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You will be given 1 text and 1 object, then produce a cultural analysis that debates what your chosen text and object tells us about Asian civilization.
For the Cultural Analysis, you should do additional research from at least three scholarly resources (ie. peer- reviewed and reputably published books or articles).
You should select sources that either relate to a single site that we have studied or to one the following themes: Religion and Belief systems; Family and Gender; Politics and Empire; Trade and Foreign Relations; Culture and Literature; Self and Society.
The paper should be in Word or similar format (not pdfs), 4-5 pages, numbered, double-spaced in 12pt font with 1” margins, and contain a title that includes the chosen theme and the chosen site.
You should use the Chicago Notes and Bibliography Style for citations.
Specific instruction is given in the file I uploaded. The paper should be original and organized.
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WOMEN'S ROLE IN TANG DYNASTY AND TANG CHINA'S COURT CULTURE
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Tang Dynasty is taken or regarded to be one of the most glorious periods in the history of
China. Through the establishment of trade routes, the dynasty underwent internationalization.
Women are also believed to have been treated well as compared to the previous as well as the
successive dynasties of that time. In as far as Tang dynasty is concerned, this paper is going to
discuss the role of women in Tang Dynasty as well as Tang China's court culture. These are the
two major themes. Based on these two themes as well, the object chosen is ‘Zhang Xuan (ca.
710-748), (Song dynasty copy), Spring Outing of the Lady of the State of Guo, ink and colors on
silk' and the text chosen is a poem called ‘Song of Lasting Pain' written by Bai Juyi. The reason
why I have chosen these two sources is that they were done during the period of Tang Dynasty
and with their interpretation, the nature of how women were treated as well as the nature and
culture of the courts can as well be realized. ‘Song of lasting pain' for example is a poem that
narrates the sad love story between the emperor Xuanzong of Tang and his wife Yang Guifei.
The source will specifically tell the position of women.
First of all, let us start with the interpretation of the text. The text is ‘Song of Lasting
Pain' written by Bai Juyi. It is a long narrative poem written by the renowned Chinese poet Bai
Juyi (772-846 BCE) during the Tang dynasty. The poem was written in the year 812BCE to
show the lamentation of Yang Guifei, a consort of Emperor Xuanzong.
As stated earlier, the poem narrates the sad love story between the emperor Xuanzong of
Tang and his wife Yang Guifei who was regarded as Xuanzong's most beloved consort. The
poem starts with the narration of how Yang Guifei becomes Xuanzong's consort through her
beautiful smile after Xuanzong decides to look for love. After falling in love, he spent a lot of
time with her in bed leading to him abandoning his duties as a ruler. This caused a rebellion to
break out called Anshi rebellion. The guards forced Xuanzong to kill Yang Guifei since they
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blamed her for the rise of the rebellious group. After her death, Xuanzong regained back his
throne after winning against th...