Word: tao
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...methodically examines each step of Fugui's life. The loss of his house 'turns out to be a blessing in disguise. Long'er is killed during the Civil War for being a member of the elite. Forming a puppetry troupe with his old friend Chungsheng, played wonderfully by Guo Tao, Fugui travels the countryside performing shadow puppetry for a living...
...Asia. On the banks of the Amur River in Russia, archaeologists discovered 6,000-year-old depictions of tigers carved by the Goldis people, who revered the tiger as an ancestor and as god of the wild regions. In Hindu mythology the goddess Durga rides the tiger. And Chang Tao-ling, a patriarch of the Chinese philosophy of Taoism, also mounts a big cat in his quest to fight evil and seek the essence of life. In the English-speaking world nearly every schoolchild who has ever studied poetry is familiar with William Blake's attempt to frame with words...
Same Texts, Different Contexts: Japanese Uses of the K'ang-hsi Emperor's Teachings, 1721-1943--by De-Min Tao, postdoctoral fellow, Reischauer Institute. Coolidge Hall, room 2, 4 p.m. Come and gain the secrets of Japanese economic dominance...
...Tao is something blurred...
...landscape. This genre is presented in long, vertical canvases and the painting style varies between free-stroking airiness and meticulous craftsmanship, depending on the artist. Often, the works within one heritage are juxtaposed. This is particularly effective in a series of landscapes by the Lan family; Lan Meng, Lan Tao and Lan Ying. These landscapes are characterized by a detail and tranquility which span all three generations...