Bowery Songs

Over five thousand years ago China formed a society that nurtured from the developments of cultivation, skills, trades, family, administration, and control over water supply. The Great Ancient Chinese Civilizations was the first to build a dynasty from influences of earlier dynasties; such as The Shang, Zhou, and Qin! From 2200 B.C.E. till 207 B.C.E. the Shang, Zhou and Qin reigned throughout China. The Han Dynasty reigned from 206 C.E. to 220 C.E. through political organization, social order,…

“Song of myself” is one of Walt Whitman 's excellent poetry of The Leaves of Grass. He emphasizes an all-powerful "self". Instead of referring to Walt himself, the self is both individual and universal. He wrote this poem to sing about himself, to express his thoughts about democracy, to set free his human passion, to praise great nationality. In this poem, Walt Whitman presents the speaker that he sees a hawk, and his response is to feel immensely humbled as he sees elements of himself in…

As of November 5, 2016, China has a population of over 1.37 billion people (Livepopulation). That number is expected to increase to 1.39 billion in just four years. With so many people occupying one country, there are many different traditions and a very diverse culture. China has over 56 ethnic groups, with the largest one being the Hans. A culture is the way a country’s people act and interact. This usually includes religion, language, food, etiquettes, art, ceremonies, etc. China has a…

Loyalty and Fidelity in “The song of Roland” The Song of Roland focuses on the battle of Saragossa between King Charlemagne’s bold and valiant men of France and King Marsille’s Pagan (Muslim) Spaniards. It’s through this battle brought on by Ganelon’s repute and revenge toward his stepson; Charlemagne’s nephew; Count Roland that the cultural values and conflicts between Western Europe and the Islamic world came to light. There is a vast amount of cleverly executed detail on the thoughts and…

1. Please briefly share the influences on your decision to pursue the field of medicine, including shadowing experiences and other medical related activities. 2. Please describe your interests, activities, hobbies, etc., outside the area of health sciences. 3. Please describe a role you have held in a meaningful group/peer-related activity. When I was small, my family and I lived in the developed and popular city of Mashhad. My dad who is a doctor, had at the time a small clinic that was…

Empirical focus The empirical focus of this paper is that the role of personal relations has more impact than the rules or principles on Chinese modern business relations. Under the influence of close interpersonal relationship from Confucianism, traditional moral standards, and historical war stratagems, personal relations become the critical factor instead of legal instruments in the business process. First, Confucianism served as the core value of Chinese society for more than two thousand…

Mothers all over the world dream of raising daughters who know who they are and what they want. Furthermore, mothers want their daughters to feel empowered while remaining true to themselves and their values. Amy Tan’s novel The Joy Luck Club explores four mother/daughter relationships and the struggles they face. The mothers all use the memory of their tribulations while living in China, in an effort to pass on messages of empowerment to their daughters. Through their own narratives, they…

Guan Hanqing was an acclaimed Zaju dramatist of the Yuan Dynasty, and one of the delegate figures of old Chinese musical show play essayists too(West, Stephen H.70). His best-known work is Injustice to Dou E, which is one of the four extraordinary tragedies of the Yuan Drama, the other three pieces of his work are; Autumn in the Han Palace by Ma Zhiyuan, The Firmiana Rain by Bai Pu and The Orphan of Zhao by Ji Junxiang. The Injustice to Dou remains one of Guan’s greatest pieces of writing. The…

Theses: How did Daoism/Taoism influence Song Dynasty landscape painters in their rendering of negative space? In the following pages, I hope to give enough historical context to understand the practices and beliefs that surround and form a basis for landscape painting in 11th century, Northern and Southern Song Dynasty, China. Then I hope to observe Famous art historical pieces in order to illustrate my main points of interest, religious and philosophical influence and the meaning of this…

“When the Master governs, the people are hardly aware that he exists” wrote Lao Tzu. This passage highlights how Taoist view passivity to govern. “Tao Te Ching” written by Lao Tzu is a classic book on Chinese philosophy that was completed in the 4th century BC. Tao Te Ching translates to “The book of the Way of Virtues” in English. This book has 81 extremely short yet poetic chapters, which are filled with a variety of meaningful messages conveyed in a riddle-like form that takes readers into…