THE COLLECTION OF TSINGHUA BAMBOO SLIPS （TBS） AND THEIR SCHOLARLY VALUE

1. The Acquisition of the Tsinghua Bamboo Slips （TBS）
The so-called Tsinghua Bamboo Slips （TBS） are a collection of writings on bamboo strips from the Warring States period, which were acquired in 2008 by Tsinghua University. Before the invention of paper, Chinese people used silk and bamboo slips or wood as writing materials,     

AN IMPORTANT DISCOVERY CONCERNING THE ORIGIN OF THE QIN PEOPLE IN THE TSINGHUA BAMBOO MANUSCRIPTS

Most of the Tsinghua Bamboo Slips （TBS） texts date from the Warring States period and they are either works of the （so-called） Classics （jing, 经 ） or Historical books （shi, 史 ）. One of the TBS texts,     

The Core Policies of the Democratic Reform

The policy of ＂three ＇fighting against＇ and two ＇deductions＇＂ was one of the core policies of the democratic reform in Tibetan farming land. ＂Trhree ＇fighting against＇＂ is referred to as fighting against rebellion, corvee labor and the slavery of human beings, while ＂two deductions＂ refers to the imposition of taxation and interest. However, in those areas where no rebellion occurred, the policy instead was ＂two ＇fighting against＇ and two ＇deductions＂.     

NEW BOOKS

40 Years of Painting and Writingin Tibet The author Han Shuli receivedhis master＇s degree from ChinaCentral Academy of Fine Artsin 1982. He has studied andworked in Tibet since 1973. Heis a member of Chinese People＇sPolitical Consultative Conference,a council member of ChinaArtists Association, Chairmanof Tibet Artists Association,President of Tibet Paintingand Calligraphy Academy, andExecutive Director of ChinaAssociation for Preservation andDevelopment of Tibetan Culture.The book consists of threesections, with totally 100 essayswritten over a period of 40 years.Each piece is about 1000 words,telling the author＇s experiencesand feelings in Tibet from botha common people＇s perspectiveand a painter＇s artistic view.The book was published byChina Tibetology Press in Oct.2013, at the price of 68 Yuan（ISBN：97878O25364181）.     

THE JUDGEMENT OF PARIS IN HOMER —— RE-EXAMINING ILIAD 8, 548-552 AND 24, 27-30

Did Homer know the story of the ＇Judgement of Pads＇？ The answer to this question depends on our assessment of two or three verses towards the end of the Iliad. When Achilles is desecrating Hector＇s body, the gods, we are told, are f＇mally moved by pity for the slain hero, although none of them had rushed to his support before. They decide to put an end to the repulsive spectacle by ordering Hermes to steal Hector＇s body from Achilles＇ chariot. This plan is approved by all, but three gods - Hera, Poseidon, and Athene （Ω 25ff）：     

Padma Chogya and the Tibetan Black Ceramic Handicraft

正Walking into the Exhibition Hall located in Zone A of the Academy of Arts and Design of Tsinghua University,I began to search for Padma Chogya in the crowd.The university was undergoing its first exhibition of intangible cultural heritages,and as I was matching things up with what I had on my phone,my eyes finally fell upon a long-haired Khampa man who was busy working on a half-formed     

Discuss for the view that“media representation of crime serve fundamentally as a form of social control”

Media with the Politics
It＇ s not fresh news to anyone of us that the politics can use the media as an efficient strategy to present themselves and their political views. With the rapid development of the mass media and communications, it offers political figures to employ the strategies of symbolic construction with the purpose of presenting and promoting themselves in front of the audience （Schlesinger and Tnmber, 1994）. With the purpose of keeping public orders and reduce the crime rate, the media plays a very important role in .＇broadcasting＇ the ＇advertising＇ for the government,     

New Books

Selected Works of the Literature of China＇s Ethnic Minorities in the New Era： Tibetan Volume （Vol. 1 ＆ 2） As part of the ＂Literature of China＇s Ethnic Minorities＂ project, China Writers Association compiled and edited ＂Selected Works of the Literature of China＇s Ethnic Minorities in the New Era＂. The Tibetan Volume （two books） is one of the first 10 volumes published. It contains three sections： fiction, prose,     

Female Workers,Political Mobilization,and the Meaning of Revolutionary Citizenship in Beijing, 1948-1950

After entering Beijing in January 1949, the Communist Party immediately sent cadres to local factories in order to mobilize female industrial workers into a women＇s movement and to establish the idea of ＂revolutionary citizenship.＂ The Party wished to nurture this idea in both the local political arena and in women＇s lives inside and outside the factories. This article demonstrates that a host of factors defined revolutionary citizenship, including party directives, choices in revolutionary strategy, cadres＇ interpretations of directives and their own initiatives, and workers＇ reactions to mobilization. It was in this complex mix of mobilization, women＇s strategies to protect and advance their own interests, and the politics of group representation in the revolution, that female workers came to understand the meaning and impact of revolutionary citizenship and the shape of labor-state relations in the emerging socialist China.     

Modern Chinese History Studies No. 6, 2005

The Increase in the Number of Regular Markets in North China in the Late Qing Period and An Interpretation of Its Significance; The Hankou-Daye-Pingxiang Company＇s Steel Sales and China＇ s Modem Steel Market （1908-1927） ;The Chinese Communist Party＇s Policy of Rent and Interest Reduction during the Resistance War against Japan, and Changes of Land Ownership. A Case Study of Junan County in the Shandong Base Area; The Impact of the Russo-Japanese War on Sino-Korean Relations;     

China＇s Contested Capital： Architecture,Ritual, and Response in Nanjing

After over a decade of civil war, the Nationalists under Chiang Kai-shek established something of a national government in 1928. This marvelous book explores how they built up Nanjing as China＇s new capital city over the following decade. Musgrove argues that the Nationalists＇ city planning, public building architecture, mausoleum of Sun Yat-sen and other memorials, and new state rituals all promoted the new government＇s legitimacy, even though that government remained relatively weak and divided. In line with more favorable views of the ＂Nanjing Decade＂ that have come to replace an earlier generation of historiography, Musgrove believes that the government＇s accomplishments in building up Nanjing were real and significant, albeit limited.     

ATHENIAN DEMOCRACY：FROM INSTITUTIONS TO IDEOLOGY

Of all the Greek cities in the classical period, Athens is the one for which we have by far the greatest range and quantity of evidence.Therefore, Athenian history - and in particular Athenian democracy - has been a major subject of twentieth century scholarship. From the vast number of valuable works dedicated to Athenian democracy we should like to name C. Hignett＇s History of the Athenian Constitution （1952）, A. H. M. Jones＇ Athenian democracy （1957）, R. K. Sinclair＇s Democracy and Participation in Athens （1988）, J. Ober＇s Mass and Elite in Democratic Athens （1989）, M.H.Hansen＇s The Athenian Democracy in the Age of Demosthenes （1991）, which ever since have been indispensable reference books for teachers and students in ancient Greek history. Although study of Athenian democracy has been going on for more than a century, many questions have not been settled yet. At the turn of the new century, Rhodes has brought forward his new book ＇Athenian Democracy＇. In fact, it is a collection of academic theses, but it certainly will necessitate much reconsideration of scholars in the field of ＇Athenian democracy＇. Te work consists of fourteen articles, each illuminating Athenian democracy from different angels and by different kinds of approaches. The articles are organized into four major topics as follows.     

Stepping into the Public World： Cases of Guixiu Philanthropic Activities in Late Qing China

This article explores the of certain elite women during late little-known public philanthropic activities Qing China. By examining contemporary newspapers, it traces the new development of women＇s philanthropic engagement and further analyzes two cases, one on disaster relief and the other on women＇s education, to illustrate the issues, controversies and achievements that went along with women＇s philanthropy. It demonstrates how philanthropy, a traditionally-sanctioned field for women＇s activism, legitimatized women to move out of domestic seclusion and reposition themselves in the public sphere in a crucial transitional era when for ＂good women＂ to appear in public was something hotly debated, and how through philanthropic opportunities some were able to engage with political affairs. The broad social impact of their initiatives suggests the continued importance of traditional elite women during China＇s transition to the modern era; it challenges some of our previous notions, which often unthinkingly accepted the verdict of ＂New Women＂ that those who did not embrace their path to modernity were parasitic, unproductive, and backward. By looking carefully at philanthropy, the article reveals fascinating issues and rich details of women＇s public activities that previous historical narratives have often overlooked. It helps to understand how reconfigured traditions became essential components of modernity in the development of modern Chinese gender roles. It also adds a gender perspective to the burgeoning historiography on Chinese philanthropy.     

Marks,Robert B., China.Its Environment and History

In recent years foreign scholars have produced major studies of China＇s environmental history, or its environment and history. Most seem to focus on various periods and regions. Such an approach to China＇s environmental history is understandable and reasonable, since writing a synthesis of this history is no easy task： China has both a variety of ecosystems ranging from alpine mountains to tropical forests, and a long history with the longest unbroken written record of all the world＇s civilizations. But Robert B. Marks,     

Gilt Brass Buddhist Statues in Tibet

Editor＇s note： After this issue, Chen Dan＇s Column - Tibetan Handicrafts will cease. We believe that readers have gained a real sense of the traditional handcrafts of Tibetans from both her text and the exquisite pictures.     

Getting Close to Legpo and Drenthang

From July 5th to 16th, 2013, I joined Travel Channel＇s “The interior of the Himalayas” team for a rewarding tourto a series of border areas in China, including Legpo in Shigatse＇s Cona County and Drenthang in DingkyeCounty.     

BEIJING SYMPOSIUM EXPLORES MODERNIZATION OF TIBETAN-INHABITED AREAS

The China National Centers for Tibetan Studiesin Beliing and the Sichuan Tibetology Institutejointly sponsored a symposium, "Developmentof Western Regions and Modernization ofTibetan-Inhabited Areas", in Chengdu, Sichuan Province,November 7-10, 2000. Close to 70 scholars attended. Thefollowing are excerpts from their speeches.Han Experienced Should Not Be Copied RigidlyHu An'gang (Director and Professor of the Information and Research Center of Tsinghua University) andWen Jun (P…     

Chen Yao-huang,Integrate and Divide： The Communist Revolution in Hebei Area, 1921-1949 （in Chinese）

For decades, the victory of the Chinese Communist Party （CCP） has been fascinating historians of modem China who work outside of the People＇s Republic of China. After recognizing the complexity of the Chinese Revolution, they have tended to focus on specific regions, applying the approaches of a variety of disciplines including sociology, a trend that gave rise to the field of ＂base area studies,＂ marked by the publishing of Mark Sheldon＇s The Yenan Way in 1971. This new book by Chen Yao-huang is another remarkable contribution to the study of base areas.