Since ancient times,"heaven"has been indispensable in the traditional books of the communist party of China.The English translation of traditional books has become the mainstream of The Times.Currently,the t...Since ancient times,"heaven"has been indispensable in the traditional books of the communist party of China.The English translation of traditional books has become the mainstream of The Times.Currently,the translation levels of the translated versions are uneven,and there are great differences in the translation of some keywords.This paper mainly discusses the different translations of"heaven"in section 1 of the English translation of theof the Mean by James Legge,Gu Hongming,Roger T.Ames and David Hall.展开更多
The Doctrine of Human Personality wants to be the main political doctrine of mankind, which wishes to begin a new era of political, economical and social relations worldwide. A New World Order is ultimately necessary ...The Doctrine of Human Personality wants to be the main political doctrine of mankind, which wishes to begin a new era of political, economical and social relations worldwide. A New World Order is ultimately necessary because the age of National States has passed long ago and all relations among the citizens of Earth are influenced and dominated by Globalization, thus it needs a single world Government and a global Parliament. For too long darkness kept a tight grip on mankind, now it is the time to put an end to this darkness and let humanity begin its true evolution through this new doctrine, the Doctrine of Human Personality.展开更多
From the point of view of the interpersonal function in the theories of Halliday’s systemic functional grammar,this paper uses Clinton’s farewell speech as an example to explain how interpersonal meanings are genera...From the point of view of the interpersonal function in the theories of Halliday’s systemic functional grammar,this paper uses Clinton’s farewell speech as an example to explain how interpersonal meanings are generally realized in a political speech.Through a brief analysis of linguistic elements on different levels,the lexical,the sentential,we can find that modal auxiliaries and mood are the elements usually used in political speeches to achieve different interpersonal meanings.展开更多
The research examines President Xi’s 2021 New Year speech with research questions centering around its abundant interpersonal meanings.Through qualitative content analysis,the research finds that it is typical for Ch...The research examines President Xi’s 2021 New Year speech with research questions centering around its abundant interpersonal meanings.Through qualitative content analysis,the research finds that it is typical for Chinese president to frequently use judgment and appreciation resources in reviewing the past year.Even in the face of the pandemic and natural disasters,the overall emotions of the speech remain positive,which corresponds to the forward-looking feature of New Year speech.Significance of the study abounds and future research can investigate how COVID-19 impacts the ideologies conveyed through political leaders’speeches through a comparative lens and how to produce more understandings that can help dismantle stereotypes and discrimination hidden in reports about COVID-19 by using Appraisal Theory critically,systematically,and comprehensively.展开更多
This study investigates the language strategies adopted by the major British political parties in their 2010 general election man-ifestoes to persuade and influence the public in order to win their support.The way in ...This study investigates the language strategies adopted by the major British political parties in their 2010 general election man-ifestoes to persuade and influence the public in order to win their support.The way in which interpersonal meanings are expressed in thetexts is examined in accordance with the three aspects of modality as outlined in Halliday's Systemic Functional Grammar:orientation,value and type.Corresponding with these three aspects,it is found that subjective orientation,median value,and obligation are used ex-tensively by all three parties for persuasive purposes.This demonstrates that modal choices are conditioned or determined by the writers' communicative intentions and by non-linguistic factors such as their social positions and political stances.展开更多
Natural law is an important concept of the Westem political culture. The author makes a simple investigation into the various definitions of natural law, based on which he comes to the conclusion that natural law is a...Natural law is an important concept of the Westem political culture. The author makes a simple investigation into the various definitions of natural law, based on which he comes to the conclusion that natural law is a key concept of Western political culture; that it is a moral norm of politics as well as a product of rational thinking; and that its meaning has varied over time.展开更多
In an age when political thinkers were writing books full of quotations of ancient and modern authors,Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury(1588-1679)developed a philosophical system which was based on scientific method rather ...In an age when political thinkers were writing books full of quotations of ancient and modern authors,Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury(1588-1679)developed a philosophical system which was based on scientific method rather than on the authority of books.He emphasized that the absurdities that philosophers fall into are actually due precisely to a lack of method and to the habit of quoting other thinkers as if the truth was to be found in their words.It is certainly not inappropriate to read what philosophers,historians,and poets wrote,whether for pure amusement or to find intellectual spurs useful for one’s own research and speculation;but the written word should not be confused with the truth.In the investigation aimed at discovering the truth in political matters,the philosopher must use his own intellect,relying on the strength of reasoning.Thus,political philosophy becomes a science:the science of“consequences from the accidents of politic bodies”.With his reflections on scientia civilis,Thomas Hobbes may be considered the inventor of political science.展开更多
In this paper, through the analysis of the pangs of love from David Wong Louie's Pangs of Love, which is a type of love experienced by people alienated by culture, language, and generation, by focusing on the chan...In this paper, through the analysis of the pangs of love from David Wong Louie's Pangs of Love, which is a type of love experienced by people alienated by culture, language, and generation, by focusing on the changes happen in the Pangs in America, we will explores the causes of the pangs of love between Mrs. Pang and her sons, i.e. they both choose an opposite side to treat the alien culture. And this paper tries to seek a solution: to have a compromised way which can blend the two cultures and have open mind towards the alien culture.展开更多
The concept of golden mean (Zhong Yong), i.e. moderation, is the highest principle of moral cultivation in Confucianism. It entails an exclusive methodology in addressing politics, philosophy and everything in the u...The concept of golden mean (Zhong Yong), i.e. moderation, is the highest principle of moral cultivation in Confucianism. It entails an exclusive methodology in addressing politics, philosophy and everything in the universe. This concept has permeated into all aspects of traditional Chinese culture. As an ancient therapy, tuina is an important part of Chinese medicine and has its characteristic theory and methods. Just like Chinese medicine, tuina has long been greatly influenced by the concept of golden mean. To better promote the development of tuina, it's necessary to investigate the historical evolution of tuina and the concept of golden mean as well as the influence of 'golden mean' idea on tuina manipulation, mechanism and treatment.展开更多
Chinese people have had a long tradition of loving peace and promoting the idea of harmony since ancient times.Drawing on their specific social and cultural basis,many politicians in the pre-Qin period tried to use pe...Chinese people have had a long tradition of loving peace and promoting the idea of harmony since ancient times.Drawing on their specific social and cultural basis,many politicians in the pre-Qin period tried to use peaceful means to resolve contradictions,ease conflicts and unite allies.In order to properly handle the complex political,military and diplomatic relations between different political bodies,they considered other important options as well as violent means like war,accumulating rich experience.The most typical of those peaceful means included political solutions,political marriages,simplification of rituals to accord with local customs,and oaths and covenants.Unlike violent tactics such as war,which had an overwhelmingly negative impact on the populace and society,these peaceful means did everything possible to alleviate the suffering of the people and reduced the cost of social progress,and thus played an important role in facilitating ethnic integration and national unity.On the basis of these peaceful means,governments under the centralized system after Qin and Han dynasties came up with new models:heqin(和亲;a sort of marriage alliance,the historical practice of Chinese emperors marrying princesses—usually members of minor branches of the royal family—to rulers of neighboring states),jimi(羁縻;“loose rein,”also known as jimi fuzhou,an autonomous administrative and political organizational system used in China between the 7th and 10th centuries),hushi(互市;a special kind of tributary trade,usually between the states occupying the Central Plains and those founded by border peoples along the boundaries)to deal with the relationship between central and regional regimes(especially those set up by border peoples).Summarizing historical experience,learning from the wisdom of the ancient Chinese in resolving political conflicts,and carrying forward the fine traditions of the Chinese nation is of great practical significance.展开更多
THE idea that individual human beings have rights which it would be morally wrong to violate and which ought to be protected by law is a relatively unique product of modern Western civilization.It did not exist in the...THE idea that individual human beings have rights which it would be morally wrong to violate and which ought to be protected by law is a relatively unique product of modern Western civilization.It did not exist in the conceptual universes of premodern societies,including the great Axial Age civilizations of the ancient Graeco-Roman world,of medieval Christendom,or of traditional China.展开更多
Zhong 中 is a very important philosophical concept in early Confucianism. Both the received ancient Confucian classics and the newly discovered ancient bamboo manuscripts tell us that adhering to the principle of zhon...Zhong 中 is a very important philosophical concept in early Confucianism. Both the received ancient Confucian classics and the newly discovered ancient bamboo manuscripts tell us that adhering to the principle of zhong was an important charge that had been transmitted and inherited by early ancient Chinese political leaders from generation to generation. Confucius and his followers adopted the concept of zhong and further developed it into a sophisticated doctrine, which is usually called zhongdao ~_ (the Way ofzhong) or zhongyong ~lgCgi. Being a polysemous word, zhong has several different but philosophically related meanings. However, for a long time, people usually understood zhong in the sense of only one of its meanings, and zhongdao or zhongyong has been commonly interpreted as "the doctrine of the mean." My argument in this paper is that a synthetic interpretation, which includes all the semantic meanings of zhong is necessary in order to acquire a deep and well-rounded comprehension of the philosophical significance of the Way of zhong. The Way of zhong features a dialectal view of the relationship between heaven and human beings, mind and materials, subjective desire and the available objective conditions, self and others, centrality and diversity, and so on. The Way of zhong has become a widely applied philosophical methodology in Confucianism, as well as a political principle and a kind of personal moral merit in early Confucian doctrines. Today, it still has relevance in contemporary Chinese social and cultural contexts.展开更多
Although plenty of studies and reports have been written on the subject of Chinese human rights from liberal and socialist perspectives,their common weakness is that they are colored with ideological assumptions that ...Although plenty of studies and reports have been written on the subject of Chinese human rights from liberal and socialist perspectives,their common weakness is that they are colored with ideological assumptions that will be disputed by the opposite side.Their evaluation of Chinese human rights is thus incapable of bringing about a meeting of minds between the liberal West and socialist China.In particular,liberal and socialist writers disagree ideologically on what primarily defines us as human beings,which leads to diverging interpretations of how the rights of human beings are supposed to be implemented in practice.Liberal writers define human beings through free will and rational thought which leads to greater emphasis on rights related to an individual's mind(mainly CPR),while socialist writers define them through their social relations and their material living conditions,leading to greater emphasis on rights that improve the social and material environment(mainly ESCR).The consequence of this ideological division is that Western liberals and Chinese socialists are essentially talking past each other when it comes to human rights.展开更多
文摘Since ancient times,"heaven"has been indispensable in the traditional books of the communist party of China.The English translation of traditional books has become the mainstream of The Times.Currently,the translation levels of the translated versions are uneven,and there are great differences in the translation of some keywords.This paper mainly discusses the different translations of"heaven"in section 1 of the English translation of theof the Mean by James Legge,Gu Hongming,Roger T.Ames and David Hall.
文摘The Doctrine of Human Personality wants to be the main political doctrine of mankind, which wishes to begin a new era of political, economical and social relations worldwide. A New World Order is ultimately necessary because the age of National States has passed long ago and all relations among the citizens of Earth are influenced and dominated by Globalization, thus it needs a single world Government and a global Parliament. For too long darkness kept a tight grip on mankind, now it is the time to put an end to this darkness and let humanity begin its true evolution through this new doctrine, the Doctrine of Human Personality.
文摘From the point of view of the interpersonal function in the theories of Halliday’s systemic functional grammar,this paper uses Clinton’s farewell speech as an example to explain how interpersonal meanings are generally realized in a political speech.Through a brief analysis of linguistic elements on different levels,the lexical,the sentential,we can find that modal auxiliaries and mood are the elements usually used in political speeches to achieve different interpersonal meanings.
基金Under the major project of the Center for Language Education and Cooperation in 2021“Research on the Construction and Promotion of International Chinese Education Standard System”(21YH04A).
文摘The research examines President Xi’s 2021 New Year speech with research questions centering around its abundant interpersonal meanings.Through qualitative content analysis,the research finds that it is typical for Chinese president to frequently use judgment and appreciation resources in reviewing the past year.Even in the face of the pandemic and natural disasters,the overall emotions of the speech remain positive,which corresponds to the forward-looking feature of New Year speech.Significance of the study abounds and future research can investigate how COVID-19 impacts the ideologies conveyed through political leaders’speeches through a comparative lens and how to produce more understandings that can help dismantle stereotypes and discrimination hidden in reports about COVID-19 by using Appraisal Theory critically,systematically,and comprehensively.
文摘This study investigates the language strategies adopted by the major British political parties in their 2010 general election man-ifestoes to persuade and influence the public in order to win their support.The way in which interpersonal meanings are expressed in thetexts is examined in accordance with the three aspects of modality as outlined in Halliday's Systemic Functional Grammar:orientation,value and type.Corresponding with these three aspects,it is found that subjective orientation,median value,and obligation are used ex-tensively by all three parties for persuasive purposes.This demonstrates that modal choices are conditioned or determined by the writers' communicative intentions and by non-linguistic factors such as their social positions and political stances.
文摘Natural law is an important concept of the Westem political culture. The author makes a simple investigation into the various definitions of natural law, based on which he comes to the conclusion that natural law is a key concept of Western political culture; that it is a moral norm of politics as well as a product of rational thinking; and that its meaning has varied over time.
文摘In an age when political thinkers were writing books full of quotations of ancient and modern authors,Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury(1588-1679)developed a philosophical system which was based on scientific method rather than on the authority of books.He emphasized that the absurdities that philosophers fall into are actually due precisely to a lack of method and to the habit of quoting other thinkers as if the truth was to be found in their words.It is certainly not inappropriate to read what philosophers,historians,and poets wrote,whether for pure amusement or to find intellectual spurs useful for one’s own research and speculation;but the written word should not be confused with the truth.In the investigation aimed at discovering the truth in political matters,the philosopher must use his own intellect,relying on the strength of reasoning.Thus,political philosophy becomes a science:the science of“consequences from the accidents of politic bodies”.With his reflections on scientia civilis,Thomas Hobbes may be considered the inventor of political science.
文摘In this paper, through the analysis of the pangs of love from David Wong Louie's Pangs of Love, which is a type of love experienced by people alienated by culture, language, and generation, by focusing on the changes happen in the Pangs in America, we will explores the causes of the pangs of love between Mrs. Pang and her sons, i.e. they both choose an opposite side to treat the alien culture. And this paper tries to seek a solution: to have a compromised way which can blend the two cultures and have open mind towards the alien culture.
基金supported by the 3-year action plan project by the Shanghai Municipal Health Bureau,No.ZYSNXD-CC-HPGC-JD-011~~
文摘The concept of golden mean (Zhong Yong), i.e. moderation, is the highest principle of moral cultivation in Confucianism. It entails an exclusive methodology in addressing politics, philosophy and everything in the universe. This concept has permeated into all aspects of traditional Chinese culture. As an ancient therapy, tuina is an important part of Chinese medicine and has its characteristic theory and methods. Just like Chinese medicine, tuina has long been greatly influenced by the concept of golden mean. To better promote the development of tuina, it's necessary to investigate the historical evolution of tuina and the concept of golden mean as well as the influence of 'golden mean' idea on tuina manipulation, mechanism and treatment.
基金This paper is an interim staged achievement of“Ethnic Issues and African Development Studies,”a Class A project of the innovation program of the Institute of West-Asian and African Studies,Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.
文摘Chinese people have had a long tradition of loving peace and promoting the idea of harmony since ancient times.Drawing on their specific social and cultural basis,many politicians in the pre-Qin period tried to use peaceful means to resolve contradictions,ease conflicts and unite allies.In order to properly handle the complex political,military and diplomatic relations between different political bodies,they considered other important options as well as violent means like war,accumulating rich experience.The most typical of those peaceful means included political solutions,political marriages,simplification of rituals to accord with local customs,and oaths and covenants.Unlike violent tactics such as war,which had an overwhelmingly negative impact on the populace and society,these peaceful means did everything possible to alleviate the suffering of the people and reduced the cost of social progress,and thus played an important role in facilitating ethnic integration and national unity.On the basis of these peaceful means,governments under the centralized system after Qin and Han dynasties came up with new models:heqin(和亲;a sort of marriage alliance,the historical practice of Chinese emperors marrying princesses—usually members of minor branches of the royal family—to rulers of neighboring states),jimi(羁縻;“loose rein,”also known as jimi fuzhou,an autonomous administrative and political organizational system used in China between the 7th and 10th centuries),hushi(互市;a special kind of tributary trade,usually between the states occupying the Central Plains and those founded by border peoples along the boundaries)to deal with the relationship between central and regional regimes(especially those set up by border peoples).Summarizing historical experience,learning from the wisdom of the ancient Chinese in resolving political conflicts,and carrying forward the fine traditions of the Chinese nation is of great practical significance.
文摘THE idea that individual human beings have rights which it would be morally wrong to violate and which ought to be protected by law is a relatively unique product of modern Western civilization.It did not exist in the conceptual universes of premodern societies,including the great Axial Age civilizations of the ancient Graeco-Roman world,of medieval Christendom,or of traditional China.
文摘Zhong 中 is a very important philosophical concept in early Confucianism. Both the received ancient Confucian classics and the newly discovered ancient bamboo manuscripts tell us that adhering to the principle of zhong was an important charge that had been transmitted and inherited by early ancient Chinese political leaders from generation to generation. Confucius and his followers adopted the concept of zhong and further developed it into a sophisticated doctrine, which is usually called zhongdao ~_ (the Way ofzhong) or zhongyong ~lgCgi. Being a polysemous word, zhong has several different but philosophically related meanings. However, for a long time, people usually understood zhong in the sense of only one of its meanings, and zhongdao or zhongyong has been commonly interpreted as "the doctrine of the mean." My argument in this paper is that a synthetic interpretation, which includes all the semantic meanings of zhong is necessary in order to acquire a deep and well-rounded comprehension of the philosophical significance of the Way of zhong. The Way of zhong features a dialectal view of the relationship between heaven and human beings, mind and materials, subjective desire and the available objective conditions, self and others, centrality and diversity, and so on. The Way of zhong has become a widely applied philosophical methodology in Confucianism, as well as a political principle and a kind of personal moral merit in early Confucian doctrines. Today, it still has relevance in contemporary Chinese social and cultural contexts.
文摘Although plenty of studies and reports have been written on the subject of Chinese human rights from liberal and socialist perspectives,their common weakness is that they are colored with ideological assumptions that will be disputed by the opposite side.Their evaluation of Chinese human rights is thus incapable of bringing about a meeting of minds between the liberal West and socialist China.In particular,liberal and socialist writers disagree ideologically on what primarily defines us as human beings,which leads to diverging interpretations of how the rights of human beings are supposed to be implemented in practice.Liberal writers define human beings through free will and rational thought which leads to greater emphasis on rights related to an individual's mind(mainly CPR),while socialist writers define them through their social relations and their material living conditions,leading to greater emphasis on rights that improve the social and material environment(mainly ESCR).The consequence of this ideological division is that Western liberals and Chinese socialists are essentially talking past each other when it comes to human rights.