#Guangming Road

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Qidu railway station

“The exterior of the west side of Qidu Station of the Taiwan Railway Administration, facing Guangming Road, Qidu District, Keelung City.” - via Wikimedia Commons (original description translated from Chinese using Google Translate)

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Week four 2. A case study of proposed sustainable buildings in Taiwan

Taipei Municipal Library Beitou Branch is located in Guangming Road, Beitou District, Taipei City. It is the first Green building library in Taiwan. The overall building is in a streamline shape, just like a beautiful ship. When I went to Taiwan for study and exchange, I stayed up late to write my thesis here. This is the green building that impressed me the most.

Environmental protection and energy saving are fully considered in its design and construction. The building uses eco-roof, solar photovoltaic panels and other technologies to harvest natural energy, reduce energy consumption, and use recycled water for irrigation and planting. Construction materials, furniture dimensions, etc., have been simplified to minimize the complexity of construction. In addition, strategies such as the development level of the interior space and the increase of grey space were also adopted to make sound, light, heat and wind transition and achieve the effect of energy saving.

In addition, the building has a unique design in terms of lighting and environmental greening. In terms of energy efficient design, green roofs are the best insulation. To save energy in buildings, it starts from the roof. Because the moisture in the soil has a heat-insulating effect, a green roof filled with ddrought tolerant plants is the best insulation, and the grilles and solar panels themselves, in addition to generating electricity, act as a large umbrella to block the sun from the roof. The convection of the middle air layer allows the hot air to disperse and achieve the effect of indoor energy saving. The large floor-to-ceiling Windows maximize the use of natural light, allowing the park's trees to be brought in during the day, and the indoor lights to be the most dazzling view in the park at night. The type of planting is also selected according to the environment and the effect of the indoor space. At the same time, there are reserved planting slots beside the inclined walkway, so that the building and the environment are integrated together.

In conclusion, the Beitu Branch of the Taipei Municipal Library is an environmentally friendly and energy-saving building. Its design and construction fully consider the relationship between man and nature, and provide readers with a comfortable, healthy and environmentally friendly reading environment.

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The non-Euclidian architecture of Dragon City is very handy for when you want to look (or escape) out the window at SID and see (or wind up) somewhere impossible.

You may want to refer to the SID map for reference, but here are the above images explained:

The SID crew looks out the window in the main room, on the ground floor of a building that is flush up against other buildings on either side, and gets a rooftop view (where someone has put the house number on backwards, no less).

Zhao Yunlan looks out the window in his office, seeing the government car and a skulking Ya Qing as though he's looking out the front of the building and turning his head way to the left.

Zhujiu jumps out the lab window (helpfully marked for you on the map as "Zhujiu jumps out this window") and winds up on the far side of the SID building. (Okay, I'll cut him a little slack here, in that we don't actually see this particular jump land. He might have leapt out the window, circled around the fruit stand and SID entrance, and collapsed along the other side of Guangming Road. That is a thing a person could do.)

Zhujiu jumps out the main room window (again, helpfully marked "this one too") and lands immediately in front of the SID building, complete with open front window behind him.

When Shen Wei asked how Zhao Yunlan knew what the view out his bedroom window was, Zhao Yunlan should just have answered that windows are imaginary and lines of sight are a fake idea.

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so i’ve been reading my chinese print version of guardian and its an adventure because all of the chapters have some noticeable editing so far, then I got to chapter 3 and its 10 pages longer than the original??? I get to the part where Shen Wei arrives and it pauses to let Zhao Yunlan do a long inner monologue on Shen Wei’s beauty??? Anyway I’m quite curious if the print version of the novel or the original web version is what got adapted because so far the scenes from the drama that Do match the book, match up to my print version almost identical 

Guo Changcheng seeing Zhu Hong and fainting - whereas in the webnovel version he sees someone with no feet, or Shen Wei helping Guo Changcheng up and Zhao Yunlan really getting... stuck on him for lack of a better way to describe - whereas I’m reading the english translation of the webnovel version side by side and in the translation Zhao Yunlan just notes Shen Wei looks startled then the look disappears almost immediately and that’s it for details. In short my print edition scenes do read a fair bit more romantic, and also have more like ‘long term planning’ details. Zhu Hong more present instead of random extra characters, more Shen Wei focus on his intro, Zhao Yunlan a bit more smoothly carrying the investigation, etc it all just ties in together more cohesively.

also i mean. kinda obvious but the changed portions are a test to read through ToT. The parts that match the webnovel aren’t too bad because I’ve read some of the webnovel paragraphs/chapters multiple times (and the reworded sentences/paragraphs in print are still mostly the same content), and in general even if they’re brand new they match the english translation close enough I can follow along and guess the unknown words. then the new parts that only seem to be in the print version... 

especially the multiple page changes, where its just a totally new scene happening... i basically just have to read and hope i’m a good enough reader to follow them. because they don’t match up to the other stuff... it helps a little that the drama gives me enough context to guess most of what’s going on. although its really exciting when i read most of the paragraph or sentences and actually can understand. ;-; i feel like i’ve made so much progress since i started learning...

august 2019 i started trying to learn so i could read guardian and like. it blows my mind i now kind of can. that i can do it on paper even, not just in my reading app with a dictionary to help. i know i have a LOT of context and that helps immensely (and i recently lol realized yes reading context Right before reading the chinese chapter helps even More which its hilarious to me i didn’t think it would until i tried doing it wow). but still like. i remember i had context back then! i’d seen the show, and had an english translation for the first chapters to look at! and still i could follow... freaking nothing. i could catch No. 4 Guangming Road, month, day. That was it. Then months later I was still drowning, with a dictionary reader online to help lol.

I am thinking about how I tried to read Silent Reading like 7 months in and how when Fei Du kisses Luo Wenzhou’s hand I spent like a good few hours trying to figure out if that IS what happened, because no one had translated the novel that far at the time, google translate and baidu gave bizarre translations, and I didn’t know enough words to gauge wtf exactly wen meant in the sentence lol. And how much I just would get excited I could recognize which words were adjectives, which were probably verbs, when I read. Now I’m reading guardian, and usually its real easy to tell what words are - describing, adjectives, nouns, verbs - and roughly what their point is (some verb meaning touch/grab, or move/turn/shift, some descriptor about ‘fear’ roughly, etc). And the words that I end up looking up are ones I want more precise meaning on so I stop guessing what they mean when I keep seeing them. Its such a different experience than reading was back then wow.

i am just now realizing how Love and Redemption’s novel might kill me... how much is that edited compared to the version the english translation’s been going off of....? maybe i’ll be lucky and priest edits her novels for print more than some authors wow i sure can hope ;-;

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HQD vape moves to new office

HQD has moved to a new office in Shenzhen, China on October 25, 2021. And a housewarming activity has been held. After a year of preparation, The HQD company that produces disposable vapes officially moved to the 12th floor, Building C, High-tech International Innovation Center, Kelian Road, Guangming District, Shenzhen. The new office will create a more comfortable working space for the…

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[Deng Lun’s Side Businesses] Fire Room Hot Pot Restaurant

Fire Room Hot Pot Restaurant official weibo: https://weibo.com/u/6580191758 Fire Room Hot Pot Restaurant Fuzhou Branch weibo: https://weibo.com/u/7646071373 Fire Room Hot Pot Restaurant Jinan Branch weibo: https://weibo.com/u/7723488560

1st Branch:  Fire Room Hot Pot (Ping'An Street Restaurant) 火社火锅 (平安大街店) Address: Address: Ping'an Street, Chang'an, Shijiazhuang, Hebei (石家庄市长安区平安路) Opening date: 18 July 2018

2nd Branch: Fire Room Hot Pot (Wanda Yuhua Restaurant) 火社火锅 (万达裕华店) Address: YuHua, Shijiazhuang, Hebei (石家庄市裕华区万达)  Opening date: 18 August 2020

3rd Branch: Fire Room Hot Pot (Nonghao, Shanghai Restaurant) 火社火锅 (侬好上海) Address: 101, 1st Floor, Xinshang Plaza, 99 Huaihai East Road, Huangpu, Shanghai (上海市黄浦区淮海东路99号新尚广场1楼101) Opening date: 18 April 2021

4th Branch: Fire Room Hot Pot (Handan Restaurant) 火社火锅 (邯郸) Address: Fengtong Mansion, Renhe Street, Congtai, Handan, Hebei (邯郸市丛台区人和街凤桐大厦) Opening date: 18 July 2021

5th Branch: Fire Room Hot Pot (Tianjin Restaurant) 火社火锅 (天津店) Address: 15 Shuishang Gongyuan East Road, Nankai, Tianjin (天津市南开区水上公园东路15号) Opening date: 19 September 2021

6th Branch: Fire Room Hot Pot (Fuzhou Restaurant) 火社火锅 (福州店) Address: Shoplot 149, 1st Floor, Baolong City Plaza, No. 193, Gongye Road, Ninghua Street, Taijiang, Fuzhou (福州市台江区宁化街道工业路193号宝龙城市官场1层149号店面) Opening date: 21 October 2021

7th Branch: Fire Room Hot Pot (Urumqi Times Square Store) 火社火锅 (乌鲁木齐时代广场店) Address: 4th Floor, Cc Mall, Guangming Road, Urumqi, Xinjiang (乌鲁木齐市光明路cc mall时代广场4楼) Opening date: 26 September 2021

8th Branch: Fire Room Hot Pot (Nanjing First Store) 火社火锅 (南京首店) Address: Frontage of Block B, Jinchuang Digital Industrial Park, 699 Zhujiang Road, Nanjing (南京市珠江路699号锦创数字产业园B座临街) Opening date: 14 November 2021

9th Branch: Fire Room Hot Pot (Gongti Store) 火社火锅（工体店） Address: Gongti No.3, Dongcheng, Beijing (工体３号东城北京 ) Opening date: early December..

10th Branch: Fire Room Hot Pot (Jinan Store) 火社火锅 (济南店) Address: Northeast corner of Phase I of Kuanhouli, Lishanding street, Jinan 历山顶街宽厚里一期东北角 Opening date: coming soon..

11th Branch: Fire Room Hot Pot (Hangzhou Store) 火社火锅 (杭州店) Address: 25-1, Changsheng Road (bottom business of Mingzhu Building) 长生路25-1 (明珠大厦底商） Opening date: coming soon..

*Some other branch that I saw ‘in-talk’ to open and were listed in dianping (restaurant/food apps in China): Chengdu store, Chongqing store, 

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Zaha Hadid News

Zaha Hadid Architects News – latest ZHA additions to this page, arranged chronologically:

20 May 2021 Introducing Striatus – the first of its kind 3D concrete printed arched bridge Zaha Hadid Architects news – Being built for the Time Space Existence exhibition, hosted by the European Cultural Centre during the Venice Architecture Biennale 2021.

Opening soon at the Giardini della Marinaressa, Venice, Italy.

● Project by the Block Research Group (BRG) at ETH Zurich and Zaha Hadid Architects Computation and Design Group (ZHACODE), in collaboration with incremental3D, made possible by Holcim ● Establishing a new language for concrete, Striatus is circular by design, combining traditional masonry with advanced technologies ● Coming soon to Venice, Italy

Striatus establishes a new language for concrete and is designed according to the following principles:

Strength through geometry Achieving strength through geometry, the Striatus bridge stands solely through compression without reinforcement. Using advanced technologies, from computational design and engineering to robotic manufacturing, Striatus revives traditional master builders’ techniques.

Circular by design Striatus was designed to place material only where needed, significantly reducing its environmental footprint. With no reinforcement and using dry assembly without binders, it can be repurposed repeatedly.

A new language for concrete Striatus opens up a world of possibilities with concrete in a design that is structurally informed, fabrication-aware and ecologically responsible. Material is precisely placed to build more with less.

Striatus

11 May 2021 ZHA Close Up – Work & Research Exhibition, MAM Shanghai, China 26 June – 15 September 2021 photograph © Hufton+Crow ZHA Close Up – Work & Research Exhibition Defined by a timeline of Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) formative works in China, ‘ZHA Close Up’ at MAM Shanghai explores the pioneering research and interconnecting relationships that unite their projects around the globe, detailing the technological innovations that are transforming how the studio imagines, designs and constructs built environments.

11 Jan 2021 Tower C at Shenzhen Bay Super Headquarters Base, Shenzhen Design: Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) image courtesy of architectural office Tower C at Shenzhen Bay Shenzhen Bay Super Headquarters Base will be an important business and financial centre in Shenzhen serving the Greater Bay Area of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau. The tower building integrates clusters of corporate headquarters within a global technology hub accommodating 300,000 employees each day.

3 Dec 2020 ZHA leave Architects Declare ZHA announced it had chosen to leave Architects Declare, “Climate change is a defining challenge of our generation and Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) is committed to developing solutions….” Read more at Zaha Hadid Architects

2 Dec 2020 KAPSARC Award News photo : Hufton+Crow King Fahad National Library Riyadh King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Centre is a non-profit institution for independent research into policies that contribute to the most effective use of energy to provide social wellbeing across the globe. KAPSARC develops policies and economic frameworks that reduce the environmental impact and overall costs of energy supply and enable practical technology-based solutions to use energy more efficiently. KAPSARC wins 2020 ACI award for Excellence in Concrete Construction.

30 Nov 2020 Shenzhen Science & Technology Museum, Shenzhen, China rendering © Brick Shenzhen Science & Technology Museum The future Shenzhen Science & Technology Museum, located within the Guangming Science City, will become a pearl of the Guangzhou–Shenzhen Science Technology Innovation Corridor. The museum will be a key destination to learn and explore the power of science & technology and understand their impact on our life and future.

20 Aug 2020 Xi’an International Football Centre, Xi’an, China render by Atchain Roatán Próspera Residences Honduras The new Xi’an International Football Centre will be 60,000-seat stadium for national and international matches as well as domestic league games, youth training academies, entertainment performances and cultural events. The centre will be located in Xi’an’s Fengdong New District with its stations on the city’s expanding metro network.

28 July 2020 Roatán Próspera Residences, Roatán Island, Honduras, central America Design: Zaha Hadid Architects ; AKT II ; Hilson Moran Partnership image courtesy of ZHA Roatán Próspera Residences Honduras Zaha Hadid Architects with AKT II and Hilson Moran Partnership have developed a digital architectural platform to create homes for Roatán Próspera. The residential designs are a specific ecological and social response to the climate, terrain and culture of Roatán in the Caribbean, the largest of the Bay Islands of Honduras.

23 Jan 2020 Zaha Hadid Design at Harrods, 87-135 Brompton Road, Knightsbridge, London, UK image courtesy of ZHA Zaha Hadid Design at Harrods Founded 185 years ago, Harrods has become the world’s most famous department store. Reimagining their historic Knightsbridge store as a cultural hub, Harrods is collaborating with renowned artists and designers to showcase inspirational collections that explore new ideas and concepts; inviting Zaha Hadid Design (ZHD) to present a selection of works in the store until 1st March 2020.

19 Nov 2019 Leeza SOHO, Lize Financial Business District, Beijing, China Design: Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) photograph : Hufton+Crow Leeza SOHO in Beijing This 45-storey 172,800m² tower responds to demand from small and medium-sized businesses in Beijing for flexible and efficient Grade A office space.

8 Nov 2019 Ülemiste Terminal, Tallinn, Estonia render : negative.com Ülemiste Terminal Tallinn, Estonia Zaha Hadid Architects (UK) working with Esplan (Estonia) have been have been awarded first place in the design competition for the new Ülemiste Terminal of the Rail Baltic railway in Tallinn.

20 Aug 2019 Niederhafen River Promenade, Hamburg, Germany photograph : Piet Niemann Niederhafen River Promenade River Promenadelocated at Niederhafen on the Elbe River between St. Pauli Landungsbrücken and Baumwall in Hamburg, the upgraded 625 metre river promenade is integral to the modernisation and reinforcement of the city’s flood protection system.

26 July 2019 Morpheus Hotel by ZHA – World Architecture Festival 2019 Shortlisted photograph © Ivan Dupont Morpheus Hotel by ZHA shortlisted for World Architecture Festival 2019

1 July 2019 New Science Centre, Jurong Lake District – JLD Singapore Design: Architects 61 / Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) image © Science Centre Singapore New Science Centre at Jurong Lake Gardens in Singapore To be located next to the Chinese Garden station of Singapore’s MRT metro system, the New Science Centre is envisaged as a ground-breaking institution in the Lakeside precinct of the Jurong Lake District.

20 Mar 2019 Danjiang Bridge, Taipei, Taiwan renders by MIR Danjiang Bridge Construction has begun on the world’s longest single-mast, asymmetric cable-stayed bridge, 920m long.

8 Jan 2019 Patrik Schumacher Allegations in UK High Court, London

The late Zaha Hadid’s business partner claims he was forced to agree to drop the architecture practice’s name – and alleges animosity clouded fellow executors’ judgment, reports Building Design.

Legal papers lodged by Patrik Schumacher in an attempt to oust fellow executors of the late architect’s estate have been released by the High Court.

They reveal an extraordinary tussle for control of Zaha Hadid Architects – with Schumacher forced to agree to drop the founder’s name from the world-famous practice.

He also claims he was forced to agree payments totalling £7.75m by the design practice (referred to as Zaha Hadid Ltd or ZHL) to a holding company controlled by the other three executors and their appointees, in a move Schumacher claims would reduce “ZHL’s ability to continue as a going concern”.

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Zaha Hadid Architects News 2018

5 Dec 2018 Fornebubanen Metro Line Stations, Oslo, Norway Design: Zaha Hadid Architects and A_Lab image © VA Fornebubanen Metro Line Station Buildings in Oslo Zaha Hadid Architects and A_Lab win the architectural competition to design the Fornbuporten and Fornebu Senter stations, two of the six stations planned for the new Fornebubanen metro line.

12 Nov 2018 Rublyovo-Arkhangelskoye Smart City, west of Moscow, Russia Design: Zaha Hadid Architects working with TPO Pride Architects render © Flying Architecture Rublyovo-Arkhangelskoye Smart City by Zaha Hadid The architects partnership has been selected as one of the consortiums to build the new Rublyovo-Arkhangelskoye neighbourhood.

6 Sep 2018 Dining Pods for Morpheus Hotel, Macau, Hengqin Island, China Design: UAP (Building design by ZHA) photography : UAP Morpheus Hotel Dining Pods The Morpheus Hotel designed by Zaha Hadid Architects is the new flagship hotel for the City of Dreams development in Macau. The $1 Billion development is characterized by a distinctive exoskeleton and uninterrupted internal spaces.

9 Aug 2018 Mercury Hotel, Paceville, St. Julian’s, Malta Zaha Hadid Architects has unveiled plans to turn a derelict tower in the Maltese coastal town of Paceville into new apartments and a boutique hotel. Mercury Hotel in Paceville

15 Jun 2018 Morpheus Hotel, Macau, Hengqin Island, China photograph : Virgile Simon Bertrand Morpheus Hotel, City of Dreams Resort by Zaha Hadid Architects Informed by the fluid forms within China’s rich traditions of jade carving, the Morpheus’ design combines dramatic public spaces and generous guest rooms with innovative engineering and formal cohesion.

Jun 9, 2018 Il Makiage pavilion, New York City, USA Design: Zaha Hadid Architects photograph : Paul Warchol Il Makiage pavilion The pavilion’s structure reinterprets the distinctive motif that wraps around the corner of all Il Makiage’s packaging.

6 Jun 2018 Admiral Serebryakov Embankment Masterplanning Competition, Novorossiysk, Russia image : VA Admiral Serebryakov Embankment Masterplanning Competition Located on the Black Sea coast, connecting Russia with the Mediterranean, Atlantic Ocean and Suez Canal, the city of Novorossiysk is the nation’s largest shipping port and the third busiest in Europe by turnover.

26 Apr 2018 Capital Hill Residence, Barvikha Forest, near Moscow, Russia image courtesy of ZHA Capital Hill Residence in Barvikha Forest Located on the north-facing hillside within the Barvikha Forest near Moscow, where pine and birch trees grow up to 20m high, the Capital Hill Residence is divided into two main components.

25 Apr 2018 Generali Tower, Milan, Italy photo © Hufton + Crow Generali Tower Building Generali Tower is within the CityLife masterplan that has redeveloped Milan’s abandoned trade fair grounds following the fair’s relocation to Rho Pero in 2005.

19 Apr 2018 Lushan Primary School Building, Jiangxi, China image courtesy of architects Lushan Primary School Building by ZHA Lushan Primary School will be an educational institute for 120 children located 160km north-west of Nanchang, the capital of Jiangxi Province, and serve 12 local villages with a total population of about 1,800 people.

Mar 15, 2018 520 West 28th Street, New York City, USA photography © Hufton+Crow 520 West 28th Street Building Related Companies has unveiled the completed amenity spaces at the highly acclaimed 520 West 28th residential building in New York’s west Chelsea neighbourhood.

7 Mar 2018 Aljada’s Central Hub, Sharjah, UAE image courtesy of architects Aljada’s Central Hub Building Developed with environmental considerations integrated throughout the masterplan to minimise the consumption of resources, the proposal conceptualises the moment a water droplet strikes the earth’s surface, captured in an array of elliptical buildings designed to channel prevailing winds into civic spaces and courtyards to facilitate cooling during the summer months.

Jan 10, 2018 Painting of Messner Mountain Museum Corones Building An abstract impression of the outside parts of the museum building in South Tyrol: Corones by Jan Theuninck, acrylic on canvas, 70 x 100 cm, 2018 Messner Mountain Museum Corones Building

ZHA News 2017

20 Dec 2017 Bee’ah Headquarters, Sharjah, UAE render by MIR © ZHA Bee’ah Headquarters Bee’ah, the Middle East’s leading fully integrated environmental and waste management company has commissioned Zaha Hadid Architects to build its new Headquarters building in Sharjah, UAE, following the 2013 international competition.

8 Dec 2017 CityLife Shopping District, Milan, Lombardy, Italy photography © Hufton+Crow CityLife Shopping District Milan Located above Tre Torri station on the M5 line of Milan’s Metro network, CityLife Shopping District integrates a new public park with indoor and outdoor piazzas, food hall, restaurants, cafes, shops and cinema as well as facilities for health and wellbeing.

10 Nov 2017 Bora Residential Tower, Santa Fe, Mexico City image : LabTop, courtesy of ZHA Bora Residential Tower Building by ZHA Construction works start on this building commissioned in 2015 by Nemesis Capital. The tower is within Santa Fe, an important business district in the west of Mexico City with a rapidly growing community that includes 3 universities and the regional offices of Microsoft, Apple, Sony, Roche and Amazon.

2 Nov 2017 Zaha Hadid Architects forms supergroup with Chinese and US design firms

ZHA has formed an alliance with Arcplus (China) and Wilson Associates (USA) to offer ‘next-generation design’ to clients.

The three firms will collaborate on research initiatives plus work together to create a single port of call for interior and exterior design and engineering.

Arcplus is China’s largest design group, covering civic, transport and corporate architecture.

Wilson Associates is a worldwide leader in hospitality design.

Zaha Hadid Architects said: ‘We see this alliance as a continuation of global best practice, pioneering research and innovation, where each of the three firms’ individual strengths will deliver the most ambitious projects.

‘The combination of design excellence, resources, knowledge and sector leading expertise enables us to deliver more sophisticated, high-performance and high-value projects.’

Architecture, design and engineering consultant Arcplus, China, said: ‘This team of global experts will be at the cutting edge of architectural and engineering technology, digital design and energy efficiency.’

With an excellent track record of more than 30,000 architecture design and engineering consulting projects, Arcplus has expanded its portfolio to provinces and cities across China and more than 20 countries and regions worldwide.

Arcplus have more than 10 subsidiary firms and studios, such as East China Architectural Design & Research Institute (Building by shl and ECADI), but they also list Wilson Associates LLC.

Interior design practice Wilson Associates, Dallas, said, “The conceptual and creative force of Zaha Hadid Architects, Arcplus’ architectural and structural engineering excellence, and Wilson Associates’ unparalleled expertise in hospitality interiors, together will offer next-generation design. Three highly decorated firms, each come with storied legacies and unparalleled reputations for innovative and imaginative designs. Together, we will work to collaborate on future proposals and provide advanced and practical solutions for international clients.”

For more than 45 years, Wilson Associates’ dynamic talent and collaborative spirit have inspired and created some of the world’s most iconic, avant-garde spaces, among them the Conrad Koh Samui; The Venetian Las Vegas; Dorado Beach, a Ritz-Carlton Reserve; and the Armani Hotel Dubai. Wilson has a strong international footprint, with more than 300 team members spanning six continents and design hubs in seven cities: Dallas, Dubai, Los Angeles, New York City, Paris, Shanghai, and Singapore.

14 Sep 2017 ‘Behaviour Morphe’ light mapping projection in Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, South West Germany image from architects ZHA collaborated with leading digital artists and computer science researchers Andy Lomas and Mubbasir Kapadia, together with musician Max Cooper to create the ‘Behaviour Morphe’ light mapping projection for the 2017 Schlosslichtspiele Festival.

9 Sep 2017 Mathematics: The Winton Gallery, Science Museum, Kensington, London, England, UK photograph © Matt Danby A million visitors have explored Mathematics: The Winton Gallery at London’s Science Museum since opened in December 2016. The gallery highlights the central role of mathematical practice in all our lives.

1 Sep 2017 Zaha Hadid Architects wins Masterplan 2030 competition for Old City Harbour in Port of Tallinn, Estonia image courtesy of ZHA The Port of Tallinn launched the competition for ideas for the development plans of Masterplan 2030 for the Old City Harbour in 2016. With the aim of finding a comprehensive, long-term solution to connect the city and its public spaces with the functions of the port, Masterplan 2030 will form the basis for the redevelopment in the port area into an urban space that is both attractive and easy to traverse.

15 Aug 2017 Leeza SOHO, Beijing, China photograph : Satoshi Ohashi, Image courtesy of Zaha Hadid Architects Once the 46-story Leeza SOHO structure reaches its final height of 207 meters (679 feet) in September, it will contain the world’s tallest atrium — an impressive 190m high space.

28 Jul 2017 520 West 28th Street Residences, New York City New images posted of 520 West 28th Street Residences by Zaha Hadid Architects: image courtesy of architects

27 Jul 2017 ZHA Llight Mapping Projection at Schlosslichtspiele Festival, Karlsruhe, Germany ZHA collaborates with digital artists and computer science researchers Andy Lomas and Mubbasir Kapadia, together with the musician Max Cooper to create a mapping projection for the 2017 Schlosslichtspiele Festival titled ‘Behaviour Morphe’. The Schlosslichtspiele Festival in Karlsruhe presents a programme of spectacular light mapping projections on the 170m façade of the city’s Baroque castle building. Exploring new forms of architecture, the 2017 Schlosslichtspiele connects digital spatial concepts with the 18th century masonry of the castle to research how living spaces can be designed in the future.

26 Jul 2017 Leeza SOHO Building, Beijing, China Construction news update for Leeza SOHO in Beijing, ZHA’s most recent collaboration with SOHO China: the building will top-out at 207m in September. The 172,800m² building design straddles the new subway tunnel that diagonally divides the site. The tower rises as a single volume divided into two halves on either side of the tunnel. A central atrium – the world’s tallest – extends 190m through full height of the building and connects with the metro station below, creating a new public space for the city.

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19 Jul 2017 Port House Antwerp Award News, Belgium The World Architecture Community Awards recognise remarkable projects that inspire exciting questions about contemporary architecture. This Belgian building wins World Architecture Community Award and shortlisted for ‘World Building of the Year’.

17 Jul 2017 Winton Gallery at the Science Museum, London, UK The gallery is designed to bring together remarkable stories and historical artifacts. The Winton Gallery at the Science Museum shortlisted for ‘World Interior of the Year’

5 Jul 2017 600 Collins Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia image courtesy of architects Mandarin Oriental Hotel Melbourne Building The hotel and residences will be located on Collins Street, in the mixed-use 185-metre tower designed by Zaha Hadid, and will play a part in the ongoing regeneration of the city’s Central Business District.

7 Jun 2017 Afragola Station, Napoli, Italy photograph : Jacopo Splimbergo Afragola Station Building in Naples The first phase of Napoli Afragola Station – the new gateway to the south of Italy – has been inaugurated by prime minister Paolo Gentiloni.

31 May 2017 Google Doodle remembers Zaha Hadid’s 2004 Pritzker Prize win

“Today’s Doodle honors architect Zaha Hadid, who captured the world’s attention and shattered glass ceilings (in addition to designing some) by becoming the first woman to win the Pritzker Architecture Prize on this day in 2004. She was also the first woman awarded the Royal Gold Medal by the Royal Institute of British Architects.

This Baku building is a personal favourite of mine, an absolute peak building for this architect, the sensous and liquid-like shape is enticing. The flowing form just lifts out of the plaza, landscape and building are one – Editor Adrian Welch: photo : Hélène Binet

Born in Iraq in 1950, Hadid learned about abstract art and architecture at the Architectural Association in London. There, she found inspiration in unconventional forms. Before computers made her designs easier to put on paper, Hadid’s studio was known to use the photocopier in creative ways to bend lines and create new shapes. The type in today’s Doodle finds inspiration in Hadid’s energetic sketches, which explored both form and function.”

photo : Hélène Binet

Heydar Aliyev Center Building by Zaha Hadid Architects – building featured in the Google Doodle for Zaha Hadid

Zaha Hadid Google Doodle

Apr 7, 2017 520 West 28th Street Building, New York City, USA image courtesy of architects Related Companies announce official first look inside the residences of Pritzker Prize-winning architect Zaha Hadid’s 520 West 28th, which was designed inside and out by the revered architect, as well as the unveiling of the building’s first finished residences. The completion of these mark the true first interior look into the quintessential 21st century dwelling. 520 West 28th Street New York by ZHA

5 Apr 2017 New Zaha Hadid designs unveiled for Forest Green Rovers Eco-park image © Zaha Hadid Architects, render by VA Ecotricity has revealed two concept designs by Zaha Hadid Architects for the Green Technology Hub at Eco Park, alongside unveiling a new ‘Gateway to Stroud’ at a business breakfast this morning. Forest Green Rovers Eco-park Design

17 Mar 2017 Wangjing SOHO, Beijing, China – Winner of Zhan Tianyou Award for Engineering photograph : Virgile Simon Bertrand Wangjing SOHO Beijing buildings design : Zaha Hadid Architects Wangjing SOHO is located in northeast Beijing between Fourth and Fifth Ring Roads. The site is near the Airport Expressway approximately halfway between Beijing’s Capital Airport and the centre of the city.

16 Feb 2017 Leeza SOHO in Beijing, China image courtesy of architects Leeza SOHO Building Within the Lize Financial Business District this dynamic new building by ZHA is located at the intersection of Lines 14 and 16 currently under-construction for the Beijing Subway rail network. Directly above the new interchange station for the financial district, Leeza Soho connects with the city’s bus network to the north and east.

27 Jan 2017 ZHA Dubai Office Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) opened a new office in Sharjah, UAE, while Foster + Partners is expected to open its base in the emirate in January.

21 Jan 2017 Zaha Hadid There Should Be No End To Experimentation Exhibition Location: Artisttree, Taikoo Place, 979 King’s Road, Quarry Bay, Hong Kong

From 17 March To 6 April 2017

‘Metropolis’, 1988; © Zaha Hadid Foundation

‘With experimentation, you think you’re going to find out one thing, but you actually discover something else … more than you bargain for’ Zaha Hadid

Zaha Hadid Exhibition in Hong Kong

17 Jan 2017 Zaha Hadid Fortune

Zaha Hadid leaves £67m fortune in her will.

The celebrated British-Iraqi architect who died suddenly last March left £1.7m to relatives and £500,000 to business partner, reports The Guardian.

The designer bequeathed a lump sum of £500,000 to her business partner Patrik Schumacher. Hadid also left a total of £1.7m to four nieces and nephews, as well as her brother Haytham Hadid, whose share was £500,000.

The architect, who was made a dame in 2012, was unmarried with no children and left her international design businesses, which account for the bulk of her wealth, in trust. In the year to the end of April 2015, Zaha Hadid Ltd had a turnover of £48m and employed 372 people.

Executors of her will are Patrik Schumacher, Peter Palumbo, the property developer, Brian Clarke, the artist, and Rana Hadid, the architect’s niece.

Zaha Hadid Fortune

Location: 10 Bowling Green Lane, London, EC1R 0BQ, England, UK

Zaha Hadid Architecture

We have various pages online about late architect Zaha Hadid:

Zaha Hadid : main page – news + current work (this page)

Zaha Hadid Architects – All Projects + Practice Information

Zaha Hadid Architects 2016

Zaha Hadid Exhibitions

Zaha Hadid Events

Zaha Hadid Books

Zaha Hadid Architecture Designs – Work from 2011

Zaha Hadid Architecture – Work from 2008-10

Zaha Hadid Buildings – Work up to 2007

Architect’s Background

The architect, 61, grew up in Iraq before leaving at the age of 17 to study abroad. After working with OMA she set up her architecture practice in London in 1980.

Architecture Education American University of Beirut, Lebanon

Architectural Association, London, UK 1972- Diploma Prize 1977

Early Career as an Achitect Office for Metropolitan Architecture – partner

Teaching Architectural Association tutor with OMA architects Rem Koolhaas and Elia Zenghelis Zaha ran her own architecture studio at the AA until 1987 She later became Professor at the University of Applied Arts, Vienna, Austria

Key Awards Pritzker Prize Architecture Award Winner 2004 Stirling Prize Winner 2010 for MAXXI – National Museum of the 21st Century Arts, Rome, Italy Stirling Prize Winner 2011 for the Evelyn Grace Academy, London, UK

London Architects

Office Contact: +44 (0)20 7253 5147

Buildings / photos for the Zaha Hadid Architects page welcome

Website: www.zaha-hadid.com

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Torre Espiral / Doarchi

Torre Espiral / Doarchi

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architects: Doarchi

Localização: OCT Group-Guangming Town, Zhenyuan Road, ShenZhen, Guangdong, China

Área: 15.6 m2

Ano do projeto: 2019

Fotografias: SCHRAN

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Continuing on the trend of Maps Nobody Asked for, please enjoy this terrible MS Paint diagram of Guangming Road!

(Previous posts about this street, for further reference: SID's impossible windows, music/design posters, the lower half of the street, Snacks Wharf, surf posters, Cowboy Bar, the SID facade, more of the SID facade, the inside and outside of the SID building)

[rigelmejo]

in august when i started watching guardian i understood nearly nothing. i knew ni hao and hao and xie xie because i took a chinese class in high school and that was IT. i couldn’t read anything else, or pick up many other words.

and when i first tried to read the beginning of the novel??? I understood the DATE at the beginning “july 15th” and i understood ‘bright road’ because i knew based on the show that guangming meant bright. that was IT. it was a MESS. 

then i remember trying to read again, and struggling to get through much more than a few pages. then a month ago, managing to skim the dialogue for a word or two i knew to look up pieces to throw into a machine translator so i could translate certain chunks word by word cause they didnt make sense in a sentence machine translation. then a few weeks ago, trying to read guardian again, its extra chapters, and managing to actually follow a few paragraphs! 

i am still... SUCH a long way to go from being able to read. but wow i am MILES ahead of where i started. miles. 

i KNOW when i started this, i would not have been able to watch a show and follow the gist to save my life. i know now, i can at least watch some things and follow along the main ideas. i know when i started, i REALLY could not read. i can still barely read, but i can read more than i can in japanese...

it just freaking... blows my mind i studied japanese for 1.5 years just to barely be able to start reading, just reading simple lines in slice of life type topics. and chinese i’ve studied for 5 months and can dive into much more. 

also... my life would probably be easier if i tried to practice reading with... you know... a DICTIONARY. 

and i do, sometimes, read in pleco or my computer with the zhongwen app with the dictionary. i consider that intense reading, since i’m constantly looking up definitions - and since it takes me a long time to work through the writing. and because i am relying on the definitions, i think for the most part its like me being Exposed to the meaning of the words, and practicing grammar comprehension.

then later, when i read without a dictionary - cause honestly, i just am lazy, and to me the easier thing is actually just to struggle through a wall of text without a dictionary and make my best guess (unless a word REALLY stumps me, over and over, and i finally look it up so it stops making me stumble) - when i read without a dictionary, i feel like that’s me really ‘learning’ the words. Because that’s when my brain is really focusing deeply, working on the puzzle of trying to understand, and really trying to remember what it understands so that it can keep progressing. i think a majority of the words i really remember and feel confident in knowing are the ones i know this way.

[imperceptibility]

清和 (Qinghe) -- by 来自远方 (Lai Zi Yuan Fang) -- ch. 3

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Translated by me

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⯇ Chapter 2

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A few days later, Qinghe once again went to see the intermediary. Through the intermediary, he also managed to successfully spread the message that the reason he was selling his house and farmland was because he was giving up his studies to enlist in the military so that he could go to the northern borderland and avenge his father and brothers.

Meng shi’erlang was going to enlist in the military?

As soon as the message got out, it was as if a drop of boiling hot oil had been dripped into cold water. The Meng Village exploded with it. Whether it was the housewives fetching water from the well or the the farmers plowing the fields, this was what everyone was talking about.

Before long, word even reached the neighboring villages.

“Meng shi’erlang is really going to enlist?”

“Of course! I heard it with my own ears.”

“Has he turned into a fool? Even if he were to give up his studies, he can still farm. He wants to give up his perfectly good life as a farmer to become a soldier?”

The small group of farmers was in the middle of their enthusiastic discussion when another voice interjected: “Farm? He’d need land to do that.”

“What do you mean?” One farmer put down his hoe and rubbed at his ear. “Meng laoliu[1] and his two older sons were all capable people. There must be some remaining property for the family.”

“From what I hear,” the farmer who had interjected was squatting by the field and he motioned for the others to come closer so he could lower his voice, “Meng Quangxiao is being neither kind nor generous. He has taken advantage of the fact that Meng Quangzhi and his two sons are gone and is bullying that household of widows and orphans, scheming his way to taking their house and fields and forcing shi’erlang’s family to the end of their rope. Back when shi’erlang was kicked out of school, everyone said it was odd, no? Shi’erlang became a tongsheng[2] at the age of thirteen. He could have attempted the next level of examination to become a xiucai just like Meng dalang, but now there is no hope for that. The reason he is enlisting is most likely this. He has got no other means of survival.”

“Oh?! Is that true? Wang laosan, you better not be making things up.”

“No matter what, Meng Guangxiao is the head of his clan and is a close relative[3] of Meng Guangzhi. How could he do something like this?”

“I am not making up anything! It is true. Not just Meng Guangxiao, even Meng Guangshun and Meng Guangming do not have clean hands in this matter, collaborating to steal their cousin’s properties. Shi’erlang’s family sold more than sixty mu of their farmland, more than half of which were top quality. Forget three funerals. You could have thirty funerals with that money. But look at how Meng Guangzhi and his sons’ funerals went. Look at how shi’erlang’s family is living right now.”

Everyone felt the man’s words were logical. 

Meng Qinghe needed to provide for his widowed mother and he needed to take care of two widowed sisters-in-law. Unable to hold on to his house and farmland and with the imperial examinations looking hopeless, as someone who had no other special skills under his belt, at least enlisting in the military (even if that meant converting land to farmland next to whichever border fortress he was to be stationed at) was a way out.

Thinking about it like this, Meng Qinghe wanting to enlist would make sense.

Everyone loved to gossip. As people heard rumors and passed them on with exaggerations and made-up details, Meng Guangxiao and the rest’s reputation took a nose dive. Even Meng Qinghai was asked by his peers about it at school. As scholars, at least his peers took into account his dignity and did not embarrass him in person. 

However, Meng Qinghai acted as if he were not affected. Day in and day out, he kept his nose in his books, single-minded focusing on preparing for the examination in a few months’ time. This lessened the rumors swirling about him and, by accident, gained him the favor of one of the county school’s assistant teachers[4]. The man stated that Meng Qinghai’s calm and collected demeanor in the face of such matters was rare and thus he was bound to achieve great things in the future. In contrast, his opinion of Meng Qinghe, whom he had never met before, became negative.

“Rumors are only rumors after all, not the truth. It is obvious what the character of a tongsheng who was kicked from his school is like.”

After learning of this, Meng Qinghe merely smiled without a care. Never mind an assistant teacher at the county school, even if it had been the county school teacher, or a teacher at the prefecture level schools, it had nothing to do with him. In fact, he hoped that Meng Qinghai would pass his exams and become a xiucai. Then it would be so much more fun.

The days passed. The gossip showed no signs of dying down.

Meng Qinghai could maintain his composure. Those who had nothing to do with the issue could liven their after-meal gossiping with it. However, the Meng clan members related to the matter were in a panic, as if someone had set their eyebrows on fire.

After finding out that Qinghe intended to enlist, Meng Guangxiao could no longer sit still. Rather, anyone who was Qinghe’s relative in some form or other could not sit still.

Shi’erlang was going to join the military? How could this be! Once his identity became registered as ‘military’[5], it would have troubling effects for other families in the clan!

The military policy of voluntary enlistment flourished in the latter half of the Ming Dynasty. At its start, the weisuo system of conscription had yet to break down and a military registration was heritable.

Once a person became ‘military’, every generation thereafter would be military. Should the father die, his son would succeed him. Should the older brother pass on, the younger brother would pick up where he had left off. This would continue until the entire lineage died out. The only way to rid oneself of the military status would be for the imperial court to issue a grace order, or if someone in the family strove hard and reached the position of the Minister of Defense after fearlessly beating out all those who had been trained for this line of work.

Comparing the two, the latter was even less likely, essentially impossible for a ‘grassroots’ individual with no background.

Of course, the Hongwu Emperor himself was a ‘grassroots’ individual, but he was not just anybody.

Even worse, if a military household died out or if a soldier deserted, the space must be filled by a relative. If there were no relatives to fill the space, then a person of the same surname from the same hometown had to. Regardless of whether one was succeeding one’s forefather or one was being drafted based on the household register, ultimately, all the spaces in the military needed to be filled.

Collecting soldier’s pay from the government without a corresponding soldier in place? From the Hongwu Era to the Yongle Era, doing this was no different from courting death.

Using an ‘adopted son’ as a replacement? In a period of the Ming Dynasty where even wanting to become a monk meant an investigation of one’s household register and came with strict age limits, this was impossible.

It did not matter that Meng Qinghe was selling his house and farmland. It was even fine for him to take his mother and sisters-in-law and leave the Meng Village. However, him enlisting was far, far from good.

Based on what shi’erlang was like, forget going into battle and killing enemies, he probably could not even lift a sword. After joining the military, one would need to thank the heavens a hundred times over if he could survive even for a day.

It was fine if he died. In Meng Guangzhi’s family, there were no more men. His brothers balang and jiulang left behind daughters. So who would the military look to for his replacement? The families of Meng Guangxiao and the rest were the prime picks.

Should the officials come knocking, it would not matter even if Meng dalang managed to become a xiucai.

Meng Guangxiao became anxious. He might be able to not mind his own reputation, but he had to care about his son’s prospects. As soon as his good nephew Qinghe became ‘military’, his own family would suffer for it. It was a matter of when, not if. Once that day came, dalang’s road of working his way up the imperial examinations would be completely blocked off.

The more he thought about it, the more uncertain he felt. In the end, he visited Qinghe’s family again. Not only was his attitude sincere, he even pulled on a hemp robe over his cotton-padded jacket.

Qinghe greeted him, the corner of his mouth twitching behind the curtain of his long hair.

Trying to play up familial love? Who was the real fool here?

“Good nephew, please do not be impulsive! At the very least, think of your mother!”

Qinghe’s expression was resolute, full of scholarly determination. “Datangbo, my father and brothers died at the hands of the Tatars. Even their remains could not be recovered. How can I hope to be a proper human being without avenging them?”

A sheen of sweat appeared on Meng Guangxiao’s forehead. “Good nephew, it is not so easy to kill the Tatars. Listen to me. Farmland and a house are the fundamental anchor of one’s life; it is better to not sell them. Also, do not think about enlisting anymore. Keep farming. If you want to continue your studies, I will think of a way for you to do so. If your father had a way of knowing what is happening, he would not want you to let your emotions affect your decisions either.”

“But the food and money that we owe ertangbo...?”

“Do not worry! I will go speak to him,” Meng Guangxiao hurriedly offered. “We are all relatives, after all.”

Seeing Qinghe's moment of quietness, Meng Guangxiao thought that he was getting through to him. Never did he imagine that Qinghe’s following words would choke the air right out of his lungs.

“I am thankful for datangbo’s kind intentions but a real man’s words hold enormous weight and he should not easily change his mind. He cannot accomplish anything if his promises cannot be trusted. You care for us as relatives, but I do not want to put you in a difficult position. I have already found an intermediary. Once I have repaid the debt owed to everyone, I will enlist.”

“Good nephew, listen to me!”

“No need to say more! My mind is made up. I have no regrets even if I die!”

“Good nephew, think on it some more.”

“No need.” Qinghe was full of devotion to righteousness. “One person joins the army, the whole family...no wait, the whole clan receives honor and glory!”

What ******* honor and glory!

Meng Guangxiao was no longer sweating. Instead, what rolled down were tears. A fool could not be reasoned with and it was impossible to communicate with one. He must have been confused back when he thought it was a ‘good’ thing that Qinghe was a fool!

Seeing that Meng Guangxiao was about to continue with his persuasion, Qinghe roughly loosened his collar and made an angry, malevolent face: “Whoever stops me from selling my house and farmland is stopping me from enlisting. Whoever stops me from enlisting is stopping me from avenging my father and brothers, forcing me to be unfilial and unrighteous! Such a person is my mortal enemy! I will fight such a person to death! I may not be able to swing the hatchet, but I can manage with the kitchen knife!”

“Good nephew, the punishment for murder is death...”

“Worry not!” With his hair loose about him, Qinghe bared his teeth and turned around to pick up a thick tome, which happened to be “Yu Zhi Da Gao”[6], compiled by the Hongwu Emperor himself. With a lift of his chin and a raise of his eyebrow, Qinghe continued: “I have the “Da Gao”! The imperial court says that anyone who has a copy of it automatically receives a reduction on their sentence. If I were to fight to the death with someone, my head will be safe. At the worst, I will be exiled and made to join the military[7]. If that were to be the case, then I can even save the money I would otherwise need to spend on getting there.”

As he spoke, Qinghe seemed to weigh the tome in his hand and compare it to Meng Guangxiao’s head, seemingly eager to give it a try.

He was a fool, after all, and what a fool did could not be held to normal standards of reason.

Gazing at Qinghe with his Da Gao in hand and an aura of auspiciousness, Meng Guangxiao’s lips trembled. A breath lodged itself in his throat and his eyes rolled back; Meng Guangxiao successfully fainted.

Before he hit the ground, he managed to utter something that transcended time: ****!

~

Chapter 4 ▶

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T/N:

[1] Laoliu is a familiar way of addressing a person who is number six. In this case, MQH’s father Meng Guangzhi was the sixth oldest in his generation in his clan.

Similarly, a bit later on, Wang laosan means that person is the third oldest in his generation of the Wang clan.

[2] There were multiple levels to the imperial examination. A person who had passed the most local and basic level attained status as a tongsheng (literally “child student”). If this person did not go on to pass a next level of examination to become a xiucai, then yes, he would be a “child student” until the end of his life. (Xiucai enjoyed privileges that commoners did not have.)

[3] The author states that he is a relative of the tang sort (paternal cousins) whose closeness in blood has not gone outside of wufu. In the first chapter, this came up as the levels of hemp mourning garments one had to wear for one’s close relatives.

[4] There are many levels of teachers, as mentioned by the author in the original text. The role of this assistant teacher, xundao, was to aid the actual teacher. Depending on the level of the school, the role of teacher had a different title. At the county level, this was the jiaoyu. At the zhou (prefecture/department) level, this was the xuezheng. At the fu (urban prefecture of special importance) level, this was the jiaoshou (which is what university professors are called nowadays).

[5] There was a identity registry system used to keep track of people and their information, which included whether they were “farmers” or “military” or “slaves/servants”. This affected what they could do in life.

[6] The Yu Zhi Da Gao was a book of laws (case studies of serious crimes and the severe punishments meted out), one of several published during the Hongwu Emperor’s reign. Its title literally translates to “imperial order”.

[7] Yes, sometimes, the punishment was to be exiled to remote/not that hospitable/rife with conflict regions and join the military.