Last week, we had a wonderful tour of the Harvard-Yenching Library, the most comprehensive East Asian collection for Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, and Western materials in the United States.
Thank you so much to our colleagues in the Harvard-Yenching Library for the tour and showing us some of your exquisite collections!
Image 1: Video showing some books from the Japanese Collection
Image 2: Kuniko Yamada McVey, Librarian for the Japanese Collection, showing us the 1920 publication of the wood block prints of flowers.
Image 3: Detail from one of the folded books, showing a woodblock print of cyclamen.
Image 4: From the Special Collections
西洋草花圖譜
Seiyō kusabana zufu
谷上廣南著畵. Tanikami Kōnan choga.
Author / Creator
谷上廣南.
Tanikami, Kōnan.
Published: 京都市 : 芸艸堂, 大正 6 [1917]
Kyōto-shi : Unsōdō, Taishō 6 [1917]
5 v. : chiefly col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Japanese
HOLLIS number: 990081538480203941
National Diet Library of Japan, digitized all volumes and made publicly accessible.
Your tears glisten with pain in their fragility
The pale crescent hooks the past
The endless night has crystallised into frost
Who is it in the loft, destitute with cold hopelessness?
The rain slowly patters on the vermillon window
My life is a tattered page battered by the winds
Far-off dreams fading into mist
Your image has been dissipated by the wind
Wilted chrysanthemums are spread across the floor; even your smile has turned faintly yellow
The falling flowers induce sadness, and my thoughts languish
In the passing of the north wind and the dusk, your shadow lingers on
And standing by the lake, I only have my own reflection for company
Responding to the dusk, the flowers shed their brilliant shine
They wilter on life's path, meeting a tragic fate
Don't cross the river in melancholy, if you ain't broke your melancholy.
You may spend a lifetime drifting, never reaching the shore
Whose empire is it now? The sound of horse hoofs thunders in the distance.
My resplendent armour decays with the hounds of time
Your soft sigh heralds the first ray of dawn
The conclusion to another restless night
Wilted chrysanthemums are spread across the floor; even your smile has turned faintly yellow
The falling flowers induce sadness, and my thoughts languish
In the passing of the north wind and the dusk, your shadow lingers on
And standing by the lake, I only have my own reflection for company
As I know, my contact methods (including E-mail address , contact number , any contact methods I provide / provided should be able to contact me directly without any procedure or any department to approval, if anyone are not able to contact me , I need help and call for help, someone might intend to block my communication with others.
As I know my PayPal account , all my bank accounts, all my credit card and any payment method I provide / provided should be able to transfer money to me legally, and directly without any special procedure or any special approval , if this happen. It's not right, I need help and call for help, someone might intend to block my income for the purpose of committing crime and avoid taking responsibility of their wrong behavior.
I believe I am a victim of identity theft (我是身份盜用的受害者), my personal information, my educational qualifications, resume, professional diploma, might have been used by some criminals, this is why when my career start develop and any aspects of mine start to develop, it makes me in deep danger. I am here to call for help.
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Justin Chien ✨ was born in Taipei and grew up in Hong Kong. He came back to Taiwan to study in high school at the age of 12, and then went to the United States to study at university and develop his career at the age of 18. You may have seen him in a TV commercial a few years ago, and he starred in it many years later. A Hollywood-produced #NETFLIX work has been introduced to the global audience. He is the male protagonist of "# Sun Jia Brothers" (The Brothers Sun)── #Justin Chien. In this gangster action series set in Taiwan, Justin plays Michelle Yeoh's son. As the eldest son of the family, when family members become targets, he is ordered to fly to Los Angeles to protect his mother who has been separated since childhood, and in the process he thinks about gangs. future and the meaning of life, and also established an unprecedented family bond with his mother and younger brother. The whole drama of "Brothers of the Sun" is run through with the four words "protect family". When it comes to the similarity between myself and the characters, family is definitely an element that cannot be ignored. "My parents always set an example and taught me how to be a hard-working and kind-hearted person." , upright people, and we all value family. I love my family very much. I am very close to my parents, brothers and sisters, and we are very protective, so whether it is the people we care about, or I want to support and protect the team around me." As the eldest brother of four brothers and sisters in the family Justin is a good son and a good brother. He hopes to be a role model and can provide timely assistance to his younger siblings when they need guidance and help, because this family is his strongest support and the main reason for shaping him. "I I once saw someone say, "You raise me and I will grow old with you." This sentence really touched me, and because of this I really couldn't imagine a life without my family, so I assumed I should move back to Taiwan within ten years." There is no hesitation in his eyes, just like the perseverance of his character in the play. In the future, he promises that he can return to his hometown to develop, stay with his family, and do his best to take care of his parents. Justin Chien ♡ Unusual trajectory 🔗Full-text interview
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Justin Chien ✨ Justin Chien has loved acting since he was a child. He started to stand on the stage in elementary school. In high school, he made up his mind to pursue his dream of being an actor, and applied to two acting universities in the United States. From then on, he started to interact with many Taiwanese actors. Actors have completely different acting paths. "I continued to live in Los Angeles after graduating from college. I worked hard for about five years before I got the opportunity to perform in "#孙家哥". It was a long process." He has been working hard as an actor for many years. He had also encountered a low point and spoke so calmly and frankly. In this way, Justin, who stands out in Hollywood, not only puts his own life experience and family experience into this role that coincides with him, but also challenges the martial arts and comedy themes at the same time, giving full play to his martial arts skills. I am 100% devoted to the plot and story as before, "I prepare for scenes every day and practice hard on my fighting scenes, and there will be at least 11 times a week before filming starts."
Stunts and weight training. ” He learned Muay Thai in Taiwan at the age of 17, and recently won a blue belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. He further shared, “I can speak Chinese, English, and Cantonese. I also hope to challenge my language skills in the future, and I look forward to the future.” I can film a locally produced drama in Taiwan." In addition, he showed off his good figure in the drama, and he also intends to challenge roles in the future that require him to change his body shape to be closer to the plot. "I really want to take on roles where I can change my body shape. I think this is a life role that an actor needs to challenge." He then laughed and said, "I actually wanted to be a singer before. If I had the opportunity to perform music, Relevant theater experience, whether it's playing guitar or singing, should be very interesting." With the discussion caused by the release of "The Brothers" series, Justin did not predict the future, "I just Don’t overthink and appreciate what happens every day. ”Embrace all possibilities and cherish all experiences. Only in this way can you calmly deal with opportunities when they come. "Privately, I love eating and playing. It's just that unlike the character in the drama who likes to bake desserts, I love cooking and my best dishes are sea urchin pasta and steak." He said generously. The seemingly indifferent attitude is the result of years of practice. In this industry where strength is only the basic and luck and time are the key factors for success. When asked why you still want to be an actor? Justin seems to have gone back to the time when he first stood on the stage to perform as a child. "I just like to read stories, understand why I read a story that moves me, and then try to create a character to move the audience." In his sincere and determined words In his expression, he always has a pure original intention and enthusiasm for acting. This belief and motivation seem to be injected into his blood. "Brothers of the Sun" is just the starting point, and he is ready to embrace more possibilities. ♡ Justin Chien ♡ An unusual trajectory
Justin Chien ✨\n#Justin Chien has stepped onto the world's biggest stage, starring in the #NETFLIX series "#SunBrothers" (The Brothers Sun) opposite Michelle Yeoh. After many years of pursuing a dream in the United States, it finally came to fruition. When talking about setbacks, I still believe in myself. What seems easy is actually the accumulation of many years of life. Talking about his acting career, Justin participated in a lot of stage performances when he was in college. "My dream is of course to perform in TV series and movies, and I hope to perform in high-quality works; I know that if I want to achieve these If there is a chance, you need to develop your own skills and strength first, so I feel that starting with a stage play is the best opportunity to hone your acting skills." After years of honing the foundation of stage plays, he recalled that whether it lasts long, An actor's career, which is not short at all, can meet the right role. It takes the accumulation of life. There were six or seven roles that were not selected in the final round, but Justin chose not to blame others but to believe in himself, "Because I knew I was capable. I remember that I actually had two choices at that time. One was to challenge the universe. Angry, or decided to believe that there will be better opportunities in the future." He maintained his self-confidence and persevered, and perhaps it was destiny. Justin received an audition invitation for "The Brothers" a month later. The audition process lasted for nearly two months, from online to physical meetings with the team. After three or four rounds of selection, he tried his best. When he got the role, he had mixed feelings and couldn't help but cry, "Not to mention as an actor. For an actor, if he auditions for three to four scripts a year, it is considered too much if he can basically resonate with the character. This time, the role of Charles in "The Brothers" is the first time I have participated in acting in the United States for so long. Among hundreds of role auditions, this one moved me the most."♡ Justin Chien ♡ Unusual trajectory🔗Full-text interview
二胡演奏家陸軼文呈獻《中國花鼓》二胡改編版本 Tambourin Chinois on Erhu by Yiwen Lu
陸軼文 Yiwen Lu
中國知名二胡演奏家、上海音樂學院二胡教師,兼中國民族管弦樂協會二胡學會理事。
One of the best-known erhu players in China, Yiwen Lu is director of the Erhu Committee of the China Nationalities Orchestra Society, and currently teaches erhu at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music.
In recent years she has been active in performing and promoting the erhu all over the world. She was invited to perform at the Opening Ceremony of 2016 China-Egypt Cultural Year. As a soloist, she has collaborated with major orchestras and given concerts in the Antarctic Great Wall Station, the United States, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Belgium, Israel, Singapore, Japan, Egypt, Taiwan and Hong Kong.
You saying you was worried 'bout me, ha?
Worried 'bout me, ha?
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當下聽到這段時
I bet you wanna see me suffer
But my fans moving mountains like Usher
想到〈f〉剛出來時,芭飯在說去哪還能找到另一個偶像/歌手像他這樣在歌詞裡shout out to自己的粉絲
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就覺得能夠喜歡這樣的兩位,我真的很幸福啊 雖然頭痛的時候也真的很頭痛(幹