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Showing 1 to 20 of 50 for “"Dynasties"”.
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Cultural identities as reflected in the literature of the Northern and Southern dynasties period (4th-6th centuries A.D.)
During the period of the Northern and Southern dynasties of China identity questions became serious in a society thrown into disorder by political, religious and ethnic problems. This thesis uses three books written in the sixth century to discuss how educated Chinese faced identity problems and …
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Remaking Chineseness: The Transition Of Inner Asian Groups In The Central Plain During The Sixteen Kingdoms Period And Northern Dynasties
… during the Sixteen Kingdoms period and Northern Dynasties. Starting with an examination on the origin and development of Sinicization theory in the West and China, the first major chapter of this dissertation argues the Sinicization theory evolves in the intellectual history of modern times. This …
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Comparing Bifa ji and Linquan gaozhi: shifts in art writings about landscape in the five dynasties and Northern Song periods
This is a study of differences between Bifa ji and Linquan gaozhi, two Chinese art texts written in the tenth and eleventh century, respectively. The comparison of these two writings opens the window on the way that shifts in art writings took place during late Northern Song period. I analyze how …
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The practice of Irish kingship in the Central Middle Ages
… investigates the practices of Irish kings and dynasties in the Central Middle Ages (roughly, the ninth to twelfth centuries) as represented by the sources. Several kingdoms and dynasties of medieval Ireland are closely studied with reference to different aspects of royal practice. There are two …
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Built to Last: Exploring Family Strategy in Dynastic Business Families
<p>Dynasties entwine family and fortune. They are organizational longevity outliers. Society offers a conflicting view of dynasties. On one hand, dynasties are associated with conflict, divisiveness, conspicuous consumption, and entitlement. On the other hand, dynastic business families employ …
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六朝至唐宋间神鬼附体故事研究 - 以《太平广记》、《夷坚志》为核心 = SPIRIT POSSESSION FROM THE SIX DYNASTIES TO THE TANG-SONG PERIOD: EVIDENCE FROM THE TAIPING GUANGJI AND THE YIJIAN ZHI
… about spirit possession and events from the Six Dynasties (220-589) to the Tang (618-907) and the Song (960-1279) Dynasties in Taiping Guangji and Yijian zhi,. First of all, an analysis of the subjects, objects, and methods is conducted in order to illustrate the characteristics of spirit …
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六朝志怪小说“厉鬼成神”故事研究 = A STUDY OF THE PHENOMENON OF GHOSTS WHO ACQUIRED GODHOOD FOLLOWING UNNATURAL DEATHS: ZHIGUAI TALES FROM THE SIX DYNASTIES
… who had suffered unnatural death). In the Six Dynasties, a great many of this type of ghosts appear in the zhiguai tales (supernatural stories). In traditional Chinese culture, only virtuous people can attain godhood after death, however, ligui ghosts always cause great disasters. Their …
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Buddhist sculpture of Wu Yueh, 907-978: Chinese sculpture of the tenth century
… of tenth-century Chinese sculpture of the Five Dynasties period. Wu Yueh (a southern kingdom in the present day Chekiang region) was especially known for its support of Buddhism. The ruling house of Wu Yueh, the Ch'ien family, was devoted to Buddhism and patronized the construction of many …
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Le Caire : carrefour des ambassades. Étude historique et diplomatique de la correspondance échangée entre les sultans mamlouks circassiens et les souverains timourides et turcomans (Qara Qoyunlu-Qaramanides) au XVes. d’après le BnF ms.ar. 4440.
… échangées entre les sultans mamlouks et d’autres dynasties, musulmanes, chrétiennes ou autres. La présente thèse de doctorat se fonde sur l’un de ces formulaires, conservé sous sa forme manuscrite à la Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, sous la cote ms. ar. 4440. Nous avons extrait de ce …
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Political elites and development
… The first two chapters focus on political dynasties in the Philippines while the third chapter analyzes the long-run economic effects of the concentration of political power in the state of Cundinamarca, Colombia. In Chapter 1, I use a regression discontinuity design based on close …
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A Sign of the Times: Administration, Agency of officials and Monumental architecture in Eighteenth Dynasty Egypt
… less widely studied as a whole than the later dynasties of the New Kingdom, which have far richer administrative documentation preserved. To compensate for this information gap, prosopographies and a range of evidence drawn from various sites have been incorporated into this research. By …
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Becoming Zhongguo, Becoming Han : Tracing and Reconceptualizing Ethnicity in Ancient North China, 770 BC - AD 581
… Zhou (770-256 BC) to the end of the Northern Dynasties (AD 399-581), these being periods commonly perceived as starting in a state of ethnic diversity and conflict, and ending with a population that was close to homogeneous in sharing a 'Huaxia', 'Hua', or 'Han' ethnic identity. The key …
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Conversion and Apostasy: Egypt in Premodern and Modern Times
… treatment of apostasy across different Islamic dynasties and its conflation with blasphemy. In the modern world, the paper highlights the difficulties faced by Christian converts in Egypt and the impact of personal status laws on religious freedom. By bridging the gap between pre-modern and …
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Local Identity in a Capital: Negotiating the Local and the National in Late Ming Nanjing
… in Nanjing?s long history as capital for various dynasties, and emphasized it in their version of local history. However, the national was differentiated from the state, and they were keen to isolate local pride from the developments of Ming dynasty. They constructed their Nanjing men identity out …
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The life and works of Hsieh Ling-yün, Duke of Kʻang-lo, 385-433 A.D
… importance in the history of the Six Dynasties period* As poet, Buddhist philosopher and translator he exercised an important influence over the thought and culture of his time. As a member of one of the leading families of that era his life provides us with an excellent insight into …
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The life and works of Hsieh Ling-yün, Duke of Kʻang-lo, 385-433 A.D
… importance in the history of the Six Dynasties period* As poet, Buddhist philosopher and translator he exercised an important influence over the thought and culture of his time. As a member of one of the leading families of that era his life provides us with an excellent insight into …
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Kinų tapybos Wu mokyklos sociokultūrinis meno kontekstas: Shen Zhou ir Wen Zhengming atvejai /
… families and society in the Yuan and Ming dynasties. Furthermore, it examines how social relationships influenced the development of artistic expression and the depiction of sociocultural ideas in the works of Shen Zhou and Wen Zhengming. Employing descriptive historical methods, semiotics, …
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Envisioning Morality in Times of Dynastic Change
… which primarily circulated during Ming and Qing Dynasties, and the early Qing play Taohua shan µíâΦè▒µëç: The Peach Blossom Fan) which deals with the late Ming period. In this thesis, I primarily treat these two plays as texts, and I try to answer how ideas of morality are constructed in them by …
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