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Center for East Asian Studies Scholarly Works: Recent submissions
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Song Dynasty Tale
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2012-08-01)Broadcast Transcript: It's been said that a cat may look at a king and, a story from 12th Century China shows that a cat may make or break a king also. Gaozong was the 10th emperor of the Song Dynasty. In 1129, his only ... -
Shoulder injury reduction with post-offer testing
(IOS Press, 2011-06-21)Objective: This study is an interventional evaluation of a post-offer employment testing. The study is designed to determine if shoulder injury rates are lowered when employees are placed at jobs they demonstrate the ... -
Exploding Watermelons
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2011-05-25)Broadcast Transcript: Explosions are nothing new here in China. The Chinese did, after all, invent gunpowder. But exploding watermelons? I kid you not. Recently, watermelons in Jiangsu province just began exploding. The ... -
由溫縣盟書最新研究成果再談侯馬盟書的年代問題
(Society for the Study of Early China, 2013)This paper reconsiders the dating of the Houma covenant texts in light of new findings from the Wenxian covenant texts. Dating of the Houma covenants has focused on matching certain names found in the Houma covenants to ... -
Chinese Afterlife
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2010-12-08)Broadcast Transcript: Is the afterlife, like, the best vacation spot ever or is it just your standard bureaucracy with a rigid power structure and officials ranked according to seniority? Written evidence from the Shang ... -
Emperor Shizong
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2010-06-02)Broadcast Transcript: Here is a story from the Ming, a dynasty which lasted from 1368 until 1644. The Emperor Shizong was on the throne. One day, while reciting some sacred texts, the emperor picked up a hammer to strike ... -
Electronic Fireflies
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2009-01-28)Broadcast Transcript: It's New Year in Japan which means... it's time to sing about fireflies. The song Hotaru no Hikari or light of the fireflies is as well known and beloved as Auld Lang Syne is in the West; in fact, ... -
Puchi Puchi
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2009-01-21)Broadcast Transcript: Is there a human on earth who doesn't enjoy popping bubble wrap? The satisfaction of the squish and the snap of a bubble breaking between your fingers transcends cultural borders. The problem is then ... -
Greed is Bad
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2009-01-14)Broadcast Transcript: From Seoul comes the story of a financial advisor who appeared on a TV talk show and said that people were making unwise investment decisions because they were too greedy. As a result, he was fired. ... -
Virtual Eunuchs
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2009-01-07)Broadcast Transcript: So you want to be a eunuch--and why not? In Imperial China, eunuchs were among the most powerful of the courtiers: It was the eunuch Zheng He, don't forget, who convinced the emperor to let him sail ... -
Korean Confusion
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2008-08-27)Broadcast Transcript: American educators, take heart: US students are not the only ones in the world with a shaky grasp of their own country's history. Students in South Korea are alarmingly in the dark about circumstances ... -
Go Believe Buns
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2008-08-20)Broadcast Transcript: They're tasty. They're popular. And they're a marketing nightmare. China's well-loved goubuli steamed buns are the pride of Tianjin, but their name translates literally to "a dog would ignore it." ... -
Friendlies Curse
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2008-08-13)Broadcast Transcript: By now, everyone has seen the five Olympic Friendlies: the colorful mascots created to welcome this summer's Olympic Games. The little guys are also known as fuwa which means "good luck dolls" in ... -
Speedmatching
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2008-06-25)Broadcast Transcript: Picture this: Japanese parents meeting other Japanese parents to discuss marriage for their sons and daughters. A scene out of 17th Century Tokyo? Afraid not. It's a scene out of 21st Century Tokyo ... -
Sushi Crashcourse
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2008-06-18)Broadcast Transcript: So is sushi raw fish or what? And if sushi is raw fish, then what the heck is sashimi? This Postcard is devoted to clearing up, once and for all, any lingering confusion about these two popular dishes ... -
Foundation Day Meeting
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2007-11-28)Broadcast Transcript: South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun and North Korean Leader Kim Jong Il met in Pyongyang in October. Was it a coincidence that this summit that marked the second time the leaders of these two countries ... -
Conquerors and Confucians: Aspects of Political Change in Late Yuan China (Studies in Oriental Culture)
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Shun-ti and the end of Yüan rule in China
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Childhood in Premodern China
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Blood and History in China: The Donglin Faction and Its Repression, 1620-1627
(University of Hawaii Press, 2002-02)From 1625 to 1627 scholar-officials belonging to a militant Confucianist group known as the "Donglin Faction" suffered one of the most gruesome political repressions in China's history. Many were purged from key positions ...
