Faces of Homo floresiensis (LB1)

Since being excavated in 2003, the skull of LB1 (the holotype of Homo floresiensis) has been given many faces, though the details regarding how each was accomplished are typically few. Here we detail our application of known, and verified, relationships between the skull and soft tissues of anatomically modern humans to produce an evidence-based facial approximation of LB1. We then compare our results to nine pre-existing LB1 faces using geometric morphometrics. These analyses suggest our facial approximation differs in proportional facial width, upper lip height and nasal morphology. Some of these differences are likely due to a different interpretation of taphonomic and excavation damage, application of different 'forensic' methods and/or an idiosyncratic incorporation of aspects of non-human primate morphology. Other differences, and in particular upper lip height, are less justifiable in relation to the skeletal evidence.     

梁启超对洋务派的批判

批判洋务思想和洋务派是梁启超变法思想的重要组成部分之一。梁氏认为 ,洋务派也讲变法 ,也谈西学 ,但成效甚微 ,最根本的原因是其变法不知“本原”;并指出 ,洋务派的病根在于“不以民为重 ,其一切法制皆务压制其民”,从而击中了洋务派的要害 ,从政治上划清了维新派与洋务派的界限     

四川博物院藏清道光拓西汉扬量买山记拓片探微

现藏四川博物院的清道光拓西汉扬量买山记拓片,从内容与文字风格上证实了扬量买山石刻并非伪刻。通过比对以及对拓片上题跋的研究,可知四川博物院所藏3张拓片只有清道光拓西汉扬量买山记拓片为原石所拓,其余2件为不同版本的翻刻。通过原拓与其它汉碑相关文字进行比对,对部分文字进行了释读,考证出刻石之人姓名应为"扬量",厘清了历史上由于没有见到初拓本而造成的文字误读。     

New Historiography for the cultivation of the character of the “new citizen”: Liang Qichao’s ideas of history education and their practice

ABSTRACT

An advocate for modern Chinese historiography, Liang Qichao’s “new historiography” was ideologically quite closely tied to traditional Confucian historiography: his idea of “historiography” was both a form of scholarship for the provision of knowledge, as well as a type of learning for the cultivation of moral character. The fundamental objective of “new historiography” was to use the history of national development and evolution to educate the people, helping them to become nationally conscious “citizens.” However, according to Liang Qichao’s conception of history, the nationalist aspect of “new historiography” ultimately rested in the cultivation of individual character, not in imparting the concept of nationhood. During the movement to “systematize national heritage,” in his practicing of historiography, Liang primarily studied and compiled Chinese academic and intellectual histories, focusing particularly on Confucian history: he interpreted Confucianism and the cream of Chinese scholarship as a kind of “philosophy of life.” Liang’s historiographical practices eventually took shape as a form of moral education to cultivate the leading talents of society when the country was going through a transformation, while in the process signaling his profound repudiation of the empirical emphasis in historical research of the times.     

唐代至后梁时期卢真启墓志考

2007年,河南省焦作市中站区发现了我国唐至五代时期名门望族范阳卢氏一支的家族墓地.墓地共出土墓志两方,一方为卢真启墓志,一方为其子卢价墓志.其中卢价墓志已发表,而卢真启墓志史料价值也颇高,为了解和研究唐至五代时期卢氏家族的历史,增添了新的实物资料.     

近代中国知识分子的悲剧——试论《时务报》内讧

由黄遵宪、汪康年和梁启超等人创办的<时务报>是维新运动期间最为重要的宣传阵地,对近代中国政治、文化的发展曾起到过重要作用.然而遗憾的是,随着戊戌年的政治进程,随着<时务报>日趋红火,黄、汪、梁三人的处境开始变化,他们共患难的创业精神开始丢失,三人之间的关系出现微妙变化,并最终导致分手,仅存两年的<时务报>就此结束.<时务报>悲剧是近代中国政治史的一个缩影,由此也折射出近代中国知识分子的一些基本特征,所蕴含的意味相当深刻.     

试析萧梁官班制度下的诸县分等

分析萧梁一代县官选任和调动案例可知,“县制七班”“大县六班”是当时客观存在的制度。但在制度的实际运行过程中,许多县官都会出现超班用人,即任职者官资超过县官对应内职班次的现象。正史所见高班大县全部位于扬、南徐二州境内,且主要隶属南朝国家腹心地区的丹阳、吴、吴兴、会稽等郡,这与史书记事的偏向性不无关系,但同时也是上述地区政治地理条件的直观反映。影响县官班次的最主要因素是人口,结合其他制度推测,等第最高的六班大县有可能是以领民满五千户为定等标准。探索县官班次,也可增进对当时人口地理的认知。     

两种不同的学术史范式——梁启超、钱穆《中国近三百年学术史》之比较

梁启超和钱穆同名的《中国近三百年学术史》,代表着两种不同的学术史范式,在体例渊源、写作宗旨等方面都有很大的不同。本结合它们成书的时代背景,揭示近代学风的嬗变对两书的影响,深入探讨造成它们差异的原因,并以这两种学术史的写法为视角,附论近代学风的内在转型问题。     

梁启超、胡适、郭沫若史学特点之比较及其学术关联

本文认为,梁启超、胡适、郭沫若是中国史学近代转型进程中最有代表性的史家。他们先后引领了三大史学思潮,体现了史学近代转型的阶段性进步。他们都以"但开风气不为师"为旨趣,在多个学术领域尽显才华,是"球形的发展"式的天才学者。他们之间还有学术关联,彼此之间存在不少学术争论,又反映出其治史特点的差异。胡适、郭沫若均受到梁启超的影响。梁、胡有直接的学术交往,梁、郭则没有。胡、郭的学术交往反复曲折,学术论争中夹杂着政治和个人义气的因素。文章最后对近年来贬损郭沫若史学地位的倾向作了辨析。     

中国博物馆大型原创性特展之展览策划——以南京博物院为例专访龚良院长

21世纪以来,中国博物馆的大型原创性特展工作呈现良好的发展态势。南京博物院龚良院长指出,大型原创性特展作为博物馆为公众提供更好的文化服务的文化产品,既能衡量博物馆的发展活力,也有利于博物馆的可持续发展。博物馆应根据自身的定位和特色完善藏品体系,从而确定展览主题,制订展览规划。高校应该围绕研究公众、服务公众调整博物馆学的课程设置。试行中的理事会制度将有助于推动博物馆为公众提供高品质的文化服务、满足公众更高的精神文化需求。南京博物院近年大力推行策展人制度,鼓励策划大型原创性特展,重视并强调展示文物之间的相互关系。2016年度举办的"法老·王"展是一次用低票价、非营利的方法,举办了一个不用财政资金、为公众提供优质服务的高品质展览,并将展览作为文化创意产品的有益尝试,将为中国博物馆界提供一个可复制的成功案例。