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曾根崎心中 Sonezaki Shinjū?
FOUR MAJOR PLAYS OF CHIKAMATSU the lavish dowry the uncle provided, some two kamme (a unit of measure for silver. Two The Love Suicides at Sonezaki kamme would be a significant amount; writing in the 1960s, Donald Keene stated that two kamme would then be equivalent to $1000). The Love Suicides at Sonezaki ( 曾 根 崎 心 中 Sonezaki Shinjū?) is a love-suicide Bunraku play This agreement remains wholly unknown to by Chikamatsu Monzaemon. While not his first Tokubei until his uncle tries to force him into the one (which was probably the puppet play The marriage. Tokubei makes his refusal categorical Soga Successors in 1683) nor his most popular and absolute this time. The uncle is infuriated. (which would be The Battles of Coxinga), it is He fires Tokubei from the firm, demands the probably the most popular of his "domestic return of the two kamme which Tokubei does tragedies" or "domestic plays" (sewamono) as not have, and says he will exile Tokubei from Donald Keene characterizes the non-historical Osaka. plays. Tokubei goes to his village and eventually with It was first performed 20 June 1703. It was the villagers' aid, forces the silver out of his revived in 1717, with additional scenes added stepmother and returns to Osaka. by Chikamatsu, such as the punishment of the villain, but the version typically translated and On his return, Tokubei is collared by his close performed is the 1703 version. friend of many years, "Kuheiji the oil merchant", who tells Tokubei that he desperately needs a loan of two kamme or else he will not be able to Plot meet his monthly bills and will go bankrupt. -
UBC Dissertation 2012 Vermot
THE ROLE OF URBAN REAL ESTATE IN JESUIT FINANCES AND NETWORKS BETWEEN EUROPE AND CHINA, 1612-1778 by Frederik Vermote A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY in The Faculty of Graduate Studies (History) THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (Vancouver) January 2013 © Frederik Vermote, 2013 Abstract This dissertation examines the role of urban real estate in the finances and networks of the Jesuit missions in China. Starting in 1612, when Jesuit missionaries working in China envisioned for the first time a strategy for making the missions financially independent from Europe, I will investigate how and why it took until the second half of the eighteenth century for the Christian communities in China to become financially self-sustaining. The procurators and their subordinate treasurers, the Jesuits primarily in charge of the financial management of the missions, are the subject of this dissertation. How did they combine the resources and personnel extracted from Europe, India, and China to establish an autonomous financial foundation for the missions in China? This dissertation argues that their most reliable source of income was revenue from investments in urban real estate. The arc of this dissertation spans both the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries examining the Portuguese and the French Jesuit missions in China. Through a close analysis of Jesuit procurators’ activities and personal networks this dissertation will assert that while they realized the necessity of economic integration in the global missions early on, procurators encountered great problems in realizing this goal. As such, this dissertation recognizes the limitations of global networks by exploring the role of global contact and the circulation of missionaries, money, and mail and by looking at the Jesuit search for financial opportunities in the local and regional economy to become self-sustaining communities. -
Koxinga, Un Héros Aux Multiples Facettes
0 Faculté de philosophie, arts et lettres (FIAL) Koxinga, un héros aux multiples facettes Mémoire réalisé par Bastien Muyle Promoteur(s) Paul Servais Année académique 2016-2017 Master en langues et lettres anciennes, orientation orientales 1 Table des matières PREFACE .......................................................................................................................................... 2 OBJECTIF DU TRAVAIL ............................................................................................................................... 2 DE MULTIPLES APPELLATIONS .................................................................................................................... 3 KOXINGA DANS LES OUVRAGES OCCIDENTAUX ............................................................................... 6 LES DERNIERS OUVRAGES DE REFERENCES .................................................................................................... 6 LE KOXINGA HISTORIQUE EXISTE-T-IL ? ........................................................................................................ 8 LE PIRATE QUI A OSE TENIR TETE A L’OCCIDENT ............................................................................................ 17 KOKUSENYA DANS LE MONDE JAPONAIS....................................................................................... 22 CONTEXTUALISATION HISTORIQUE ............................................................................................................ 22 L’INFLUENCE DU THEATRE JAPONAIS ........................................................................................................ -
Act II, Signature Xwix - (1)
Well, couldn't they have just fired some itsy-bitsy warning shots [Matthew Bogdanos, Thieves of Baghdad, with William Patrick (New York: Bloomsbury, 2005), p. 210]? II — xwix — Who Cannot Cope with Allegory? While the ghost riders swirl around the temporal realm, the Ossianian Minister Ahem interrogates Lt. Col. Simic in the Impersonal Terrace. The range fire subsides and Lothar’s party treks across the desert. Park’s telephone conversation fades to the discoverer (all too busy) in distant space. As Charles’ exposé surfaces, principals of the Founders’ League consider methods of damage control. The Hermitage is looted by mobs while Sergei and Talitha escape from the catacombs beneath Ossian and whisk the trek bash through customs. Split from Lothar’s party, Mantissa wanders down a dirty old road. Soundman of Ossian offers Lt. Col. Simic a tour of wishram as coalition forces surge into the capitol. ~ page 239 ~ balkanize Act II, Signature xwix - (1) Main Entry: bal£kan£ize Pronunciation: ‚b•l-k„-ƒnˆz Function: transitive verb Inflected Form: -ized ; -iz£ing Usage: often capitalized Etymology: Balkan Peninsula Date: 1919 : to break up (as a region or group) into smaller and often hostile units –bal£kan£i£za£tion \ƒb•l-k„-n„- ‚z†-sh„n\ noun , often capitalized. [Following text courtesy of Wikipedia]: Balkanization, or Balkanisation, is a geopolitical term, originally used to describe the process of fragmentation or division of a region or state into smaller regions or states that are often hostile or non-cooperative with each other [Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary , "1. to break up (as a region or group) into smaller and often hostile units," http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/balkanized], and it is considered pejorative [Vidanović, Ivan, "Rečnik socijalnog rada Udruženje stručnih radnika socijalne zaštite Srbije: Društvo socijalnih radnika Srbije," Asocijacija centra za socijalni rad Srbije (Unija Studenata socijalnog rada, 2006)]. -
Fujian and the Making of a Maritime Frontier in Seventeenth-Century China
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO Sealords Live in Vain: Fujian and the Making of a Maritime Frontier in Seventeenth-Century China A dissertation submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree Doctor of Philosophy in History by Dahpon David Ho Committee in charge: Professor Joseph W. Esherick, Co-Chair Professor Paul G. Pickowicz, Co-Chair Professor Barry J. Naughton Professor Daniel Vickers Professor Charles J. Wheeler 2011 © Dahpon David Ho, 2011 All rights reserved. The Dissertation of Dahpon David Ho is approved, and it is acceptable in quality and form for publication on microfilm and electronically: Co-Chair Co-Chair University of California, San Diego 2011 iii DEDICATION FOR MY LOVING PARENTS Yuping Sandi Ho and Shyh-chin Mike Ho AND MY WIFE Elya Jun Zhang iv EPIGRAPH Defeat, my Defeat, my bold companion, You shall hear my songs and my cries and my silences, And none but you shall speak to me of the beating of wings, And urging of seas, And of mountains that burn in the night, And you alone shall climb my steep and rocky soul. Defeat, my Defeat, my deathless courage, You and I shall laugh together with the storm, And together we shall dig graves for all that die in us, And we shall stand in the sun with a will, And we shall be dangerous. * --Kahlil Gibran * “Defeat,” from The Madman (1918) v TABLE OF CONTENTS Signature Page……………………………………………………………………………iii Dedication.....…..................................................................................................................iv Epigraph.....…......................................................................................................................v -
Shiryo Sosho" Ifi.£Llij Tj:Hil-Tf Ff5!!
seigaku tozen to Chugoku jijo: 'zassho' sakki [The Eastern Spread of Western Learning and Conditions in China: Notes on "Various Books") (Tokyo: Iwanami shoten, 1979), pp. 230-66. Masuda Wataru PART 11 Translated by Joshua A. Fogel University of California, Santa Barbara 26. Satsuma, King China, and the' Invasion of Korea From the extant historical materials, we can at best generally trace the relationship between Satsuma and Ming China. On Hide yoshi's military expeditions to Korea, and particularly the movements of the Satsuma army at that time, these traces can be found in Shima zu Hisatoshi' s ,QH!:7, jill Sei-Kan roku ~HJtH [Account of the Expedi tion against Korea] (Kanbun 11 [1671]).a I first examined the copy of this text held in the Naikaku Bunko fJli.!-:ZW (originally held in the Asakusa Bunko i~¥Y:.Ji!i. ). I later learned that it was included in the Shimazu shiryo shu ~ffl,/:n~ [Collection of Histol.'ical Documents on Shimazu] (Tokyo: Jinbutsu oraisha, 1966-7, section 2: "Sengoku shiryo sosho" ifi.£lliJ tJ:Hil-tf [Collection of Historical Materials of the Warring States Era], part 6) and printed with annotations based on the manuscripts held in the collection of Shimazu Hisamitsu !%tt-~* .' In an introduction to the Sei-Kan roku provided by · Hayashi Shunsai **~~ ,we learn that Shimazu Hisamitsu, grandfather of Shimazu Hisatoshi, the compiler of this work, joined in the Korean Expedition in the army of Shimazu Yoshihiro ~lit~i1L : "How. could the' veracity of this work, the truth of this chronicle, ever be compared to common street chatter!" In other words, Sei-Kan roku should be regarded as historical material with a high degree of reliability, and it contains much information concerning the relationship betwe~n Satsuma and Ming China. -
The English East India Company's Trade in the Western Pacific Through Taiwan, 1670 – 1683
University of Alberta The English East India Company's Trade in the Western Pacific through Taiwan, 1670 – 1683 by Ryan Edgecombe Holroyd A thesis submitted to the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in History Department of History and Classics ©Ryan Edgecombe Holroyd Spring 2011 Edmonton, Alberta Permission is hereby granted to the University of Alberta Libraries to reproduce single copies of this thesis and to lend or sell such copies for private, scholarly or scientific research purposes only. Where the thesis is converted to, or otherwise made available in digital form, the University of Alberta will advise potential users of the thesis of these terms. The author reserves all other publication and other rights in association with the copyright in the thesis and, except as herein before provided, neither the thesis nor any substantial portion thereof may be printed or otherwise reproduced in any material form whatsoever without the author's prior written permission. Abstract This thesis explores the 1670 to 1683 trading relationship between the English East India Company and the Zheng family, a Ming loyalist organisation that controlled Taiwan in the late seventeenth century. It draws on the available sources of data for the Zheng family’s trading network to create an analysis of how the network functioned and developed, and then applies the available information from the East India Company’s records to understand how the company’s trade to Taiwan developed. The Zheng family’s trade was altered by their participation in the Sanfan Rebellion during the 1670s.