Feasts, Food and Fall of the Aristocratic Jia Family in Honglou meng

Abstract

Drawing upon food studies, this paper undertakes an analysis of the narrative functions of feasts and food in the novel Honglou meng (A Dream of Red Mansions, or The Story of the Stone). These alimentary elements play a vital role in the social bonds between the Jia family and other elite groups, disclosing the complex distribution of power within the Jia household and displaying internal financial issues and the external threats that have exacerbated the fall of this aristocratic family, manifesting the familial and dynastical trajectories from glory to crisis within the novel.

A data acquisition model for industrial gateways based on edge computing and MapReduce

“…Testing and analysis are conducted by deploying the EMQ server as a message broker. In reference [4], the emphasis is on the design and development of a digital twin-based Prognostics and Health Management (PHM) system. This system performs preprocessing of collected data, enables identification and diagnosis of abnormal faults in production line equipment, and facilitates prediction of remaining useful life and health assessment.…”

The mystery of word-initial consonant loss in Kera'a

“…Kera'a (idum1241, clk; also "Idu (Mishmi)"), is spoken in Arunachal Pradesh (India), primarily in the Dibang Valley and Lower Dibang Valley districts (see Figure 1) in the eastern Himalayas (Reinöhl 2022;Peck 2020). There is also a small population across the Sino-Indian border in Tibet (Jiang 2005, Liu 2019). Together with Tawrã (also "Digaru (Mishmi)"), Kera'a forms the Kera'a-Tawrã subgroup within Trans-Himalayan (Reinöhl 2022;also "Digarish", van Driem 2014).…”