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Article Evaluation: Zhuang Studies

 * Content
 * Content is relevant to article but organization is off (especially in Features section)
 * There were also some errors in punctuation and capitalization in the History section
 * There could be more mention of Zhuang people, their language and the linguistics related to it, their cultural history, religion, etc.
 * There didn’t seem to be any modern information.
 * The information does not appear to be biased.
 * Neutrality
 * Article is written neutrally
 * Citations
 * Not every claim seems to cited
 * Reliability
 * The few citations used seem to be reliable
 * Talk Page
 * The talk page only has four comments (including my own)

Article Selection
Zhuang Studies


 * I chose this topic because it seems as though the Features section could most certainly be added to, and the History section looks to me like it had been edited at various points by several people but not incorporated properly. The Zhuang peoples are one of the largest minority groups in China and I believe this article needs more information relating to the studies that have been done about their culture. I think different subsections of the discipline are missing from the page and need to be discussed.
 * Sources:
 * The Zhuang Minority Peoples of the Sino-Vietnamese Frontier in the Song Period
 * I chose this article because it discusses the Zhuang people in a historical context, especially in relation to the political situation regarding Vietnam and Song Dynasty China.
 * ON "CONSTRUCTED" IDENTITIES: A DIALOGUE ON THE NATURE OF ZHUANG IDENTITY
 * I chose this article because it discusses the Zhuang people in relation to their identity within China and with the majority Han people.

Bunun people


 * I believe this article is quite good considering it is about a relatively unknown ethnic group but I think it needs more updated information on the Bunun people in modern day.
 * Sources:
 * Christianity, Identity, and the Construction of Moral Community among the Bunun of Taiwan
 * Although this article discusses Christianity, I chose it because it still discusses traditional rituals of the Bunun people.
 * Although this article discusses Christianity, I chose it because it still discusses traditional rituals of the Bunun people.

Fan Chengda


 * I am quite interested in the writings of Fan Chengda and I think this article needs more information about his various travel writings, his style of writing, and examples or links to his writings.
 * Sources:
 * Reviewed Work:  by James M. Hargett
 * I chose this article because it is a review of an already peer reviewed article discussing the travel writer Fan Chengda.
 * Reviewed Work:  by Fan Chengda, James M. Hargett
 * I chose this article because it is another reviewed article of an already peer reviewed article. It also discusses some other writings of Fan.
 * Boulder Lake Poems: Fan Chengda's (1126-1193) Rural Year in Suzhou Revisited
 * I chose this article because it discusses the poetry of Fan Chengda, rather than his typical travel writings.
 * Stairway to Heaven: A Journey to the Summit of Mount Emei
 * I chose this book because I am looking to find more specific information on Fan's travel to Mount Emei which I studied in another course.
 * https://www-tandfonline-com.libproxy.albany.edu/doi/abs/10.1179/mon.2010.58.1.004

Fan Chengda article additions
Source 1: Meipu: A Twelfth Century Treatise on Mei-flowers


 * Information that can be added regarding his writings on the plum blossom (meihua)
 * first writing regarding horticulture in China written specifically about the meihua flower
 * one of Fan's greatest interests was writing about different flora and fauna
 * Fan also wrote a Treatise on Chrysanthemums, as well as the Treatise of Mei-flowers
 * he associated the meihua with the "gentleman-recluse," a gentleman who still lived a simple farming life
 * believed the meihua was a flower that represented purity as it grew in the wild and was not originally a flower cultivated by people
 * he associated this purity with himself and his own dreams of escaping the "worldly-dust"