• Cross-Cultural Studies
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• v.33
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• pp.53-75
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• 2013

It is well-known that Chinese saw themselves as the centre of the world until the early 20th century. Since the Opium War 1840, however, belong to the 'general world' the past century. The Opium War made China break away from the Sinocentric spirit. This writing(essay) examines movies from China and the World concern the historical event 'the Opium War.' It also discusses desires that are inherent in narration of each movie and how accord with the real world. The movie The Opium War(1997) directed by XieJin is a work that intended: to wash off the memory of history of disgrace and; to successfully put a disparate piece, Hong Kong, of a puzzle named China together. The Japanese movie Wànshìliúfāng(1943)and The Opium War(1943) were also made for the victory of the Pacific War. They were part of project for uniting the domestic Japan and the colonial outlands - Manchuria and Joseon - that reenacted humiliating history of China, which had been the suzerain of the East Asia The Korean movie The Opium War(1964) was not recalled due to the demand for a lesson from China's painful history, but was recreated by imitating Hong Kong, into where capitalism was transplanted through the Opium War before Korea. History is eventually recalled to the present and the histories, that each different present invokes, are recreated in respective fashion. From their plan to wash off the history of disgrace and successfully return Hong Kong to its native country, China, Japan, and Korea portrayed China, once their cultural suzerain, as impotent East Asia. From their proposition that they should resist the present enemy, the West, together, they imitated the west of the East, which lead the way to achieve modernity. Finally, from their ambition to deviate from their status as developing country, they recalled and reorganized the history, the Opium War.

• The Science & Technology
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• v.30 no.2 s.333
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• pp.64-66
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• 1997

산소ㆍ수소 등 원소 이름은 일제의 잔재이나 우리는 아직도 그것을 그대로 쓰고 있다. 그러나 중국은 1백년 전의 과학자 서수가 64가지의 원소를 소개하면서 중국이름으로 개발한 것이다. 원소 이름을 개발한 서수는 30살때 아편전쟁 이후 서양학에 관심을 갖고 서양과학에 관한 책을 읽으며 연구에 몰두, 중국 최초의 근대식 화륜선을 만든 과학자이다. 서수는 당시 번역가이던 후라이어와 함께 중국 최초의 과학잡지를 창간하기도 했다.