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A Preliminary Study of Jiangmen’s Coastal Defense System in the Ming Dynasty

(by SHI Jian-ping)

Abstract: Jiangmen, located in the southeast coast of China, used to be an important coastal defense front during the Ming dynasty. A large number of Jiangmen coastal maps have been preserved in both military treatises and local historical records. A textual research on the historical information contained on these coastal maps can reveal not only the general outline of the changes of Jiangmen’s coastal defense system in the Ming dynasty, but also some details concerning the implementation of the coastal defense policy in Jiangmen coastal areas of the late Ming dynasty, from the patrol of the sea and defense against the Japanese pirates by garrison troops to patrol by navy ships.

Keywords: Maps; the Ming Dynasty; Coastal defense; Jiangmen; Garrisons

PreservationandInheritanceofArchitecturalCultureinQiaoxiangAreasintheContextofChineseStories

(by ZHUANG Li-hong, ZHANG Jian-ying)

Abstract: Gulangyu Island’s Old Villas, the core of its “World Architecture Expo”, are rich cultural resources and have special value and significance in the context of “telling good Chinese stories”. Due to disrepair and improper commercial development, the protection and inheritance of the architectural culture represented by the Old Villas has become a major problem at present. As a landmark tourist attraction in Xiamen, preserving these historic buildings is a key priority in the protection and inheritance of Qiaoxiang culture. Questionnaire survey results show that it is a feasible and mature way to raise funds to preserve and inherit the heritage by taking advantage of the successful World Heritage bid on July 8, 2017, integrating the islands’ major attractions, adopting government trusteeship and museum-style management and setting up a special tourism line.

Keywords: Gulangyu; Old Villas; Qiaoxiang Culture; Telling good Chinese Stories

OnLiangQichao’sCategorizingofBibliographyonChineseStudies

(by PANG Guang-hua, ZHOU Biao, WU Jun)

Absrtact: Liang Qichao classified the bibliography on Chinese classical learning into four categories: the books on self-cultivation and ideological history; books on political history and other philology; poetry; and primary readers and grammar books. Liang’s is different from the traditional classification of Chinese national studies and reveals his unique insights and profound understanding of Chinese culture. But there are also some oversights and omissions in Liang's bibliography categorization and some of his conclusions are debatable. .

Keywords: Liang Qichao; Sinology; Bibliography; History; Ancient Chinese Classics

TanGuoen’sTriptoJapanandHisPoemsaboutJapan

(by CHEN Yi-ke)

Abstract: In the winter of 1890, Tan Guoen, a poet from Xinhui, Guangdong, accompanied the Qing Dynasty’s Imperial Envoy Li Jingfang to Japan and later compiled his poems composed during the journey into two volumes entitledHaidongXinYin. The poems are a detailed record of Tan’s three-year life experiences in Japan, and reflect some of his insights into Japan after the Meiji Restoration, and his reflection on ways to revive China. His poems on landscape and scenery reflect the delegates’ life in Japan. In addition, his poems can also add to our understanding of his contacts with the Japanese and the Chinese people there, the Sino-Japanese relations and the living conditions of the Chinese people in Japan before the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895.

Keywords: Tan Guoen;HaidongXinYong; Sino-Japanese Relations

BreakingthroughtheBarriers:RaoZongyi'sStudyofChineseLiterature

(by SHAO Xiao-Long)

Abstract: The contemporary Confucian master Rao Zongyi has made a unique study of Chinese literature. Literature and Gods, records of interviews with Rao Zongyi, can reveal the characteristics of his research into Chinese literature. He could not only study Chinese literature from the perspective of texts and writing, but could also clear up and widen the source of Chinese literary history. In addition, his research broke through the limitations of nationality and discipline, and was not limited by the theory and method of comparison. Summarizing Rao Zongyi's research methods is of guiding and enlightening significance for current academic research.

Keywords:Rao Zongyi; Chinese literature; Cultural comparison; Research methods

OnGuoTaiji'sBreakthroughinTraditionsbyhisReplyPoemtoFuXian

(by YANG Lin-xi)

Abstract: Guo Taiji’s “Reply Poem to Fu Xian” is a poem expressing his sentiments using the image of a weaving girl, but this weaver girl changed from the traditional one of silent resentment to one boldly expressing her anger. Traditionally women’s appearance, emotions and moral character had often been objects of metaphors, while in Guo’s poem a female’s talent and status became the object of metaphor to express the author’s sadness of being born in a poor family and not being able to play to his abilities. It was the first poem reflecting on begging for audiences with high-ranking people and began the tradition of using female images in communications.

Keywords: Girls from humble origins; Seeking audiences with VIPs by means of poetry; talent and status; metaphors

AReviewandProspectsoftheResearchonSong-guPoemsComposedintheNorthernandSouthernSongsDynasties

(by YUAN Bei-Bei)

Abstract: As one of the most literary types of Zen writing, song-gu has attracted more and more attention from the academic circles. The Song Dynasty is the key period for the development and maturity of song-gu poetry. At present, some progress has been made in the collation of works and the study of song-gu texts and their authors, but there also exist some problems for which more attention and in-depth studies are required.

Keywords: The Song Dynasty; Song-gu; Review; Prospects

OntheCharacteristicsofChenXun’sPoemsonNature

(by DENG Gan-yuan)

Abstract: Chen Xun, a modern poet of Lingnan, was famous for getting the quintessence of Song Dynasty poets Zhou Bangyan’s and Wu Wenying’s poetic creations. In the process of collision between the exploration of ci poems and the changes of the times, Chen Xun's ci poems on nature gradually developed the emotional connotative features like the mentality of the survivors, sorrow about the plight of the world, satire and the remembrance of friends, as well as the writing features such as the intricacy of time and space, extension and subtlety, and simplicity in diction. He achieved transformation in his ci poetry theory and creation and promoted the development of the ci poetry and even the whole ci poetry community.

Keywords: Chen Xun; Hai Xiao Ci; Ci poems on nature; creative features

AReadingofTheGreatGatsbyin Light of Fromm’s Humanistic Ethics

(by WEI Wen)

Abstract: InTheGreatGatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald uses the imagery of a pair of doctor’s eyes overlooking the dusty world, which implies a diagnosis of the Jazz Age of America. This paper analyzes the characters in the novel according to the three criteria proposed by Erich Fromm of judging the sanity of a society: the independence of the individual, the expression of love by and the creativity of the individual. We find that the text expresses an optimistic expectation of the future society while criticizing the alienation of human beings in the commercial society.

KeyWords: F. Scott Fitzgerald;TheGreatGatsby; Erich Fromm; humanistic ethics

OntheIntergenerationalConflictsandthePlacelessnessofChineseImmigrantsinU.S.inBaiXian-yong’sADayinPleasantville

(by XU Tan)

Abstract: As a matter of fact, it is the rootlessness arising from the displacement that has caused the intergenerational conflicts in the Chinese emigrants’ families.The absence of living space prevents the effective bonds which affects the geographic attachment and identity of Chinese emigrants, especially those living in U.S. An analysis of the intergenerational conflicts in Bai Xian-yong’sADayinPleasantvillecan reveal such inter-generational conflicts and Chinese Americans’ attempts to rebuild their home and identity in the United States.

Keywords:ADayinPleasantville; intergenerational conflicts; places

OntheChangeofReignTitlesinChineseHistory

(by LIU Ying-qiu)

Abstract: The tradition of changing reign titles upon a new emperor’s enthronement had a long history in China and can be traced back to the Shang Dynasty, and the change and frequent renaming of reign titles began in the reign period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. In the 2000 years from the Western Han Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, reign titles not only played an important role in the history of China, but also spread to Vietnam, Korea and Japan. An analysis of the origin, reasons and functions of the reign titles can provide an overall understanding of the culture of reign titles.

Keywords: Changing and renaming of reign titles; origins; reasons; functions

ResearchontheHistoricalValueofTheCantonTimes

(by LU Ming-jia)

Abstract:TheCantonTimeswas founded in Hong Kong in 1904 and ceased operation in 1906. More than 5000 pages of the paper are existent now and housed in the Provincial Zhongshan Library. It is one of the very few well-preserved papers concentrating on reporting news about Guangdong. It was a pioneer of revolutionary newspapers and periodicals in the late Qing Dynasty and has considerable historical value mainly in three aspects: displaying the modernization process of modern Guangdong, correcting historical errors and enriching historical details.

Keywords: Revolutionary Newspapers;TheCantonTimes; Historical Value

AnAnalysisoftheStrategicTrendsoftheGuangdong,HongKongandMacaoBayAreaBasedonInternationalComparisons

(by FENG Chen-xi，ZHANG Shi-rong)

Abstract:By comparing with the other three world-famous Bay areas, we find that the Greater Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao Bay area is comparable to them in terms of policy supply, population size and regional gross domestic product. At the same time, there exist some problems such as the lack of industrial optimization. Only by deeply understanding the dual strategic significance of promoting China’s opening to the outside world and implementing the policy of “one country, two systems” can we accurately grasp the development trend of the Bay Area and achieve the “9 + 2 > 11” scale effect.

Keywords: Bay Area Economies; the Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao Bay Area; “One Country, Two Systems”;Reform and Opening-up

MeasurementoftheEfficiencyofTrainingFinancialProfessionalsBasedontheDEA-TobitModel

(by GONG Jin-jin,YE Xiao-fen)

Abstract: The building of an innovative and powerful nation cannot be achieved without the cultivation of innovative talents and the quality of talent training is closely related to higher education institutions’ the efficiency of input and output. Taking the data of 10 independent colleges in Guangzhou area from 2015 to 2017 as samples, this paper calculates the efficiency of training financial professionals in 10 independent colleges in Guangzhou area by means of the DEA model. The results show that there are great differences and different development trends. On this basis, the Tobit model is used to explore the reasons for the differences. The results show that the double-qualified teachers and the amount of training hours have a positive impact on the efficiency of financial professionals training. Finally, some policy implications are put forward for the efficiency and influencing factors of talent cultivation in independent colleges.

Keywords: Independent colleges; the DEA-Tobit model; Talent cultivation efficiency

MarxistExistentialismConsiderationsof“theNeedsforaBetterLife”

(by SHANG Xiao-Hua)

Abstract: The Western existential theory’s answer to “the needs for a better life” focuses on the self-realization of the virtue of the rationalist path on the one hand and the irrational will of life on the other hand, and the self-reflection of Existentialism on the individual. To this, the Marxist philosophy give a different answer: “The needs for a better life” are based on “natural physiological needs”. The “needs for a better life” is first of all the self-realization of the unity of material production and life, showing the beauty of life in work. To truly realize the “needs for a better life”, we must continue to transform the various social relations and social systems in reality, and make continuous efforts to ultimately realize the “life of free people in a community”.

Keywords: Needs for a better life; Marx; Existentialism; Material life; Alienated labor; Social relations

ContemporaryForeignCommunistParties’UnderstandingofandReflectiononEcologicalCrisis

(by WANG Miao)

Abstract: Since the 1980s, foreign Communist parties have been actively exploring a development path combining the “red” and “green” in the midst of the vigorous green movement, and the ways and means to eliminate the ecological crisis. Many foreign Communists believe that the capitalist profit-seeking system, the bourgeoisie’s profit-pursuing nature, the capitalist consumption mode and the global expansion of imperialism are the root causes of the contemporary ecological crisis. Therefore, they have maintained that the way to eliminate the ecological crisis is to change the capitalist system and establish socialism, and have put forward specific development goals. These theoretical considerations are of great value for us in firmly adhering to the socialist road with Chinese characteristics.

Keywords: Foreign Communist Parties; Ecological crisis; Capitalism; Socialism

TheSynchronousExtensionofMeaningsofLength,CapacityandWeightMeasurementWords

(by WANG Li，ZHANG Qing-song)

Abstract: Classical Chinese words about measurement of length, capacity and weight include “度(du), 揣(chuai), 揆(kui), 测(ce), 量(liang), 概(gai), 衡(heng), 铨(quan), 权(quan), 称(cheng),程(cheng), and 料(liao)”. Besides, there are the four words closely related to the measurement words: “掂(dian), 估(gu), 计(ji), and 算(suan)”. These 16 words can all be extended to mean “estimate”. A great many two-syllable compound words with these characters have entered modern Chinese.

Keywords: Synchronous extension; Words about measurement of length, capacity and weight; Meaning

AnAnalysisoftheGeneralizationoftheMeaningoftheChineseVerb“Fen”

(by LI Ying-ying)

Abstract：The new network word “hu fen” was generated in the microblogging website Weibo and has been widely used to produce many new words. In the term “hufen”, “fen” is used as a verb and gets a new meaning: become fans. It further extends to mean concern. The emergence of popular words with the character “fen” has enriched Chinese vocabulary, making the language closer to life and better reflecting life realities.

Keywords: Hu fen; Fans; Generalization; New network words

ApplicationoftheRationalEmotiveBehaviorTherapyinChineseCollegesandUniversities’IdeologicalandPoliticalTheoryCourseTeaching

(by HU Qing-liang)

Abstract：The essence of the Rational Emotional Behavior Therapy is to help the subjects change irrational beliefs and achieve spiritual harmony through external intervention. This is inherently consistent with the purpose of the ideological and political theory teaching in colleges and universities in China. Designing the teaching of the ideological and political theory course according to the four steps of the Rational Emotional Behavior Therapy can help teachers deepen their understanding of students and the courses from the formation and action mechanisms of emotion and behavior, and then improve their teaching effect.

Keywords: Rational Emotional Behavior Therapy; Ideological and Political Theory courses; Classroom teaching