A reading route prepared by\u00a0Hannah\u00a0(FLAC), Sarah,\u00a0You, Sam<\/p>\n
Image (left): Yucca\/screw pine\/pandanas<\/p>\n
Image Credit: Kinmen County Agricultural Research Institute<\/a><\/p>\n The Chinese hibiscuses and yuccas in the novel remind the author of her home. When she sees either the hibiscus or yucca, she thinks of the history of Taiwan, or is drawn out of\u00a0the tourist\u00a0bus to explore Taiwan.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_vertical_timeline admin_label=”Timeline – Vertical” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [et_pb_vertical_timeline_item title=”Stop 1″ use_read_more=”off” animation=”off” text_font_select=”default” text_font=”||||” headings_font_select=”default” headings_font=”||||” use_border_color=”off” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n “Beyond the yuccas and the Chinese hibiscuses was the ocean<\/span>.” (pg 124)<\/p>\n “\u7a7f\u8fc7\u6797\u6295\u4e0e\u9ec4\u69ff\u4fbf\u662f\u6d77.” (\u9875142)<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_vertical_timeline_item] [\/et_pb_vertical_timeline][et_pb_vertical_timeline admin_label=”Timeline – Vertical” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [et_pb_vertical_timeline_item title=”Stop 2″ use_read_more=”off” animation=”off” text_font_select=”default” text_font=”||||” headings_font_select=”default” headings_font=”||||” use_border_color=”off” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n \u201cIn particular, the Chinese hibiscus<\/span>, known for reaching over walls from under eaves, left a deep impression on the group of young and middle-aged men who arrived in 1949, and the Portuguese and Spaniards who came to save souls and obtain pepper 300 years earlier.\u201d (pg 118)<\/span><\/p>\n “\u5c24\u5176\u90a3\u603b\u4ece\u5899\u5934\u6a90\u89d2\u63a2\u51fa\u5934\u6765\u7684\u6731\u69ff\uff0c\u56db\u4e5d\u5e74\u6765\u7684\u90a3\u6279\u9752\u58ee\u6c49\u5b50\u548c\u4e09\u767e\u591a\u5e74\u524d\u4e3a\u4e86\u89e3\u6551\u7075\u9b42\u548c\u53d6\u5f97\u80e1\u6912\u800c\u6765\u7684\u8461\u8404\u7259\u4eba\u56db\u73ed\u7259\u4eba.” (\u9875138)<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_vertical_timeline_item] [\/et_pb_vertical_timeline][et_pb_vertical_timeline admin_label=”Timeline – Vertical” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [et_pb_vertical_timeline_item title=”Stop 3″ use_read_more=”off” animation=”off” text_font_select=”default” text_font=”||||” headings_font_select=”default” headings_font=”||||” use_border_color=”off” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n \u201cThe French fell for the trick and entered a dense forest of yucca and Chinese hibiscuses<\/span>, where their machine guns and cannons were ineffective, leaving them no choice but to engage in hand-to-hand combat with knives.\u201d (pg 124-125)<\/span><\/p>\n \u201c\u6cd5\u519b\u679c\u7136\u8fdb\u4eba\u957f\u6ee1\u6797\u6295\u4e0e\u9ec4\u69ff\u7684\u5bc6\u6797\uff0c\u65e0\u6cd5\u65bd\u5c55\u673a\u67aa\u706b\u70ae\u7684\u4f18\u52bf\uff0c\u53ea\u5f97\u4e0e\u5b88\u519b\u6325\u5200\u767d\u5203.” (\u9875142)<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_vertical_timeline_item] [\/et_pb_vertical_timeline][et_pb_vertical_timeline admin_label=”Timeline – Vertical” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [et_pb_vertical_timeline_item title=”Stop 4″ use_read_more=”off” animation=”off” text_font_select=”default” text_font=”||||” headings_font_select=”default” headings_font=”||||” use_border_color=”off” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n \u201cIn your flurried and flustered state, your gaze fell upon some Chinese hibiscuses<\/span> outside the window – there beyond the screw pine grove and the Chinese hibiscuses was the ocean<\/span> – so you decided to get off at the next stop\u201d (pg 205)<\/span><\/p>\n “\u614c\u4e71\u4e2d\uff0c\u4f60\u77a5\u89c1\u9ec4\u69ff\u2013\u2013\u2013\u7a7f\u8fc7\u6797\u6295\u4e0e\u9ec4\u69ff\u4fbf\u662f\u6d77\u2013\u2013\u2013\u4fbf\u679c\u51b3\u5730\u5728\u4e0b\u4e00\u4e2a\u505c\u9760\u7ad9\u4e0b\u8f66.” (\u9875198)<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_vertical_timeline_item] [\/et_pb_vertical_timeline][et_pb_vertical_timeline admin_label=”Timeline – Vertical” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [et_pb_vertical_timeline_item title=”Stop 5″ use_read_more=”off” animation=”off” text_font_select=”default” text_font=”||||” headings_font_select=”default” headings_font=”||||” use_border_color=”off” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n \u201cMounting the stage in July were the alystegias, which were in fact impomoea, which could be easily seen on the sandy beach with pandanas and Chinese hibiscuses<\/span> – the driver failed to knock you out, and you stumbled off the bus at <\/span>Nissin-cho near Taihei-cho.<\/span>\u201d (pg 210)<\/span><\/p>\n “\u4e03\u6708\uff0c\u7d2b\u82b1\u519b\u914d\u663c\u989c\u767b\u573a\uff0c\u5176\u5b9e\u5c31\u662f\u7a7f\u8fc7\u6797\u6295\u9ec4\u69ff\u6d77\u6ee8\u6c99\u5730\u4e0a\u5e38\u89c1\u7684\u9a6c\u978d\u85e4\u2014\u2014\u53f8\u673a\u6ca1\u80fd\u649e\u660f\u4f60\uff0c\u653e\u4f60\u8dcc\u8dcc\u649e\u649e\u5728\u65e5\u65b0\u753a\u8fd1\u592a\u5e73\u753a\u4e0b\u8f66\u3002” (\u9875200-201\uff09<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_vertical_timeline_item] [\/et_pb_vertical_timeline][et_pb_vertical_timeline admin_label=”Timeline – Vertical” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [et_pb_vertical_timeline_item title=”Stop 6″ use_read_more=”off” animation=”off” text_font_select=”default” text_font=”||||” headings_font_select=”default” headings_font=”||||” use_border_color=”off” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n \u201cThe houses with tiled roofs covered by Chinese hibiscus<\/span> had been official property and concessions during the Qing dynasty, then became administrative offices and official dormitories once the Japanese took over<\/span>. Again, because great men should all be like that.\u201d (pg 206)<\/span><\/p>\n “\u9ec4\u69ff\u63a9\u62b1\u7740\u70bc\u74e6\u5c4b\u9876\u7684\u662f\u6e05\u4ee3\u7684\u5b98\u6709\u5730\u79df\u501f\u533a\uff0c\u65e5\u4eba\u9886\u6709\u540e\u7684\u884c\u653f\u673a\u5173\u548c\u5b98\u820d\u3002\u4ecd\u7136\u662f\u5927\u4e08\u592b\u5f53\u5982\u662f\u8033\u5427\u3002” (\u9875198)<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_vertical_timeline_item] [\/et_pb_vertical_timeline][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_toggle admin_label=”Toggle” title=”Chinese Hibiscus” open=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n Image Credit: Leah Suffern<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle admin_label=”Toggle” title=”\u6731\u69ff” open=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n Here,\u00a0\u6731\u69ff is incorrectly translated as Chinese Hibiscus (\u9ec4\u69ff). Its scientific name is Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, and it is a bright red color. So, although this quote follows with the pattern of the Stop 3 quote, because the flowers are tying the past with the present, this is not the same flower as the Chinese Hibiscus (\u9ec4\u69ff, Hibiscus tiliaceus).\u00a0\u6731 also has several cultural connotations: it usually represents South, it means an especially bright red color (as opposed to \u7ea2, which is a more modern word), and it was the surname of the Ming Dynasty emperors. Some of the \u6731 people emigrated\u00a0to Taiwan during the Ming Dynasty.<\/p>\n Image credit:\u00a0http:\/\/tcmp.cpami.gov.tw\/<\/a><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle admin_label=”Toggle” title=”Analysis for Stop 4: \u7a7f\u8fc7” open=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n In the translation,\u00a0\u7a7f\u8fc7 (through) is not directly translated in the English version, although its presence is important because it mirrors the\u00a0\u7a7f\u8fc7 in the topic sentence\u00a0\u201c\u7a7f\u8fc7\u6797\u6295\u4e0e\u9ec4\u69ff\u4fbf\u662f\u6d77.\u201d<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle admin_label=”Toggle” title=”1885 La Marine a Formose — Bombardement de Tam-sui” open=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n Image Credit: 1885 French, “La Marine a Formose — Bombardement de Tam-sui”<\/a><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle admin_label=”Toggle” title=”Analysis for Stop 6: \u4e08\u592b” open=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n \u4e08\u592b, which can also be translated as “husband” is used here to describe a man in power.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_toggle][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”Section” fullwidth=”off” specialty=”off” transparent_background=”off” background_color=”rgba(0,0,0,0.15)” allow_player_pause=”off” inner_shadow=”off” parallax=”off” parallax_method=”off” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on” make_equal=”off” use_custom_gutter=”off”][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”1_4″][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” src=”https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/946\/2017\/03\/71.jpg” show_in_lightbox=”off” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”left” sticky=”off” align=”left” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” \/][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_4″][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n A reading route prepared by\u00a0Hannah\u00a0(FLAC), Sarah,\u00a0You, Sam<\/p>\n Image:\u00a0North Gate tyrannized by an overpass<\/p>\n Image Credit: udn.com<\/a><\/p>\n The author recounts various incidences throughout the novel where the ruling power in Taiwan had destroyed existing structures to make way for new ones. These accounts range from the Qing government to the modern (1996) Democratic Progressive Party Mayor.<\/p>\n Timeline of “Laying Waste:”<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”Section” fullwidth=”off” specialty=”off”][et_pb_row admin_label=”Row”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_vertical_timeline admin_label=”Timeline – Vertical” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [et_pb_vertical_timeline_item title=”Stop 1″ use_read_more=”off” animation=”off” text_font_select=”default” text_font=”||||” headings_font_select=”default” headings_font=”||||” use_border_color=”off” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n “When the Qing government took over Taiwan, there was talk in the court about laying waste to it<\/span>.” (pg 127)<\/p>\n “\u6e05\u4eba\u5f97\u53f0\uff0c\u5ef7\u8bae\u6b32\u589f\u5176\u5730.” (\u9875144)<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_vertical_timeline_item] [\/et_pb_vertical_timeline][et_pb_vertical_timeline admin_label=”Timeline – Vertical” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [et_pb_vertical_timeline_item title=”Stop 2″ use_read_more=”off” animation=”off” text_font_select=”default” text_font=”||||” headings_font_select=”default” headings_font=”||||” use_border_color=”off” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n \u201cThe Japanese were no different from the Manchu Qing court; if it wasn\u2019t \u201cperhaps we should level the place<\/span>,\u201d it was \u201csell Taiwan for a billion dollars<\/span>.\u201d\u201d (pg 147)<\/p>\n “\u65e5\u4eba\u8ddf\u6e05\u4eba\u4e00\u6837\uff0c\u4e0d\u662f\u201c\u5ef7\u8bae\u6b32\u589f\u5176\u5730\u201d \u5c31\u662f \u201d\u4e00\u4ebf\u5143\u53f0\u6e7e\u5356\u5374\u8bba\u3002” (\u9875158)<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_vertical_timeline_item] [\/et_pb_vertical_timeline][et_pb_vertical_timeline admin_label=”Timeline – Vertical” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [et_pb_vertical_timeline_item title=”Stop 3″ use_read_more=”off” animation=”off” text_font_select=”default” text_font=”||||” headings_font_select=”default” headings_font=”||||” use_border_color=”off” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n “Within the next two or three years, the remaining Japanese Shinto shrines would be cleared away from <\/span><\/span>Maruyama<\/span> and replaced by the Chinese palace-style Grand Hotel for foreign VIPs.\u201d (pg 128)<\/span><\/p>\n “<\/span>\u5176\u540e\u4e24\u4e09\u5e74\uff0c\u5c71\u4e0a\u6e05\u9664\u795e\u793e\u9057\u8ff9\uff0c\u5efa\u8d77\u4e2d\u56fd\u5bab\u6bbf\u996d\u5e97\uff0c\u4e13\u95e8\u7528\u6765\u63a5\u5f85\u56fd\u5bbe\u3002”<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_vertical_timeline_item] [\/et_pb_vertical_timeline][et_pb_vertical_timeline admin_label=”Timeline – Vertical” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [et_pb_vertical_timeline_item title=”Stop 4″ use_read_more=”off” animation=”off” text_font_select=”default” text_font=”||||” headings_font_select=”default” headings_font=”||||” use_border_color=”off” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n \u201c<\/span>Meiji Bridge<\/span>\u2014later you learned that’s what it was called. The brass lamps from the Meiji Bridge had been purchased during a round of reconstruction by Li Meishu, who installed them in a Buddhist temple in Sanxia. The handsome, straight, and even bridge, now overshadowed by a new one, was waiting to be demolished.<\/span> The new rulers, who had criticized the <\/span>ancien r\u00e9gime<\/span><\/i> as an occupying power, had been in office four years, and the way <\/span>they <\/span><\/i>behaved was exactly like an occupying power.\u201d (pg 144)<\/span><\/p>\n “\u660e\u6cbb\u6865\u2014\u2014\u4f60\u540e\u6765\u77e5\u9053\u5b83\u539f\u6765\u53eb\u660e\u6cbb\u6865\uff0c\u6865\u4e0a\u7684\u94dc\u706f\u65e9\u5728\u4e00\u573a\u62c6\u5efa\u65f6\u7ed9\u674e\u6885\u6811\u4e70\u4e86\u653e\u7f6e\u5728\u4e09\u5ce1\u7684\u7956\u5e08\u5e99\u4e86\u3002\u5e73\u76f4\u7f8e\u4e3d\u7684\u6865\u88ab\u4e00\u5ea7\u65b0\u6865\u538b\u7740\u5f85\u62c6\u6bc1\uff0c\u6279\u8bc4\u4ee5\u5f80\u65f6\u5916\u6765\u653f\u6743\u7684\u65b0\u7edf\u6cbb\u8005\u4eba\u9a6c\u5df2\u6267\u653f\u56db\u5e74\uff0c\u6240\u4f5c\u6240\u4e3a\u4e0e\u5916\u6765\u653f\u6743\u4e00\u6837\u3002”<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_vertical_timeline_item] [\/et_pb_vertical_timeline][et_pb_vertical_timeline admin_label=”Timeline – Vertical” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [et_pb_vertical_timeline_item title=”Stop 5″ use_read_more=”off” animation=”off” text_font_select=”default” text_font=”||||” headings_font_select=”default” headings_font=”||||” use_border_color=”off” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n \u201cBack then, North Gate had yet to be tyrannized by an overpass<\/span>, so you could walk past it casually, feeling like one of your ancestors heading out of town a century before.\u201d (pg 113)<\/p>\n “\u90a3\u65f6\u7684\u5317\u95e8\u5c1a\u672a\u88ab\u4efb\u4f55\u9ad8\u67b6\u8def\u51cc\u8650\uff0c\u4f60\u4eec\u8f7b\u677e\u884c\u7ecf\u5b83\u65c1\u8fb9\uff0c\u4fbf\u50cf\u767e\u5e74\u524d\u7684\u5148\u6c11\u4e00\u822c\u6709\u51fa\u57ce\u7684\u611f\u89c9\u3002”<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_vertical_timeline_item] [\/et_pb_vertical_timeline][et_pb_vertical_timeline admin_label=”Timeline – Vertical” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [et_pb_vertical_timeline_item title=”Stop 6″ use_read_more=”off” animation=”off” text_font_select=”default” text_font=”||||” headings_font_select=”default” headings_font=”||||” use_border_color=”off” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n \u201cDirectly across from it, in <\/span>Lane 243, Jinhua Street<\/span>, a row of 50-year-old eucalyptus trees had been taken down by his Excellency the Mayor<\/span>, who had never stopped crowing about how much he loved this island and this city. Even more ironic was that the place was immediately turned into a small community park with tiny trees.\u201d (pg 153)<\/span><\/p>\n “\u5b83\u6b63\u5bf9\u7684\u91d1\u534e\u8857\u4e8c\u56db\u4e09\u5df7\u4e00\u5217\u4e94\u5341\u5e74\u4ee5\u4e0a\u7684\u6849\u6811\u4e5f\u88ab\u53e3\u53e3\u58f0\u58f0\u7231\u8fd9\u5c9b\u7231\u8fd9\u57ce\u7684\u5e02\u957f\u5927\u4eba\u7ed9\u780d\u4e86\uff0c\u5e76\u5f88\u8bbd\u523a\u5730\u5f53\u573a\u5efa\u4e86\u4e2a\u79cd\u6ee1\u5c0f\u6811\u7684\u793e\u533a\u5c0f\u516c\u56ed\u3002”<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_vertical_timeline_item] [\/et_pb_vertical_timeline][et_pb_vertical_timeline admin_label=”Timeline – Vertical” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] [et_pb_vertical_timeline_item use_read_more=”off” animation=”off” text_font_select=”default” text_font=”||||” headings_font_select=”default” headings_font=”||||” use_border_color=”off” border_style=”solid” title=”Stop 7″]<\/p>\n “When the Qing government took over Taiwan, there was talk in the court about laying waste to it.\u201d (pg 179)<\/p>\n \u201c\u6e05\u4eba\u5f97\u53f0\uff0c\u5ef7\u8bae\u6b32\u589f\u5176\u5730.\u201d (\u9875180)<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_vertical_timeline_item] [\/et_pb_vertical_timeline][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_toggle admin_label=”Toggle” title=”Analysis for Stop 1 and Stop 2″ open=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n In the translated version of these two quotes, there are no phrases that the two have in common. But, in the original version, we can see that they both contain “\u5ef7\u8bae\u6b32\u589f\u5176\u5730,” and the translator chose to use “level the place” instead of “laying waste to it,” which is a more direct translation. By doing this, the phrase in Stop 2 loses the emphasis placed by the mirroring of the phrase which lessens its effect to the reader. I think “laying waste” is a better translation, since it has a more severe and visceral imagery attached to the words.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle admin_label=”Toggle” title=”From City Walls to Three-Lane Roads” open=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n Image (Top) Credit:\u00a0\u81fa\u7063\u81fa\u5317\u57ce\u4e4b\u5716<\/a><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/946\/2017\/03\/IMG_5116-300x200.jpg\")
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