学术事功俱隆文章道德并富(上)——回忆先师顾廷龙先生

顾老走了,永远地走了.这是所有认识他和了解他的人十分遗憾的.顾老是1998年8月22日晚上9时6分病逝于北京人民医院的.24日晨9时(美国东部时间为23日晚9时)上海图书馆办公室即时将这个消息用电话通知了我,次日我即向哈佛燕京图书馆馆长请假,并向旅行社订购飞往北京的机票,赶在追悼仪式的前一天下午抵达北京.     

郑振铎致蒋复璁信札(上)

郑振铎先生在40年代初致蒋复璁先生的所有信件,都保存在台北的中央图书馆特藏组.我在1999年4月,应台北中央研究院文哲所的邀请,前去进行学术交流,期间又在央馆参观访问,重点就是阅览郑振铎致蒋复璁的信.     

西汉帝陵陵地秩序

关于西汉帝陵陵地的分布原则讨论颇多,但是总的说来,无外乎是陵地的安排存在昭穆制度与否。二者争论的焦点集中在西汉是否存在昭穆制度、其昭穆次序如何以及西汉帝陵的朝向对昭穆排列的影响等方面。在我们看来,双方意见都存在问题。问题的症结在於这两种观点考虑的都只是十一座西汉帝陵,忽视了汉太上皇万年陵,没有把万年陵纳入西汉帝陵的系统进行研究。     

秦陵大鼎与秦鼎

1999年秦陵考古队在秦始皇陵内外城之间的东南角百戏俑坑棚木层上发现了一青铜大鼎。对照前人的研究成果可知此种形状的鼎流行于战国至秦汉时期,是当时较常见的一种鼎形。该鼎发现于秦陵,但它究竟是不是秦人自己制作的本民族系统的器物?本文试就此鼎的族属以及相对制作年代做一考证。     

自然与城市历史的缠绕 ——草海之城堪萨斯城的变迁

堪萨斯城崛起于密苏里河与堪萨斯河的交汇处,是一个依赖大平原的农牧业所建立的美国中西部都市。铁路助力资本打破了自然的种种限制,令大平原转化为堪萨斯城的腹地。虽然征服自然以实现城市经济的永续增长,一直是堪萨斯城,乃至整个资本主义制度与经济文化的野心,但是成为腹地并不意味着自然完全受到资本与技术力量的操纵,更不意味着自然的消失。作为一种自发的、独立的力量,自然以其丰饶奠定城市发展的基础,也以其极限挑战着城市发展的野心和规划。在堪萨斯城的故事中,1930年代的尘暴与1951年的洪水以灾难的形式迫使这个城市去适应新的生态现实。     

蒙元时代山西玄中寺史事考辨——兼论玄中寺与蒙元朝廷之关系

蒙元时代,山西玄中寺十分兴盛。本文利用碑刻史料结合其他文献对玄中寺的住持传承和下院等问题进行了考辨,并就玄中寺与蒙元朝廷的关系进行了讨论,指出,玄中寺与蒙元朝廷关系密切,以玄中寺为中心的寺院丛林的发展与国家政治息息相关。     

Damage or protection? The role of smoked crust on sandstones from Yungang Grottoes

Black crusts, such as dust deposit and smoked smudge, are the main pollutants in Yungang Grottoes, the world famous Buddhist heritage site. It is always considered that the black crust should be removed during the conservation process of stones. In this paper, the investigation of the role of smoked crust on the Yungang sandstones was performed to verify if the smoked layer on the stone surface would be harmful or protective. The results of SO₂ corrosion experiments with and without water both show that the samples covered with smoked layer can play a protective role on the sandstones, which means that the smoked layer on the stones can prevent the attack of SO₂ and water, the major deterioration agents in Yungang area. The multi-factor deterioration cycle experiments, including salt crystallization, freeze–thaw damage, wet–dry cycle and acid corrosion, also indicate that the smoked samples are less deteriorated and salt crystallization is the most severe damage to the sandstones.     

Application of Kernel Density Estimates to Lead Isotope Compositions of Bronzes from Ningxia,North‐West China

The aim of this paper is to apply kernel density estimates (KDEs) to the visualization and interpretation of lead isotope data from bronze assemblages found along the northern border of central China, here designated as the Arc. New lead isotope analyses of 30 leaded tin–bronze artefacts from the Wangdahu cemetery (c.500–300 bc ) in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, north‐west China, provide the basis for the discussion. By using multivariate KDEs and the calculated likelihood of the overlap, the present work shows that the Wangdahu objects feature a unique linear array of isotope ratios, representing an important element of overall bronzes from the Arc in the first millennium bc . This characteristic isotope signature is fundamentally different from that of Dajing ores in north‐east China, as well from that of early Qin bronzes in Shaanxi and Gansu provinces. This suggests that a variety of metal resources were utilized by peoples living in the Arc. The KDE approach thus proves effective at presenting and comparing lead isotope data.     

Howchinia Cushman, 1927 (Foraminifera) from the Mississippian Bei’an Formation and its distribution in South China

Shen, Y. & Wang, X.L., July 2016. Howchinia Cushman, 1927 (Foraminifera) from the Mississippian Bei’an Formation and its distribution in South China. Alcheringa 40, xxx–xxx. ISSN 0311-5518.

Howchinia Cushman is a useful biostratigraphic marker for Mississippian rocks. In South China, Howchinia has been reported from four sections: the Bei’an, Baping, Naqing and Yashui sections; with high species diversity in the Bei’an section. Ten species from the Mississippian Bei’an Formation in the Bei’an section are described in this paper: Howchinia bradyana, H. beleutensis, H. gibba, H. plana, H. convexa, H. subconica, H. subplana, Howchinia sp. A, Howchinia sp. B. and Howchinia beianensis sp. nov. Howchinia ranges from late Visean to early Bashkirian in South China. Howchinia species inhabited both shallow-water and relatively deep-water environments.

Yang Shen [shenybj@126.com] and Xun-Lian Wang [wxl@cugb.edu.cn], State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, 29 Xueyuan Road, Beijing 100083, PR China.     

明式经典家具中的传统文化

一个民族有一个民族的文化体系,有什么样的文化体系就会有什么样的建筑体系,有什么样的建筑体系就会有什么样的家具体系。中国建筑作为世界三大独立的建筑体系之一,自然就会有自己独立的家具体系,这个体系就是明式家具体系。明式经典家具是唐宋元明建筑空间艺术功能化的提炼和结晶,是中国古代建筑艺术的延续和升华。西式空间讲究的是焦点透视和平