Pneumonic Plagues,Environmental Changes,and the International Fur Trade: The Retreat of Tarbagan Marmots from Northwest Manchuria, 1900s-30s

Inspired by recent environmental historical studies on animal extinctions and human-animal relations, this paper shifts scholarly attention from the plague-centered narrative of the great Pneumonic Plague Epidemics (1910-11) to the fate of the plague host animals, Tarbagan marmots (Marmota sibirica), and examines their near-extinction in Northwest Manchuria (Hulunbuir) from the 1900s to 1930s. Focusing on changing images of Tarbagan marmots from “inexpensive,” “sacred,” and “beneficial” in the pre-modern period to “valuable,” “dangerous,” and “noxious” in the early twentieth century, it argues that three interrelated factors: the international fur trade, pneumonic plagues, and environment changes together resulted in the “retreat of the marmots.” It also uses this case study to help us better understand larger historical changes that occurred by contextualizing them in terms of human-marmot relations in Manchuria, China and beyond.     

Philology in Six Categories: A Chinese Perspective

This article serves to analyze the role and history of philology within modern Chinese humanities-based scholarship, using the work of Fu Sinian and the establishment of the Institute of History and Philology as a framework with which to observe the changing status of philology as a practice within contemporary Chinese humanities. Despite its critical function within the Western scholarship and cultural development that inspired modern Chinese scholars as well as its centrality to Fu Sinian’s groundbreaking efforts, philology has been all but ignored in recent years, and its purpose has been rendered niche and peripheral. Additionally, the ambiguity that has surrounded the term “philology” itself since its earliest days within the Chinese academic world has only intensified over time, thereby exacerbating the field’s marginalized status. The author’s goal is to call attention to the complexity and importance of philology that has been so critically overlooked in recent times by outlining six distinct yet interrelated categories of philology/philological study, ranging from a basic academic “love of words, text, and learning” to a broad life view. By providing a detailed, segmented glimpse into the otherwise vaguely-defined phenomenon of philology, its vital function as mankind’s sole means of comprehending the past is made clear, and a “return to philology” is advocated in order to preserve those specific academic fields that draw their origins from philology and avoid a collapse of scholarly humanities study as a whole.     

我们生活在中国特色社会主义社会中

改革开放以来,中国社会已有五个方面的大变化,我们已经初步建立了中国特色社会主义社会。中国特色社会主义社会是科学社会主义基本思想的体现,又有中国特色。建设中国特色社会主义任重道远。     

A study of the glazing techniques and provenances of Tang sancai glazes using elemental and lead isotope analyses

This study discusses the elemental compositions and lead isotope ratios of Tang sancai glazes unearthed from the Huangpu kiln, Huangye kiln and two Tang sancai tomb sites. The various glazes feature distinct lead isotope ratios and trace element characteristics, which can be interpreted as evidence for the use of different lead ore deposits and siliceous raw materials in the glazes. This is a strong indication that lead isotopes combined with trace element analysis could be used as a viable approach for identifying the provenance of Tang sancai of unknown origin by linking them to kiln sites, This provenance technique could be significant in the interpretation of ancient ceramic trade and communication patterns. In this study, the provenance of several Tang sancai glazes of uncertain origin were determined using this method: some Tang sancai wares unearthed in Xi'an City were produced in the kiln near Luoyang City and then traded to Xi'an City, providing an idea of ancient Tang sancai ceramic trade routes.     

清代太妃太嫔的尊封研究

清代对太妃太嫔等女性的尊封起于顺治九年,此后经历由择位尊封向普遍尊封,由加封号向晋位次的两个转变,逐步形成的尊封办法与仪制,遵循又丰富了清代后宫尊封制度。按惯例,太妃太嫔随居皇太后宫,然自咸丰朝新辟寿安宫作皇祖辈后宫居所,至同治朝,皇太后等前朝后宫移居同一区域的惯例不复存在。太妃太嫔得到后世皇帝的有序尊封,是清代维护皇权统治的重要手段,对后宫女性及其家族具有重要意义。     

洛阳博物馆新获几幅汉墓壁画

新安县磁涧镇里河村位于洛阳市区以西约1．5公里处。2000年2月1日,该村砖厂改扩建时,出土了一座已遭盗毁的汉代砖室墓。洛阳博物馆获悉后及时派出工作人员赶赴现场,从现场获得了一批精美壁画,其壁画绘于空心砖上。空心砖共计20块,其中12块保存较完整,8块边角处有磕残缺损现象。     

《中国蒙古文古籍总目》题名汉译谈

在我国丰富多彩、源远流长的历史文化中,有着蒙古民族不平凡的历史和独特的草原游牧文化.千余年的蒙古族历史给后人留下了大量珍贵的蒙古文古籍文献.     

重庆市公租房居民职住时空特征研究

近年来公共租赁住房政策成效显著,住房困难人群安居问题得到明显改善,其乐业与否也逐步受到关注。本文以重庆市主城区为例,选取网络公示配租数据,探讨2015—2020年公租房配租居民就业空间分布以及职住分离演变特征。研究发现：①公租房居民就业少量分散于地铁站点以及公租房小区附近,多数居民就业分布在内外以内,呈中心大集聚、边缘小分散态势。②2015—2020年就业集聚于内环以内的态势未发生改变,局部变化受到了城市发展布局与配租数量的影响。③公租房居民通勤平均直线距离在14—17 km之间,距离经历小幅下降后持续上涨,居民内部分化明显,部分人群距离超过30 km,面临愈趋严重的职住分离问题。④居民职住分离程度在个体和社区层面上具有差异性,区位条件好的公租房小区居民职住分离程度较低,男性和收入较高的居民分离程度更高。     

冰雪聪明 雷霆精锐——说潘博山

提起潘博山这个名字，恐怕现在很多人都很陌生，即使知道《明清藏书家尺牍》、《明清画苑尺牍》这二部书，也不会去记住辑藏者的名字。这大约是潘博山英年早逝，后人也很少提及的原因。潘博山是我的老师潘景郑先生的兄长，但是我和潘先生在一起的三十年中，他却很少说起其兄的往事。