Dissertations / Theses: 'China, biography'

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何一藝 and Yat-ngai Ho. "The life and scholarship of Wang Xichan (1628-1682)." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2001. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B43896066.

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蘇耀宗 and Yiu-chung Soo. "The historical commentaries of Wang Fuzhi (1619-1692)." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1992. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31211872.

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黃毓棟 and Yuk-tung Wong. "The life and thought of Kuei Chuang (1613-1673)." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1996. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31214770.

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劉佐榮 and Cho-wing Lau. "A study of Cao Yanyue (1157-1228)'s Jingwo Guanjian." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1999. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31221154.

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Lee, Hok-ming, and 李學銘. "Chen Yuan." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1987. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B3123124X.

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陳群松 and Kwan-chung Chan. "A study of the life and works of Xue Fucheng (1838-1894)." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1998. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31238191.

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王海傑 and Hoi-kit Wong. "A study of Chen Li and the Yangzhou School =." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2005. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B3164191X.

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Chan, Kit-i., and 陳潔儀. "Wei Yijie (1616-1686)." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2005. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31691973.

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Cheung, Pui-ching Isis, and 張佩貞. "The study of Tse Tsan Tai (1872-1938)." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1997. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31951272.

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Lam, Kwong-wai, and 林光偉. "Li Ji's contribution to research in Chinese ancient history." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2001. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31953542.

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Lo, Yuk-ping, and 羅玉萍. "A study of Yuan Ch‘ung-huan." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1987. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31949307.

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Ng, Tat-yan, and 伍達仁. "Jian Bozan (1898-1968) and his historiography." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1991. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31950012.

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Wong, Wai-yi Winnie, and 黃慧怡. "A study of Empress Lu (241 B.C.-180 B.C.)." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1999. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31952471.

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朱國源 and Kwok-yuen Chu. "A study of Zhang Ying (1141-1218)'s Songchao nandu shijiang zhuan." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2002. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B43896054.

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Light, Kai Man, та 黎啓文. "胡三省(1230-1302)史學硏究". Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1998. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B43893971.

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陳焜豪 and Kwan-ho Chan. "Lu Shiyi (1611-1672)." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1999. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B44569944.

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Wong, Suk-har, and 黃淑霞. "The philosophical thoughts of Ko Hung and his views on the value of life =." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1998. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B44569762.

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Chiu, Ip Sau-sheung Margaret, and 趙葉秀常. "A study of Alexander Williamson's (1829-1890) missionary activities in late Qing China =." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2000. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B44569828.

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Leung, Sze-lok, and 梁思樂. "Political thoughts of Fan Zuyu (1041-1098)." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2009. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B42664238.

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Lee, Shuk-yin Josephine, and 李淑賢. "A study of Watchman Nee's (1903-1972) concept of the christian church." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1997. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31951387.

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Chan, Flora Kay, та 陳鳳姬. "呂壽琨的藝術發展". Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1991. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B1300587X.

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Lam, Hung-yee, and 林雄兒. "A study of the governmental policy of Emperor Yang of theSui Dynasty." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2001. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31953074.

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Ng, Wing-fai, and 吳永輝. "Liang Sicheng, 1901-1972." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1991. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31950024.

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曾達輝 and Tat-fai Tsang. "The Daoist Shangqing sect in the eastern Jin and southerndynasties period (317-589)." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1998. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31221762.

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MANLEY, VICTOR EUGENE. "A CONSERVATIVE REFORMER IN T'ANG CHINA: THE LIFE AND THOUGHT OF HAN YU (768-824) (BIOGRAPHY, CONFUCIANISM)." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/183823.

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Han Yu is famous in Chinese history both for his literature and for his defense of Confucianism at a time when it was being seriously challenged by Buddhism and religious Taoism. Although his influ- ence was limited during his own lifetime, in later times Han Yu came to symbolize the conservative Confucian values that are often identi- fied with the traditional Chinese state. This study examines Han Yu's life and thought in an attempt to determine to what extent his later image as an ideal Confucian was or was not justified. A chapter on the historical background provides the context for Han Yu's biography, which is divided into five chap- ters. This is followed by a chapter discussing the intellectual back- ground of Han Yu's thought. Two further chapters discuss, first, the basis of Han Yu's conservative image, and, second, a number of his writings which illustrate the limits of his conservatism. Han Yu's ideas are related to the political and social circumstan- ces of his times, and it is found that while he is indeed a conservative and a Confucian, the extent of both his conservatism and his Confucian orthodoxy have been exaggerated.

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Yip, Kit-wan, and 葉潔雲. "The role of Lin Shu's translations in the introduction offoreign culture in the late Qing period." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2003. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B2684011X.

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Chow, Esther Oi-wah, and 周愛華. "Resilience among stroke survivors: the experience of Hong Kong women." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2006. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B4501534X.

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Liu, Ping-fai, and 廖炳輝. "The background and motives of Zhang Jian'sindustrialism." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1997. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31951430.

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Grant, Michael E. (Michael Edward). "China Run." Thesis, North Texas State University, 1986. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc500963/.

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China Run is a 92 1/2 minute documentary film which portrays an ultramarathon runner's record-setting 2,125 mile run across China in 53 days, starting at the Great Wall north of Beijing and concluding in Guangjhou (Canton). It is a story of the difficulties, both physical and emotional, suffered by the runner, as well as the story of his encounters with the people of China.

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Guo, Man, and 郭漫. "Migration experience of floating population in China: a case study of women migrant domestic workers in Beijing." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2006. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B35318387.

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Lee, Vicky, and 李美琪. "Hong Kong eurasian memoirs: identity and voices." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2001. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31243289.

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Tso, Yun-ping Brenda, and 曹潤冰. "The biographies approach to study primary school headteachers in Guangzhou." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2001. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31962609.

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Cao, Qin. "Roles of weapons : significance, identity and value in Anyang late Shang (c. 1200-1050 B.C.) society China." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2016. https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:e9a70177-8acb-4745-a94b-ddefa08dab98.

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Weapons of the late Shang (c.1200-1050 B.C.), characterised by their frequent discovery and various forms and materials, have often been dogmatically deciphered as either symbolic signifiers or representing military equipment. Adopting an object biographical approach, the main objective of this thesis is to employ the corpus of weapons to explore the martial facet of Shang society. Multiple strands of evidence have been compiled for the investigation: two datasets composed of over 200 complete tombs with their assemblages from the Anyang site of the late Shang, finds from non-burial contexts, the British Museum bronze weaponry collection, and contemporaneous texts. Using for the first time both statistical tools and metalwork wear analysis, this thesis challenges our understanding of the weapons of the Shang from their classification in archaeological reports to their functions and roles in society. The diverse types and materials of weapons and their multifaceted functions also shed light on interactions between objects and human beings.

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Hui, Ching, and 許楨. "Modern transformation of the Huizhou merchant : Wu Jim-pah (1850-1927) the Mandarin-capitalist in late Qing Tianjin." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/207899.

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Contrary to the significance that HSBC and its comprador office made on the modernisation in China at the turn of the 19th and the 20th Century, studies about the Bank’s expansion in the Beijing-Tianjin area were exceptionally limited. In this research, the importance of HSBC’s expansion to North China in the 1880s will be primarily examined by the Bank and its comprador office’s roles in the railways development in North China. During this process, Wu Jim-pah, as the first comprador of HSBC in Tianjin, offered significant aids in establishing HSBC’s collaboration with the Qing Court and the influential Bei-yang Ministry under Li Hong-zhang’s administration. This research is going to examine Wu Jim-pah’s career and personal development in late Qing Huizhou, Suzhou, Shanghai, Tianjin and Beijing, so as to answer a series of questions related to China’s social-economic reforms and its earliest capitalists’ formation at the turn of the centuries. Moreover, acts as the first academic study focusing on Wu Jim-pah’s participation in the early modernisation projects of late Qing China, this research put the collection and classification of historical materials in the central place. The findings of primary resources from the archives in China and overseas, namely, the Institute of History and Philology of Academia Sinica in Taipei, the National Library of China, the Shanghai Library, the Southwest Jiao-tong University, the Tianjin Academy of Social Sciences (TASS), the HSBC Group Archives, London School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), as well as the Public Record Office at Kew, London, could be regarded as the most valuable part of this research. published_or_final_version Humanities and Social Sciences Doctoral Doctor of Philosophy

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文英玲 and Ying-ling Man. "A study of Tao Hongjing (456-536) and his Taoist literary works." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1996. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31214423.

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林雪碧. "學官型天主教徒 : 吳經熊(1899-1986)生平與學術思想之研究 = A scholar-official catholic : a study of the life and thoughts of John C. H. Wu (1899-1986)". HKBU Institutional Repository, 2010. http://repository.hkbu.edu.hk/etd_ra/1112.

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Lee, Sai-chong Jack, and 李世莊. "Painting in western media in early twentieth century Hong Kong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1996. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31214344.

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楊舒恒. "戲裏戲外 : 香港六十年代國語電影女星的螢幕再現與現實生活 = Inside/outside the movies: Hong Kong Mandarin film actresses of the 1960s : their representations on screen and their real lives". HKBU Institutional Repository, 2008. http://repository.hkbu.edu.hk/etd_ra/926.

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Lee, Sheng-kuang. "Commoner and sagehood: Wang Ken and the T'ai-chou School in late Ming society." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/185106.

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The intellectual world of the late Ming literati was without question one of great richness and complexity. The focus of the present study, however, is limited to an examination of Wang Ken, the man, his key philosophical beliefs, and his role in the founding of the T'ai-chou School of thought. In exploring the genesis of Wang Ken and his school of thought, certain aspects of the social milieu are examined in order to reach a better understanding of how the larger environment and this radical intellectual movement became intertwined. In other words, I have attempted to discern and define the interplay of the most important creative minds of the time, and particularly those of the elite class with this group. As a teacher and thinker Wang Ken exercised a considerable influence on his times, contributing in the process to the new permissiveness so characteristic of the latter half of the Ming dynasty. In this regard, the present study also represents an attempt to discover the basic patterns underlying Wang Ken's thought, as well as the T'ai-chou School's responsiveness to dramatic changes in society. In doing so, we perceive an implication of intellectual autonomy in the form of social and political protest against imperial autocracy. Also, the spread of his faith in an attainable and intelligible sagehood among the lower classes, gradually blurred the dividing line between elite and commoner. Finally, the assertions of Wang Ken and the T'ai-chou School indeed stimulated a new sense of self-awareness and self-worth. Nevertheless, it is because of its radical rejection of the established social, political, and intellectual order that the T'ai-chou School has been branded as heterodox. As a result, the frustration of its aspiration for a more genuine humanity was inevitable, as this intellectual movement fell victim to the forces of orthodoxy and conformity.

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Ho, Koon-wan. "Politics and factionalism: K'ou Chun (962-1023) and his 't'ung-nien'." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/185175.

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This study is on K'ou Chun, the early Northern Sung statesman who made his name in Chinese history by the conclusion of the Treaty of Shan-yuan in 1005 with the Northern Empire of the Liao, which brought about the peace between the two countries for more than a century. Apart from discussing K'ou Chun's role in the 1004 crisis, this study attempts to view Sung bureaucratic factionalism from a new perspective through examining the activities of K'ou Chun and his t'ung-nien, candidates who obtained their chin-shih degrees in the same year. It is found that the chin-shih of the 980 examination including K'ou Chun and Wang Tan (957-1017) gradually built up a powerful faction through their t'ung-nien relationship. This faction dominated the Sung court for more than thirty years since the middle of Emperor T'ai-tsung's reign (r. 976-997). Their chief rival factions, interestingly, also came from two other t'ung-nien groups headed by Chang Ch'i-hsien (943-1014) and Wang Chin-jo (962-1025), respectively. Historically, bureaucratic factionalism always intertwined with court politics. It was no exception for early Northern Sung. Since K'ou Chun and his faction were deeply involved in the succession questions of Emperor T'ai-tsung and Chen-tsung (r. 997-1022), this study also focuses on the power struggle that took place in the inner court. K'ou Chun ultimately lost in the power struggle and died in banishment. However, his faction still managed to keep its influence during Empress Dowager Liu's (r. 1023-1033) regency when its junior members, headed by Wang Tseng (978-1038) and Lu I-chien (978-1043) gradually came to power. K'ou Chun and his faction were traditionally praised as "gentlemen", while their rivals were mostly condemned as "petty men". Such a view will be examined through the study of their behaviors. And K'ou's historical image will be explored through different perspectives as well.

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Yeung, Kin-chung Clifton, and 楊健忠. "Understanding primary school principals: the biographies approach." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2000. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31962087.

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Bailey, Cameron. "A feast for scholars : the life and works of Sle lung Bzhad pa'i rdo rje." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2017. https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:c8de47c2-98b2-4b3c-8bcb-3e93ca668722.

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Bzhad pa'i rdo rje (1697-1740), the Fifth Sle lung Rin po che, was a religiously and politically controversial figure and an incredibly prolific author, having written or compiled over 46 volumes worth of mainly religious texts. A high-ranking Dge lugs pa sprul sku, Sle lung is seen as having gradually "defected" to the Rnying ma school, although he self-identified as a follower of the "non-sectarian" (ris med) perspective. Sle lung also acted as a spiritual advisor to most of the major central Tibetan rulers during the course of his life, most significantly Mi dbang Pho lha nas (r. 1729-1747). But despite numerous features of fascinating interest, Sle lung and his writings have received very little scholarly attention, and this thesis is intended to fill this unfortunate lacuna. The present study begins with an extended biographical examination of Sle lung's life, and the political and religious unrest in central Tibet at the time in which he was deeply invested. I pay special attention to the controversies that surrounded him, particularly his purported sexual licentiousness and his ecumenical work which was unpopular among his more sectarian Dge lugs pa critics. This opening biography provides critical historical context as I move on to examine two of Sle lung's most important literary works. The first is the sixteen-volume Gsang ba ye shes chos skor, a massive cycle of teachings by Sle lung and his students that integrates tantric theories derived from Sle lung's experience with Gsar ma (specifically Dge lugs pa) teachings. The second work is the Bstan srung rgya mtsho'i rnam thar, a unique text in Tibetan literature which consists of an apparently unprecedented compilation of Tibetan Buddhist protector deity (bstan srung, chos skyong) origin myths. I will make sense of key features of these two works within the larger context of Indo-Tibetan Buddhism, as well as the political and personal concerns of Sle lung himself.

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Donnelly, Lisa Chere'. "Shaping the Future Past: Finding History, Creating Identity in the Kwan Hsu Papers." PDXScholar, 2012. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/481.

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Dr. Kwan Hsu was neither a superstar nor a celebrity. Her name does not come up in conversations about important contributors to her field of biophysics nor is she instantly recognizable for her contributions to Portland State University's international program or the state of Oregon's business ties with China. Yet she was a contributor, a cog-in-the-wheel, at the very least, in all of these areas and more. She was a peripheral member of a well-known Chinese family, but few in the United States know of or perhaps have interest in, but otherwise, she had no great connections or family ties to generate interest in her story. How does one process a collection for a woman who does not meet the traditional criteria for excellence or success or public interest for an archive? Where is the value to the larger historical narrative of our time in preserving the memories of someone who was non-remarkable, or, conversely, someone who may be even too unique to contribute to that greater narrative? These are the questions I wrestled with when I first came to this collection. As my research progressed, I realized that I faced more questions, and that to come to any understanding that might answer them, I was going to have to research the history of archives and archival processes. Science, the Cold War, Communist China, women, the immigrant experience, all of these issues became part of my thesis, however shallowly I was able to investigate them. Questions of identity and historiography, of power and discourse were explored. In the end, what I found was that a collection that on the outside looked unimpressive and unenlightening, could indeed be very valuable, and provide insight into any number of areas of current interest in historical research. This is that story.

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劉飛桐. "從史傳、筆記到傳奇 :古典小說之醞釀生發 = Historical biography, literary sketch and legendary novel : the gestation and germination of Chinese classical novel". Thesis, University of Macau, 2018. http://umaclib3.umac.mo/record=b3954211.

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周灔燊. "西漢呂后研究 = A study on the empress dowager Lu in Former Han dynasty". Thesis, University of Macau, 2017. http://umaclib3.umac.mo/record=b3690448.

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Maraun, Timothy Fritz. "Tension in 18th century Chinese painting." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/31841.

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In Western scholarship, eighteenth century Chinese paintings have consistently been seen as playful, eccentric, and odd. This characterization has been based on the formal qualities of some of the paintings. At the same time, Chinese scholars have written of the scholarly virtues and ambitions of the painters producing the works. The contradiction between these two interpretations is in part consistent with the Western and Chinese approaches generally. But it also stems from the mixed signals and information generated in the eighteenth century. The nature of painting, not just formally, but socially has yet to be explained in a way which takes into account some actual historical contradictions of the eighteenth century. In order to explain these historical tensions, I combine a biographical (Chinese) approach with a contextual approach (Western) in a study of two different scholar painters, Zheng Xie and Li Shan. I juxtapose biographical sources with artworks, and less official writings relating Zheng Xie and Li Shan, in order to describe the tensions involved in painting for the literatus within the merchant culture of Yangzhou. These tensions existed between the literatus' expected status and that granted him, between his ideal of the role of painting in the scholar's life and the implications of commercial painting, and between his emphasis upon poetry and his popularity as a painter. In all cases, the tensions in eighteenth century literati painting arise from the difficult relationship between the painter and patron, and between the painter and the ideas of a broader public. The lack of a clear definition of "scholar" and "scholar painting" amongst literati illustrates the literatus' loss of control over the definition of his lifestyle. Arts, Faculty of Art History, Visual Art and Theory, Department of Graduate

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Philippon, Valentin. "Médecine et médecins dans l’historiographie chinoise. Biographies de médecins et anecdotes médicales dans les vingt-six histoires (Ershiliu shi 二十六史)". Thesis, Paris Sciences et Lettres (ComUE), 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019PSLEP023.

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L’écriture de l’histoire a toujours été une discipline reine dans la Chine impériale, et elle a notamment donné lieu à la production d’un corpus encyclopédique constitué de vingt-six histoires dynastiques officielles. Notre thèse a pour but de fournir une étude de la place occupée par la médecine et les médecins dans ce corpus. Rédigés selon un modus operandi très particulier, les documents examinés consistent essentiellement en des biographies, complètes ou partielles, d’experts en médecine (yi 醫). Nous savons aujourd’hui que ces textes étaient plus prescriptifs que descriptifs, et qu’ils ne sauraient être utilisés comme seule source pour une étude historique sérieuse. La question est alors de déterminer comment tirer le meilleur parti de la mine d’informations qu’ils mettent à disposition du chercheur. Pour répondre à cette question, nous proposons d’abord une étude synthétique de l’écriture de l’histoire en Chine, de ses genres, et plus particulièrement du genre biographique, pour ensuite étudier de manière statistique et analytique la place de la médecine dans les histoires dynastiques. La deuxième partie de notre travail se plonge plus spécifiquement dans l’étude des cent quarante-deux biographies de médecins contenues dans le corpus : après avoir décrit, classé et analysé l’ensemble de leur contenu, nous exposons l’usage qu’il est possible de faire de ces informations dans les trois domaines que sont l’histoire des textes, l’histoire sociale et l’histoire de la médecine Historiography has always been a major discipline in Imperial China, producing among other works the encyclopedic corpus known as the Twenty-Six Standard Histories. This dissertation aims at examining the place dedicated to medicine and physicians in this corpus. Written following a very specific modus operandi, the Standard Histories provide the readers numerous biographies of experts in medicine (yi 醫). As we know today, these texts were more prescriptive than descriptive, and one should not base any serious historical study of medicine on these sources alone. The question then is how to make the most out of the large amount of information they bring to scholarly attention. To answer this question, I first propose a synthetic overview of historical writings in China, of the textual genres to which they belong, with a special focus on the biographical genre, and then undertake a statistic and analytic study of the place dedicated to medicine in Chinese historical records. The second part of the dissertation deals more specifically with the one hundred and forty-two biographies of physicians contained in the Standard Histories: after having identified, classified and analyzed all of their contents, I set out the uses that can be made of this huge piece of information in the fields of textual criticism, social history, and the history of medicine

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Lecoq, Anne. "Une fille du Parti : approche ethnologique du XXème siècle chinois à travers la biographie d’une femme pionnière." Thesis, Paris 10, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015PA100043/document.

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Ce travail s’intéresse au parcours d’une femme chinoise exceptionnelle, Yuding, née en 1928 en Chine. Il interroge la manière dont elle a pu assimiler des modèles de vie, de parenté, et d’alliance, totalement paradoxaux, en traversant des époques incroyablement contrastées – début de la République, guerre avec le Japon, guerre civile, période révolutionnaire, société socialiste, et aujourd’hui le temps de la mondialisation. Yuding, âgée aujourd’hui de 87 ans, a gardé sa foi dans l’aventure de la Chine maoïste, malgré au fond d’elle les blessures de cette période violente. Née dans une grande famille rompue à l’orthopraxie confucéenne (ritualité, morale, culte des ancêtres), elle subit ensuite l’influence d’un autre « formatage » : celui du maoïsme et de sa doctrine révolutionnaire. Très vite l’idéologie traditionnelle de « piété filiale » transmise par ses parents fait place à une autre forme de dévouement total au Parti communiste. Militante passionnée dès la Libération, elle mène une vie active au sein de la Fédération des Femmes. Interprète en langue française, elle est amenée à voyager tant en Europe qu’en Afrique, à une époque où bien peu de gens sortaient du territoire chinois. Pourtant, en tant qu’intellectuelle, elle est envoyée en 1968, dans un camp de travail « l’École du Sept mai » ce qui n’entame en rien son adhésion inconditionnelle à l’idéologie du Parti. Bientôt il n’y aura plus de personnes de sa génération, pionnières dans la construction de la République populaire de Chine, pour témoigner de cette époque. Sa biographie témoigne de ce vécu exceptionnel This work deals with the life of an exceptional Chinese woman, Yuding, who was born in 1928 in China. It questions the way she has taken up totally paradoxical ways of life, kinship, and union, while living through incredibly uneven times - the beginning of the Republican era, the Second Sino-Japanese war, the civil war, the revolutionary era, the socialist society, and the current globalization. Yuding, presently 87, has kept faith in the venture proposed by the Maoist China, despite underlying wounds left by this violent period. Born in a leading family broken in to Confucian orthopraxy (rituality, morality, worship of the ancestors), Yuding then undergoes the influence of another “formatting” this of Maoism and its revolutionary doctrine. Very quickly, the traditional ideology of “filial devotion” passed on by her parents makes way for complete devotion to the Communist Party. Passionate activist from the Liberation, she leads an active life within the Women's Federation. French interpreter, she is brought round to traveling as much in Europe as in Africa, at a period during which very few persons were going out China. Yet, being an intellectual, she is sent to a labour camp “School of the Seventh of May” in 1968, but she doesn't lose her unquestioning adherence to the Party ideology. There soon won't be anybody from her generation, who was pioneer in the building of the People's Republic of China, to give accounts of this era. Her biography is a testimony of this exceptional experience

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Lee, Tony Chih-chi. "L'esprit chinois : l'analyse psychoculturelle à distance du comportement politique et du conflit diplomatique de la Chine." Paris, EHESS, 2012. http://www.theses.fr/2012EHES0130.

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Cette thèse s’intéresse à « l’esprit chinois », c’est-à-dire aux caractères nationaux de la Chine en faisant l’hypothèse que des causes psychologiques sont une clé pour comprendre et expliquer le fonctionnement de l’Etat chinois. C’est dans une perspective « psychoculturelle » que l’auteur analyse le comportement politique et le conflit diplomatique de la Chine. Ce dernier est approché par l’entremise des deux derniers présidents et secrétaires généraux du Parti communiste, Jiang Zemin et Hu Jintao. Les comportements du chef d’Etat chinois sont donc considérés comme des indices des comportements de l’Etat lui-même. Empiriquement, deux terrains d’enquête sont mobilisés pour comprendre ces personnalités : d’une part leur biographie (la première partie de la thèse) et d’autre part leur comportement lors de crises bilatérales (deuxième partie de la thèse) – lequel comportement est saisi par l’intermédiaire de centaines de textes signés de deux dirigeants en ces occasions. Parallèlement à l’utilisation de références propres à la psychologie politique ou à l’histoire des idées, l’auteur s’appuie sur une méthode quantitative, l’analyse du discours, qui consiste à décoder les textes de discours prononcés par Jiang et par Hu des années 1989-2011 afin d’évaluer la pertinence du facteur « psychoculturel ». Sept concepts les plus sollicités dans la culture politique de la Chine sont mis en exergue permettant de tester des hypothèses relatives à la « psychoculture » des dirigeants et de produire des données quantitatives (statistiques, graphiques, index) : nationalisme-patriotisme, harmonie, hiérarchie, piété filiale, face, guanxi (relation interpersonnelle), et la crainte du luan (désordre). Combiné d’analyse qualitative et quantitative, ce travail met en évidence l’influence pesante de la « psychoculture », bien supérieur qu’un simple calcul d’intérêts, dans le comportement de l’Etat chinois dans les contextes de crises diplomatiques This dissertation deals with "the Chinese mind", which means the national character of China. Its main argument is that psychological variable is the key to understand and to explain how China behaves. In fact, the author uses a "psycho-cultural" approach to analyze Chinese political behaviors and diplomatic crises. To do so, two heads of State, Jiang Zemin and Hu Jintao, are studied. The behaviors of these Chinese leaders are therefore supposed to refer to the State’s behaviors. Empirically, two exercises are involved to psychologically study these political figures: their biography for one part (in the first part of the dissertation) and their conducts during bilateral crises for another (in the second part of the dissertation) – The author collects hundreds of public and private speeches of the two Chinese leaders in order to scientifically analyze their psychological patterns. Alongside the content analysis, the author heavily relies on a quantitative method, the discourse analysis, to decode the speeches of Jiang and Hu from 1989 to 2011 and to assess, at a distance, the two Chinese leaders’ psychocultural profile. Seven concepts the most pronounced in the political culture of China are selected in the exercise. These elements are treated as indices to generate quantitative data from speeches and to test the validity of such “psychocultural” hypothesis. These seven concepts are: nationalism-patriotism, harmony, hierarchy, filial piety, face, guanxi (interpersonal relationship), and the fear of luan (chaos). Combined qualitative and quantitative analysis, this research successfully proves the constant influence of "psychoculture" in China’s behaviors, particularly in the circumstances of diplomatic crises

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Moloughney, Brian. "History and biography in modern China." Phd thesis, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/10531.

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This thesis is a study of history and biography in modern China. It is historiographical in focus, examining one way in which the writing of history has changed during the course of the twentieth century. As a biographical perspective was central to traditional Chinese historical writing, such a study of the relationship of biography and history can help reveal what it is that distinguishes modern historical writing from the tradition out of which it has emerged. The first chapter looks at the origins of biographical writing in China, the traditional relationship between biography and history, and the dominance of a biographical perspective on the past. Chapter Two provides an assessment of how that traditional relationship between history and biography changed during the early twentieth century, the transition from the traditional practice of biographical history to the writing of modern historical biographies. Chapter Three then looks in detail at the work of Zhu Dongrun, at his views on what modern biography should be and at his biography of the late Ming scholar and statesman Zhang Juzheng. In Chapter Four the focus shifts to a consideration of the re-evaluation of biography and of the role of the individual in history during the early years of the People's Republic. Chapter Five is devoted to the historical and biographical writing of Wu Han, and, in particular, to the way political changes influenced his biography of the first Ming emperor Zhu Yuanzhang. Finally, in the Epilogue, brief consideration is given to the revival of biographical writing during the 1980s. By exploring the evolving relationship between history and biography, it is hoped that this thesis will contribute to an appreciation of how modem Chinese have reshaped their past in order to give it new significance.

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