石关峡:最早的玉门关与最晚的玉门关

丝绸路上的著名关隘玉门关,伴随着中西交通的发展及其路线的变化,关址有过几次改徙。本文披检有关史料,并经反复实地踏察,考得西汉最早设置的玉门关位于今甘肃省嘉峪关市石关峡,置关时间当在武帝元封四年,至太初三、四年间李广利二次伐大宛之际,随着汉王室西方战略的需要,遂将玉门关西迁至敦煌郡西北。石关峡至今仍残留关址和汉长城遗迹。迨及五代、宋初,该峡又被重新利用,重又设为玉门关,为敦煌归义军与甘州回鹘政权之间的分疆之处和东西交通要口,此为最晚的、最后废弃的玉门关址。宋仁宗景祐三年(1036年),西夏占领河西后,玉门关就从史籍上消声匿迹了。     

古濝关考

古濝关即为现济源市邵原镇东侧的邵原关,郦道元《水经注》中记载有偏误之处,此关在中国古代的军事史上占据着重要的地位,是我国古代太行山上最重要的关口之一.     

Impact Assessment of Rail Branch Line Closure: The Tamworth-Manilla Line,NSW

Recent restructuring of rail services for the NSW wheat industry involved termination of branch line traffic and concentration on main line movements. The effects of these decisions are examined, with emphasis on economic and spatial impacts of rail branch line closure on the farming and business community of Manilla in northern NSW. The conceptual framework reflects methods and findings from overseas studies. In contrast to reports from overseas, minimal economic and spatial changes were found in the study area. However, even small negative impacts can be significant when combined with impacts of other forms of rationalisation and reorganisation.     

国有文物“不得作为企业资产经营”辨析

国有文物不得作为企业资产经营,是现行文物利用管理中最重要的法律规定之一。该条款作为特定历史条件下对文物普遍不合理利用现象及其后果的反应性规定,在法律文义的含义上和逻辑上存在歧义,在保障实现安全性和公益性两大立法目标的有效性上效果不佳,难以适应新形势下鼓励和规范社会力量参与文物保护利用的现实需求。碎片式法律条款无法解决文物利用中存在的风险与矛盾,应当以建设性立法思维将其纳入国有文物资产管理体系总体布局中加以考虑。     

敦煌两关丝路杂谈——以阳关博物馆成立五周年暨《敦煌诗选》出版座谈会发言为中心

玉门、阳关的得名与输玉无关,二者的地位、作用尚存一些不被注意的差异和奥秘。先秦文献《穆天子传》保存有许多前丝绸之路和敦煌地域地理、人文、交通的重要信息。敦煌一称,不是月氏（吐戈罗）的汉译,东汉应劭释边疆盛大是正确的。本文重温河西四郡、两关与西域、丝路的开拓创建史,就一系列重大问题及研究,作出了新的分析、判断。     

Differential locational harmony: the Cristo Redentor statue in the Uspallata Pass

On the surface, the Christ of the Andes monument erected in 1904 on the border between Argentina and Chile is dedicated to peace. Scratch that surface and the locational harmony appears highly differential, matching previous research by geographers and political scientists demonstrating a peculiar intensity of Argentine nationalism and Chilean defensiveness. The path of this differential harmony is traced and deciphered from a variety of primary, secondary and vernacular Internet sources. Argentina takes a much more intense and patriotic view of the monument while Chile is more skeptical and defensive toward the “peace” represented. Only during the last 5 years have the statue and the pass produced true acts of bi-national understanding, but such activities exhibit more local than national feeling. The regional and international diffusion of political and religious ideas fostered by the statue are also explored. The statue has never truly represented peace for these countries and the effectiveness of such bi-national monuments among rivals is questioned.     

山海关：天开海岳铸神奇

山海关区具有特殊的地理位置、优越的自然环境、丰富的自然资源。这些为山海关人民提供了良好的生态环境,并构成山海关区特殊的区位优势,使之成为渤海之滨的一个锦绣家园。     

萧关考

萧关是古代建于自长安通往塞外、西北直至中亚、西亚地区的交通大道上的一处险要关隘。它不仅是屏障关中极为重要的军事要塞,而且还是统一时期中原王朝构筑的北部战略防御体系中的关键一环,在中国军事史占有突出地位。然而涉及萧关位置这一最基本的问题,千百年来却众说纷纭,莫衷一是。本文循着将文献资料和实地考察相结合的途径,以期能在解决这一问题的道路上向前迈出重要一步。