This article deals with the presenting of diplomatic gifts around the 7th Century from the Roman Empire in the East （i.e. the Byzantine Empire）, and among these a kind of medication supposedly capable of curing all ...This article deals with the presenting of diplomatic gifts around the 7th Century from the Roman Empire in the East （i.e. the Byzantine Empire）, and among these a kind of medication supposedly capable of curing all sorts of illnesses, theriac. The links between these uses and Taoist expectations regarding ever-lasting life are discussed herein in the context of that diplomatic mission. It explores the different understandings of what theriac meant in the Byzantine and in the Tang courts. This sheds light on the kind of different misunderstandings, sometimes of an ironical nature, which may happen in intercultural contacts of political-diplomatic nature.展开更多
《叙事文学ABC》——急切呼唤有人来写这样一本书。所谓叙事文学,即凡是写人物与情节的,几乎都可包括。这些门类的作品出版总量极大,作者和撰稿者也最多。当他们找上门来交流技法的时候,就常要从头讲一遍“A B C”,即便倾囊相赠也说不清...《叙事文学ABC》——急切呼唤有人来写这样一本书。所谓叙事文学,即凡是写人物与情节的,几乎都可包括。这些门类的作品出版总量极大,作者和撰稿者也最多。当他们找上门来交流技法的时候,就常要从头讲一遍“A B C”,即便倾囊相赠也说不清,累得很苦而效果有限。假如介绍这样一本书请他们去读,岂不双方都大大受益。展开更多
文摘This article deals with the presenting of diplomatic gifts around the 7th Century from the Roman Empire in the East （i.e. the Byzantine Empire）, and among these a kind of medication supposedly capable of curing all sorts of illnesses, theriac. The links between these uses and Taoist expectations regarding ever-lasting life are discussed herein in the context of that diplomatic mission. It explores the different understandings of what theriac meant in the Byzantine and in the Tang courts. This sheds light on the kind of different misunderstandings, sometimes of an ironical nature, which may happen in intercultural contacts of political-diplomatic nature.
文摘《叙事文学ABC》——急切呼唤有人来写这样一本书。所谓叙事文学,即凡是写人物与情节的,几乎都可包括。这些门类的作品出版总量极大,作者和撰稿者也最多。当他们找上门来交流技法的时候,就常要从头讲一遍“A B C”,即便倾囊相赠也说不清,累得很苦而效果有限。假如介绍这样一本书请他们去读,岂不双方都大大受益。
