...James D. Seymour The Snow Lion and the Dragon: China, Tibet, and the Dalai Lama . By Melvyn C. Goldstein . Berkeley .: University of California Press , 1997 . xiii, 152 pp. $19.95 (cloth). Copyright © Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1998 1998 BOOK REVIEWS CHINA 1121 Teng-hui...

...Shizhang Hu The Dragon, the Lion, and the Eagle: Chinese-British-American Relations, 1949–1958 . By Qiang Zhai . The Kent State University Press , 1994 . 284 pp. $32. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1995 1995 526 THE JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES and economic...

...Sheldon Appleton Phoenix and the Lame Lion: Modernization in Taiwan and Mainland China, 1950—1980 . By Alan P. L. Liu . Stanford : Hoover Institution Press , 1987 . x, 182 pp. $14.95 (paper). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1988 1988 858 THE JOURNAL OF ASIAN...

...Janet L. Upton The Snow Lion and the Dragon: China, Tibet and the Dalai Lama . By Melvyn C. Goldstein . Berkeley and Los Angeles : University of California Press , 1997 . xiii, 152 pp. $19.95. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1998 1998 512 THE JOURNAL OF ASIAN...

...Kenneth W. Jones Lions of the Punjab: Culture in the Making . By Richard Fox . Berkeley : University of California Press , 1985 . xvii, 259 pp. Appendix: Punjab Regions, Notes, Index. $29.95. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1986 1986 880 JOURNAL OF ASIAN...

...K. Sivaramakrishnan The Story of Asia's Lions . By Divyabhanusinh . Mumbai : Marg Publications , 2005 . 259 pp. $49.00 (cloth). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2007 2007 In ancient India, lions were among various carnivores recognized as guhasaya...

... people to celebrate by eating kiribath (milk rice) and launching (peaceful) rockets, as fireworks are commonly called. People waved the Lion Flag and compared the president to the famous second-century bce Sinhalese hero Dutugemunu, another son of the Ruhuna (Southern Sri Lanka) who succeeded...

...Robert G. Flershem Abstract It is reasonable to assume that Kaga han, in view of its size, large rice and other exports, and central coastal location, provided the lion's share of ships and shipowners operating in the Japan Sea during the two centuries before Perry. Villagers were going from Noto...

... in the north, under the patronage of King Tiloka, the Buddhist art of Lan N5 attained what Griswold calls its "golden" age. Griswold distinguishes between two main groups of Lan Na images which he designates as (1) the "Lion" type, and (2) the "Mixed" type. Among the principal characteristics of the former...

... identifiable as those of unseen halcyon kingfishers; The out-of-the-wayness of the sands provides a private arena ("lek") for posturing k'un birds. University of California, Berkeley EDWARD H. SCHAFER The Buddhist Conception of Kingship and Its Historical Manifestations: A Reply to Spiro This is not a lion's...

... in detail, but some explanations about the introduction of new motifs on the spirit road seem inconclusive and need further discussion. For instance, in reasoning why the sculptures of tigers were replaced by lions, she simply states: "For the Chinese it was the qualities of the animal rather than its exact...

... of tauhid (Oneness of God), which resulted in friction with other parties, particularly the government. Perhaps the main strength of the book, besides its vivid details, is how the formation of Hamka as a great ulama and literary lion are illustrated convincingly. Undoubtedly, Rush must have worked...

... shang buma dountu zhen nH&j ft At H- A .ill kit Ho-lf >K %£ $k Xs Seventh and Eighth Masters The Infernal Generals Tragic Troupes qibaye bajiajiang or shijiajiang AjR Song Jiang militia Dragon troupes Lion Dance band The Centipede Epic Troupes Song Jiang zhen wulong zhen jinshituan wugongzhen su (fi...

..., for example, discussion covers the Buddhist tale on which it is based, the place of the famous lion dance in the story, and the general relationship between the noh and the kabuki versions that stem from it and from folk sources. There is an account of the types of lion-dance plays in kabuki and how they were...

...Arthur McKeown Buddhist Philosophy: Losang Gönchok's Short Commentary to Jamyang Shayba's Root Text on Tenets . By Daniel Cozort , Craig Preston . Ithaca, N.Y. : Snow Lion Publications , 2003 . xiv, 330 pp. $18.95 (paper). Copyright © Association for Asian Studies 2004 2004 790...

... satisfying than for the other poets. We get some feeling of the depth and variety of Mir's work. It is clear that in a onevolume work of this kind Mir unquestionably deserves the lion's share of the attention: he was the lion of classical Urdu poetry. Dr. Annemarie Schimmel has contributed an informative...

... of the maddened elephant Nālāgiri and argues that this animal served as a billboard for the Buddha's power, charisma, and masculinity. Finally, she analyzes the complicated relationships among the lion, elephant, and jackal in the stories of the Buddha by suggesting that the lion is associated with the Buddha's...

... by Pareto. In his introduction, he describes Pareto's innovative groups as "foxes" and his conservatives as "lions." However, he abandons this usage in the body of the book and, instead, writes chronologically. His analysis would 996 THE JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES be strengthened by more thoroughly following...

... with the execution of a number of remarkable artistic and engineering constructions for the court. Most notable was a magic fountain made in the form of a silver tree, the upper part of which was entwined with silver serpents, while at its foot stood four silver lions. When great receptions were held at the Khan's...