The genesis of an icon: the Taiji Diagram's early history
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The provenance of the Taiji Tu by treating its two main components, the Xiantian trigram circle and the Taiji circle with its interlocking yin and yang swirls, as separate pictorial entities, are discussed. It concluded that the Xiantian circle is not an ancient chart, subject to other conditions that it does not fulfill.
Publication Name: Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 0073-0548
Year: 2003
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"Feudalism" and western Zhou China: a critizism Li Feng
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The Western Zhou political system, characterized by the installation of the regional states, is discussed. The regional states were equipped with small but complete governments that carried the functions of civil administration, finance, justice, and military.
Publication Name: Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 0073-0548
Year: 2003
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Tsubouchi Shoyo's Tosei shosei katagi and the institutionalization of exclusive heterosexuality
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Tsubouchi Shoyo is praised for his insights as a literary theorist, but derided for his incompetence as a writer. Many of his works and theories are studied thoroughly.
Publication Name: Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 0073-0548
Year: 2003
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