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Forms of self mutilation were practiced in China such as the cutting off of fingers, self-immolation, and blood-writing as a demonstration of devotion and piety (Baker). | Forms of self mutilation were practiced in China such as the cutting off of fingers, self-immolation, and blood-writing as a demonstration of devotion and piety (Baker). | ||
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In AD 1002, a magistrate called Fei Ji defended his city from attack for over a month. He cut his finger and wrote a letter to the Song court using his blood, requesting aid ("imperialchina.org"). | In AD 1002, a magistrate called Fei Ji defended his city from attack for over a month. He cut his finger and wrote a letter to the Song court using his blood, requesting aid ("imperialchina.org"). | ||
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Buddhists believed that by copying Buddhist texts in blood, a person can show devotion and accrue good karma for their next life (Baker). | Buddhists believed that by copying Buddhist texts in blood, a person can show devotion and accrue good karma for their next life (Baker). | ||
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| − | + | ==In Search of Lin Zhou's Soul 尋找林昭的靈魂== | |
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| − | + | About 500 pages (140,000 words) | |
| + | “After the Cultural Revolution, a police official had risked punishment and quietly given a bundle of Lin's writing to her sister. Another family member had given them to Gan” (Lin’s former boyfriend). | ||
| + | “The text was in ink, but Lin wrote that she had composed almost all of it in blood first and copied it after prison authorities gave her pen and paper.” | ||
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| + | “The document was ostensibly a letter to the People's Daily, the party's official newspaper. Lin condemned the Anti-Rightist Campaign and accused the party of taking advantage of the idealism of her generation. | ||
| + | She wrote of the abuse she suffered in prison, of guards who handcuffed her in painful positions and force-fed her through her nostrils. She described how she wrote in blood after they took away her pen, and how the prison saved her writing to use against her. Occasionally the letter deteriorated into an incoherent rant, but every page was brimming with emotion and defiance.” | ||
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| + | ==Sources Cited== | ||
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| + | Baker, Abby. "Blood writing in Buddhist scrolls." British Library, Untold Lives: Sharing stories from the past. N.p., 02 January 2012. Web. 1 Feb 2012. <http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/untoldlives/2012/01/blood-writing-in-buddhist-scrolls.html>. | ||
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| + | BL, S.5451. 2012. Photograph. British Library, Untold Lives: Sharing stories from the pastWeb. 1 Feb 2012. <http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/untoldlives/2012/01/blood-writing-in-buddhist-scrolls.html>. | ||
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| + | Hu, Jie. "In Search of Lin Zhou's Soul." Posted June 10, 2008. 2004. Web, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwkDeisygcM. | ||
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| + | Kieschnick, John. The Eminent Monk: Buddhist Ideals in Medieval Chinese Hagiography. United States: Kuroda Institute, 1997. | ||
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| + | Pan, Philip P. "A Past Written In Blood." Washington Post: Breaking News, World, US, DC News & Analysis. 03 July 2008. Web. 10 Feb. 2012. <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/02/AR2008070203677.html?nav=hcmodule>. | ||
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| + | "Tanguts vs Song Dynasty." imperialchina.org. N.p., 2011. Web. 2 Feb 2012. <http://www.imperialchina.org/Xi-Xia.html>. | ||
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| + | Wang, Zheng. Women in the Chinese enlightenment: oral and textual histories. Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1999. eBook. <http://books.google.com/books?id=unObToGSvUwC&printsec=frontcover | ||
PART 1: https://docs.google.com/present/embed?id=dc4f2tj3_2cprh46fk | PART 1: https://docs.google.com/present/embed?id=dc4f2tj3_2cprh46fk | ||
PART 2: https://docs.google.com/present/view?id=dc4f2tj3_34ds98bd7q | PART 2: https://docs.google.com/present/view?id=dc4f2tj3_34ds98bd7q | ||
Revision as of 00:22, 16 April 2012
~IN PROGRESS~
BLOODLETTERS
Forms of self mutilation were practiced in China such as the cutting off of fingers, self-immolation, and blood-writing as a demonstration of devotion and piety (Baker).
FILIAL PIETY
In the Tang Dynasty, Wan Jingru received official recognition for his filial devotion to his parents by cutting off two of his fingers and copying texts using his blood (Kieschnick ).
WARRIORS’ COURAGE
In AD 1002, a magistrate called Fei Ji defended his city from attack for over a month. He cut his finger and wrote a letter to the Song court using his blood, requesting aid ("imperialchina.org"). A teacher, Xu Teli, wrote a blood letter to protest Japan’s 21 demands on China in 1915 (Wang).
BUDDHISM
Buddhists believed that by copying Buddhist texts in blood, a person can show devotion and accrue good karma for their next life (Baker). Buddhist scripture written by an 83 year old man using ink mixed with his blood (Baker).
In Search of Lin Zhou's Soul 尋找林昭的靈魂
About 500 pages (140,000 words) “After the Cultural Revolution, a police official had risked punishment and quietly given a bundle of Lin's writing to her sister. Another family member had given them to Gan” (Lin’s former boyfriend). “The text was in ink, but Lin wrote that she had composed almost all of it in blood first and copied it after prison authorities gave her pen and paper.”
“The document was ostensibly a letter to the People's Daily, the party's official newspaper. Lin condemned the Anti-Rightist Campaign and accused the party of taking advantage of the idealism of her generation. She wrote of the abuse she suffered in prison, of guards who handcuffed her in painful positions and force-fed her through her nostrils. She described how she wrote in blood after they took away her pen, and how the prison saved her writing to use against her. Occasionally the letter deteriorated into an incoherent rant, but every page was brimming with emotion and defiance.”
Sources Cited
Baker, Abby. "Blood writing in Buddhist scrolls." British Library, Untold Lives: Sharing stories from the past. N.p., 02 January 2012. Web. 1 Feb 2012. <http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/untoldlives/2012/01/blood-writing-in-buddhist-scrolls.html>.
BL, S.5451. 2012. Photograph. British Library, Untold Lives: Sharing stories from the pastWeb. 1 Feb 2012. <http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/untoldlives/2012/01/blood-writing-in-buddhist-scrolls.html>.
Hu, Jie. "In Search of Lin Zhou's Soul." Posted June 10, 2008. 2004. Web, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwkDeisygcM.
Kieschnick, John. The Eminent Monk: Buddhist Ideals in Medieval Chinese Hagiography. United States: Kuroda Institute, 1997.
Pan, Philip P. "A Past Written In Blood." Washington Post: Breaking News, World, US, DC News & Analysis. 03 July 2008. Web. 10 Feb. 2012. <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/02/AR2008070203677.html?nav=hcmodule>.
"Tanguts vs Song Dynasty." imperialchina.org. N.p., 2011. Web. 2 Feb 2012. <http://www.imperialchina.org/Xi-Xia.html>.
Wang, Zheng. Women in the Chinese enlightenment: oral and textual histories. Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1999. eBook. <http://books.google.com/books?id=unObToGSvUwC&printsec=frontcover
PART 1: https://docs.google.com/present/embed?id=dc4f2tj3_2cprh46fk
PART 2: https://docs.google.com/present/view?id=dc4f2tj3_34ds98bd7q