The Earliest Translations of Chinese Fiction into English Focus on The General History of China

The first works of Chinese vernacular fiction available in the West were published 1735,when the French Jesuit Jean-Baptiste Du Halde compiled translations of three pieces of Chinese vernacular fiction from Jingu qiguan(Marvels Ancient and Modern).These were later translated into English in The General History of China(1736)edited by John Watts.The three stories are"Lu Dalang gives money to re-unite his family","Zhuangzi bangs a drum and becomes an immortal",and"The bad servant sues his master because of a private grudge".The stories are framed by a dual purpose:they were a means to understand the nature of Chinese society,and they were also a pivot in the changing views of China.The moral content of the stories is played out in ambiguous ways,varying between simplistic moral lessons of good and bad rewards for good and bad deeds,and a more amoral tone.

Research on the Chinese Path to Modernization in History,Key Topics,and Outlook:A Cite Space-based Bibliometric Analysis

In the speech delivered at the centenary celebration of the Communist Party of China(CPC),Xi Jinping,general secretary of the Communist Party of China(CPC)Central Committee,made important remarks on the“Chinese path to modernization.”This term represents the latest achievement China has scored in adapting Marxism to the Chinese context and the needs of the times.It has set the course as China embarks on a new journey of building a strong socialist country with Chinese characteristics and achieving national rejuvenation.Drawing on CiteSpace,we conducted a visualized bibliometric analysis of literature on the Chinese path to modernization by searching the CNKI database using subject terms such as“Chinese modernization,Chinese path to modernization,and Chinese-style modernization.”The findings reveal that:(a)Research on the Chinese path to modernization has gone through three stages:initial establishment,pioneering exploration,and comprehensive in-depth development.(b)Existing literature has covered the four key topics associated with the Chinese path to modernization,namely its essence,goal,methodology,and pioneering achievements.(c)Future research may focus on building up China’s strength in agriculture,developing the digital economy,modernizing China’s system and capacity for governance,and establishing a unique socialist discourse system for Chinese modernization.

Revisiting History Through Crime Fiction： Shiono Nanami＇s Scarlet Venice in The Renaissance Trilogy of Murder

The paper explores an ambiguous intersection between history and fiction in Scarlet Venice （Hi no Venezia, in original） （1988） by Japanese novelist and historiographer, Shiono Nanami （1937-）. As a prominent transnational writer who has worked on the Italian Renaissance and the Roman antiquity for about 40 years, Shiono fictionalizes the political culture of 16th century Venice in the context of the Eastern Mediterranean history. Based on her The Tales of the Sea Capital （1981）, historiography par excellence, the novel portrays the political maneuver of the Republic of Venice from viewpoints of diplomacy. With this thematic approach to history, the novel centers on the life and death of Alvise Gritti （1480-1534）, an illegitimate son of famed Venetian Doge, Andrea Gritti. In the metaphorical/metafictional structure of historical crime fiction, the novel unveils the austerity of Venetian polity, while contrasting it with the liberalism fostered in Sultan Suleiman＇s Ottoman court. In conclusion, the author interprets that Alvise Gritti is a victim of the political intricacy with which Venice was wrestling, implying that the republic is the metaphorical murderer. Whereas Alvise＇s death commemorates a drastic step taken by Venice for political negotiation, Shiono＇s recent writings suggest that Japan should model the rigid pragmatism in Venetian politics, along with its effective use of intelligence in diplomacy

The Conception of Modern Chinese Space in “Courtyard·Yard”:Analysis on Two Plans for the Reconstruction and Expansion of Zhang Kaiji in His Later Years

By introducing two famous works of Mr.Zhang Kaiji in his later years,the reconstruction plan of Beijing Planetarium and the Museum of Chinese Revolution and the Museum of Chinese History,the paper analyzes the "courtyard·yard" space he once imagined in the modern city and large public buildings,and expounds the value and significance of his conception.The author believes that the expansion and transformation of important works should be based on historical research and centered on the spirit of space,and the intangible space outside of tangible entities should be carefully treated,so as to better complete the transmission of modern Chinese space experience.

As An“Unfinished Scheme”-- Detective Fiction and the Sinicization of Modernity,1896-1949

This paper,analyses how the Chinese writers borrowed the literary genre of detective fiction from the West,but also points out the"indigenous"features of the Chinese detective fiction during the late Qing and early republic periods.Further,it examines why a few Chinese writers chose to reshape detective fiction-an imported literary genre-with these indigenous features.While earlier studies argue that the"old htterateurs"in modem China represented the conservative forces,I believe that these writers were in fact well aware of the impact of Western ideologies and intellectual trends on the Chinese society.Their preference of the indigenous,therefore,was not a bhnd choice but a conscious act of resistance.Unlike the"New Literature"writers'positive responses to Westem ideas,this group of writers treated Western ideas not as the way-to save the motherland.Rather,they viewed the"hegemony"of the empires with alarm,and resorted to a set of traditional Chinese cultural values for ways of precluding such hegemony.Their efforts of reshaping detective fiction by this means,I argue,sheds a new light on the cultural transformation of the Chinese society-and,more broadly,of the Asian societies-during this time.That is,such transformation figured not simply as the great triumph of the West over the Asian societies,but rather suggested a dynamic process of cultural collisions and re-creation.

Seven Decades of China's Fiscal Modernization

After its founding in 1949,the People’s Republic of China'started to modernize its fiscal system-an essential part of its broader modernization drive.Its unified and wellfunctioning fiscal system supported the stability of the nascent government,and helped stabilize the economy and restore public order after then.In the era of the planned economy,public finance in the country was put at the service of economic plans while striving to reach a fiscal equilibrium,which was of great significance at that time.Economic equilibrium,including fiscal,credit and material equilibrium,was perceived as a manifestation of macroeconomic stability.Problems encountered during the era of the planned economy led to the launch of a reform and opening-up program-a brilliant chapter in modern Chinese history.The Third Plenum of the 11th CPC Central Committee marks a brand-new era of reform and opening-up.In this transformative period,China’s fiscal system was initially decentralized to keep abreast of its“planned commodity economy.”After the goal of socialist market economic reform was announced in 1992,China’s fiscal reforms embarked on a fast track.As China'strived to build a public finance system compatible with a socialist market economic system,fiscal reforms took place and fiscal policy played a more important role in macroeconomic regulation.The Third Plenum of the 18th CPC Central Committee held in November 2013 set the goal of the reform to establish a modern fiscal system.Afterwards,China deepened its fiscal reforms,focusing on budget management,taxation and reform of central-local fiscal relations.

“中国近现代史纲要”课Sandwich教学法探析

"中国近现代史纲要"课Sandwich教学法融合了教师讲授、学生参与、问题引导、师生互动等教学形式,依照七个基本流程,始终以问题作为贯穿教学过程的主线,突显了学生学习的主体性,提高了课堂教学的实效性。

从“literature journals”说开去——兼论中国现代文化产业史视域下的抗战文学期刊诸问题

从“抗战文学期刊”这一词语的英译入手,结合中国现代文化产业史这一大背景,进行抗战文学期刊的研究具有非常重要的文献性意义。抗战文学期刊除具有文学意义之外,还拥有政治史、社会史与经济史等跨学科的研究价值。以中国现代文化产业史为切入点,可以将抗战文学期刊研究推向一个新的高度。

Limits of Fidelity

本主旨发言探讨文学翻译,尤其关注当代中国小说翻译。讨论聚焦翻译中的忠实,具体议题为忠实的限度。通过援引译事译例,就翻译中国小说是否应当保持忠实表达自己的观点。讲者首先分享自己阅读及翻译现当代中国小说的经验,并对“译文优于或改进了原文”提出理性思考:这一说法到底是挖苦式赞美还是言之成理?接下来,讲者分析饱受争议的“创造性翻译”。当人们指出或指责译者在进行创造性翻译时,他究竟想表达什么?创造性翻译是违反原则的逾矩,还是为使译文更加顺畅的必要之举?此外,讲者还进一步阐释西方读者阅读一部非西方国家小说时,为何倾向于将其当作原语国家的代表。发言最后回到“忠实”与“可读性”的对立之上,呼吁译者在面对文化交流中一直存在的单向不平等时,抵制归化十分重要。

seminar教学法在中国现代文学史教学中的应用

seminar教学法强调学生在课堂上的主体性地位,重视对学生自主学习能力的培养,或可为中国现代文学史教学的发展提供新方向。从seminar教学法在中国现代文学史教学中的实施和成效两方面入手,对seminar教学法在中国现代文学史教学中的应用作了初步的探索。

基于Blackboard平台的翻转课堂教学模式——以"中国近现代史纲要"课程为例

为公共课教学改革新思路,以"中国近现代史纲要"课程为例,借助Blackboard平台进行翻转课堂教学设计,选取教学实验对象,开展翻转课堂教学实践,并通过对学生开展问卷调查及座谈对翻转课堂教学效果与满意度进行验证.实践证明,翻转课堂教学模式在培养学生自主学习能力、激发学生学习兴趣、提升课堂参与度及学生团队合作意识等方面具有积极作用.

数字转型中的中青年中国近现代史学者学术信息搜寻行为研究——基于Al-Suqri模型的考察

[目的/意义]在数字转型进程中,电子载体信息资源越来越多,形成数字载体与传统纸质载体并存的信息环境。但不同载体环境下人文学者的学术信息搜寻行为未得到足够重视,需要进一步关注。[方法/过程]本文回顾国内外的相关研究,选取Mohammed Al-Suqri提出的学术信息搜寻行为模型,以其中的“分类—筛选—选择资源—汇集信息”过程为基础对10名来自国内6所高校的中青年中国近现代史学者进行访谈。通过对访谈结果的内容分析,讨论两种载体环境下中青年中国近现代史学者学术信息搜寻行为的不同特征,[结果/结论]提出针对纸质环境和数字环境中人文学者学术信息搜寻细化过程的Al-Suqri扩展模型。

A Night at the Opera Beijing,China

Female Generals of the Yang Family,a fictional opera from Chinese history,tells the story of the Yang family's female generals safeguarding their homeland and the drama that ensues.The popular opera is performed regularly in Beijing by the China National Peking Opera Co. Peking Opera was inscribed.on UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2010.

论“百年未有之大变局”的内在规律及我国的机遇和挑战——以大历史观为分析视角

“百年未有之大变局”是以习近平同志为核心的党中央对当前世界形势作出的具有划时代意义的战略判断。“百年未有之大变局”本质上是对国际形势总体特征的判断,需要基于新时代大历史观视角准确认识这一论断。“百年未有之大变局”是国际力量对比深刻变化、经济全球化深入发展和西方推广其现代化模式的结果。我们需秉承宏大历史观,顺应“百年未有之大变局”的演进趋势和时代潮流,从国际格局、经济全球化和现代化模式三个维度,辩证看待我国面临的战略机遇和风险挑战。

美国现代中国文学史书写的美学范式与谱系

自20世纪60年代至今,美国的现代中国文学史书写思想多元,成就斐然。其书写路径最具代表性的是夏志清的新批评美学、许芥昱的政治美学以及王德威的后现代主义美学。不同时期美学范式的变迁反映了中美关系变迁、西方文学理论思潮冲击以及汉学史的内在流变等诸多因素。内外因素交织的历史语境生成了文学性历史与历史性文学的辩证以及解构主义思路。通过考察三位华裔学者不同的美学范式与交叉谱系,可以更好地揭示美国的现代中国文学史书写的整体脉络,为国内文学史研究提供互鉴与交流的跨文化阐释思路。

“中国目录学史研究”的主要内容与框架

中国目录学在经历了漫长的知识积累与经验总结后,借19世纪末至20世纪初近代学术转型之机,在充分继承传统目录学历史财富基础上,吸收西方目录学思想,完成了学科体系的理论化、系统化建构。本课题旨在对先秦至公元2000年中国目录学的历史发展进行全景式梳理,从“中国目录学史研究资料整理”及“中国目录学史研究”两个维度,按照“提出问题→梳理史料→分析史料→解决问题”的研究思路开展研究:首先,提出中国目录学史重要理论问题,搭建中国目录学史研究框架;其次,全面展开中国目录学史研究资料收集,编撰《中国目录学年表新编》;最后,根据中国目录学史的历史分期,分阶段开展中国目录学史的研究与写作。

“现代人”思想·长篇小说诗学·美学和历史视野——撰写中国现代长篇小说史(1922—1949年)的几点思考

撰写中国现代长篇小说史最基本也是最重要的一个思路是:以“现代人”思想为根,以长篇小说诗学为本,在美学和历史的视野下,通过对前二者融创度与完成度的探析与相关艺术问题的剖析、阐释,实现对中国现代长篇小说发展历程共时性与历时性的描述与定位,即在主潮中透视,在诗学中辨析,在审美中感悟,在时代中把握,进而清晰地勾勒出中国现代长篇小说的发展脉络、艺术得失。通过对现代长篇小说诗学艺术的深入揭示,对其中出现的一些重要的现象与问题加以理论的探讨与提升,深化中国现代长篇小说研究的问题意识,构建并拓宽中国现代长篇小说的审美认知谱系,是撰写中国现代长篇小说史的一个有效范式。

美国南方文艺复兴小说:环境史语境、生态维度与中国视角

19世纪末至20世纪上半叶,美国南方工业化创造了前所未有的物质财富,也产生了难以弥补的生态创伤,体现了西方现代化的局限。由于南方文艺复兴文学所处的历史语境正是南方工业化、现代化快速发展的时期,这一时期小说创作中的环境书写成为认知和剖析南方现代化乃至西方现代化的重要载体。作家们或以鲜明立场批判西方现代化的种种弊端,或以矛盾心态含混呈现工业发展与生态环境保护之间的悖论议题,或以去人类中心立场重塑人与自然在社会变革中的身份与关联,为中国学界审视西方现代化提供了重要文学素材。以中国式现代化视角鉴赏并评析这一时期作家作品中环境书写的主题意蕴、审美价值和生态维度,观照南方文艺复兴作家对西方现代化的回应、批判和反思,可以为中国式现代化与西方现代化的比较提供话语资源。

世界历史的“普遍文明形态”图景

如果把“文明形态”作为世界历史的书写范式,世界历史进程就表现为各民族的“特殊文明形态”扬弃为“普遍文明形态”的过程。一方面,人类物种的生存方式不同于其他物种的“自然状态”,总是要摆脱自然状态而进入“文明状态”,亦即以“特殊文明形态”的方式存在;另一方面人类也只能借助于“普遍文明形态”才能保证该物种的永久生存。按照唯物史观,自阶级社会以来,人类文明形态是由社会形态加以定义的。但资本主义以往的文明形态都是“特殊文明形态”,而只有共产主义才是“普遍文明形态”。那些能够把握世界历史发展趋势和客观规律的民族,该民族的文明形态便能够扬弃其特殊性,从而为创造人类“普遍文明形态”奠定基础。中华民族现代文明的根本性质继承了马克思的文明观,打开了“普遍文明形态”的图景,为创造“普遍文明形态”贡献了中国智慧和中国方案。

回顾与省思:2023年近代社会史研究扫描

2023年中国近代社会史研究呈现出强劲兴盛的发展态势,其学术热点仍表现为对社会史学科的学术回顾与反思,主要包括史学研究“碎片化”问题、日常生活史研究、学术社会史研究、历史人类学研究、思想史与社会史研究等内容。同时,也形成一些新的学术增长热点,主要包括新革命生活史,全球史视野下的本土实践,借鉴社会史、社会经济史研究撰写某行业专业史等方面。但同时也存在着社会史研究理论探索明显滞后、研究“同质化“”碎片化”状态仍比较普遍等问题。期待未来社会史逐渐形成自身的特点和理论,甚至形成新的研究范式,为历史研究视野和解释能力的深度拓展做出贡献。