...Hans H. Frankel Shên-Fu. Sei racconti di vita irreale . A cura di Lionello Lanciotti e Tsui Tao-Lu . Rome : Gherardo Casini , 1955 . xxxv, 178 . Lire 800. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1956 1956 286 FAR EASTERN QUARTERLY The earliest reference to dice...

... a declaration for population control in 1967, it appeared that the Philippines would soon make a decision for national fertility control at that time. The promulgation of Humanae Vitae in 1968 appears to have blocked the movement, however. Against the impact of Humanae Vitae, two separate forces emerged. One...

... the results of Vatican II to launch of Cebuano Visayan and then include soon a broad but tempered attack on Hutnanae thereafter this quite full grammar by Schach- Vitae. He examines the history of the church's ter, Otanes, and research staff. Tagalog Refer- stand on birth control (relying largely on ence...

... of staff, the differences between lowland and highland administrators are woven throughout the book. Poisson bases his presentation on 1,272 curriculum vitae of mandarins and staff members from the archives of the lenh luoc (imperial commissioners), France s Residence Supe´rieure du Tonkin, and other...

... Ogai's Vita Sexualis (1909). Unproblematically linking these two works together leaves the impression that the "roughneck" is a coherent sexual category, consistently represented in both texts. This, however, is not the case. A product of the mid-1880s, written immediately after the decline...

...] antithetical to the regime of compulsory male heterosexuality and … official formulations of Meiji modernity” (p. 7). Ôgai's parodic novel Vita Sexualis (1909), for example, made fun of the naturalists, who “interpret[ed] sexual desire as an elemental natural drive” (p. 205). From his own youthful exposure...

... for national fertility control at that time. The promulgation of Humanae Vitae in 1968 appears to have blocked the movement, however. Against the impact of Humanae Vitae, two separate forces emerged. One was the external tidal wave of funds from AID, which had only recently got into the business of promoting...

.... For the purposes of this account, however, the conceptual similarities shared in this regard by Sun and the Italian Nationalists are notable. 49 Sun, San-min chu-i , pp. 167–68. 50 Corradini Enrico , L'ombra delta vita ( Naples : Ricciardi , 1908 ), pp. 285 –86. 51...

... epitaph from Tuva; excerpts from the Dunhuang runiform manuscript Book of Omens; Uygur-script and Manichean-script Manichean writings; a syncretistic Buddha-legend and the Xuanzang-vita in Uygur script; the Säkiz yükmäk yaruq in Uygur and Brahmi letters; the Lotus Sutra in Sogdian script; Emperor...

... special devotees. . . she is said to be ascetic in nature" and so "her presence is not sought in the home . . . or in the fields, where fertility is crucial. . . her presence is sought in libraries and schools" (pp. 6 2 63). Kinsley's contributions lie in collecting the curriculum vitae of a plethora...

... autobiographies are represented by Abutsu-ni's Izayoi nikki and Dante's La Vita Nuova. Her purpose is to use Western analogues "to help elucidate and define. . . the nature of each basic transformation, as well as to throw light on the differences between the two systems" (p. 5). The aim is praiseworthy...

... which quotes extensively from Miss Mirsky's introduction, and which reproduces in full a postfaced vita. Then we have the introduction proper and an author's preface with many reprises of the same material. Some could have been eliminated, and the economies ...

.... But we are introduced to the author on the dust jacket which quotes extensively from Miss Mirsky's introduction, and which reproduces in full a postfaced vita. Then we have the introduction proper and an author's preface with many reprises of the same material. Some could have been eliminated...

... their fluctuating moods their flashes of euphoria, their fits of depression, their rages, frenzies, and fears. His otherwise superb study is, in short, utterly lifeless. Sketches of the prime participants in the socialist saga have as much sparkle as curricula vitae. Apt quotations are scarce, anecdotes...

.... Sketches of the prime participants in the socialist saga have as much sparkle as curricula vitae. Apt quotations are scarce, anecdotes are overlooked, and there is no recounting of tales which have long since become an integral part of the lore of the Japanese social movement. How un-Japanesel These latter...

..., South Asia. This reviewer would also have preferred an interview with Indu Banga or an article summarizing her reflections on historical method or the teaching profession to the wordy curriculum vita that appears in the volume. ...

... in this domain is quite clearly meant to advertise its role as a pioneer in these matters and a prototype for how "socialism" should be cultivated in backward communities an eminently practical concern, considering that several countries with a similar vita today seem on the verge of being 126 JOURNAL OF ASIAN...

... as the first reference to shu-p'u the Shu-p'u fu by Ma Jung (79-166). For a description of the game shu-p'u, see L. S. Yang, "An Additional Note on the Ancient Game IAu-po," HJAS, XV (1952), 132-134. University of California, Berkeley HANS H. FRANKEL Shen-Fu. Sei racconti di vita irreale. A cura di LIONELLO...

... was published in a rare edition by an obscure publisher and cannot be found in most major Chinese history collections. In this respect, his curriculum vitae resembles more the chronicles (nianpu) of traditional Chinese scholars than the re´sume´ of a contemporary academic. Almost all Ming-Qing literati whom...

... presence is sought in libraries and schools" (pp. 6 2 63). Kinsley's contributions lie in collecting the curriculum vitae of a plethora of goddesses in one coherent volume, in interpreting their significance to their devotees (the chapter on Kali is particularly striking), and in retrieving several visions...