk Tales and Legends

Author : Suzee Leong
Publisher : MPH Group Publishing Sdn Bhd
ISBN 13 : 9674154787
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (741 download)

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Download or read book Asian Folk Tales and Legends written by Suzee Leong and published by MPH Group Publishing Sdn Bhd . This book was released on with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every country has its own enduring stories. Heroes and heroines leave behind a legacy in folklore. This collection comprises memorable folk tales from Asia that touch on the mystical, the comic and tragic, and the weird and wonderful. Readers of different ages will be deeply moved or entertained by them.

Unnatural Narrative across Borders

Author : Biwu Shang
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429859236
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (298 download)

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Download or read book Unnatural Narrative across Borders written by Biwu Shang and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-12-07 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book actively engages with current discussion of narratology, and unnatural narrative theory in particular. Unsatisfied with the hegemony of European and Anglo-American narrative theory, it calls for a transnational and comparative turn in unnatural narrative theory, the purpose of which is to draw readers’ attention to those periphery and marginalized narratives produced in places other than England and America. It places equal weight on theoretical exploration and critical practice. The book, in addition to offering a detailed account of current scholarship of unnatural narratology, examines its core issues and critical debates as well as outlining a set of directions for its future development. To present a counterpart of Western unnatural narrative studies, this book specifically takes a close look at the experimental narratives in China and Iraq either synchronically or diachronically. In doing so, it aims, on the one hand, to show how the unnatural narratives are written and to be explained differently from those Western unnatural narrative works, and on the other hand, to use the particular cases to challenge the existing narratological framework so as to further enrich and supplement it. The book will be useful and inspiring to those scholars working in such broad fields as narrative theory, literary criticism, cultural studies, semiotics, media studies, and comparative literature and world literature studies.

Feminism, Women's Agency, and Communication in Early Twentieth-Century China

Author : Qiliang He
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 331989692X
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (198 download)

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Download or read book Feminism, Women's Agency, and Communication in Early Twentieth-Century China written by Qiliang He and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-06-14 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Feminism, Women’s Agency, and Communication in Early Twentieth-Century China focuses on a sensational elopement in the Yangzi Delta in the late 1920s to explore how middle- and lower-class members of society gained access to and appropriated otherwise alien and abstract enlightenment theories and idioms about love, marriage, and family. Via a network of communications that connected people of differing socioeconomic and educational backgrounds, non-elite women were empowered to display their new womanhood and thereby exercise their self-activating agency to mount resistance to China’s patriarchal system. Qiliang He’s text also investigates the proliferation of anti-feminist conservatisms in legal practice, scholarly discourses, media, and popular culture in the early Nanjing Decade (1927-1937). Utilizing a framework of interdisciplinary scholarship, this book traverses various fields such as legal history, women’s history, popular culture/media studies, and literary studies to explore urban discourse and communication in 1920s China.

Personal Salvation and Filial Piety

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Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
ISBN 13 : 0824863933
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (248 download)

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Download or read book Personal Salvation and Filial Piety written by and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2008-02-20 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara was a handsome prince when he entered China. As Guanyin, the bodhisattva was venerated from the eleventh century onward in the shape of a beautiful woman who became a universal savior. Throughout the last millennium, the female Guanyin has enjoyed wide and fervid veneration throughout East Asia and has appeared as a major character in literature and legend. In one tale, Guanyin (as the princess Miaoshan) returns from the dead after being executed by the king, her father, for refusing to marry. The most popular version of this legend is The Precious Scroll of Incense Mountain (Xiangshan baojuan), a long narrative in prose and verse and a work of considerable literary merit. It emphasizes the conflict between father and daughter, in the course of which all conventional arguments against a religious lifestyle are paraded and rebutted. A lengthy description of Guanyin’s visit to the underworld, which focuses on the conflict between grace and justice, is also included. Personal Salvation and Filial Piety offers a complete and fully annotated translation of The Precious Scroll, based on a nineteenth-century edition. The translation is preceded by a substantial introduction that discusses the origin of the text and the genre to which it belongs and highlights the similarities and differences between the scroll and female saints’ lives from medieval Europe. There follows a translation of the much-shorter Precious Scroll of Good-in-Talent and Dragon Daughter, which provides a humorous account of how Guanyin acquired the three acolytes—Sudhana, Nagakanya, and a white parrot—who are often shown surrounding her in popular prints. As the first English-language translation of major "precious scrolls," Personal Salvation and Filial Piety will appeal to a wide range of readers—from scholars of Chinese literature to students of Buddhism. Beyond the field of East Asian studies, it will interest specialists in comparative religion and literature and feminist theologians. Because of its lively and moving narratives, the text is suitable for courses on popular Buddhist religiosity (particularly female religiosity) in Chinese society.

Rebirth Of Medical Princess

Author : Qi Lefeifei
Publisher : Funstory
ISBN 13 : 1648461891
Total Pages : 1050 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (484 download)

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Download or read book Rebirth Of Medical Princess written by Qi Lefeifei and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2020-02-21 with total page 1050 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: framing she was going to dissolve it forge a gang it wasn't her style he accidentally teleported to the weak young miss of the ancient general's mansion who was bullied and bullied he accidentally caught the attention of the fourth prince saw how sharp she was killed the villain abused the wicked woman and killed everyone who blocked her path there were many corpses under the pomegranate skirt the path to the harem was not easy but the prince of the windflow had already pulled her into his arms couples working together they will have a bright future

The Great Wall

Author : John Man
Publisher : Da Capo Press
ISBN 13 : 078673177X
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (867 download)

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Download or read book The Great Wall written by John Man and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 2009-08-04 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Great Wall of China is a wonder of the world. Every year, hundreds of thousands of tourists take the five-mile journey from Beijing to climb its battlements. While myriad photographs have made this extraordinary landmark familiar to millions more, its story remains mysterious and steeped in myth. In this riveting account, John Man travels the entire length of the Great Wall and across two millennia to find the truth behind the legends. Along the way, he delves into the remarkable and complex history of China -- from the country's tribal past, through the war with the Mongols, right up to the modern day when the Great Wall is once more a commanding emblem of China, the resurgent superpower.

The Second Wave

Author : Leska Beikircher
Publisher : JMS Books LLC
ISBN 13 : 193575386X
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (357 download)

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Download or read book The Second Wave written by Leska Beikircher and published by JMS Books LLC. This book was released on 2013-03-01 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The colonization began with a first wave of settlers. On day 183, all contact was lost. Just as mankind has found a way to live together in peace and harmony, Earth grows more hostile by the day. So when scientists discover a way to travel to an alternate Earth, a plan for colonization is quickly formed. But the connection between the two planets breaks, and when it reopens, something has gone wrong. The colony is gone, the settlers have vanished, and the scenery has changed drastically. All that's left is a lost woman who seems to be connected to whatever happened. A second wave of colonists set out for Alternearth. Among them is John, who is on the run from the Chinese mob, and leading geologist Dr. Peter Wagner, John's long lost lover. While John and the mysterious woman develop a unique bond and Peter opens up to the possibility of falling in love again, the colonists must find a way to save both planets ... and are forced to face a long forgotten part of mankind’s history.

The Great Wall

Author : William Lindesay
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9781402731600
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (316 download)

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Download or read book The Great Wall written by William Lindesay and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2007 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is arguably the greatest feat of civil engineering in history, and indisputably earth s largest single cultural relic: begun during the Qin Dynasty (around 208 BC) and completed nearly 1,800 years later during the Ming Dynasty, the Great Wall of China spans more than 4,000 miles. At the dawn of the Beijing Olympics, the eyes of all the world are upon it. Two men who navigated every inch of the Wall have collaborated on a lavishly-illustrated tribute to this amazing structure. Michael Yamashita, an award-winning "National Geographic" photographer, spent a year shooting the Wall, its environs, and the people who live in its shadow, for the magazine. One hundred and sixty of his magnificent photos grace this volume, which features text by William Lindesay, who not only conducts tours of the Wall and spearheads the movement to preserve it, but has actually run its entire length. Broken into three sections, "The Great Wall" provides an overview that debunks myths and dishes up rare facts and figures, a comprehensive history that proceeds dynasty by dynasty through its construction, and an account of Lindesay s personal experiences of the Wall."

Heroines of Jiangyong

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Publisher : University of Washington Press
ISBN 13 : 0295800119
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (958 download)

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Download or read book Heroines of Jiangyong written by and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2012-03-15 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Heroines of Jiangyong is the first English translation of a set of verse narratives recorded in the unique women's script (nushu) of rural Jiangyong County, Hunan, in southern China. This selection of Chinese folk literature provides a rare window into the everyday life of rural daughters, wives, and mothers, as they transmit valuable lessons about surviving in a patriarchal society that is often harsh and unforgiving. Featuring strong female protagonists, the ballads deal with moral issues, dangers women face outside the family home, and the difficulties of childbirth. The women's script, which represents units of sound in the local Chinese dialect, was discovered by scholars in the late twentieth century, creating a stir in China and abroad. This volume offers a full translation of all the longer ballads in women's script, providing an exceptional opportunity to observe which specific narratives appealed to rural women in traditional China. The translations are preceded by a brief introduction to women's script and its scholarship, and a discussion of each of the twelve selections.

华客文化

Author : 张维耿
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (243 download)

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Download or read book 华客文化 written by 张维耿 and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 国家汉办规划教材

Great Wall of China

Author : Thammy Evans
Publisher : Bradt Travel Guides
ISBN 13 : 9781841621586
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (215 download)

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Download or read book Great Wall of China written by Thammy Evans and published by Bradt Travel Guides. This book was released on 2006 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore the greatest landmark in the world going beyond the popular tourist hotspots Each chapter of this guide covers an individual province incorporating the history stories and legends related to the wall in that area Also included are cultural b

Satisfied Female Emperor

Author : Yu QiuLi
Publisher : Funstory
ISBN 13 : 1648570941
Total Pages : 1499 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (485 download)

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Download or read book Satisfied Female Emperor written by Yu QiuLi and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2020-03-15 with total page 1499 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The sky was wide with Han Yue, it was the love of a swallow in the mortal world.Although the swallow is small, it also has precious feelings.Du Weizhao, who had been reincarnated in a butcher's home, had the love of his parents. Her biggest wish was to marry a good man, pay respect to her parents, and live a normal life.However, fate was always hard to understand. She was brought to the palace as a reading companion for the princess, but she heard the Emperor say to her, "I am the Father!"Don't blame me for saying that entering the palace is not my own body. Not only must I change my name, I must also change my father! Mothers! Change mother!Not only did the emperor's father want to recognize her as his daughter, he even wanted to pass on the throne to her!

The Red Brush

Author : Wilt L. Idema
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 1684173949
Total Pages : 958 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (841 download)

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Download or read book The Red Brush written by Wilt L. Idema and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2020-03-23 with total page 958 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "One of the most exciting recent developments in the study of Chinese literature has been the rediscovery of an extremely rich and diverse tradition of women’s writing of the imperial period (221 B.C.E.–1911 C.E.). Many of these writings are of considerable literary quality. Others provide us with moving insights into the lives and feelings of a surprisingly diverse group of women living in Confucian China, a society that perhaps more than any other is known for its patriarchal tradition. Because of the burgeoning interest in the study of both premodern and modern women in China, several scholarly books, articles, and even anthologies of women’s poetry have been published in the last two decades. This anthology differs from previous works by offering a glimpse of women’s writings not only in poetry but in other genres as well, including essays and letters, drama, religious writing, and narrative fiction. The authors have presented the selections within their respective biographical and historical contexts. This comprehensive approach helps to clarify traditional Chinese ideas on the nature and function of literature as well as on the role of the woman writer."

Bestiary

Author : K-Ming Chang
Publisher : One World
ISBN 13 : 0593132602
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (931 download)

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Download or read book Bestiary written by K-Ming Chang and published by One World. This book was released on 2020-09-29 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS’ CHOICE • Three generations of Taiwanese American women are haunted by the myths of their homeland in this spellbinding, visceral debut about one family’s queer desires, violent impulses, and buried secrets. “Gorgeous and gorgeously grotesque . . . Every line of this sensuous, magical-realist marvel is utterly alive.”—O: The Oprah Magazine FINALIST FOR THE LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD • LONGLISTED FOR THE VCU CABELL FIRST NOVELIST AWARD • LONGLISTED FOR THE CENTER FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZE • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY O: The Oprah Magazine • NPR • The New York Public Library • Kirkus Reviews One evening, Mother tells Daughter a story about a tiger spirit who lived in a woman’s body. She was called Hu Gu Po, and she hungered to eat children, especially their toes. Soon afterward, Daughter awakes with a tiger tail. And more mysterious events follow: Holes in the backyard spit up letters penned by her grandmother; a visiting aunt arrives with snakes in her belly; a brother tests the possibility of flight. All the while, Daughter is falling for Ben, a neighborhood girl with strange powers of her own. As the two young lovers translate the grandmother’s letters, Daughter begins to understand that each woman in her family embodies a myth—and that she will have to bring her family’s secrets to light in order to change their destiny. With a poetic voice of crackling electricity, K-Ming Chang is an explosive young writer who combines the wit and fabulism of Helen Oyeyemi with the subversive storytelling of Maxine Hong Kingston. Tracing one family’s history from Taiwan to America, from Arkansas to California, Bestiary is a novel of migration, queer lineages, and girlhood. Praise for Bestiary “[A] vivid, fabulist debut . . . the prose is full of imagery. Chang’s wild story of a family’s tenuous grasp on belonging in the U.S. stands out with a deep commitment to exploring discomfort with the body and its transformations.”—Publishers Weekly