"方"义新解

<论语·先进>"可使有勇,且知方也"中"方"字的训释古今分歧很大,其意义类别主要有道义、礼法、谋略等,具体训释在十种以上.从<论语>关于"义"的内涵体系、子路在<论语>中表现出的对"义"的认识和行为、文章语境、"方"的词义发展四个方面看,"方"应解为"侠义".     

元日"屠苏"考

古有元日饮屠苏酒之风俗。梁宗懔《荆楚岁时记》云：“正月一日……长幼悉正衣冠，以次拜贺。进椒柏酒，饮桃汤，进屠苏酒。”其俗至宋时犹存，王安石《元日》诗“爆竹声中一岁除，春风送暖入屠苏”、陆游《除夜雪》诗“半盏屠苏犹未举，灯前小草写桃符”，皆咏其俗。屠苏酒是一种药酒。“屠苏”原为房屋之名，字本作“”。《广雅》：“，庵也。”《广韵》：“，草庵也。”《太平御览》卷一八一引汉服虔《通俗文》：“屋平曰。”后径写作“屠苏”。如《三国志·曹真传》裴松之注引《魏略》云：“(李胜)为尹，岁除，厅事前屠苏坏，令人更治之…     

试论新文化运动与欧洲文艺复兴

中国从传统跨入现代有两个标志：在政治上是辛亥革命,在思想与文化上是新文化运动。辛亥革命的性质很明确,先例也很多,例如法国大革命、“土耳其青年”（Young Turk）革命,和十月革命。新文化运动就复杂多了,因此它的性质有种种不同说法。最普遍的一种看法是,它相当于欧洲“文艺复兴”。胡适很可能就是这么看或者期待的：     

《儒家倫理新批判》前言

我對傳統中國文化的批判,可以説開始於80年代後期撰寫的<靈之舞--中西人格的表演性>一書,最初的書名叫<表演人生>,完稿於1987年.當時雖然正處於"文化熱"和"新啓蒙"的顛峰,但却没有哪個出版社願意出這本古裹八怪的書.書稿本是應江西人民出版社的約稿寫的,屬於<邊緣叢書>中的一本,但完稿後出版社突然食言,原計劃六本書只出了三本就不出了.拙稿就屬於被遺棄的一本,後來通過朋友交到另外一個出版社,但又在編輯手裹壓了兩年多,最後還是不出.     

Celebrating Chinese New Year in the Tang Paradise

From January 23 to March 2, the Tang Paradise, a large historic theme park in the New Area of A Qujiang in Xi＇an, hosted a grand lan- tern fair to celebrate the Chinese lu- nar year of the horse, attracting tens of thousands of visitors. This 39-day- long lantern fair features the ele- ments of the Tang Dynasty which set the capital in Xi＇an, appealing visitors with exotic gourmet, folk tradition showcases, gala shows and dazzling displays of Chinese palace lanterns.     

The New Donator to the Forbidden City Museum

In mid-August, the ceremony to donate the oil painting ＂The Year 1974 ·the Yangtze River＂ by Mr. Wu Guanzhong was held in the Jingren Palace in the Forbidden City Museum. Theother two donations were ＂Village by the River＂ and ＂The Megranate＂.     

元夕月轮照碧空,大千人入水晶宫--元夕冰灯民俗

冰灯，主要是流行于中国北方的一种古老的民俗艺术。由于黑龙江所处的独特的地理环境，往往被视为最早形成冰灯艺术的地方。我们在此也发现了相关的民间传说。     

Chinese Kites：New Year Paintings in the Air

It is generally believed that Chinese invented the kite which represents their pursuit of better life. Inspired by flying birds, ancient Chinese scientist Mo Di .made a wooden bird after three years of research, but it broke only one day after the maiden flight, This wooden bird is considered China＇s earliest form of the kite.     

章学诚与清代史学新风

章学诚是中国古代史学史上杰出的史学理论家之一.他用毕生心血结撰成博大精深的<文史通义>,以"六经皆史"为纲,以"史学经世"为宗旨,对清朝乾嘉时期盛行的考据学风进行了尖锐、全面的批判;在批判中建构了以"史学经世"为指归的新史学体系;<文史通义>及其编修的方志是他史学理论的生动实践;深悉社会现实、承继浙东史学、明辨器道关系是他史学勇气和史学理论产生的三大根源.     

贺年片

贺年片是一种舶来品，但在西方贺年片传进中国之前，中国已有投柬拜年的风俗。柬通“简”，信札、名帖的通称。作为名帖的柬，又叫名刺，用现代话说就是名片。以名片拜年的风俗直到民国初年还很流行，1928年《申报》上有一篇《三十年来上海阴历年节之变迁》，谈到19、20世纪之交，投柬拜年风俗的变化：     

Reynolds' New Masterpiece

ABSTRACT

Joshua Reynolds' 1775 portrait of Mai [Omai], the first Pacific Islander to visit Britain, has attracted much public attention since 2001, when it sold for a near record-breaking £10.3 million. Omai's recent celebrity is based on the view that it is not only an ‘icon’ of British art but also of crucial significance as a reminder of an enlightened world we have lost. The critical heritage of Reynolds' Omai, however, indicates a rather more complex aesthetic and historical assessment. This article analyses the sources of the disjuncture between past judgements and today's soaring esteem. In doing so, it introduces for comparison another much-neglected Reynolds portrait of a New World traveller, entitled Scyacust Ukah.