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Is Dream-eating Beast a monster? Who is Ye Shit-tao? What has he got to do with the Dream-eating beast? The Dream-eating Beast came into existence with the birth of Ye Shit-tao. During his youth, Ye Shi-tao used to play in the Hulu (Gourd) alley. While he was receiving his education, he also read books he liked. During a day when he was seventeen, his dream to be an author was fulfilled -- his writing was accepted for publication. Even after the finance of his family slid downwards, Ye Shit-tao still worked as a teacher to feed his Dream-eating Beast and his family members; although this Dream-eating Beast had caused Ye Shit-tao to go through all kinds of hardships in life, in the mean time it also shone light in the life of Ye Shit-tao, making him an important author and critic in the history of literature of Taiwan. In Looking Back at Taiwan Literature Ye Shit-tau wrote: It goes without saying that an author is like a beast feeding on dreams. How does he know that this Dream-eating beast also has the need of daily bread, and bread is nothing that can be earned by merely dreaming all day? This Dream-eating beast is the dream of Ye Shi-tau as an author, as well as the literature that he loves. Indeed, the Dream-eating beast is the very person himself. This book is the International Edition specifically published by Bureau of Cultural Affairs, Tainan City of Government with EHGBooks POD (print-on-demand) Technology, and the list price will differ from the one printed by the traditional printing house in Taiwan. We welcome global readers to purchase on demand at your discretion!

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Bureau of Cultural Affairs, Tainan City of Government History: The Cultural Affairs Bureau, Tainan City Government, was formed on Dec. 25, 2010; this was the day that Tainan county and city merged, making Tainan a municipality, and the Bureau was therefore reconstituted and renamed by merging the former Cultural Affairs Bureau, Tainan County Government, and Department of Culture and Tourism, Tainan City Government. The first director-general was Yeh, Tse-shan. In May 2011, he was officially promoted as the director-general of the Bureau. Organization & Responsibilities: Since the Bureau was established, and the Tourism Bureau was set up under the Tainan City Government, the affairs in regard to tourism originally under the governance of the Tainan County Government Cultural Affairs Bureau have been put under the charge of the Tourism Bureau. For further development of the cultural administration in the greater Tainan area and in response to the reconstitution of the Council for Cultural Affairs into the Ministry of Culture in 2012, the following units will be set up in 2013: Arts Development Division, Cultural Resources Division, Cultural Facilities Division, Cultural Research Division, Historic Sites Operation Divison, Cultural and Creative Development Division, Cultural Parks Management Division, Yonghua Cultural Center Management Division and Minjhih Cultural Center Management Division, in addition to the original Secretariat, Personnel Office, Accounting Office and Civil Service Ethics Office, etc. In addition, affiliated institutions, including the Tainan Public Libraries and Cultural Heritage Administration Center, were founded for various affairs related to Tainan's cultural policies, as well as exhibitions and performances.

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