Magazine article from our research archive:
|
|
Three Dollars in National Currency: a one-act comedy by Ding Xilin.(PLAY)(Critical essay)
- Article from:
-
Asian Theatre Journal
- Article date:
-
September 22, 2008
- Author:
-
|
Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 2008 University of Hawaii Press. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
Three Dollars in National Currency (San kuai giau guobi [TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII.] 1939) is a little-known one-act comedy that was written in southwestern China during the third year of the Second Sino-Japanese War by Ding Xilin [TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII.] (1893-1974), one of twentieth-century China's pioneering playwrights. The introduction highlights the play's significance both as a turning point in Ding Xilin's creative oeuvre and as a comedic exploration of the geopolitics of wartime China's "Greater Rear Area. " Christopher G. Rea is a PhD candidate in modern Chinese literature at Columbia University and a visiting fellow at Harvard University. He has ...
Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles:
|
reproducible
Pocket Fowler's Modern English Usage;
9 words
...reproducible is spelt -ible , not -able . See -ABLE , -IBLE .
|
|
Once again Old Chinese yan [TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII] and an [TEXT...
The Journal of the American Oriental Society;
July 1, 2003 ;
700+ words
......supposed had fused with the preposition yu [TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII] 'in' to give yan [TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII] in the meaning 'in it' was none other than an [TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII] or yan [TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII...
|
|
|
The old Chinese particles yan [TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII] and an...
The Journal of the American Oriental Society;
January 1, 2003 ;
700+ words
......clause-final particle yan [TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII]. (1) Briefly put, his conclusion...fusion of the preposition yu [TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII] and an unidentified pronoun...another productive fusion, ran [TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII], made up of ru [TEXT NOT...
|
|
Zheng Jixiong [TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII]. Yi tuxiang yu Yi quanshi...
China Review International;
March 22, 2007 ;
700+ words
...Zheng Jixiong [TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII]. Yi tuxiang yu Yi quanshi [TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII]. Dongya wenming yanjiu congshu [TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII] [Volume] 6. Taibei: Taida Chuban Zhongxin, 2004. 398 pp. 450 NTD, ISBN 957-01-...
|
|
|
The etymonic determinatives of wanq [CHINESE CHARACTERS NOT REPRODUCIBLE...
The Journal of the American Oriental Society;
July 1, 2002 ;
700+ words
......the character [CHINESE CHARACTERS NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII] in a modern Chinese text...immediately apparent: [CHINESE CHARACTERS NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII] wang. And indeed the phonetic...associated with [CHINESE CHARACTERS NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII] and correspond neatly both...
|
|
|
A further note on yan [TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII] and an [TEXT NOT...
The Journal of the American Oriental Society;
January 1, 2004 ;
700+ words
......on the Chinese particles yan [TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII] and an [TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII] gives me an opportunity to correct...represent not a fusion of yu [TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII] and a fossilized pronoun *?an...
|
|
Chinese language track [TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII].(CONFERENCE...
Chinese America: History and Perspectives;
January 1, 2007 ;
700+ words
...[TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII] The following panels were...CHINESE LANGUAGE PANEL [TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII] The Current Status of...in the Chinese Language [TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII] An introduction to Chinese...
|
|
|
Hebrew [LANGUAGE NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII] = Akkadian qata napasu: a term...
The Journal of the American Oriental Society;
January 1, 2002 ;
700+ words
...To Harry Epstein [LANGUAGE NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII] (m. Avot 1:6) The last chapter...the standard formula [LANGUAGE NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII] at that time (Dan. 12:1-4...that the final phase ([LANGUAGE NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII]) will be a time of purification...
|
|
|
Te[CHARACTERS NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII]umman in the Neo-Assyrian...
The Journal of the American Oriental Society;
July 1, 1999 ;
700+ words
......Neo-Elamite king Te[CHARACTERS NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII]umman (664-653 B.C.) before...Neo-Elamite king Te[CHARACTERS NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII]umman is a major focus of...information regarding Te[CHARACTERS NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII]umman beyond his seizure of...
|
|
Bamo Qubumo [TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII] (2001). Yingling yu shihun,...
Asian Folklore Studies;
October 1, 2003 ;
700+ words
......bibliography. The Yi nationality (Yizu [TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII]) is one of the largest ethnic...throughout the provinces of Yunnan [TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII], Sichuan [TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII], Guizhou [TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE...
|
|
Aristotle's [GREEK TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII]: a true grasp of ends...
The Review of Metaphysics;
December 1, 2001 ;
700+ words
......ISTOTLE'S ACCOUNT of [GREEK TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII] sooner or later encounters...question whether [GREEK TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII] concerns means to...human action or [GREEK TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII], has not received...
|
|
|
Yang Zhen [TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII] Qingchao Huangwei Jicheng...
China Review International;
March 22, 2007 ;
700+ words
...Yang Zhen [TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII] Qingchao Huangwei Jicheng Zhidu [TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII] (The Institution of Qing Throne...Beijing: Xueyuan Chubanshe [TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII], 2001. vi, 630 pp. Paperback...
|
See all results.
Or, try our
Advanced Search.
|