Spinoza on the Politics of the Passions

Both Spinoza's replacement of the Cartesian ego by the notion of an all-inclusive substance called ‘Deus sive Natura’ and his analysis of man's passionate life seem to question the relevance of the distinction between the public and private spheres. His emphasis on the need to establish powerful states, however, including his insistence on the necessity to demand obedience to the laws of the land, implies a recognition of the wisdom to uphold constitutional boundaries between the public and the private. According to Spinoza, freedom demands the execution of force by the political authorities, and private sentiments the expression of which may be harmful to the public good should not be tolerated.     

国子监遐思

还记得自己初入大学时那种朦胧的快意，被高考折磨得酸疼肿胀的内心，一下子释去了千斤重负，轻松下来。     

通天岩王阳明刻诗及历代步王韵诗

通天岩位于赣州市章贡区西北约10公里处，属丹霞地貌。唐代时被开辟为石窟寺，是我国华东和华南地区最大的一处石窟寺，堪称江南第一石窟。同时，它也是晚唐五代到宋朝我国第二次石窟造像兴盛时期具有代表性的石窟，景区内有生长良好的植被。     

Forbidden City on the Film

The film-production in the VISION BEIJING project has concluded after more than 600 days of planning, filming and post production work.The VISION BEIJING Organizing Committee invited five of the world＇s most famous film directors, Giuseppe Tornatore （Italy）, Majid Majidi （Iran）, Patrice keconte （France）, Daryl Goodrich （Great Britain） and Andrew kau Wai-Keung （Hong Kong） to make a five-minute film each about Beijing and its people＇s enthusiastic preparations for the 2008 Olympic Games. The final products of the project will serve as an audio-video record of the rich connotations of Beijing＇s ＂People＇s Olympics＂.     

Paint on the Great Wall, Embrace the Olympics

Early in August, on Badaling Pass of the Great Wall in the northern suburb of Beijing, 500 children from Hong Kong and 200 children from Beijing participated in the opening ceremony of “Paint on the Great Wall, Embrace the Olympics”, a large-scale cultural exchange event jointly sponsored by Chinese Cultural Ministry, Beijing Municipality and Hong Kong Civil Service Bureau.     

Water-Splashing Festival Celebrated on the Sea

<正>In Hanjiang, Shishi City, South China’s Fujian Province, it is a time-honored tradition for local people to splash sea water in order to celebrate the Dragon...     

再论曹操形象

本文主要论述了三个问题:(1)对于历史人物曹操,人们应当肯定其历史功绩,也有权批判其恶德劣行。(2)"为曹操翻案"这个口号,从历史学的角度来看是不科学的,从文学艺术的角度来看也是片面的。(3)《三国演义》中的曹操形象,是全书人物中性格最丰富、最复杂的一个人物,也是一个塑造得极为成功的艺术典型。对于当代有关曹操的某些看法,文章也予以辨析。     

英雄·神仙·凡人--清代瓷器上的人物纹饰

一在人类发展的初期,当人们有意识地把自己的形象或者自己生活的场景定格成一个瞬间,并以最简单最直观的形式凝固在某种物体上时,我们认为先民的文明程度已经发生了重大的变化。至少在意识形态方面,他们的变化是明显的。1973年青海省大通县出土了1件新石器时代马家窑型舞蹈纹彩陶盆,高14厘米,口径29厘米,器身上发现了3组舞蹈纹饰,每组5人做手拉手跳舞状,勾画虽然简略了些,但是“在原始社会出土器物中,这样完整地表现人物和描绘人的活动的图画还是第一次”(《中国工艺美术大辞典》,吴山主编,江苏美术出版社,1999年版)。此外,西安半坡出土的1…     

Bronze Kingdom on the Yangtze River

Jiangxi Provincial Museum stands at an island surrounded by Ganjiang River and Fuhe River of Nanchang, capital city of Jiang xi Province. To its north is Tengwang Tower, one of the three most famous ancient tower architectures of south China. The museum, with an area of 60 mu （approx. 400, 000 square meters）, has a floor space of 35,000 square meters, including 13,000 square meters）or exhibition halls.     

关于阴阳观念的几点思考

当我们把阴阳观念作为一种思想方法时,它对中国文化的影响是无比巨大的。当我们把这种思想方法抽象为一种可以称为最简关系式的逻辑形式时,它的威力还将继续影响我们并会发扬光大。全面论证这一问题这里无法胜任,仅提出五点想法以就教于方家。     

试说小名

一个人通常有两种名字，一种是童年时代使用的，另一种是成年以后使用的，到了适当的时候，后一种则替代前一种。早在美洲印第安洛魁人还处于原始社会的时候，就有了这种童年时代所用之名，英国人把它称为小名（Childhoodname）或乳名（Infantname)，并与大名相对。然而，澳大利亚的维克门坎族，除了拥有大名、小名之外，还有一种比小名更小的名——脐名。所谓脐名，是孩子一生下来，胎盘去掉之前所取之名。一般由其氏族的管事者拉着脐带，同时数叨着一大串名字，先是父系血统男人的名字，然后是女人的，最后是母系血统男人的名字，正好在…