Expressions of the particular terms of love in the Song of Songs

ABSTRACT

This article discovers expressions of love by examining the particular terms of love in the Song. The expressions in various scenes show the excitement and pleasure of fulfillment in the sexual love relationship as the power of love. They also demonstrate the primary meaning of love in the Song is the celebration of joys of physical intimacy of human love relationship. The study of the chosen verses shows how the Hebrew text contains uncertainties and a variety of meanings which cannot be easily conveyed in other language. However, it portrays the significant of studying in the original language in order to bring about a better appreciation of the expressions of love in the Song.     

南宋时期疫灾地理研究

南宋时期(1127-1279年)至少有81年发生过疫灾,疫灾频度53.29%。朝代上以宁宗、高宗、孝宗三朝的疫灾最为频繁;季节上以春夏季节为疫灾高发期,秋冬季节疫灾较少发生;趋势上疫灾频度略有下降趋势,但表现为2个波长为70年的波动周期,十年疫灾指数曲线呈"W"型,疫灾广度的年度变化呈脉冲状波动,阶段性特征明显。南宋时期全国至少有241个县发生过疫灾,其中71.37%分布于人口相对稠密的浙西、福建、淮西、浙东、江东、江西、淮东等东部诸路;疫灾严重程度从东部沿海向西部内陆递减,浙西路是全国疫灾最严重的地区;各路疫灾的严重性与人口密度呈显著正相关。从总体分布看,南宋地区的疫灾比金元地区严重,且集中分布于淮河以南今光山-大余一线以东的地区;人口密度高值区也是疫灾频度高值区,长江三角洲是全国疫灾最频繁的地区;当时全国的疫灾中心有今杭州、海宁、湖州、苏州、绍兴等城市。     

北宋时期疫灾地理研究

北宋时期(960-1127年)有记载的疫灾年份59个,疫灾频度为35.1%。其疫灾多发生于春、夏季节,秋、冬季节较少发生。整个北宋时期,疫灾频度呈周期性波动上升趋势,除960-969年上接五代疫灾周期和1120-1129年下接南宋疫灾周期外,其余时间可以划分出3个波长为50年的波动周期,第一波(970-1019年)疫灾频度为10%-40%;第二波(1020-1069年)疫灾频度为20%-60%;第三波(1070-1119年)疫灾频度为20%-70%。疫灾主要发生在黄河中下游、江淮之间及长江中下游地区,华南地区很少有疫灾流行,且疫灾都与战争有关。长江三角洲和开封地区为全国一级疫灾中心,成都、西安、洛阳、长沙为次一级疫灾中心。这些疫灾中心的形成,既与其人口密度相对较高有关,也与其人口流动性相对较高有关。     

(En)Gendering the Maoist Insurgency in India: Between Rhetoric and Reality

ABSTRACT

This paper attempts a gendered analysis of the ongoing Maoist insurgency in India, particularly focused on women’s position within the movement, the continuum of gender based violence that they experience and the potential for transformative politics. The contemporary Maoist movement in India has been informed by a stated commitment to ‘progressive’ gender politics and social transformations; in that it marks a departure from the Naxalite movement of the 60s and 70s. Yet women remain concentrated in the group’s lower ranks and are absent from leadership positions. In addition, sexual and gender based violence and discrimination within the movement further undermine the commitment of the revolution to create opportunities for transformative politics including gender justice and equality. We consider it important that women’s lived experiences of the conflict - as combatants, supporters as well as civilians affected by it - are brought to the foreground. Drawing from postcolonial feminist approaches, we reflect on the challenges and possibilities for feminist politics and ethics within the Indian Maoist movement. We conclude that the rhetoric and reality of gender equality within the Maoist movement provides a unique opportunity to further investigate and analyze the ways in which feminist activism and the women’s movement in India have alienated the concerns of marginalized women from dalit and adivasi communities.     

世界水族馆 科尔特斯海

正世界水族馆大约500万年前,频繁的地震和火山活动撕裂了墨西哥大陆的西部,形成了加利福尼亚半岛和本土间的巨大鸿沟,太平洋海水灌入,从而产生了如今的科尔特斯海(Sea of Cortez),又叫加利福尼亚湾(Gulf of California);持续的火山喷发形成了科尔特斯海中诸多的小岛。墨西哥征服者埃尔南·科尔特斯听闻这座海域的岛上遍地黄金,海里到处是珍珠,于是派遣了弗朗西斯科·乌略亚前去勘探,结果自然是没有找到珍宝,不过乌略亚还是用他上司的名字——科尔特斯命名了这片海域。     

宋播州冉彦正墓志考释

播州冉氏,冉琎冉璞之外,记载无多.从周偶有提及,亦甚简略.族属父子、祖籍里居,更多讹误.本文系《宋播州冉氏事迹考信录》的上篇,旨在通过对宋播州冉彦正墓志的考释,澄清播州冉氏信息传播中的记载讹误,在《杨文神道碑》、《宋史》余玠传、《通鉴续编》理宗纪、景泰《寰宇通志》、天顺《大明一统志》等少量文献之外,略微补充播州冉氏部分珍贵细节.     

The Darwinian Rhetoric of Science in Petr Kropotkin's Mutual Aid. A Factor of Evolution (1902)

The paper explores the significance of rhetorical argumentation in Petr Kropotkin's treatise Mutual Aid. A Factor of Evolution (1902). It argues that Kropotkin's work is steeped in the tradition of a rhetoric of science that is profoundly Darwinian and in which various forms of analogic reasoning play a central role. After explaining the epistemic function of the metaphors “struggle for existence” and “mutual aid,” the paper analyses Kropotkin's argumentation strategies and offers an interpretation of them as a further development and reworking of Darwinian rhetoric.     

明代前期海禁政策下的瓷器输出

明代前期厉行海禁政策时,中国瓷器的海洋输出主要是在朝贡贸易体系下,以琉球人船只为中介的中国、琉球及东南亚多边贸易关系格局中进行。国外沉船及遗址出土资料显示,瓷器输出品种以龙泉青瓷为主,景德镇、福建及广东等地的民窑产品也通过走私途径参与。但总体来说,中国瓷器在当时的东南亚市场仍然匮乏。     

The Rhetoric of Convention: The Foundational Saul Narratives (1 Samuel 9–11) Reconsidered

Biblical scholars have applied new methodologies to the royal narratives in the Deuteronomistic History (Joshua–Kings) as viable resources for recovering authentic historical information regarding the monarchic cultures of ancient Israel and their impact on the development of Israelite religion. The present study considers anew the narratives regarding Israel's first king, Saul son of Kish. A recurring motif in these narratives is the appeal to socio‐religious convention, which is suggestive of a rhetorical strategy among the authors that sought to situate the Saulide royal lineage in familiar traditions that the institution of kingship was perceived as disrupting.     

宋元"海上丝绸之路"繁荣时期广州、明州(宁波)、泉州三大港口发展之比较研究

自西汉开辟"海上丝绸之路"以来,在我国漫长的海岸线上,先后出现了十余个与"海上丝绸之路"形成与发展关系密切的大小港口.这些港口在长期的发展演变过程中,历经兴衰与更迭,至宋元时期,最终形成了广州、明州(宁波)、泉州三大贸易枢纽港.这三大港口不仅是这一时期"海上丝绸之路"的最主要起迄港,而且在促进东西方经济贸易和文化交流方面亦起到了举足轻重的作用.本文拟结合市舶制度的建立、造船业的发展、航海线路的拓展以及中外文化交流等方面的状况,对宋元时期这三大港口的发展规模、功能特征、地位作用及其演变历程等进行比较研究,以进一步揭示三大港口历史发展的基本态势与内在规律,同时也为当今全球经济一体化大背景下的港口发展,提供一些有益的启示.