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Ink Paintings by Gao Xingjian: Nobel Prize Winner

Ink Paintings by Gao Xingjian: Nobel Prize Winner

Xingjian Gao

This collection of over 60 ink paintings by Gao Xingjian represents his philosophy and painting style. Gao believes that the world cannot be explained and that artistic creation offers the only way to escape into meaning.
Gao Xingjian’s Post-Exile Plays: Transnationalism and ...

Gao Xingjian’s Post-Exile Plays: Transnationalism and ...

Mary Mazzilli

Gao, Xingjian (1983), 'Tan Jiadingxing – xiandai xiju shoudian chu tan zhiqi' (On Suppositionality – Exploring the Seventh Method of Modern Theatre)', Suibi, 6: 96 –103. Gao, Xingjian (1988), Dui yizhong xiandai xiju de zhuiqiu (In the Pursuit ...
Gao Xingjian's Idea of Theatre: From the Word to the Image

Gao Xingjian's Idea of Theatre: From the Word to the Image

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“Da Qingnian Yishujiajizhe wen” (#4 #2-##xit #|E|, Answering the questions asked by the Young Artists journalist), in Gao Xingjian, Dui yizhongxiandai xiju de zhuiqiu, pp. 57–61. –, “Dialogue and Rebuttal' trans. by Gilbert C. F. Fong, in Gao ...
Escape and the Man who Questions Death

Escape and the Man who Questions Death

Xingjian Gao

"This collection contains two plays by Gao Xingjian, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature 2000.
Polyphony Embodied - Freedom and Fate in Gao Xingjian’s Writings

Polyphony Embodied - Freedom and Fate in Gao Xingjian’s Writings

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The present volume brings together for the first time a collection of essays on the themes of freedom and fate in the creative works of Gao Xingjian.
Gao Xingjian and Transcultural Chinese Theater

Gao Xingjian and Transcultural Chinese Theater

Sy Ren Quah

Students of modern and Chinese theater and literature, as well as those with an interest in comparative literature and cultural studies, will welcome this illuminating work that probes Gao Xingjian's transcultural creativity and its complex ...
Occidentalism and Orientalism: Critically Framing Gao ...

Occidentalism and Orientalism: Critically Framing Gao ...

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I also explore Bus Stop from the perspective of the artists who created the work; Lin Zhaohua, Gao Xingjian, and actors Xiu Zongdi and Liu Jinrong, and the various techniques that were developed during the rehearsal process.
Ballade Nocturne: Libretto for a Dance Performance

Ballade Nocturne: Libretto for a Dance Performance

Xingjian Gao

Features some of the most venerable names in publishing and makes available new explorations in writing and translation.
The Other Shore: Plays

The Other Shore: Plays

Xingjian Gao

The Chinese University Press is the first publisher of his work in the English language. Indeed, "The Other Shore" is one of the few works by the author available in English today.
Ink Dances in Limbo: Gao Xingjian's Writing as Cultural ...

Ink Dances in Limbo: Gao Xingjian's Writing as Cultural ...

Jessica Yeung

This book is suitable for all readers who are interested in contemporary Chinese culture and literature. It is particularly valuable to students who are keen to engage with the issue of contemporary China-West cultural relationships.
The 64 Hands of Bagua Zhang: Fighting Techniques of Liu Dekuan

The 64 Hands of Bagua Zhang: Fighting Techniques of Liu Dekuan

Jiwu Gao

Among them, those who had the biggest influence and who were the genuine descendants were Yin Fu, Cheng Tinghua, Liang Zhenpu, Fan Zhiyong, Liu Dekuan, and others. Gao Jiwu's grandfather, Gao Wencheng, was a special disciple of ...
Nuclear Roulette: The Truth about the Most Dangerous Energy ...

Nuclear Roulette: The Truth about the Most Dangerous Energy ...

Gar Smith

... May 17, 2004, http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-04-415. 5. “Statement of Congressman Dennis J. Kucinich on the GAO Report on the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Plant,” press release from the office of congressman DennisJ. Kucinich, May ...
A Shadow On Fallen Blossoms: The 36 and 48 Traditional ...

A Shadow On Fallen Blossoms: The 36 and 48 Traditional ...

Andrea Falk

Gao Jiwu with Tom Bisio. The Attacking Hands of Ba Gua Zhang. New York: Trip Tych Enterprises, New York Internal Arts, 2010. Gao Yuan. Lure The Tiger Out of the Mountains: How to Apply the 36 Stratagems of Ancient China to the Modern ...
Criminal Cartel Enforcement: Stakeholder Views on Impact of ...

Criminal Cartel Enforcement: Stakeholder Views on Impact of ...

Eileen R. Larence

Robyn English, Michele Fejfar, Sarah Kaczmarek, John Acknowledgments Karikari, Jessica Orr, Meghan Squires, and Janet Temko made significant contributions to this report. (440916) GAO's Mission Obtaining Copies of GAO Reports and ...
Art and Revolution in Modern China: The Lingnan (Cantonese) ...

Art and Revolution in Modern China: The Lingnan (Cantonese) ...

Ralph C. Croizier

... Pavilion," 1931. From left: Zhou Yifeng, He Qiyuan, Zhao Shaoang, Zhang Kunyi, Gao Qifeng, Ye Shao- hong, Huang Shaoqiang. 64. Gao Jianfu, Skulls Crying over the Nation's Fate, 1938. From Region to Nation 135.
Huang Di Nei Jing Su Wen: An Annotated Translation of Huang ...

Huang Di Nei Jing Su Wen: An Annotated Translation of Huang ...

Paul U. Unschuld

In contrast, Gao Jiwu/13 interprets 決之, lit. “to cut off,” as a reference to bloodletting. see also Gao Jiwu/158 for further support of this argument. In contrast, Beijing zhongyi xueyuan et al./115: “one must stimulate the movement of the blood to ...
GAO¿s Work on Today¿s High Risk Issues and Long-Term Challenges

GAO¿s Work on Today¿s High Risk Issues and Long-Term Challenges

Gene L. Dodaro

Latest High-Risk List Additions • Protecting Public Health through Enhanced Oversight of Medical Products • Transforming EPA's Processes for Assessing and Controlling Toxic Chemicals GAO's High-Risk Program Making an Impact ...
Modern Chinese Literature and Culture

Modern Chinese Literature and Culture

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Hong Kong: Xianggang zhongwen. Huang Zhongming sftMi. 1997. "Zhu Bajie xiafan ji: Gao Xiong de 'jie xian feng jin' xiaoshuo" SAJffiTHSe: HJtM "ftflUS^" 'MH (Zhu Bajie's visit to the mortal world: Gao Xiong's giction of "satiric fantasy").
Chinese herbal patent medicines: the clinical desk reference

Chinese herbal patent medicines: the clinical desk reference

Jake Fratkin

qiang li gan mao xi tong pian 1 B3- 1 1 qiang li ge jie da bu wan 12F1-3 qiang li gou pi gao 4D-9 qiang li hua tuo die da feng shi gao 4F- 10 qiang li hua zhi ling 5G-6 qiang li lu bian wan 12G2-14, 16 qiang li nan bao 12G2-4, 5 qiang li ren ...
Qiu Zhijie: Breaking Through the Ice: A History

Qiu Zhijie: Breaking Through the Ice: A History

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Text by Jerome Sans. Contributions by Guo Xiaoyan, Gao Shiming.
The Essentials of Ba Gua Zhang

The Essentials of Ba Gua Zhang

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When I first met Gao Ji Wu in 2001, It was immediately evident that he was an unusual man. His movements were precise and deft, filled with power and spirit, and his knowledge of Ba Gua was complete and deep, the result of decades of ...
Medicine and Society in Late Imperial China: A Study of ...

Medicine and Society in Late Imperial China: A Study of ...

Yüan-ling Chao

In the Ming there were altogether fifty-nine works, and in the Qing it increased to two hundred and eighty-nine.21 The Confucian physicians who were representative of this trend were Yu Jiayan, Zhang Jingan, Gao Shizong, Ke Yunbo, ...
Educating scientists and engineers : grade school to grad ...

Educating scientists and engineers : grade school to grad ...

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... GAO/PEMD-88-4 (Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Also see MarciaC. Linn, “Establishing A Re- search Base for Science Education: Challenges, Trends, and Recommendations, ” Journal of Research in Science Teaching, vol.
The Case For Literature

The Case For Literature

M Lee

Written between 1990 and 2002, these bold and extraordinary essays include Gao's Nobel Lecture, 'the Case for Literature', and embody his argument for literature as a universal human endeavour rather than one solely defined by national ...
China’s Automotive Modernization: The Party-State and ...

China’s Automotive Modernization: The Party-State and ...

G. Chin

A special debt of gratitude is due to Li Qingdong, Gao Yuning, and Stephen Philion for their assistance in the field. My deep gratitude goes to the senior automotive executives who agreed to be interviewed for this study, especially Louis ...

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