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Talk:Signifying Bodies: The Cultural Significance of Suicide Writing by Women in Ming-Qing China By Grace S. Fong

2011-12-10T05:42:02Z

Jack Finnigan:

This is really interesting. Could you format it a little bit so that it is easier to read? [[User:Dekeo|Dekeo]] 18:52, 7 October 2011 (UTC)

An asset to a woman's marriageability? I somewhat find this point interesting as the point of women learning to read was to help them be married. I am not completely familiar with the Chinese ways of marriage back then, but if I remember correctly, men were forced to present some sort of gift (or payment) upon marrying a bride. Chinese women also often had arranged marriages to help them advance in social standing. Was this not the same concept as what happened later in the poems written where a woman was to be sold into marriage? It does not say sold into prostitution, but marriage...interesting concept, in my opinion.

I wonder how the women would feel, knowing they were going to commit suicide but wanting to finish writing poems about their life first. It seems a little odd to me to have a VERY premeditated suicide. Who knows how long these writings took? Days? Weeks? Months? Years?

I am also very surprised, in all honesty, at the response of the soldiers when they try to rape one woman who jumps into the river (the author's aunt) and the soldiers leave the rest of the women alone, fearing the same result. [[User:Jack Finnigan|Jack Finnigan]] 05:42, 10 December 2011 (UTC)

Talk:Signifying Bodies: The Cultural Significance of Suicide Writing by Women in Ming-Qing China By Grace S. Fong

2011-12-10T05:41:46Z

Jack Finnigan:

Talk:Soulstealers: The Chinese Socery Scare of 1768

2011-12-10T05:27:58Z

Jack Finnigan: Created page with 'I don't know if there's a way to edit the Title (I, personally, cannot find it if it exists), but you said "Socery" instead of "Sorcery"... Just FYI. ~~~~'

I don't know if there's a way to edit the Title (I, personally, cannot find it if it exists), but you said "Socery" instead of "Sorcery"... Just FYI.
[[User:Jack Finnigan|Jack Finnigan]] 05:27, 10 December 2011 (UTC)

Talk:The Sacred Edict

2011-12-10T05:25:18Z

Jack Finnigan: Created page with 'As we have continued learning about modern Chinese history throughout the course, a thought of "wow...this kind of sounds familiar" often pops into my mind. When I read about th…'

As we have continued learning about modern Chinese history throughout the course, a thought of "wow...this kind of sounds familiar" often pops into my mind. When I read about the Sacred Edict, I thought of the Communist "Red Book" and how it was very similar to the Sacred Edict in the way that people took it more than just thought, rules, or even opinion. They took it as moral guidance and treated it almost as though it was a divinely inspired work to be followed with exactness. I guess the old saying that history will always repeat itself looks a little more true than I suspected. [[User:Jack Finnigan|Jack Finnigan]] 05:25, 10 December 2011 (UTC)

Talk:Two edicts on wearing the hair

2011-12-10T05:20:07Z

Jack Finnigan: Created page with 'I find it so intriguing to see the lengths that people will go to to oppress and control others. The ideal behind the slogan "To keep your head you cut your hair; To keep your h…'

I find it so intriguing to see the lengths that people will go to to oppress and control others. The ideal behind the slogan "To keep your head you cut your hair; To keep your hair to lose your head" is a common theme in all the oppressive battles and wars I have observed. The Nazi's persecuted Jews for simply their religion and heritage, the Romans persecuted Christ and those who believed in Him until death, and the Manchu's persecuted the Han Chinese people for their loyalty and honor. It seems that a common way of trying to control others is through forceful "forgetting" of one's self and their values. [[User:Jack Finnigan|Jack Finnigan]] 05:20, 10 December 2011 (UTC)

Talk:Chinese Communism and the Rise of Mao

2011-11-26T03:58:56Z

Jack Finnigan:

Did Ch'en's ideals of democracy being without rules ever become recognized for what it truly sounds like: anarchy? It seems like a completely outlandish claim of him to say that all people would try to better society. [[User:Jack Finnigan|Jack Finnigan]] 03:58, 26 November 2011 (UTC)

Talk:Chinese Communism and the Rise of Mao

2011-11-26T03:58:35Z

Jack Finnigan: Created page with 'Did Ch'en's ideals of democracy being without rules ever become recognized for what it truly sounds like: anarchy? It seems like a completely outlandish claim of him to say that…'