Bsam Grub Singing EDITION OF KING GESAR

BSAM GRUBBsam Grub is the most brilliantKing Gesar singing artist. He hashad 2,000 hours of his singingrecorded, more than any others.Born into a poor herder's familyin Dengqen sandwiched betweenNagqu and Qamdo, he grew upunder the strong influence of hisgrandfsther who was an expert insinging King Gasar He used to liveon singing the epic, and finallyreached Lhasa, where he got married at the age of 35 and settled inMeizhukongka.In the 1980s, he was invited bythe Tibet Academy of Soci…     

KING GESAR:Chronology

Scholars believe King Gesarwas created during the primitive Tibetan tribal period,some 2,000 years ago. It hassince been passed down orally. In the19th century, some woodblock printededitions were created, but they were circulated in small area.1716: Qing Emperor Kangxiordered creation of a woodblock printededition of Biography of Gesser Khan inMongolian language, with seven chapters totalling 177 pages. This is fact thatKing Gesar had spread from theTibetan area to Mongolia and further …     

“上五星”开国纪念币制造时地考

孙中山像开国纪念壹元银币 ,大家耳熟能详 ,目前存世者有“上五星”、“下五星”及“六角星”三种 ,关于其制造年份 ,时下所见书籍均记载“下五星”制于民国元年 ,“六角星”自民国 16年大量生产 ;但对“上五星”时间 ,则有不同说法。在中文书籍 ,上五星大都载为“民国17年制” ,此说依笔者所搜集资料 ,首见于蒋仲川著 ,民国 2 8年 6月上海出版之《中国金银镍币图说》。蒋文描述如下 :“民国 16年 ( 192 7年 )北伐军到达南京 ,4月 18日 ,国民政府成立 ,由南京造币厂铸造孙总理像新币 ,正面与孙总理开国纪念币相同 ,但背面之英文 ,则为Birth…     

KING GESAR FLOWS ENDLESSLY FROM STONES——Miraculous Stories of the Female Balladeer Ngodring Droma

(Continued the Last Issue) AN AUSPICIOUS DAY Two days later,we returned to the house of Ngodring Droma.A small blue Auto brand car was parked in the yard but we could not see the owner.Director Sonam called her name and then Ngodring Droma slowly walked out.Today is my meditation day.Nevertheless,now you are already here,please come in!Once again walldng into her small living room,Professor Yang suddenly cried out.Aiyaya...What auspidousness! It is definitely an auspidous day.You see,the buttered flowers...     

THE TOMB OF KING SONGTSEN GAMPO

正The cemetery of Tubo Tibetan Kings has always been well-known throughout history.It is situated upon a flat terrain on the right flank of Chongye river bank in Chongye County of Lhoka in the Tibet Autonomous Region.The length of the cemetery from the east to the west is about     

THE POSITIONAL PRINCIPLE AND THE PRESSURE OF PLACE

A theoretical geographer introduces the concepts of the positional principle, defined as the relationship between properties of objects and their position in space, and of the pressure of place, defined as the force that strives to shift objects to an optimal location. In response to the pressure, the object (which may be a living being, group of people, settlement or economic installation) is compelled to migrate or, if it remains in place, it either will have to modify its functions to adapt to the environment or will deteriorate. The positional principle is reflected in any patterns of territorial zoning.     

“地方”概念对人文地理学各分支意义的辨识

地方是文化地理学的核心概念之一.当文化地理学与其他人文地理学分支交叉时, “地方”则为其他人文地理学分支提供了分析的基础.本文结合英美地理学刊物中若干涉及“地方”研究的文章,挖掘了地方的概念和内涵,以期对人文地理学诸分支提供学术支撑.本文的结论是:地方研究可支撑经济地理学文化转向和制度转向的研究;支撑区域地理学地方营销和旅游地理学旅游目的地营销的研究;支撑城市地理学公众参与式城市规划方案的制定;支撑政治地理学的选区策略制定.因此, “地方”作为文化地理学的核心概念,其存在意义是为其他学科提供学术营养,同时,文化地理学对地方的研究也可以使得文化地理学的社会应用能力更强.     

制衡理论产生的环境因素及历史与现实意义探析

权力制衡学说最早起源于古希腊的亚里士多德.历经数世纪的发展演变,十八世纪启蒙运动时期.由法国启蒙思想家孟德斯鸠进行了全面而系统的阐述,从而形成了完整的权力制衡理论.笔者认为,任何一种理论的产生都与其历史地理环境存在着紧密的联系,是海洋文明而非农耕文明催生并发展了这一理论.权力制衡学说不仅对中国近代的康有为、孙中山等人产生了很大的影响,对近代欧美各主要资本主义国家的影响尤为深远.西方各国的政治制度基本上是按照这一理论建立起来的.权力制衡理论无疑对我国目前的政治文明建设具有积极的借鉴意义.     

A TURNING POINT IN THEORY OF HISTORY: THE PLACE OF HAYDEN WHITE IN THE HISTORY OF METAHISTORY

This article intends to place Hayden White's reflection on the basic principles of meaning-construction in history into the historical context of modern historical studies. It first presents the self-understanding of professional historians in which they emphasize the academic (wissenschaftlichen) character of the discipline. In this way of reflection, the traditional (premodern) interpretation of history as a part of rhetoric was pushed back and replaced by methodological argumentation about the rules of research (with an emphasis on source critique). Historiography, or the presentation of the results of research in a narrative form, was not completely neglected, but was not widely recognized. After the analytical insight into the narrative form of historical knowledge, significant discussion of the principles of historical thinking dramatically changed from the issue of research to that of representation (historiography). Hayden White's Metahistory (1973) marked this change paradigmatically. It turned the shift from rhetoric to science in its contrary direction: a new turn to rhetoric was proclaimed. This new anti-turn set off a hitherto unanswered question as to how research methodology should be treated. Source critique was not refuted but did not attract significant attention. The research procedure of interpretation, in contrast, was met by a new understanding and interest: it was identified as representation by the linguistic procedures of meaning-construction. Its role as a part of historical method, however, was completely ignored. The article ends with a still unresolved problem of metahistory, namely the relationship between interpretation and representation. They are not identical, but are closely related. Their synthesis and their differences have to be systematically inquired into and reflected upon if metahistory is to step forward and engage in this task. Then the merits of White's return to rhetoric will be appreciated as well as its one-sidedness criticized, before a further step is taken.     

OUT OF PLACE IN THE COUNTRY: TRAVELLERS AND THE "RURAL IDYLL"

A controversial new Criminal Justice and Public Order Act in Great Britain contains measures to curb the lifestyles of a group known collectively as "New Age Travellers". This paper examines these travellers as "folk devils" of the Conservative "New Right" on a number of levels: their lifestyle does not conform to that espoused by authoritarian or libertarian Conservatism; moreover, they violate the spatial order of contemporary British society by trespassing against the dominant social representation of the countryside — the "rural idyll". In Parliamentary debates speakers drew on the rural idyll to defend the exclusivity of access to the countryside. Notably, whilst Gypsies were seen as having a legitimate if highly marginalized position in the rural representation, few saw any place for New Age travellers.