Chi Li Slays The Serpent

The Death of Woman Wang, by Jonathan Spence is an educational historical novel of northeastern China during the seventeenth century. The author's focus was to enlighten a reader on the Chinese people, culture, and traditions. Spence's use of the provoking stories of the Chinese county T'an-ch'eng, in the province of Shantung, brings the reader directly into the course of Chinese history. The use of the sources available to Spence, such as the Local History of T'an-ch'eng, the scholar-official Huang Liu-hung's handbook and stories of the writer P'u Sung-Ling convey the reader directly into the lives of poor farmers, their workers and wives. The intriguing structure of The Death of Woman Wang consists on observing these people working on

After the woman has fallen through her sky world, “the creatures of the sea came to her and said that they would try to help her and asked what they could do” (Iroquois). Although she had not been one of the most well behaved women in the sky world and was then put in a large amount of danger, the animals were willing to help. The help of the animals balance out the evil and sin in the woman, and this is also an example of how nature supports the world in this myth. Sotuknang decides that his world is full of too much war and destruction, yet he “resolved to destroy this world quickly before it corrupted the few people who still remembered the Creator” (Hopi). It’s interesting how he decides to fight fire with fire, but he needs to balance out his world. Both myths deal with having to balance out negative situations, for hopefully better

The main character of the novel, Wang Lung, was a poor young peasant who lived with his father. He worked everyday in the fields harvesting goods and he enjoyed

In the Qin state, a growing leader was about to prosper. Legends says a wealthy merchant who is acquainted with King Zhuangxiang of Qin came to him one day in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty (770-256 BCE). His name was Lu Buwei. On that day, Lu Buwei had arranged with the king to meet his lovely wife, Zhao Ji. As soon as they met, the King Zhuangxiang of Qin felt an attraction to her. Eventually, Zhao Ji became the mistress of King Zhuangxiang of Qin and in 259

As the initial path of conflict between snake and man is developed, literary devices such as imagery allow the reader to more easily visualize and connect to the story. Descriptive imagery is the first literary device used in “The Rattler”. The use of “ Light was thinning; the scrub’s dry savory odors were sweet on the cooler air. In this, the first pleasant moment for a walk after long blazing hours” (The Rattler 1) in the opening of the piece encourages the reader to delve into the narrator’s life and experience what he feels. After the narrator abruptly sees the snake, the imagery changes from the peaceful rural life to a dark, intense description of the snake, “a six-foot black snake thick as my wrist, capable of long-range attack and armed with powerful fangs” (The Rattler 2), changing to the viewpoint of the snake for the reader. The switch in the use of imagery takes the reader through a completely different path and alters their emotional response to the story. The snake’s presence illustrates the narrator’s obvious fear and anxiety while allowing the reader to feel the same emotions

The three men, the only good ones, participate in a ritualistic funeral ceremony. Wang Lifa picks up the death money. Wang ends up committing suicide. And so, good men die, and the corrupt survive and thrive. The Tea House becomes a set-up for spying. The government gets worse. One wonders if Lao She is really predicting the increasing corruption of the communist government which was to

In The Death of Duke Ching of Chin, the author provides readers with an enthralling anecdote of the death of Duke Ching in 581 B.C.. The narrator describes the death prophecy of Duke Ching with as much detail as the life he had lived as a ruler. The author’s detailed description of the dream experienced by Duke Ching presents the themes, symbolizing significant aspects that would lead to his death. An ogre came to him in his dream, seeking revenge for the death of its grandsons. The shaman’s prophecy said that he would die before the time of the new grain. He then fell extremely ill and was diagnosed with a disease that is situated above the diaphragm and below the heart. He dreamt about his illness in the form of the two little boys and the physician confirmed it. The presence of the day ping-wu symbolizes the false prophecy the duke believed he had been told too by the shaman, and sentenced him to death. The duke started to eat the grain, however, his stomach swell up and he went for the privy. Fatefully, he fell down the hole and died.

On the left side of the painting a monkey he thorns that encircle his neck.  The red coral hanging off use as drop blood on his neck. A brown cat looks over her other shoulder.  A grey bird hangs from the thorns with beak its blue knots in the hollow of her throat.  His hairs piled with a purple shawl into a figure eight-like design with two butterfly-like creatures with lace wings visible on either side.  Two creatures fly above his head with a flower body and dragonfly wings. Kahlo Expression is solemn and appears to be patiently

The Death of Woman Wang, by Jonathan D. Spence, paints a vivid picture of provincial China in the seventeenth century. Manly the life in the northeastern country of T’an-ch’eng. T’an-ch’eng has been through a lot including: an endless cycle of floods, plagues, crop failures, banditry, and heavy taxation. Chinese society in Confucian terms was a patriarchal society with strict rules of conduct. The role at this time of women, however, has historically been one of repression. The traditional ideal woman was a dependent being whose behavior was governed by the "three obedience’s and four virtues". The three obedience’s were obedience to

This book started with Wang Lung introducing himself and how his life is like. He lived with his father mostly because his father was really sick and Wang Lung had to take care of him. His father was a traditional and moral man. He did not approve many things that went on in the house. Later on, he went to the house of the Huang’s and got a slave to be his wife. Her name was O-Lan. O-Lan was a slave and she was treated really terribly most of her life, even when she married Wang Lung. Together they had 5 children: three boys and two girls, each with very different characteristics.

Ying-ying was born in the year of the tiger, with a wild and restless nature, but was always told by her mother and Amah that a girl is identify as someone who should be quiet and stand

In the ancient of China, Lord Shen, the scion of a peacock clan that rules the Gongmen City, in an attempt to control the power of fireworks as a weapon to control the whole of China. After discovering from the court’s goat Soothsayer (Michelle Yeoh) that “a warrior of black and white” one day will defeat him, Shen leads a team of wolves to exterminate the panda population.

Upon their return, she ruthlessly kills the children and retains their bodies. She hates her husband so strongly that she will not permit him to bury them. Even the image of her chariot seethes hate and revenge. The sun god's dragons on top of the house in the end of the tragedy paint

Jing-Mei finds a new person that was determined to fight against her mother. Moreover, Jing Mei

"'Why do you have to use me to show off?'" (101). Waverly's bitterness increases the separation between mother and child. Jing-Mei doesn't believe her mother because her stories always change but she doesn't understand as Suyuan does that the details are unimportant. What's important in Chinese storytelling is the message. "I never thought my mother's Kweilin story was anything but a Chinese fairy tale. The endings always changed. Sometimes she said she used that worthless thousand-yuan not to buy a half-cup of rice" (12).