...This chapter discusses the impact of Jiang Qing's “jingju revolution” on actors and on the genre. It elucidates how jingju's fundamental aesthetics were altered and how certain conventions of singing/speaking/movement and the colour pattern of the jing...

...This chapter argues in defense of Confucian politics, but rejects Jiang Qing's interpretation of Confucian constitutionalism. Jiang argues for a kind of Confucian constitutionalism that is grounded in “transcendent values” of the Han dynasty Gongyang school, but the chapter...

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.... Today, he would condemn China's commercialization, but applaud its global power. Gang of Four Jiang Qing Wang Hongwen Yao Wenyuan Ye Jianying Zhang Chunqiao Deng Xiaoping Two whatevers policy Agricultural policy Economic reforms Industrial growth and policy Industrialization Living standards...

... of counterrevolutionary culture, from national treasures to haircuts. However, Mao wanted more serious redirection, and enlisted his actress wife, Jiang Qing, to produce model theatrical works. Revolutionary aesthetics favoured utilitarianism over pleasure, and eschewed professional elites for amateur artists. Jiang...

... Nationalist Party Hong Kong Macau Africa India Indonesia Japan Central Intelligence Agency nuclear weapons Snow Edgar Lin Biao Nixon Richard Red Star over China Snow United Nations Cultural Revolution and arts Jiang Qing model theatrical works operas film music army globalization...

... with political meritocracy at the level of the central government and democracy at the local level. It argues that the third model is the best of the three and goes on to consider John Stuart Mill's proposal for a plural voting scheme, Jiang Qing's proposal for a tricameral legislature, and Chinese Minister Li...

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... relationships and societies that honor both equality and difference. feminism Jiang Qing Tu Wei ming women Book of Changes interdependence yin and yang Gender homosexuality Aristotle Buddhism virtue love Luo Rufang mother tradition Empress Renxiaowen father Teachings for the Inner Chambers Li...

... by integrating the love discourse and shedding light on issues of sex and the body. The chapter then considers an incident involving Lan Ping, later known as Jiang Qing or Madame Mao, whose association with the Nora icon adds new twists to the revaluing process on yinfu. The conflict between Lan...

...This chapter examines the increase in Jiang Qing's public exposure during the 1960s. Mao Zedong encouraged Jiang to investigate revisionism in the cultural arena and head of state Liu Shaoqi did the same to his wife Wang Guangmei. Using their wives as trouble-shooters was a high-risk strategy...

... Chen Yi Zhou Enlai Xia Courier Yu Jiang Qing Despite the risks, I needed to find out what was going to happen next, so I continued venturing out to read the big-character wall posters and listen to what my fellow readers said about them. And this was how I learned of the extraordinary news...

... creation, reinforced the significance of modern jingju in literature and art, and firmly established Jiang Qing as the leader of this movement. Model works were designated as the exemplar of socialist culture construction, exemplifying such creative principles as the Basic Task...

... Revolution aesthetics economic growth Liu Shaoqi music Chen Boda Communist Party Jiang Qing Wang Hongwen Yao Wenyuan Zhang Chunqiao intellectuals Kang Sheng Xie Fuzhi Collected Works Mao Zedong four big rights Mao cult sculpture demonstrations mass campaigns Beijing Massacre literature...

.... However, idealism had been replaced with fearful compliance, and Mao was more isolated than ever. Cultural Revolution Famine Great Leap Forward Health Khrushchev Peasants Sino Soviet split Communist Party Chinese CCP Hai Rui Dismissed from Office Jiang Qing Peng Dehuai Peng Zhen Red Guards Wu...

...This chapter illustrates Jiang Qing's willingness to engage in substantive debate with his critics. Jiang's argumentative style is closest to the mode favored by Western liberal thinkers, though he is no doubt inspired by earlier Confucian debaters such as Xunzi who wrote in a clear and systematic...

... arguments. This chapter focuses on Confucian Jiang Qing and Sunni Muslim Rached Ghannouchi by first situating them in their religious traditions. It outlines their respective political theologies—Jiang’s Way of Humane Authority and Ghannouchi’s Islamic Democracy. It then applies the anti-liberalism...

...This chapter examines the role of Jiang Qing, Mao Zedong's wife, on the Cultural Revolution in China. Mao's marriage to Jiang had caused considerable consternation among his colleagues because of her sexual mores and her possible Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) connections in Shanghai. Jiang's most...