楚国都城制度初探

This paper studied the position of the palaces in Chu capital such as Chu HuangCheng, Ji Nan Cheng, Cheng Ying and Shou Chun Cheng. The author point out that the palaces locatedin the northeast of the capital that was similar to Shang and different from Zhou.     

Xu Jian Shi wei li chong: Dong Zhou zhiqian qingtong bingqi de wuzhi wenhua yanjiu (Opportune Rituals for Worship: Material Culture Study of Bronze Weapons before the Eastern Zhou Dynasty)

As elsewhere in the world,weaponry in China has long been regarded as the symbol of warfare and violence.Hitherto much scholarly attention has been given to the Shang (ca.1,600-1,046 BCE) and Zhou bronze eating and drinking vessels,as well as to musical instruments,without an equivalent understanding the significance of the contemporary bronze weapons,which are extent in a surprising quantity.     

THE CITY OF NICOMEDEIA AND THE GODDESS DEMETER

Bithynia is a region in the northwest of Anatolia bordered by the Black Sea （Pontus Euxeinos） to the north, the Dardanel Strait （Hellespontos） and Kocacay （Rhyndakos） to the west, and the Sakarya River （Sangarios） to the south. A point of the Asian continent extending towards Europe, Bithynia is surrounded by seas on its three sides and has a long shore. Nicomedeia, once the capital of Bithynia, is an important city due to its location. Since the gulf is gradually narrowing, it can easily be closed and defended. There are two routes from Nicomedeia. One leads alongside the shore towards the Marmara Sea, enabling the passage to the north and south or to the European shore across the peninsula.     

湘江下游商代“混合型”青铜器问题之我见

Hundreds of fine bronzes of Shang Dynasty were unearthed at the lower-reaches of Xiang River. There are two opinions on those bronzes, which have features both of local feature and Shang‘s feature, one is called nmixedn bronzes, another “local” bronzes. Based on the modeling method, patterns, ware series, buried characters of the bronzes and the archaeological culture at the lower-reaches of Xiang River, the author comes to a conclusion that the exception of “local” bronzes can reflect the true history moreaccurately than that of “mixed” bronzes.     

Matten,Marc Andre.Imagining a Postnational World: Hegemony and Space in Modern China

To some observers,the year 2016 signals the end of an era.Marked by two stunning events-Britain's decision to withdraw from the European Union in June and the election of Donald Trump as the new US president in November-the West appears to turn its back on globalism.After three decades of continuous efforts to dissolve national boundaries for a smooth circulation of capital,labor and products,the pendulum is swinging back to nationalism,if not nativism.Rather than promoting global connectivity,the new trend appears to focus on protecting the home market,domestic industry,and national sovereignty.     

江汉地区的鬲与楚式鬲

On the phylogeny of Chinese pottery containers, Ding tripod appeared earlier than li. Pottery Ding tripod was a kind of traditional cooker in Jianghan area, and Li first emerged and then became prevalent in the Yellow River valley. During Shang and Zhou Dynasty, Li was dispersed to Jianghan area where its variations appeared, and many styles of Li with different shapes, characters and uses came forth. Only one kind of daily cooker among them can be called “Chu-styled li”. The anthor believes that Chu-styled li is the compound of li from the Central Plains and Ding tripod of Jianghan area. It was in vogue in the Eastzhou Dynasty when li had already vanished in the Central Plains. Three basic forms of Chu-styled li are relative to their uses and cultural origins.     

Protection of Lhalu Wetland

Lhalu Wetland is regarded as "the lung of Lhasa City" or its kidney showing its importance to the well-being of the capital of the autonomous region.Located in the north of the city, it used to be a piece of land belonging to a noble family named Lhalu. A typical highland marshland-type wetland, it is the highest of its kind in the world formed by the joint influence of the freezing grassland weather and its special geography.     

SEQUENCE OF INTERNAL EVENTS DURING THE FOUNDATION PERIOD OF THE HITTITE KINGDOM

The events we will be dwelling upon and which are known from the cuneiform sources unearthed at Bogazkoey date directly to the time of Hattusili I or later, and provide information about the foundation period of the Hittite kingdom which took place in the cities that were closely linked to or directly occurring in the capital city, Hattusa, or elsewhere. It is not possible to put campaigns, conquests and the events in exact chronological order within the foundation period of the Hittite kingdom. However, it can be said that while the early part of the reign of Hattusili I was mostly a period when the borders were expanded by military campaigns and conquests, the later part of this king‘s reign was most probably when internal turmoil arose.     

The Chang Tang Plateau: new evidence of historic migration

1.Introduction This paper will primarily focus on historical migrations to and within the Chang Tang (byang-thang) region of Tibet.Traditionally,‘Chang Tang’ refers to the enormous northern plateau of Tibet that covers more than 2.5 million km2 of land mass,more renowned globally for its wildlife than human settlements.In this article however,Chang Tang is geographically defined as Ngari (mngav-ris) and Western Nakchu (nagchu) Prefectures of Tibet.In popular imagination in the Asian region,including China,Chang Tang is conceived of as a wilderness with a sparse and recent human population.     

The Origin of “Chinese Philosophy”

Using the analysis of a single word to launch a conceptual review of (a problem in) cultural history, the Chinese term zhexue 哲學 (wisdom-learning, tetsugaku) is not simply a translation of the word “philosophy”; its inventor, Nishi Amane (1829–97), regarded it as the (Western) counterpart of Oriental learning (Tōyōgaku). The first explicit linkage of “philosophy” with “the East” was at The University of Tokyo, where it played an important role in the work of Katō Hiroyuki (1836–1913) and Inoue Tetsujirō (1855–1944). Inoue’s History of Oriental Philosophy, written under Katō’s inspiration, used Western philosophy to systematize ancient Chinese thought, and transformed “philosophy” (tetsugaku) from a learning of others, or Western learning, into an important component of the spiritual world of the East, and into a kind of universal knowledge. This was completely different from earlier lectures on “China philosophy” (shina tetsugaku) by Nakamura Masanao (1832–91) and Shimada Jūrei (1838–98) which still followed the Chinese underlying structure, and in the background, it had the intent of grasping the power to control East Asian discourse. In China, when young scholars like Wang Guowei (1877–1927) embraced philosophy, they already took its universality as a self-evident premise. This kind of alignment later evolved into a situation where it seemed entirely natural to use Western systems to interpret Chinese thought, and it also induced serious scholars to reflect. However, “Oriental philosophy” and “Chinese philosophy” provide East Asia and especially China with an opportunity to reevaluate its traditional culture. In this connection, “Chinese philosophy” includes: first, using philosophical concepts to re-provision ancient thought (the so-called history of Chinese philosophy); second, the occurrence of “philosophy” and “Chinese philosophy” and their evolution after their arrival in China; third, drawing on philosophy to enrich and develop China’s thinking. When seeking out “philosophy” in the veins and arteries of China’s history, the first and second aspects must be strictly distinguished. As to what the future may hold, the effect of the third aspect is most important.