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MONOGRAPHS Return to ＂the Ancient Borderland Corridor of Miao Ethnical Group＂ （古苗疆走廊 ） a New Way to Research on Southwest Region, Nationalities and the Develop- ment of Cultural Industry Yang Zhiq...     

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The Influence of Court Politics Critique on the Studies of Borderland History： the Ming Dynasty＇s ＂Three Expeditions to Lu Chuan＂ （“三征麓川”） as A Example ＂Three expeditions to Lu Chuan＂ was an important event concerning the Ming dynasty＇ s south＇- western borderland stability and security. Due to the lack of knowledge about the southwestern bor- derland history and geography, as well as some political reasons, the historians during the Ming and Qing dynasties disregarded the exploration on the historical fact.     

Modern Chinese History Studies

The Formation of the Revolution： The Transition of the Last Ten Years of the Qing Dynasty（ Part One） ……………………Luo Zhitian （ 4 ） During its last ten years, the Qing court embarked on comprehensive reform...     

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英文文摘

The Relationship between the Early Quanzhen School and Fangji and Other Issues     

Abstracts

The character in Laozi （ 《老子》） ） of Guodian bamboo slips, which corresponds to ＂jing （惊 ）＂in Chapter 13 of the handed-down edition, should be interpreted as ＂ying （营 ）＂. From the textual explanation,     

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The Tangut Contracts of Selling and Hiring Livestock
Shi Jinbo （ p. 1 ）
The newly discovered Tangut contracts of selling livestock which provide many details of livestock trade prove to be very valuable on the research of the commerce, the agriculture and animal husbandry economy, and the civil life in the Tangut Kingdom. Having translated 20 nearly complete contracts of selling or hiring livestock written in cursive Tangut characters into Chinese, this article exhibits the form and content of these contracts. Based on the new data provided by these contracts, an exploration of the price of livestock in the Tangut Kingdom can be carried out. After analyzing the different features of exchange of grain and money for livestock in Khara Khoto and Wuwei, the paper considers the monetary economy in Wuwei region being more developed. The soaring price of livestock in the contracts at the end of the Tangut Kingdom describes a miserable scene of unrest and inflation on the background of the Mongol invasion.     

Abstracts The Culture Popularization and Social Progression

Zhang Guogang （ p. 1 ） The ethical system centering on Confucianism was only one school of philosophy among the many in the pre-Qin period. However, through the central government＇s recognition of Confucian theories as the orthodoxy in the Han Dynasty, classical Confucianism became the official ideology. In the later period of the Eastern Han Dynasty, aristocratic families, whose members studied secured officials for generations, became the the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasti Confucian classics and elite of society. During es, elite families formed their particular household disciplines and moral standards. In the Tang and Song Dynasties, when elite families were separated from official rankings, their ethical system became more accepted by the society. Elite families of power and influence no longer dominated the cultural circle. Actually, the decline of the elite family and the popularization of elite ethics were synchronized processes, during which, the localized Buddhism played an important role. The neo Confucianism, which rose later, was actually an ethical reconstruction of the popularized ethics and culture.     

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A New Study on Chronology of Lu Zhi＇s Life and His Poetry Works
This article is a comprehensive and systematic summary of Lu Zhi＇ slife based on the research conducted in the last thirty years. Each unit is chronologically arranged from his early life and each assignment of his official position. His articles and poems ale also compiled chronologically to conduct a concrete and in depti~ research according to the historical background, language usage, time, and location. In addition to the research achievement of the previous scholars, the author has added some newly discovered documents and works and provided some unique interpretation on Lu Zhi＇ slife and his literature works.     

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Structural Features and Expressions of Five-Character Poem in Western Jin： Also on Differences between ＂Weizhi＂ and ＂Jinzao＂
Ge xiaoyin （p. 1）
The most significant change of the five-character poem in Western Jin, compared with Han and Wei dynasties, was diversifications in chapter structure and Symmetry in words. Structure changes of the five-character poem in Western Jin which started in the Wei Dynasty drove the poetry out of the single scene of Han＇s poety and be able to organize different time and space scenes more freely, elaborating the scenes, event progress or mentalities completely. These may be the reason West Jin＇s poetry was called cumbersome rhetoric, but also the reason the capacity of the five-character poem was expanded greatly, which was the very stage of five-character poem from Han and Wei to Jin and Liu Song dynasties.