莊清花. / "2007年9月". / 論文(哲學碩士)--香港中文大學, 2007. / 參考文獻(leaves 127-130). / "2007 nian 9 yue". / Abstract also in English. / Zhuang Qinghua. / Lun wen (zhe xue shuo shi)--Xianggang Zhong wen da xue, 2007. / Can kao wen xian (leaves 127-130). / 前言 --- p.1 / 硏究背景 --- p.1 / 硏究目的 --- p.4 / Chapter 第一章 --- 混雜的歷史與混雜的語言 --- p.8 / 香港開埠初期的殖民統治與語言現實 --- p.8 / 官方語、規範語及共同語的三分局面 --- p.16 / 語言的權力涵義 --- p.19 / 中文抬頭 --- p.23 / 粤語成爲書寫語言而進入主流 --- p.25 / 兩文三語與翻譯 --- p.30 / Chapter 第二章 --- 混雜的語言、混雜的文化、混雜的身份 --- p.32 / 混雜語言的混雜情況 --- p.32 / 香港：「雜種」 --- p.36 / 混雜的「香港人」意識 --- p.41 / Chapter 第三章 --- 「肥土鎮」與「狂城」：混雜香港的兩個面貌 --- p.44 / 混雜的「肥土鎮」一一《飛氈》 --- p.47 / Chapter (1) --- 蝦仔學英文 --- p.47 / Chapter (2) --- 信耶穌得水牛 --- p.55 / Chapter (3) --- 大鼻野味 --- p.59 / 語言的「亂」、身份的「亂」一一《狂城亂馬》 --- p.70 / Chapter (4) --- 洋人敍述香港歷史 --- p.70 / 小結 --- p.79 / Chapter 第四章 --- 以文字來重繪香港地圖---個想像的香港 --- p.81 / Chapter (1) --- 在佔領街趕鬼 --- p.82 / Chapter (2) --- 閑話角 --- p.94 / Chapter (3) --- 愛秩序的愛秩序將軍 --- p.101 / 小結 --- p.111 / Chapter 總結 --- 香港的混雜性 --- p.116 / 後殖民（post-colonialism )是否去殖民（decolonization )? --- p.116 / 去殖民：回歸本土，植「根」香港？ --- p.119 / 香港的本土性：混雜性 --- p.121 / 混雜性：後殖民的語言之戰 --- p.125 / 參考書目 --- p.127

In this thesis, I discuss a group of compositionally related 'core' chapters within the Yi Zhou shu, a collection of 59 texts from ancient China that has received very limited attention in scholarship. The texts in this collection are difficult to read and interpret because of their poor preservation and the lack of concise commentaries. I develop a methodological strategy for the identification of philologically related texts within the collection, which allows me to single out a group of texts related by compositional structures, rhetorical patterns and characteristic formulaic expressions. I call such chapters 'kingly consultations', considering that most of such texts are presented as speeches involving sage rulers of the Western Zhou (mid. 11th century - 771 BC), in which they share the fundamental wisdoms of kingship. I argue that these texts are remnants of an important ritualised textual practice, which has left traces not only in the Yi Zhou shu, but also in other collections, such as the Liu tao (Six Bow Cases), which is commonly classified among 'military' texts. I reconstruct elements of the socio-political context of the kingly consultations using comparative insight. I examine the numerical lists used for systematisation of knowledge against similar lists in the Pali canon. I also explain the significance of the expressions that emphasise the secretive transmission of texts against better known esoteric textual communities in China and Japan. Such comparison allows me to preliminarily identify the communities behind the kingly consultations as based on strict knowledge-based hierarchy, but prone to segmentation. Finally, I position the kingly consultations within the broader context of the practice of treasure texts. This practice is an important development in ancient China that led to the emergence of a new type of textual authority by 'detaching' earlier epigraphic texts from their precious material carriers and introducing them into novel environment of manuscript culture.

Even though there has been no lack of scholarly attention to Chinese epistolary texts as a source of information, discussions of the functions and practices of letter writing in imperial China are very limited. This thesis deals with how elites in Song dynasty (960-1279) China exchanged personal and political information by writing and sending letters to each other, and how the genre of letters functioned in its various forms throughout the socially transformative and culturally active period. Through contextualizing epistolary material - such as letters in manuscript and print form, letter collections, and epistolary manuals, as well as sources in other genres that describe letter writing practices - I explore the multifaceted uses of letter writing for literati officials. The study provides a systematic view of the functions of Song letter writing in political, social, and cultural realms by investigating its complex practices. Using letters in several sub-genres by important literati figures such as Mi Fu, Li Gang, and Sun Di, it illustrates the main aspects of letter writing, including format, rhetoric, topical content, and handwriting. In view of the roles played by letters exchanged among Song scholars, this research on literati correspondence provides a window on how interpersonal relationships were conducted by written exchanges during that period. It also sheds light on how epistolary culture was transformed by the literati community during one of the key periods of Chinese civilization. These insights will contribute to the research of Chinese literati culture and related fields, such as the social history of middle period China, and will also be useful for comparing China's epistolary culture with the world's other letter writing traditions.

by Elaine Chiu-ling Yam. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1997. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 162-181). / Acknowledgments / Abstract / Chapter Chapter 1: --- Introduction - On Literature and Public Sphere --- p.1 / Chapter Chapter 2: --- Cultural Communication and Chinese Writers in Deng Era --- p.24 / Chapter Chapter 3: --- A Master of Irony - Wang Shuo's Wanzhu Literature --- p.42 / Chapter Chapter 4: --- A Race of Heroes - Mo Yan's Ideal Lifeworld --- p.77 / Chapter Chapter 5: --- In Search of the Self - Jia Pingwa's City of Decadence --- p.111 / Chapter Chapter 6: --- Conclusion - The Generation of Alternative Values --- p.144 / Bibliography --- p.162

The late Ming artist and poet Xu Wei (1521-1593) is most well known for his self-representation as a cultured "mountain hermit" and "eccentric", pursuing the literary ideals of originality, simple language and direct emotional expression. His wild ink-brush paintings, mental instability, numerous suicide attempts and the murder of his third wife all helped to consolidate Xu's image as China's Van Gogh. However, later hagiographies of Xu as the "patron saint of eccentrics" have led to a one dimensional view of Xu. This thesis presents Xu as someone who explored and wrestled with different and sometimes contradictory self-representations against a thorny political and social backdrop. It moves away from Xu's "eccentric" persona, instead examining his writings within the political context of the 16th century. Against the backdrop of Mongol and pirate invasions, Xu's close friend Shen Lian was executed by the Chief Grand Secretary Yan Song and his clique. Yet only a month after his friend's execution, Xu switched sides and worked as a ghost-writer for Hu Zongxian, a protégé of Yan Song. Yet with the fall of Yan Song in 1562 and the arrest of Hu Zongxian, this became an embarrassment for Xu. Fearing that he would be implicated with the Yan Song clique, Xu distanced himself from his flattering ghost-written poems. Overwhelmed by feelings of guilt, he explored the complexities of loyalty and identity in his poetry. Xu's career is representative of many Ming scholars who were frustrated by examination failure and the inability to find an official post. His literary ideals contradicted with lived reality. Xu is unique among Ming literati in voicing these contradictions.