The“burden reduction”policy aims to reduce the workload of primary and secondary school teachers to alleviate their burdens.While it has improved the quality of teachers,implementation challenges still exist.This st...The“burden reduction”policy aims to reduce the workload of primary and secondary school teachers to alleviate their burdens.While it has improved the quality of teachers,implementation challenges still exist.This study utilizes rational choice institutionalism and Ostrom’s institutional analysis and development framework to examine the policy.By considering the preferences of the Ministry of Education,local governments,schools,and teachers,it explores interactions and outcomes,identifies challenges,and provides policy suggestions.展开更多
John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress has been written to preach the Christian doctrines of salvation.Therefore its allegorical protagonists have gradually gone through four stages of development on the path to...John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress has been written to preach the Christian doctrines of salvation.Therefore its allegorical protagonists have gradually gone through four stages of development on the path to salvation.This paper is focused on the earlier two stages,that is,the repentance of sins and the temptations after conversion.展开更多
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 purpose of the article is to present several topics in Russian music of the Soviet era(roughly 1920-1990).The time that has passed since the fall of the Iron Curtain allows us to rethink and revise the cultural tr...The purpose of the article is to present several topics in Russian music of the Soviet era(roughly 1920-1990).The time that has passed since the fall of the Iron Curtain allows us to rethink and revise the cultural treasures of seven decades and reassess new research of the last decade,carried out both by people who previously gained a reputation as an authority in Soviet culture,and by scientists who came from this environment and began sharing their vision of the subject after acquiring the skills of a Western scholar.The article is based mainly on the latter research and tries to see its subject as a complete picture,albeit with missing details,so to speak,a postmodern picture that requires the reader to participate in its refinement.The methodological basis of this study is working with published sources through the critical lens of cultural anthropology as it has developed and presently looks.展开更多
A ccording to the Exhaustion Doctrine,when a patented item is lawfully made and sold, the patent owner exhausts its rights in the product.However,exhaustion is
Is the Christian doctrine espoused by contemporary Christians really the true meaning of Christ?What is the basic doctrine of Christ?How should believers believe in and practice Christian doctrine?This article analyze...Is the Christian doctrine espoused by contemporary Christians really the true meaning of Christ?What is the basic doctrine of Christ?How should believers believe in and practice Christian doctrine?This article analyzes this and distinguishes between the faithful of Christ and that of the church,two types of believers who are similar in form but not identical in nature.展开更多
The principle of the best interests of the child,as a criterion for substantive review,is conceptually ambiguous and uncertain in its application.To mitigate this dilemma in the application of the principle of the bes...The principle of the best interests of the child,as a criterion for substantive review,is conceptually ambiguous and uncertain in its application.To mitigate this dilemma in the application of the principle of the best interests of the child,the European Court of Human Rights(ECHR)has made a procedural transition in the interpretation and application of this principle,shifting from conducting specific proportionality analysis or interests balancing in cases related to children to examining whether States Parties have applied the principle of the best interests of the child in their judicial procedures.Moreover,ECHR has developed three procedural review schemes:holistic reviews,key factors-based reviews and factor list-based reviews.Compared with substantive reviews,procedural reviews adhere to the ECHR doctrine of margin of appreciation,restrict the free discretion of the court,give play to the effect of procedural autonomy,and pursue the value of subjective procedural justice,which has its own unique theoretical value and practical significance,and provides a feasible reference for China to interpret and apply the principle of the best interests of the child.展开更多
The Double Take column looks at a single topic from an African and Chinese perspective. This month we discuss the importance of feminism.Feminism is a doctrine advocating equal rights for women. It is the belief that ...The Double Take column looks at a single topic from an African and Chinese perspective. This month we discuss the importance of feminism.Feminism is a doctrine advocating equal rights for women. It is the belief that men and women should have equal rights and opportunities. Feminism is more about equal rights and not about sameness since men and women are not the same physically.展开更多
Ⅰ.文学常识1.Calvinism (加尔文主义) -It is the theological system of John Calvin. Its key principle is that God, not man, is central and supreme. Hence scripture is the source of doctrine.2. original sin (原罪)-In Chr...Ⅰ.文学常识1.Calvinism (加尔文主义) -It is the theological system of John Calvin. Its key principle is that God, not man, is central and supreme. Hence scripture is the source of doctrine.2. original sin (原罪)-In Christian theology, it is the state of sinfulness in which all mankind展开更多
The Journey to the West has adopted a conventional theme--life is a journey;in order to deliver one's soul,one has to go on the path of salvation.The purpose of this paper is to examine what steps the author has t...The Journey to the West has adopted a conventional theme--life is a journey;in order to deliver one's soul,one has to go on the path of salvation.The purpose of this paper is to examine what steps the author has taken to enlighten the readers as to the progress of spiritual salvation.In view of this purpose,the analysis will be focused on the preaching of religious doctrines and the criticism of social realities in the novel.展开更多
Through a comparative analysis of The Pilgrim's Progress and The Journey to the West, the paper aims to reveal what common ground is shared by the two novels and what light is thrown on the theme of spiritual salv...Through a comparative analysis of The Pilgrim's Progress and The Journey to the West, the paper aims to reveal what common ground is shared by the two novels and what light is thrown on the theme of spiritual salvation. The fruit of the study leads to a conclusion that both novels have employed religious doctrines and social criticisms to make the theme of spiritual salvation more palatable for their readers.展开更多
Chinese leaders have time and again talked about the wish to build a"harmonious world."The authors believe that this can be seen as a new attempt to deal with world affairs using the doctrine of idealism or ...Chinese leaders have time and again talked about the wish to build a"harmonious world."The authors believe that this can be seen as a new attempt to deal with world affairs using the doctrine of idealism or neo-idealism.Unlike the failed idealism of the early years in last century, the authors believe that this time neo-idealism has a fairly good chance of succeeding due to changes of the international environment.展开更多
Authoritarian societies that follow certain rules in the religious,cultural,and political realms tend to be little tolerant of other views and practices.There is a very revealing research niche for the study of“other...Authoritarian societies that follow certain rules in the religious,cultural,and political realms tend to be little tolerant of other views and practices.There is a very revealing research niche for the study of“otherness”in the regulated fields of human activity.Yet,a niche within a niche is a study of historical or,in any case,former practices that come back to life after a gap of many decades.This is the case with church music of the last decade of Soviet history that has returned to artistic practice after a sixty-year ban.The article examines the socio-cultural circumstances that accompanied the creation of a number of works in various church genres written by professional Soviet composers,supported by a brief description of these works.Information about atheistic ideology,cultural doctrine,music management,and church life in the USSR completes the range of topics discussed.展开更多
The doctrine of channels and collaterals isone of the key theories of Traditional ChineseMedicine (TCM). It has been guiding the clini-cal practice of every department of TCM andruns through the physiology, pathology,...The doctrine of channels and collaterals isone of the key theories of Traditional ChineseMedicine (TCM). It has been guiding the clini-cal practice of every department of TCM andruns through the physiology, pathology, diag-nostics and therapeutics of TCM. According展开更多
In 2000 Russian Orthodox Church adopted“The Basis of Social Concept of Russian Orthodox Church”.Until now the mentioned document remains the only social doctrine officially accepted by any Orthodox Church.The articl...In 2000 Russian Orthodox Church adopted“The Basis of Social Concept of Russian Orthodox Church”.Until now the mentioned document remains the only social doctrine officially accepted by any Orthodox Church.The article tries to understand the reasons behind the elaboration of the mentioned doctrine and analyzes its content.The document fails to grasp fully the ongoing processes in the secular society and in the wider world.The present acute social problems,e.g.,unemployment,corruption,public finance embezzlement,are either slightly touched upon or avoided.The approaches towards socio-economic issues are general and broad lacking the necessary insights.The meanings of economic activities are archaic.The doctrine does not negate entrepreneurship and wealth but is critical to the purpose and forms of the economic activity.It is quite odd that there is no analysis of secularity which has seriously undermined the position of the church.The doctrine demonstrates the softer approach towards the wealth-creation criticizes the idle poverty and highlights the position of the church as an opponent of income inequality.Conclusion is that despite the shortcomings,“The Basis of Social Concept of Russian Orthodox Church”is a strategic document,an attempt of the Russian Orthodox Church to define its earthly place within the dynamic modern society.The social doctrine is not finished product but rather a process of thought and lays foundation for the further construction of the social doctrine.展开更多
Alexander of Aphrodisias’s Commentary on Aristotle’s Metaphysics is an important testimony to understand Plato’s philosophy.In fact,Alexander uses some lost Aristotelian books,especially a work On the Good,from whi...Alexander of Aphrodisias’s Commentary on Aristotle’s Metaphysics is an important testimony to understand Plato’s philosophy.In fact,Alexander uses some lost Aristotelian books,especially a work On the Good,from which we learn that Plato’s metaphysics is adialectical metaphysics,founded on an original opposition of two principles that shapes the whole reality—these principles being the One and the indefinite Dyad.Sensible things participate in ideas(they receive their being from ideas)and the intermediate mathematical entities lie between these two realities.However,ideas can be traced back to ideal numbers and the principles of ideal numbers are the One and the indefinite Dyad.Thus,these principles constitute their metaphysical foundation of ideas and,through the ideas,of the whole reality.展开更多
文摘The“burden reduction”policy aims to reduce the workload of primary and secondary school teachers to alleviate their burdens.While it has improved the quality of teachers,implementation challenges still exist.This study utilizes rational choice institutionalism and Ostrom’s institutional analysis and development framework to examine the policy.By considering the preferences of the Ministry of Education,local governments,schools,and teachers,it explores interactions and outcomes,identifies challenges,and provides policy suggestions.
文摘John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress has been written to preach the Christian doctrines of salvation.Therefore its allegorical protagonists have gradually gone through four stages of development on the path to salvation.This paper is focused on the earlier two stages,that is,the repentance of sins and the temptations after conversion.
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 purpose of the article is to present several topics in Russian music of the Soviet era(roughly 1920-1990).The time that has passed since the fall of the Iron Curtain allows us to rethink and revise the cultural treasures of seven decades and reassess new research of the last decade,carried out both by people who previously gained a reputation as an authority in Soviet culture,and by scientists who came from this environment and began sharing their vision of the subject after acquiring the skills of a Western scholar.The article is based mainly on the latter research and tries to see its subject as a complete picture,albeit with missing details,so to speak,a postmodern picture that requires the reader to participate in its refinement.The methodological basis of this study is working with published sources through the critical lens of cultural anthropology as it has developed and presently looks.
文摘A ccording to the Exhaustion Doctrine,when a patented item is lawfully made and sold, the patent owner exhausts its rights in the product.However,exhaustion is
文摘Is the Christian doctrine espoused by contemporary Christians really the true meaning of Christ?What is the basic doctrine of Christ?How should believers believe in and practice Christian doctrine?This article analyzes this and distinguishes between the faithful of Christ and that of the church,two types of believers who are similar in form but not identical in nature.
文摘The principle of the best interests of the child,as a criterion for substantive review,is conceptually ambiguous and uncertain in its application.To mitigate this dilemma in the application of the principle of the best interests of the child,the European Court of Human Rights(ECHR)has made a procedural transition in the interpretation and application of this principle,shifting from conducting specific proportionality analysis or interests balancing in cases related to children to examining whether States Parties have applied the principle of the best interests of the child in their judicial procedures.Moreover,ECHR has developed three procedural review schemes:holistic reviews,key factors-based reviews and factor list-based reviews.Compared with substantive reviews,procedural reviews adhere to the ECHR doctrine of margin of appreciation,restrict the free discretion of the court,give play to the effect of procedural autonomy,and pursue the value of subjective procedural justice,which has its own unique theoretical value and practical significance,and provides a feasible reference for China to interpret and apply the principle of the best interests of the child.
文摘The Double Take column looks at a single topic from an African and Chinese perspective. This month we discuss the importance of feminism.Feminism is a doctrine advocating equal rights for women. It is the belief that men and women should have equal rights and opportunities. Feminism is more about equal rights and not about sameness since men and women are not the same physically.
文摘Ⅰ.文学常识1.Calvinism (加尔文主义) -It is the theological system of John Calvin. Its key principle is that God, not man, is central and supreme. Hence scripture is the source of doctrine.2. original sin (原罪)-In Christian theology, it is the state of sinfulness in which all mankind
文摘The Journey to the West has adopted a conventional theme--life is a journey;in order to deliver one's soul,one has to go on the path of salvation.The purpose of this paper is to examine what steps the author has taken to enlighten the readers as to the progress of spiritual salvation.In view of this purpose,the analysis will be focused on the preaching of religious doctrines and the criticism of social realities in the novel.
文摘Through a comparative analysis of The Pilgrim's Progress and The Journey to the West, the paper aims to reveal what common ground is shared by the two novels and what light is thrown on the theme of spiritual salvation. The fruit of the study leads to a conclusion that both novels have employed religious doctrines and social criticisms to make the theme of spiritual salvation more palatable for their readers.
文摘Chinese leaders have time and again talked about the wish to build a"harmonious world."The authors believe that this can be seen as a new attempt to deal with world affairs using the doctrine of idealism or neo-idealism.Unlike the failed idealism of the early years in last century, the authors believe that this time neo-idealism has a fairly good chance of succeeding due to changes of the international environment.
文摘Authoritarian societies that follow certain rules in the religious,cultural,and political realms tend to be little tolerant of other views and practices.There is a very revealing research niche for the study of“otherness”in the regulated fields of human activity.Yet,a niche within a niche is a study of historical or,in any case,former practices that come back to life after a gap of many decades.This is the case with church music of the last decade of Soviet history that has returned to artistic practice after a sixty-year ban.The article examines the socio-cultural circumstances that accompanied the creation of a number of works in various church genres written by professional Soviet composers,supported by a brief description of these works.Information about atheistic ideology,cultural doctrine,music management,and church life in the USSR completes the range of topics discussed.
文摘The doctrine of channels and collaterals isone of the key theories of Traditional ChineseMedicine (TCM). It has been guiding the clini-cal practice of every department of TCM andruns through the physiology, pathology, diag-nostics and therapeutics of TCM. According
文摘In 2000 Russian Orthodox Church adopted“The Basis of Social Concept of Russian Orthodox Church”.Until now the mentioned document remains the only social doctrine officially accepted by any Orthodox Church.The article tries to understand the reasons behind the elaboration of the mentioned doctrine and analyzes its content.The document fails to grasp fully the ongoing processes in the secular society and in the wider world.The present acute social problems,e.g.,unemployment,corruption,public finance embezzlement,are either slightly touched upon or avoided.The approaches towards socio-economic issues are general and broad lacking the necessary insights.The meanings of economic activities are archaic.The doctrine does not negate entrepreneurship and wealth but is critical to the purpose and forms of the economic activity.It is quite odd that there is no analysis of secularity which has seriously undermined the position of the church.The doctrine demonstrates the softer approach towards the wealth-creation criticizes the idle poverty and highlights the position of the church as an opponent of income inequality.Conclusion is that despite the shortcomings,“The Basis of Social Concept of Russian Orthodox Church”is a strategic document,an attempt of the Russian Orthodox Church to define its earthly place within the dynamic modern society.The social doctrine is not finished product but rather a process of thought and lays foundation for the further construction of the social doctrine.
文摘Alexander of Aphrodisias’s Commentary on Aristotle’s Metaphysics is an important testimony to understand Plato’s philosophy.In fact,Alexander uses some lost Aristotelian books,especially a work On the Good,from which we learn that Plato’s metaphysics is adialectical metaphysics,founded on an original opposition of two principles that shapes the whole reality—these principles being the One and the indefinite Dyad.Sensible things participate in ideas(they receive their being from ideas)and the intermediate mathematical entities lie between these two realities.However,ideas can be traced back to ideal numbers and the principles of ideal numbers are the One and the indefinite Dyad.Thus,these principles constitute their metaphysical foundation of ideas and,through the ideas,of the whole reality.
