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Thesis (M.Phil.)--Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 44-45).

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本文以明人對宦官態度轉變及其相應行動爲中心，著重從政治文化互動的角度，探討在明代君權專制強化而滋生發達宦官政治情況之下，士大夫如何因應這一政治結構和政治生態的變化，調整思維與行動的方式，施展和落實儒家的政治理想與目標的過程、言行表現及其意義。 / 本文認爲明代中後期的士大夫在對待宦官態度與問題上，出現重要的轉變與調適，他們趨向於呼籲改變與宦官對立的關係，普遍強調宦官具備與常"人"一致的天性與善端，主張以引導和"教化"的方式令其從善。這一思維轉向的要義，是中晚明的士大夫在承認宦官官僚政治和認識宦官顯著角色及地位的基礎上，思考通過"改造"宦官進而改善政治。 / 中晚明時期這股思維轉向更重要地表現為以"化宦"為中心内容的行動與實踐。對宦官讀書之所--内書堂重振的共識與努力以及撰作宦官教化用書，即是這一實踐的直接落實。中晚明人士在内書堂教育和撰作宦官教化書籍中，均重視以歷史和本朝歷史上的宦官善惡實例來強化宦官道德理想教育，感召和鼓勵其去惡向善、忠君愛國以及輔養君德。這是他們借"化宦"來"格君"的努力，是他們施展上層經世理想的表現和重要内容。 / 在晚明集中出現的衆多宦官教化用書中，萬曆初王畿所作"化宦"書《中鑒錄》是一本對宦官有實際影響和感召力的著作。這與書中揚棄傳統偏見，尊重並同情宦官歷史，鼓勵他們具有常"人"的良知等情形密切關係。與之相反的個案則是張世則撰作的《貂璫史鑒》，以受到宦官排斥告終。其"成敗"視乎它們有否契合中晚明以來宦官在知識文化增廣之餘主體和自我意識提高的趨向。 / 綜核本文討論所得，主要有以下三點認識。第一，明代士人與宦官的關係複雜多樣，不能以對抗與勾結的二元結構予以簡單處理。中晚明時期不斷出現的"化宦"思想和實踐顯示，士大夫傾向於覺得他們與宦官處於同一政治文化之中，並且有意強化已趨"一體"的向路。第二，在政治現實不利和政治空間有限的情況下，明代士大夫能務實而敏銳地利用"化宦"來"格君"，可見他們不曾放棄得君行道的理想，熱情未減。這是政治與文化之間高度呼應、交互影響與滲透的應有真義和全貌。第三，儒家核心價值系統中的原則為後人改造世界提供精神和經典的來源。中晚明人士思考宦官具有"人"的面向與價值並將他們納入"有教無類"之中，顯示儒家價值系統只有回到現實政治與社會生活中並積極地予以回應，摸爬滾打中，才能得到充實和實踐。這是儒學實踐性的特點和要求。 / This dissertation studies the attitudes and actions of scholar-officials to the eunuchs in the Ming dynasty. From the perspective of political and cultural interaction, it explores how scholar-officials coped with changes in the political structures and political ecologies in which eunuch politics became a major issue of government. It examines scholar-officials’ thinking and action in dealing with the eunuchs while attempting to implement their political ideal when monarchical despotism reigned in Ming times. / The study finds that there are important changes in scholar-officials’ attitudes in mid and late Ming times. Instead of discrimination against eunuchs they tended to see eunuchs as their equal as human beings. They believed that eunuchs have similar human nature and humaneness as theirs, and advocated making them good imperial servants by moral and civil education. They adopted an approach that government improvement can be achieved by “transforming the eunuchs through a Confucian-based education and recognizing the eunuch’s significant role and status in the imperial government. / Mid and late Ming scholar-officials were eager to put their new ideas into actions. They were keen in reviving the Nei Shu Tang（内書堂）, the eunuch school in the palace and in writing books specially intended to educate the eunuchs. These books have a common focus on the eunuch’s moral sense. Good and bad examples from history are cited to encourage them to get rid of evil thought and action and to cultivate their good sense to serve their monarchs and the imperial court well and loyally, thus also to help improve the monarch’s character and enhance his virtues. I consider such effort by mid and late Ming scholar-officials to improve the emperor through educating the eunuchs a key form of upper-level statecraft. / The research finds that the Zhong Jianlu（《中鑒錄》/ Mirror of the Eunuchs）written in the very beginning of the Wanli period by Wang Ji（王畿）, the most famous student of Wang Yangming（王陽明）, was a very effective education book for enlightening the eunuchs. The success of the book owes much to the respect and sympathy it show for the eunuchs. It considers them as ordinary human beings with conscience and good will rather than discriminating them by traditional prejudice. By contrast, the Diaodang Shijian（《貂璫史鑒》/Historical Mirror of the Eunuchs）written by Zhang Shize（張世則）in the middle period of the Wanli emperor, although also aiming to educate the eunuchs, failed to attract them because of a different approach to its presentation. These two examples shows that whether an education book was accepted by the eunuchs depends on whether it responded aptly to eunuch population’s increase in knowledge and cultural achievement, as well as eunuchs’ awareness of their importance in late Ming times. / In conclusion, this dissertation presents the following three views. First, the relationship between the scholar-officials and the eunuchs, which was often considered in oppositional or conflicting terms, was more complex and diverse. Scholar-officials in mid and late Ming times came to realize, and emphasized, that their political culture should be shared by the eunuchs. Second, Ming scholar-officials were pragmatic attempting to rectify their monarchs by educating the eunuchs, who were their immediate servant. This also shows that scholar-officials still had strong interest in influencing the monarch with their ideals and values at the highest level of imperial government. Third, scholar-officials’ consideration of eunuchs as their fellow human beings capable of being educated for good heart and behavior suggests that the Confucian value system worked in a positive way only when abiding to the reality of political and social life. The practice of Confucian learning finds expression and meaning not in empty theories. / Detailed summary in vernacular field only. / Detailed summary in vernacular field only. / Detailed summary in vernacular field only. / Detailed summary in vernacular field only. / Detailed summary in vernacular field only. / 吳兆丰. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2012. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 312-336) / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Abstracts in Chinese and English. / Wu Zhaofeng. / Chapter 第一章 --- 緒論 --- p.9 / Chapter 一 --- 政治、制度史研究中的明代宦官 --- p.10 / Chapter 二 --- 明代宦官與士大夫關係研究的現狀 --- p.22 / Chapter 三 --- 社會文化視角下的明代宦官 --- p.27 / Chapter 四 --- 本文的結構和內容安排 --- p.31 / Chapter 第二章 --- "攻宦"的效果與思考：以成化名臣王恕為中心 --- p.33 / Chapter 一 --- 引言 --- p.34 / Chapter 二 --- "攻宦"與王恕名節的建立 --- p.35 / Chapter 三 --- "攻宦"與王恕"格君"的努力 --- p.40 / Chapter 四 --- 成化末王恕奏疏的彙刊與謀劃入閣的關係 --- p.46 / Chapter 五 --- 餘論："攻宦"的名與實 --- p.54 / Chapter 第三章 --- 調適與轉變：明中後期士大夫對宦官的省思 --- p.57 / Chapter 第一節 --- 真德秀《大學衍義》對宦官的態度及其"反響" --- p.58 / Chapter 一 --- 《大學衍義》齊家之要--目的設置用意 --- p.58 / Chapter 二 --- 《大學衍義》對宦官的態度與定位 --- p.62 / Chapter 三 --- 《大學衍義》宦官部份在明代的反響 --- p.68 / Chapter 第二節 --- 明成、弘年間士大夫對"化宦"的思考與嘗試 --- p.77 / Chapter 一 --- "宦侍亦人也"：丘濬的思考 --- p.77 / Chapter 二 --- "人皆可以為堯舜"：賀欽的嘗試 --- p.84 / Chapter 第三節 --- 正、嘉年間士人對"化宦"的強調與共識 --- p.90 / Chapter 一 --- "性無內外"與"不以類求"：湛若水的個案 --- p.90 / Chapter （一） --- 《聖學格物通》及其對議禮的態度 --- p.90 / Chapter （二） --- "性無內外"：《格物通》對"得宦"的強調 --- p.96 / Chapter （三） --- "不以類求"： 湛若水與太監丘得的來往 --- p.100 / Chapter 二 --- "有教無類"：正、嘉年間儒臣對宦官的普遍共識 --- p.102 / Chapter （一） --- 從黃佐、方鵬到王瓊、顧應祥："不以其人而沒其善" --- p.103 / Chapter （二） --- 何瑭："内臣未必無君子，外臣未必無小人" --- p.105 / Chapter （三） --- 唐樞："有教無類" --- p.107 / 小結 --- p.112 / Chapter 第四章 --- "化宦"與"格君"：中晚明人士重振內書堂的共識與努力 --- p.114 / Chapter 第一節 --- "以為汙辱"：成 弘年間士大夫對內書堂的觀感和態度 --- p.115 / Chapter 第二節 --- "宮府一體"：中晚明士大夫對內書堂的重視和重振 --- p.120 / Chapter 一 --- 初振與新義：正德和嘉靖初年的情形 --- p.120 / Chapter （一） --- 景暘與何瑭 --- p.120 / Chapter （二） --- 陸深與徐階 --- p.122 / Chapter 二 --- 共識與努力：嘉靖中至萬曆中的情形 --- p.125 / Chapter （一） --- 貢汝成："患無以教之" --- p.126 / Chapter （二） --- 郭樸、孫升、趙貞吉 --- p.129 / Chapter （三） --- 李春芳、胡傑、亢思謙、汪鏜 --- p.132 / Chapter （四） --- 姚弘謨、李貴及其《思齊錄》 金達、陶大臨 --- p.136 / Chapter （五） --- 羅萬化、 黃鳳翔、 趙志皋 --- p.140 / Chapter （六） --- 黃洪憲、 張元忭及其《內館訓言》、敖文禎 --- p.143 / Chapter （七） --- 禮部的呼籲：沈鯉《典禮疏》 --- p.151 / Chapter （八） --- 內書堂教材的確定：《中鑒錄》與《貂璫史鑒》 --- p.156 / Chapter （九） --- 教材的挑戰者：焦竑周如砥《中學始肄》 --- p.157 / Chapter 第三節 --- 餘緒：啓、 禎年間的情況 --- p.163 / Chapter 一 --- 東林的聲音：錢士升 --- p.163 / Chapter 二 --- "教養內監，最是重任"：善書的強調 --- p.164 / Chapter 三 --- "我者"與"他者"：宦官劉若愚振刷内書堂的倡議 --- p.167 / 小結 --- p.171 / Chapter 第五章 --- 著作與教化：王畿編纂"化宦"書《中鑒錄》的政治背景與内容特色 --- p.173 / Chapter 一 --- 引言 --- p.173 / Chapter 二 --- 《中鑒錄》的流傳、影響及其版本問題 --- p.175 / Chapter 三 --- 萬曆初王畿編纂《中鑒錄》的背景及其推廣的努力 --- p.187 / Chapter 四 --- 《中鑒錄》初刊和復梓者太監孫隆、劉成的事略 --- p.199 / Chapter （一） --- 翻刻者劉成的生平事略 --- p.199 / Chapter （二） --- 劉成與初刊者孫隆的關係 --- p.202 / Chapter （三） --- 孫隆的生平及其首刊《中鑒錄》的背景 --- p.206 / Chapter （四） --- 孫隆再度提督蘇杭織造期間的政治表現 --- p.216 / Chapter 五 --- 《中鑒錄》的內容安排 特色與取材 --- p.224 / Chapter 六 --- 小結 --- p.239 / Chapter 第六章 --- 同調與異趨：萬曆年間的宦官教化書籍 --- p.241 / Chapter 第一節 --- 《中鑒錄》與萬曆年間宦官教化書籍的持續出現 --- p.241 / Chapter 一 --- 王畿的同調：鄒德涵的聲音 --- p.241 / Chapter 二 --- 宦官"爰書"：李騰芳《宦寺考》 --- p.243 / Chapter 三 --- "銘讒鼎而志梼杌"：徐學聚《歷朝璫鑒》 --- p.248 / Chapter 四 --- "均治"之書：劉元卿《六鑒舉要》 --- p.253 / Chapter 五 --- 勸善戒惡：胡良臣《內臣昭鑑錄》 --- p.256 / Chapter 六 --- 宦官模範：佚名《中貴芳摹》 --- p.258 / Chapter 第二節 --- 張世則《貂璫史鑒》的撰作與命運：兼與《中鑒錄》比較 --- p.259 / Chapter 一 --- 張世則的生平與思想 --- p.259 / Chapter 二 --- 《貂璫史鑒》撰作的政治背景和直接用意 --- p.261 / Chapter 三 --- 《貂璫史鑒》內容特色與其備受宦官冷遇的關係 --- p.266 / Chapter 四 --- 餘論 --- p.275 / 小結 --- p.276 / Chapter 第七章 --- 結語 --- p.277 / Chapter 一 --- 明代士人與宦官關係的重新認識 --- p.281 / Chapter 二 --- "化宦"與士人"得君行道"理想的施展 --- p.282 / Chapter 三 --- 儒家價值系統的充實和實踐 --- p.284 / Chapter 附錄一 --- 丘濬《世史正綱》宦官條目後按語 --- p.285 / Chapter 附錄二 --- 張元忭《內館訓言》 --- p.292 / Chapter 附錄三 --- 王畿《中鑒錄·中鑒答問》 --- p.297 / Chapter 附錄四 --- 王畿《中鑒錄》的按語 --- p.302 / Chapter 附錄五 --- 圖一：馮保《經書音釋》自撰跋文後之印章 --- p.310 / Chapter 附錄六 --- 圖二：金忠《御世仁風》手書跋文後之章印 --- p.311 / 參考文獻 --- p.312

Ng King Sau. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 138-147). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Abstract --- p.iii / 論文摘要 --- p.iv / Acknowledgements --- p.v-vi / Chapter Chapter 1 --- Introduction / Chapter 1.1 --- Research Background --- p.1-3 / Chapter 1.2 --- Research Questions --- p.3-5 / Chapter 1.3 --- Research Significance --- p.5-7 / Chapter 1.4 --- Overview of the Research --- p.7-9 / Chapter Chapter 2 --- Literature Review / Chapter 2.1 --- Definition of Civil Society --- p.10-16 / Chapter 2.2 --- The Idea of Global Civil Society --- p.16-19 / Chapter 2.3 --- Development of Chinese Civil Society --- p.19-23 / Chapter 2.4 --- Development of Global Civil Society in China --- p.23-26 / Chapter Chapter 3 --- Analytical Framework and Methodology / Chapter 3.1 --- Structural Level of Analysis --- p.21-29 / Chapter 3.2 --- Organizational Level of Analysis --- p.29-33 / Chapter 3.3 --- Individual Level of Analysis --- p.33-34 / Chapter 3.4 --- Definition of Culture --- p.34-40 / Chapter 3.5 --- Methodology --- p.40-45 / Chapter Chapter 4 --- Global Civil Society: The case of Greenpeace / Chapter 4.1. --- A History of Greenpeace --- p.46-47 / Chapter 4.2. --- The Mission of Greenpeace --- p.47 / Chapter 4.3 --- The Resources of Greenpeace --- p.48-49 / Chapter 4.4. --- Organizational Structure of Greenpeace: a M-form organization --- p.49-52 / Chapter 4.5. --- Global Strategy of Greenpeace --- p.52-56 / Chapter 4.6 --- Background of Establishment of China Office --- p.56-57 / Chapter 4.7 --- Greenpeace China I: An Introduction to the Hong Kong Unit --- p.57-58 / Chapter 4.8 --- Greenpeace China II: An Introduction to the Beijing Unit --- p.58-60 / Chapter 4.9 --- Greenpeace China III: An Introduction to the Guangzhou Unit --- p.60-62 / Chapter 4.10 --- Conclusion --- p.62-63 / Chapter Chapter 5 --- Guangzhou Unit: Process and Mechanisms of Cultural Diffusion / Chapter 5.1 --- Structural Level of Analysis: An Introduction of Guangzhou --- p.64-69 / Chapter 5.2 --- Organizational Level of Analysis: Cooperation with local civil society and local authorities --- p.69-82 / Chapter 5.3 --- Individual Level of Analysis: Social Remittance Theory and Opinion Leader --- p.82-83 / Chapter 5.4 --- Conclusion --- p.83-84 / Chapter Chapter 6 --- Before Change: Development of Traditional Chinese Civic Culture / Chapter 6.1 --- Chinese Civility: From Traditional to Contemporary China --- p.85-88 / Chapter 6.2 --- Compare Chinese Civility to Western Civility --- p.88-92 / Chapter 6.3 --- Conclusion --- p.92-93 / Chapter Chapter 7 --- After Change: Success and Constraints on Cultural Change / Chapter 7.1 --- Diffusion of the Consciousness of Civil Rights --- p.94-100 / Chapter 7.2 --- Diffusion of the Consciousness of Social Rights --- p.100-102 / Chapter 7.3 --- Diffusion of the Consciousness of Political Participation --- p.102-104 / Chapter 7.4 --- Diffusion of the Consciousness of Community Participation --- p.104-112 / Chapter 7.5 --- Constraints --- p.112-117 / Chapter 7.6 --- Conclusion --- p.117-120 / Chapter Chapter 8 --- Conclusion / Chapter 8.1 --- Globalness and Cultural Change --- p.121-122 / Chapter 8.2 --- Roles Played by Local Civil Society --- p.122-123 / Chapter 8.3 --- Culturla Change led by Greenpeace --- p.124-128 / Chapter 8.4 --- Reflections and Implications --- p.128-129 / Appendix I --- p.130-131 / Appendix II --- p.132-135 / Appendix III --- p.136 / Appendix IV --- p.137 / Bibliography --- p.138-147

The purpose of this study is to arrive at a critical overview of politics and literature in the Chinese context. The relationship has increasingly become a "field" of studies and theoretical inquiry that most scholars in either disciplines are wary to tread. This thesis tries to venture into this problematic field by a theoretical examination as well as an empirical critique of Chinese literature and politics, where the relationship seems even more paradoxical, but adds more insight into the argument. The Introduction and Chapter One set up a framework by asking some general but fundamental questions: what literature is, and how it is to be related to politics. Chapter Two examines the historical function of literature and Chinese writers in society to establish the basis of argument in the Chinese context. Chapter Three focuses the discussion on the relationship between politics and literature during the Mao era and after. Chapters Four analyses the literary works published during the post-Mao period to establish the argument that literature, as part of our perception of the world, is most concerned with human society and social amelioration and participates in the socio-political development by contributing to it through a discourse that is otherwise inaccessible. Chapter Five explores the argument further by extending it into the field of cinema, which basically comes from the same narrative tradition of prose literature, but offers a wider and different dimension to the argument pursued. Chapter Six and the Conclusion try to draw together the argument by examining literature as both form and content to argue how and why literature is related to politics and how it has functioned in a political manner in Chinese society. To summarise, Chinese literature in this period will b& shown to be involved In a process of political reform and development by way of bringing the reader to participate in a critical and philosophical dialogue with power, history and future. In the long run, it offers emancipating visions and possibilities revealed to the reader in ways that are historical, developmental, philosophical and comparative. This study focuses on the prose fiction published in this period, for it is the leading force in China's cultural development and constitutes the major trunk of the modern Chinese canon. In addition, the research also extends to drama and films, and the way they, together with prose fiction, make up the most popular perception and intellectual discovery of contemporary Chinese society and politics and best inform the argument of the study of politics and literature.

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by Choi Ming Fai. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1997. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 105-111). / by Choi Ming Fai. / LIST OF TABLES --- p.iii / LIST OF FIGURES --- p.iv / ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --- p.v / ABSTRACT --- p.vi / Chapter CHAPTER ONE - --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Background and Purpose of the Study --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- Significance of the Study --- p.4 / Chapter CHAPTER TWO - --- LITERATURE REVIEW --- p.6 / Chapter 2.1 --- A Review of Political Culture --- p.6 / Chapter 2.1.1 --- The Classic Conception of Political Culture --- p.6 / Chapter 2.1.2 --- The Development of Political Culture in Political Science --- p.12 / Chapter 2.2 --- Changes of Political Culture in Hong Kong --- p.17 / Chapter 2.3 --- Political Education of Hong Kong under the Process of Decolonization --- p.21 / Chapter 2.3.1 --- "Political Education, Political Socialization and Political Culture" --- p.21 / Chapter 2.3.2 --- The Development of Political Education in Hong Kong --- p.23 / Chapter 2.4 --- Textbooks and Political Socialization --- p.28 / Chapter 2.4.1 --- The Sociology of Curriculum --- p.28 / Chapter 2.4.2 --- The Relationship between School Textbooks and Politics --- p.31 / Chapter 2.5 --- Content Analysis of Textbook --- p.34 / Chapter 2.5.1 --- Methodology of Content Analysis --- p.35 / Chapter 2.5.2 --- Content Analysis for Textbook Research --- p.38 / Chapter CHAPTER THREE - --- RESEARCH METHODS AND DESIGN --- p.40 / Chapter 3.1 --- Aims of Study --- p.40 / Chapter 3.2 --- Research Questions --- p.40 / Chapter 3.3 --- Methods --- p.41 / Chapter 3.4 --- Textbook Analysis --- p.43 / Chapter 3.4.1 --- Analytical Framework --- p.43 / Chapter 3.4.2 --- Subject and Unit of Analysis --- p.52 / Chapter 3.4.3 --- Analysis of Data --- p.55 / Chapter 3.5 --- Interviews --- p.55 / Chapter 3.5.1 --- Interview Questions --- p.57 / Chapter 3.5.2 --- Subjects --- p.53 / Chapter 3.5.3 --- Data Collection and Treatment --- p.59 / Chapter 3.6 --- Methodological Issues --- p.60 / Chapter 3.6.1 --- Reliability --- p.60 / Chapter 3.6.2 --- Validity --- p.61 / Chapter 3.7 --- Limitations of the Study / Chapter CHAPTER FOUR - --- POLITICAL CULTURE REFLECTED IN THE TEXTBOOKS --- p.63 / Chapter 4.1 --- The Political Culture in the Textbooks --- p.63 / Chapter 4.1.1 --- The Apathetic Political Culture Reflected in the Textbooks --- p.64 / Chapter 4.1.2 --- The Changes of Political Culture Reflected in Textbooks --- p.66 / Chapter 4.2 --- The Allocation of Political Objects in Textbooks --- p.70 / Chapter 4.2.1 --- The Two Political Systems in the Textbooks --- p.71 / Chapter 4.2.2 --- Political Inputs --- p.78 / Chapter 4.2.3 --- Political Outputs --- p.80 / Chapter 4.2.4 --- Roles of a Political Actor --- p.83 / Chapter 4.3 --- The Influence of Textbooks to the Classroom Teaching --- p.86 / Chapter 4.3.1 --- Teachers' Perception of the Political Culture in Textbooks --- p.86 / Chapter 4.3.2 --- The Influence of Textbooks on Teaching Content --- p.88 / Chapter 4.4 --- A Summary of the Textbooks Analysis --- p.89 / Chapter CHAPTER FIVE - --- DISCUSSION AND RECOMMENDATION --- p.93 / Chapter 5.1 --- The Political Culture Reflected in EPA Textbooks --- p.93 / Chapter 5.1.1 --- The Social and Political Influences on the Textbooks --- p.93 / Chapter 5.1.2 --- The Anational and Apathetic Political Culture --- p.94 / Chapter 5.1.3 --- The Portrait of Citizenship in the Textbooks --- p.97 / Chapter 5.2 --- Preparation of Citizen for the Future: Some Recommendations --- p.98 / Chapter 5.3 --- Conclusion and Suggestions for Further Studies --- p.103 / Chapter 5.3.1 --- Conclusion --- p.103 / Chapter 5.3.2 --- Suggestions for Further Studies --- p.103 / REFERENCES --- p.105 / APPENDICES --- p.112 / Chapter Appendix I --- Selected Examples of the Themes coded --- p.112 / Chapter Appendix II --- Frequency Distribution of the Political Objects in the Textbooks --- p.114 / Chapter Appendix III --- Interview Summaries --- p.115

In order to explore the changing spatial politics and the changing ideas of "right to the city", I look in particular at how different ideologies have been used in different historical periods in planning the city, as well as the practices that led to spatial change. Using Henri Lefebvre's theory of the "right to the city", I suggest three dimensions in observing the right to the city, namely, the right to settle, the right to be different from the "modem city", and the right to keep the structure of meaning with regards to daily life and local space. By examining historical materials and using field work data, I show how "the right to the city" was ignored by the central and local governments during the planning process. I point out that the state always acts as the main factor that shapes the space of the city. The urban planning process was affected by the change of spatial politics, the politics of heritage, and the production of space from the state. Despite this, residents' daily lives help to shape the structure of meaning between their lives and their local space. Thus, the local residents have been able to find their own space in the city. / Quanzhou is a medium-size ancient city in Fujian, and as with other old cities in China today, its urban space became the arena of negotiation between different local and global social forces and the state. There is also great deal of politics and ambiguity around the concepts of "cultural heritage", and "modernization". / This research studies the changing spatial politics from the traditional to the modem state, and the factors that affect the form of space in Quanzhou's different historical stages. The central questions are: how have spatial politics led to the changes of local culture; in what ways have the local residents had their own right to the city and how have they reacted to the state's spatial politics? / 罗攀. / Adviser: Joseph Prosco. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 73-04, Section: A, page: . / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2011. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 216-225). / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Electronic reproduction. [Ann Arbor, MI] : ProQuest Information and Learning, [201-] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Abstracts in Chinese and English. / Luo Pan.