1. Emergency of Modern Chinese Schooling: The End of Qing Dynasty The First Opium War (a.k.a The First Anglo-Sino) in 1840 marks the birth of modern China. The war had successfully forced the Qing court to open up the country to western societies with series of unequal treaties and transform the feudal society into a colonized and capitalized one. The traditional Chinese education system which had been founded upon Confucian Classic was brought under challenge of modern schools introduced by Western
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and to show that opium was a profoundly influencing factor in their lives‚ works and dreams. I shall start by briefly outlining some of De Quincey’s and then Coleridge’s ideas on dreams; I shall then move on to ask what was the effect of opium on their creativity‚ dreams and imagination‚ before looking at how dream and daydream are distinguished in their ideas. Finally I wish to include a brief section on the anticipation of Freud‚ and to close with the question of how important opium was to the writing
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"Hedonism" By Jessica Shelby Oscar Wilde’sThe Picture of Dorian Gray is a prime example of hedonism‚ a movement in the late 1800’s that claims pleasure to be the prime goal in one’s life. The focus of the novel is the beauty of Dorian Gray‚ his self-destructive search for pleasure‚ and the corruption of both the lives he has encountered and his own soul. Beauty and pleasure are the focus of all characters and scenes depicted in The Picture of Dorian Gray. Wilde’s timeless novel vividly portrays
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Normalcy is boring. Walking past a storefront‚ if a person sees out of the corner of their eye something they’ve seen in the past four stores‚ they won’t take a second glance. On the other hand if they saw something detailed and abstract‚ it stands out and piques their interest. The same thing can be applied when talking about a reader and literature. A work like Sylvia Plath’s “Poppies In July” has the ability to capture an audience’s attention from the first line‚ as it could be argued to be almost
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The term beauty’ may have very relative significance. Something can be beautiful for us‚ but ugly for other people. The external beauty of a person is often the first thing that we pay attention to. This is the result of the association of beauty with good and ugliness with evil. Through the outer appearance we make a general opinion about a given person. Such a way of thinking may be very misleading. In order to get to know the person we need to look to the inside into the soul. This is the place
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Treaties An Authority Mandated by Heaven Yielded to the Gun Boats Part I – Traditional Chinese World Order and Tribute System Part II – Relations with Barbarians and Foreigners Part III – Diplomacy Post Opium War Part IV – Unequal Treaties – International Law Perspective Part V – Arrow War and Second Treaty Settlement Timeline- 1689 – Treaty of Nerchinsk 1842 – Treaty of Nanjing 1843 – Supplementary Treaty of Bogue 1844 – Treaty of Wangshia
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immediate reaction of the Chinese peasantry to the First Opium War and later the Second Opium War‚ and the Unequal Treaties following them. For two thousand years preceding the mid-nineteenth century the social structure and the mode of production in China had scarcely changed. In the mid-19th century‚ China witnessed severe internal crises and the resultant upheaval created widespread social‚ economic and political discontent. In the aftermath of the Opium Wars and the Unequal Treaty System‚ inhuman burdens
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How does Dorian Gray become corrupted? Is he really so innocent? Does he « sell his soul »‚ if so when? Various stages of corruption Dorian is obviously corrupted at first by Lord Henry who tells him his beauty will not last forever‚ and advises him to take advantages of his beauty: “Live! Live the wonderful life that is in you! Let be nothing lost upon you”. For Lord Henry‚ beauty rhymes with youth and Dorian Gray should enjoy his beauty to make new experiences. Lord Henry plays a big role
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Innocence is ignorant‚ until it gets tainted with the sweet bitter taste of reality. An extraordinary young‚ handsome gentleman that goes by the name of Dorian Gray will soon taste reality under a new perspective. Oscar Wilde‚ who is the author of “The Portrait of Dorian Gray” shows us how certain people can influence us to think and ct differently. After a brief summary of the novel will reveal that the theme mainly used is two faced. Dorian has to balance between good and bad and can’t seem to
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The Chinese Empire experienced numerous political‚ economical‚ religious‚ and cultural transformations between 1400 and 1750 CE. The Qing empire‚ an empire built within the Chinese empire consisted of non-chinese people. Qing Empire took over Eurasia which was ruled separately from China; and the officials had no intentions to incorporate Chinese culture into the locals in Eurasia as a sign of respect for the different cultures residing there. For example‚ Qing rulers forbid Chinese merchants from
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