Ming the Merciless

Background on Nationalism & Gender in Republican China The purpose of this section is to provide a basic understanding of nationalism and gender in Republican China (1911-1949). There will be a brief analysis of how and why Chinese nationalism developed, followed by another brief analysis of how gender expectations in society may have changed. The understanding of nationalism and gender in Republican China is important to this essay because it provides a background to the essay’s argument. In…

silver. Silver was so influential that the Ming government in China required all taxes to be paid in silver. Silver had many economic and social effects because it expanded trading connections with Asia, caused inflation, and the forced labor class had a hard life in its production. The network of silver flow was very important to all of the players in producing and trading silver. Some of the most important players were colonized Spanish America, Ming China, and the British. Japan was also an…

The Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto was written for western style orchestra and features a solo violin played using some Chinese techniques. This piece retains the Chinese flavor but however to some extent. The reason why I have chosen this question and this piece is because as a violinist, I have the interest in how the violin in The Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto is a western instrument, but however it is still able to capture some of the Chinese style. In this essay, I will be comparing…

An Ideal Image of China: Analysis of Voltaire’s Orphan of China Han xue 14421771 1. The Orphan of Zhao is a Chinese play from the Yuan era and it's written by thirteenth-century dramatist Ji Jun Xiang. It tells a story that takes place during the Spring and Autumn period of China. A nobility Minister Zhao and his family members were killed by an evil general, Tu’an GU. The grandson of Minister Zhao I the only survivor. A group of heroes sacrificed themselves only to protect the Zhao Orphan.…

From the 12th to 20th centuries, the Ottoman, Mughal, and Qing empires conquered and dominated Asia Minor, the Balkans, the Middle East, the Indian subcontinent, and China. During the height of their power, they faced many challenges that they had to overcome in order to rule their people successfully. The Ottomans, who were Muslim, had to deal with the Jews, Christians, and other non-Muslims in the empire. They also had to deal with the Mongols as the Ottomans moved in tribal groups from the…

I was asked one time, if given a super teaching power what would it be? Instantly I replied telepathy, because if I could know the many needs of my students, I could design appropriate instruction that would best fit their needs. With proper instruction the classroom environment is supportive of diverse learners, students are actively engaged in the lesson, and students’ ideas are respected and explored. Without this great respect for learning, the students’ problem behaviors emerge and become…

The fall of the Ming Dynasty in 1644 gave birth to the new empire known as the Qing Empire. The Qing brought about big change in all of the lands of China. The emperor, Yongzheng, was the third emperor to rule under the Qing Empire. Yongzheng quickly became an empire who sought a huge amount of power. He became to be known as a very autocratic emperor as the time passed by. Yongzheng worked hard to have complete control of all his officials and have full control of his people’s views and morals…

TOPIC 3: The changing literary and visual representations of China by Westerners in the history One of the oldest countries in the world, China, is also one of the four ancient civilization. For long stretches of history, China had their glory but also had a hard time, and the changed of China also changed impression on westerners by their literary or visual representations. In the 13th - 14th century, Genghis Khan established the Mongolia regime, built the Empire of Mongolia and began his…

Song to Qing’s Commercial and Society In later imperial period China, Chinese society was constantly developing commercialization. Song dynasty, Northern Song and Southern Song, both located their capital at a communication center: near yellow river and Yangzi river. As the result, two capitals had become highly commercialized administration cities. Until early Qing dynasty, there were more open trades with western world, as well as more developed internal trading routes; the commercialization…

4th century. With the course ending we see the collapse of the Tang Dynasty in the 10th century, and the emergence of Chinese Landscape painting. The past couple weeks, we were introduced to a variety of painters and their paintings from the Song, Ming, and Qing dynasties. Today we will focus on a painting produced by Gong Xian, Landscape, 1689, Qing Dynasty. I will first analyze the components that make up this painting. Then I will take an aspect of the painting and relate it to a comparable…