her way toward Chungking, she lost everything, including the babies. An-mei Hsu , whose mother married a rich businessman in Tientsin as a concubine, witnessed her mother’s unlucky life in a prestigious family and her mother’s death. Lindo Jong was forced to betroth to a boy she has never met when she was a little girl. Ying-ying St.Clair from a rich and powerful family in Wushi married a playboy and had an abortion in despair. These four women escaped from their hard life in China and came to America to pursue their new life. My favorite part of this book is their experiences in China . This part fully describes an old China in the middle of the 20th century, especially the fate of women in China. Most of them are fettered by Chinese traditional
cooked right, later Laila is sexually assaulted by rasheed, that is also when she got pregnant. This makes the book more engaging for readers for a lot of reasons. The one major reason is that all the readers want to see how they will get past this and succeed at life. Another reason why this part and or passage is engaging is because readers can connect and relate to what happens to the girls, and compare how they succeeded to the girls. "You try this again and I will find you.
the Jiang Clan: " Sir you don't need to be scared. The Mistress possess a powerful strenght she won't be affected much by the birth of a baby" "I hope it's true..." Before a door, in the biggest manor of the Clan was a man who was walking incessatly with an anxious face. He was the Second Son of the Clan Lord of the Jiang Clan: Jiang Long.
Amadou Hampaté Bâ is extremely detailed throughout the book, The Fortunes of Wangrin, in explaining the colonial world in West African societies. He provides multiple examples in this work of fiction that precisely describe the factual aspects of African colonialism that we have discussed in class. I will point out a few of the examples that Bâ uses such as: limitations colonial governments set on Africans, the Métis relationships within colonies, and issues that arose, not only between Europeans and Africans, but within the native African communities as well. I will then point out certain details from the book that do not perfectly reflect the components of colonialism that we have studied in lecture.
Exited 1. Alex feels thrill of being a reporter (summary) 2. “I love to fly, especially the take-offs” in this part of the book Alex was about to take off from a airport in Canada to Beijing 3. ‘Dad we’re landing in Beijing!’ this was his reaction when they landed in Beijing.
The Fall of Han China The fall of Han China began with a decline in an interest of achieving Confucian intellectual goals, students were becoming restless. With this new restless tone, the empire started to let go of their morals, leading to a decline in work ethic, this ultimately meant that trade and agriculture were no longer thriving. Without trade and harvests the empire was no longer self-sufficient. Han China was a Confucian state.
Burning of the Books: Historical Analysis Between 221 BCE and 209 BCE China was ruled under the Qin Dynasty; a time where many of China’s civilians lived under the harsh rule of a legalist government and their Qin ruler, Qin Shi Huangdi. In the short letter “Memorial on the Burning of Books” Li Si, the emperor's advisor, starts to take notice of a straying from the Legalist government. Li Si claims that Legalism is what keeps the people of China in control. With this being said, Li Si also acknowledges that there are many people who criticize Legalism, branching out to other schools such as Confucianism and Daoism.
Emperor Kangxi was the fourth and longest reigning emperor of the Manchu Qing Dynasty during the late 17th century until the early 18th century. Historians consider him one of the greatest emperors in history because his policies ultimately led the Qing Dynasty in becoming one of the most successful and flourishing societies globally and historically. Emperor Kangxi believed the role of the emperor was to be benevolent and respectful to all of his subjects, and to create harmony within the nation, with the hope of ultimately restoring and expanding the Qing dynasty into a prosperous and economic empire. Kangxi had strict criteria for state official prospects. He believed it was very important to look into a person's moral and spiritual values
The roman and Han empire, although two completely different civilizations, yet despite that both fell due to similar key contributors. The Roman Empire and the Han Dynasty fell due to alike reasons. For both empires weak leadership and corruption, economic collapse and social disorder were three of the main contributor’s factors to their decline. Both the Roman Empire and Han Dynasty endured corruption that weakened their supremacy.
The Han Dynasty was founded by Liu Bang in 206 BCE and lasted for 426 years until corruption and weak leaders resulted in the breakup of the Han Dynasty into 3 kingdoms in 220 CE. The Han Dynasty was strong and had many achievements in its golden age. A golden age is a time of prosperity and new inventions in an empire. A golden age normally occurs when a new leader is selected to run the empire. The philosophy of government was Confucianism, and the style of government was a bureaucracy, which was when the emperor used many government officials to help him make decisions.
The Shang Dynasty replaced the Xia Dynasty, around the sixteenth century B.C.E. Their agricultural society ruled by an aristocratic class whose major occupation was war and control over key resources like metals and salt. The Shang king divided his kingdom into a number of territories that were governed by noble military men and order large armies that often fought along the perimeter of the kingdom.
Chinese Spring & Autumn Period (Shang and Zhou Dynasties): Significance of Sun Tzu & His Book “The Art of War” As we know it today, China has been one of the most successful countries in the world, early China is much different from what we know to be the Republic of China. Before becoming one massive country, China was divided into many kingdoms between two very significant rivers, the Yellow and Yangtze rivers. Today, historians conclude that they have been able to uncover facts about the Chinese dynasties to as early as 1700 B.C. Artifacts, bronze weapons, and written records show the successes of an era known as the Shang and Zhou dynasty.
Leslie Chang does an outstanding job in her book Factory Girls describing how China’s society is changing as a whole because of the migration from rural to urban areas. She uses the experiences and perspectives of Chinese women in order to describe this social phenomena which is very unique because most of the time women are ignored in Chinese history. Chang specifically talks about how two women, Lu Qingmin and Wu Chunming, deal with living in the growing city of Dongguan. She talks about their family life, love life, who they aspire to be, and what they aspire to achieve. Within their stories, she also references her own life, connecting herself to the girls.
Marco Polo in China: How One Man’s Adventure Changed the World In 1271 Marco Polo set sail from Venice with his father and uncle, for China on an adventure that would last twenty-four years. Marco Polo arrived in China with his father and uncle in 1275 and returned to Venice in 1295. He brought back many riches from his travels to China, including silks, spices, jewels, and ideas, such as the concept of paper money, and the burning of coal for fuel. Marco Polo, his father, Niccolo and uncle, Maffeo were among the first Europeans to travel the Silk Road, the historic trade routes between Asia and Europe that connected China to the West.
China’s Last Empire. The Great Qing. William T. Rowe. The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2009. 360 pages including Emperors and Dynasties, Pronunciation Guide, Notes, Bibliography, Acknowledgements, Index, Maps and Figures.
The traditional Chinese cultures have a development process for thousand years, now we are creating another kind of traditional culture especially under the wave of globalization. Although the form of expressing or performing the culture experienced some changes but the basic idea and belief behind rarely changed. To promote Chinese culture we would refer to the essence of Chinese wisdom so the following is actual practicing of different dimensions of Chinese traditions which show the beauty of China. The family concept is the essence of Chinese culture.