This thesis reaches across multiple disciplines, including music psychology, performing arts, and philosophy, to propose using Lao Tzu’s philosophical thoughts in his book Tao Te Ching (also Dao De Jing, daodejing) to cultivate a classical performing musician’s “professional mindset.” “Professional mindset” is defined as the performer’s attitude in dealing with people including himself, and philosophical perspectives in making music. Part I evaluates the recurring traits of classical performing musicians (CPMs) as key for later arguing that Tao Te Ching helps enhance and transform the associated behaviors of a CPM’s recurring traits. These traits include being aloof, intelligent, emotionally unstable, dominant, sensitive, imaginative, self-sufficient, having high ergic tension, along with the associated second-order factors introversion, anxiety, independence, and being unrestrained. Part II introduces Tao Te Ching by building its thinking system map, with each of the book’s components explained and the underlying concepts hidden in the map uncovered via my English translations of the text as found in Chen Guying’s commentary. Part III presents three perspectives that collectively argue how Tao Te Ching cultivates a CPM’s professional mindset. The first analyzes anecdotes from the biographies of flutist Marcel Moyse using the recurring traits of CPMs in order to show how Lao Tzu’s thoughts can enhance or transform the associated behaviors of the recurring traits of CPMs. The second philosophically applies the duality of Lao Tzu to a CPM’s main musical activities and defines his daily performing cycle. The third explains how Tao Te Ching creatively deals with musical matters.

La thèse porte sur les problèmes posés par la conception et la réalisation de la partie logicielle des systèmes de traduction automatisée (TAO) hétérogènes, intégrant des systèmes de TA multiples et/ou à composants hétérogènes, ainsi qu'une partie THAM (traduction humaine aidée par la machine), reposant sur des mémoires de traductions. Ces systèmes se développent à côté des systèmes de TA homogènes et de THAM, et les supplanteront peut-être à moyen terme. Leurs différents composants de TA seront construits par des équipes différentes, distribuées autour de la planète, avec des méthodes algorithmiques et des outils différents (langages spécialisés ou LSPL), ainsi que des ressources et composants linguiciels différents (dictionnaires et corpus de divers types, grammaires et transducteurs basés sur des règles), à l'aide d'EDL (environnements de développement linguiciel) eux aussi différents. Les contributions de la thèse concernent en particulier : • l'amélioration des « méta-EDL de TAO », permettant d'effectuer une transition incrémentale entre les EDL natifs des systèmes de TA utilisés pour construire un systèmes de TAO à composants hétérogènes, et un futur EDL intégrateur universel, dans lequel on pourra « rapatrier » la compilation et l'exécution des LSPL ; • la conception et la réalisation d'une base lexicale partageant un même pivot lexical, PIVAX, réalisée au-dessus de la plate-forme Jibiki (G. Sérasset, GETALP) ; • la réingénierie de langages spécialisés « externes » (non supportés par l'EDL Ariane-G5), avec application aux « systèmes-Q » (A. Colmerauer, 1967), qui servit de base pendant 15 ans au système de TA TAUM-météo destiné aux bulletins météorologiques canadiens ; • la conception et la réalisation d'un « moniteur » adapté à la partie « production » d'un système de TAO hétérogène, EMEU_w.1.0, qui a été développé et utilisé dans le cadre d'un projet de grande ampleur.

This paper thoroughly studied the childhood, education, and job experiences of Hu Jintao, the present leader of Chinese Communist Party, and analyzed his personalities and cultural cultivation to understand his political character, behavior, and the thinking about policy on Taiwan. This paper includes six chapters. Chapter one includes the motive, objective, and the research method. Chapter two talks about the childhood of Hu Jintao. Chapter three describes how Hu became the fourth successive leader of Communist Party of China. Chapter four compares the 4 successive leaders and their policies on Taiwan. Chapter five discusses the consideration of Communist Party of China between its policy on Taiwan and international situation. Chapter six, the conclusion of this paper, brings out some suggestions for future thinking about foreign strategy toward China. After the 1949 civil war in China, the Government reined by Kuomintang withdrew to Taiwan and the Communist Party of China won the political power of China. It has been 60 years since the People¡¦s Republic of China was established on October 1st 1949. All of the 4 successive leaders claimed that there is only on China in the world, and Taiwan is part of China. Therefore, there were Mao Zedong¡¦s force liberation to peaceful liberation, Deng Xiaoping¡¦s peaceful liberation to ¡§one country with two systems,¡¨ Jiang Zemin¡¦s continuous ¡§one country two systems¡¨ based on Hong Kong experience, and Hu Jintao¡¦s two-side strategy ¡X ¡§milder for the milds, and firmer for the firms¡¨ and ¡§One country two systems for peaceful union.¡¨ Based on the above-mentioned background, this study compared the successive 4 leaders¡¦ breeding, learning, personalities, statecraft, leadership, value of life, and the policy on Taiwan collection and analysis of papers, periodicals, dissertations, scholars¡¦ writings, governmental publication, statistics, researches, records issued in China, and foreign periodicals, dissertations, and writings. Hopefully, the results were expected to be helpful to reveal China¡¦s strategies for Taiwan by describing in detail about the origins, historical causes, and possible future development between Taiwan and China. The final goal is helping China and Taiwan to understand each other more deeply and to have more friendly interactions, thus there would be more opportunities for the two parities to cooperate and benefit both sides.

University of Macau / Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities / Department of Portuguese

Lie Xian Zhuan is representatives of the early story of Immortals class; Lie Yi Zhuan is Wei-Jin and South & North Dynasties¡¥s early Zhiguai's Novels. This thesis is focused on Research the books's author , Year of publication and table of contents ,discuss about the witchcraft from Pre-Qin Dynasty to the Wei Jin Dynasty. By research Lie Xian Zhuan and Lie Yi Zhuan 's contents, can probe the differences between both's background and witchcraft.

Thesis (M.L.A.)--University of Hong Kong, 1995. / Includes special study report entitled: Solar applications to landscape design. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis--Bonn. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-257).

Thesis (M.L.A.)--University of Hong Kong, 1995. / Includes special study report entitled : Solar applications to landscape design. Includes bibliographical references. Also available in print.

abstract: Throughout western clarinet art music, there are not only a large number of great performers and classical works, but also a valuable body of literature that has laid a solid foundation for clarinet development and global dispersion. By contrast, Chinese clarinet literature is lacking in quantity and global distribution. However, this is the first comprehensive study that discloses the mysterious mask of China’s clarinet art. This study does not merely discuss the Chinese clarinet history, but it also introduces important historical events that influenced the development of the Chinese clarinet industry (excluding manufacturing), including Chinese military bands, clarinet music, pedagogy, clarinet figures, and its future direction. In the conclusion of this paper, the author discusses the deficiency of the Chinese clarinet industry and makes suggestions for solving problems with clarinet players practicing more technique rather than focusing on musicianship, educators’ lack of concentration on teaching and academic research, and the shortage of Chinese clarinet works. Additionally, the author appeals to Chinese clarinet players to actively participate in international activities and the Chinese government to increase incentives to introduce high-level Chinese talents overseas to help make China a better country in any field. / Dissertation/Thesis / Theme and Variations_Shuang Zhu / The Song of Grazing Horses_Shuang Zhu / The Sound of Pamir I_Shuang Zhu / The Sound of Pamir II_Shuang Zhu / The Sound of Pamir III_Shuang Zhu / Doctoral Dissertation Music 2017

Tesis para optar al grado de Doctor en Filosofía. / La tesis de este trabajo, se encuentra en una posición intermedia frente a estas dos apreciaciones. Por un lado, reconoce la genialidad, en especial cuando interpreta el sentido último de la filosofía griega y el decir poético, y por otro, advierte una oscuridad manifiesta, pero que no necesariamente debe entenderse como burda charlatanería.