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The Influence of Bookshop Printing on the Creation of the Sequels to the Romance of the Three Kingdoms
DownloadFall 2017
In the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1912) dynasties of China, there was a close relationship between the printing industry and the creation of novels. The commercialization of novels, free from strict cultural policies, began in about 1522, the first Jiajing year of the Ming dynasty. This...
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The Records of Music: Confucian Ideology, Cosmology, and Self-Cultivation Practices in Western Han China
DownloadFall 2024
This thesis investigates the Records of Music (Yue Ji 樂記), a treatise considered to be the earliest fully developed text on musical theory in Chinese history. Compiled during the Western Han dynasty (206 BCE-9 CE), it was the work of Liu De 劉德, King Xian of Hejian 河間獻王, and his circle of...