Transition in second birth intention in a low fertility context: the case of Jiangsu,China

When China’s decades-long one-child policy was replaced by a two-child policy, the circumstances under which women intend to have a second child become of great concern. This study examines the determinants of women’s second birth intention, as well as how the intention changes over time alongside changes in other life circumstances. Using panel data from the Jiangsu Fertility Intention and Behaviour Study (JFIBS, 2007, 2010), we find that women with more economic and familial/social resources are more likely to want a second child, while women who work in non-agriculture sectors and have higher decision-making power in the family are less inclined to have a second child. We also find that a sizeable increase of family income encourages women to upwardly revise their intention towards a desire for two children. The role of policy change on Chinese women’s second birth intention is also discussed.     

西夏遗民研究的全新力作——《西夏遗民文献整理与研究》评介

《西夏遗民文献整理与研究》一书以人物及其家族世系为线索,全面细致地整理了元明清史籍、文集、方志、金石文献等各种文献中所见西夏遗民史料,是一部不可多得的西夏遗民文献汇编。在深入分析相关西夏遗民资料基础上,围绕西夏女性遗民、宁夏旧志所辑西夏遗民史料、昔李钤部家族研究、元代西夏遗民著述篇目、元代唐兀怯薛等问题展开深入探讨,堪称西夏遗民研究的全新力作。     

“天鹿锦”或“麒麟补”

本文以故宫博物院藏织绣珍品《纳纱天鹿图》卷为研究对象,修正了乾隆帝命名为"天鹿锦"的错误解读,并从纹样、品名和工艺方面提出补充认识,指出明代的"天鹿"亦称"麒麟",明代麒麟多作长颈鹿形状,而此件文物本应为一件麒麟补子。     

英国的环境史研究

英国的环境史研究的起源与美国不同,它是英国深厚的环境研究基础和英帝国多元学术文化交流相结合的产物。在英国的环境史研究发展进程中表现出了三个突出的特点:农业生态史与城市环境史研究并重;强烈的南方环境史研究取向;优秀的基础设施和平台建设。另外,对西蒙斯教授和娃岑博士的访谈也会有助于我们弄清楚英美环境史研究的联系与区别,有助于打破美国在国际环境史研究领域的话语霸权。     

The market in concubines in Jiangnan during Ming-Qing China

The traffic in concubines flourished in Ming-Qing Jiangnan as a result of large scale interactions of political and socioeconomic contexts. How women were situated within the system is central to this study, which revolves around two major arguments. First, the traffic in concubines as a means for disaster relief during difficult times was legitimized as a benevolent policy. Second, women were not necessarily the victims of the commercialized market in concubines. To study concubinage in general and individual concubines in the market system in Jiangnan, the following issues command attention: the political and socioeconomic conditions fostering concubinage, the market system of women, the roles of brokers, the value indicators and resultant prices, the transaction procedures for the sale of women with specific contents of contracts, the effects of the market system on the concubines' lives, and the regulations of law and the judicial practice in penal cases.     

河南偃师市出土郭虚己曾孙郭傪墓志

本文对唐宣宗大中四年亡故的郭傪墓志进行了考释,列出了自隋至唐宣宗250余年间郭氏家族的九代世系表,反映了晚唐时期偃师地区的一些社会风俗,对史书有关裴休事迹的记述做了补证,弥补了史阙。     

出土青铜礼乐器组合与"郑卫之音"

近年,郑卫周边地区发掘出土的青铜乐器作为金石之声,从构成上将自身和"郑卫之音"划清了界线.同时,从文献资料分析看,东周时期郑国卿大夫用乐应为雅乐,而绝非"郑声".这样,郑卫周边墓葬、遗址中随葬乐器组合应该为雅乐之器,而和"郑卫之音"无直接关系.     

THE QING COURT＇S POLICIES TOWARDS NATIONALITIES, RELIGIONS AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF LAMA BANNERS

I.The Development of Tibetan Buddhism in Mongolia and the Qing Court＇s Policies towards Nationalities and Religions
During the late Ming Dynasty （Altan Khan＇s reign in Northern Yuan）, the Gelug Sect, one sect of Tibetan Buddhism （the Yellow Hat Sect）,2 prevailed in Mongolia once again, and soon after that, the local people embraced it. Until the first half of the I7th century, all the Mongols in the north, south and west of the Gobi Desert accepted the Gelug Sect, However,     

契丹承天太后的儒化战略

由草原文化与农业文化交流融合而培育出来的一代女杰承天太后,积极实施汉化政策。她没有停留在建章立制的层面上,而是着眼于推进契丹社会封建化的长远战略。这一战略主要体现在两个方面：一是对圣宗皇帝的儒化教育,二是对官僚队伍的儒化建设。     

叶昌炽未刊信札一通考

叶昌炽是我国清末著名的金石学家、版本目录学家、藏书家和书法家.他的《藏书纪事诗》煌煌七卷,是以纪事诗体为我国古代藏书家立传的开山之作.叶昌炽与蒋凤藻、潘祖荫、瞿镛、缪荃孙等都有交往,往来信札(多谈金石、藏书、刻书等)也不少,且多已见诸书刊.