Behind what is called ＂Needham＇s Grand Question＂ （why was China overshot by the West in science and technology？） lies a deeper question of how China came to lose the capacity of deeply reflective thought clearly...Behind what is called ＂Needham＇s Grand Question＂ （why was China overshot by the West in science and technology？） lies a deeper question of how China came to lose the capacity of deeply reflective thought clearly present in the ancient Chinese philosophers. This is a loss felt by all Chinese as a psychological sense of hollowness, a loss of identity, made worse by the seeming inaccessibility of the ancient Chinese wisdom to the modern Chinese mind. It is clear that at some historical point China suffered an extreme psychological blow sufficient to traumatise it at the threshold of reflective thought, unable to look inwards any more. The paper identifies that point as the utter devastation wrought by Kublai Khan and the Mongols 750 years ago. What devastates reflective thought is wilfulness, the insistent focusing of all attention and energy on external, material things, and Kublai Khan was wilful in the extreme. What confirms this as the crippling point is that, in response to Kublai Khan＇s Mongol invasion the Chinese, over time, not only completely altered the geography of China itself, moving their capital to the North （Beijing）, but have ever since fought to establish as ＂China＂ all the territory over which Kublai Khan ruled. China is clearly not free of Kublai Khan＇s shadow. But even more precisely, in the process of doing this--and showing their own wilfulness--in building the Forbidden City in Beijing they built it in the shape of the Chinese metaphysical model of the universe, the Chinese version of the Tree of Life metaphysical glyph But it has an error in it. And the error is precisely that in where it places things, it makes what would have been the attributes of reflective thought subservient to wilfulness. The model itself thus shows the hollowness of the Chinese mind from that moment on. The outer form--the ＂appearance＂---of the ancient wisdom was still there. But the content--the ＂substance＂--of it was not. And with no reflective thought, true creativity disappears.展开更多
As the chief architect of China’s reform and opening up and a leading personalityof world class,Deng Xiaoping played a historical role in China’s political and e-conomic development in the period of its reform and o...As the chief architect of China’s reform and opening up and a leading personalityof world class,Deng Xiaoping played a historical role in China’s political and e-conomic development in the period of its reform and opening.And so did his globalstrategic thinking,which not only had a decisive bearing on the adjustments,andchanges in China’s foreign strategy and policies,but also made a great展开更多
World War I had brought great pain to people, old beliefs had been lost and new beliefs were badly-needed. On the road to discover new beliefs, therefore, the surrealism originated from so-called "surreal" a...World War I had brought great pain to people, old beliefs had been lost and new beliefs were badly-needed. On the road to discover new beliefs, therefore, the surrealism originated from so-called "surreal" and "super-reasonable" dreams became an attempt. As a leading brand of fashion and jeans, with its distinctive symbolic meaning Levi's is a typical symbol of American clothing. Much spiritual, cultural and artistic temperament was given to Levi as time changes, and Levi became a symbol of personality and rebellion ever since. This paper analyzed how designers of Levi applied the realism thinking in advertising design,and gave uniqueness and attraction to Levi's advertisement, based on which, the paper conducted a comprehensive theoretical research on Levi's design.展开更多
Recent Changes of External Environment for China’s Economic Development Nearly ten years has passed since the outbreak of international financial crisis,however,its impact on world economy still lingers.World economy...Recent Changes of External Environment for China’s Economic Development Nearly ten years has passed since the outbreak of international financial crisis,however,its impact on world economy still lingers.World economy under negative impact of the crisis and interwoven with new economic problems has shown some new features展开更多
Evolutions and readjustment permeate China’s diplomatic policy in the six decades’ history of PRC, thanks to the tremendous changes happened to both the world and PRC. Enormous opportunities and challenges to China ...Evolutions and readjustment permeate China’s diplomatic policy in the six decades’ history of PRC, thanks to the tremendous changes happened to both the world and PRC. Enormous opportunities and challenges to China coincide in the present world. China and EU are rising with bigger role to play in the world, though daunting challenges to bilateral relations beckon.展开更多
文摘Behind what is called ＂Needham＇s Grand Question＂ （why was China overshot by the West in science and technology？） lies a deeper question of how China came to lose the capacity of deeply reflective thought clearly present in the ancient Chinese philosophers. This is a loss felt by all Chinese as a psychological sense of hollowness, a loss of identity, made worse by the seeming inaccessibility of the ancient Chinese wisdom to the modern Chinese mind. It is clear that at some historical point China suffered an extreme psychological blow sufficient to traumatise it at the threshold of reflective thought, unable to look inwards any more. The paper identifies that point as the utter devastation wrought by Kublai Khan and the Mongols 750 years ago. What devastates reflective thought is wilfulness, the insistent focusing of all attention and energy on external, material things, and Kublai Khan was wilful in the extreme. What confirms this as the crippling point is that, in response to Kublai Khan＇s Mongol invasion the Chinese, over time, not only completely altered the geography of China itself, moving their capital to the North （Beijing）, but have ever since fought to establish as ＂China＂ all the territory over which Kublai Khan ruled. China is clearly not free of Kublai Khan＇s shadow. But even more precisely, in the process of doing this--and showing their own wilfulness--in building the Forbidden City in Beijing they built it in the shape of the Chinese metaphysical model of the universe, the Chinese version of the Tree of Life metaphysical glyph But it has an error in it. And the error is precisely that in where it places things, it makes what would have been the attributes of reflective thought subservient to wilfulness. The model itself thus shows the hollowness of the Chinese mind from that moment on. The outer form--the ＂appearance＂---of the ancient wisdom was still there. But the content--the ＂substance＂--of it was not. And with no reflective thought, true creativity disappears.
文摘As the chief architect of China’s reform and opening up and a leading personalityof world class,Deng Xiaoping played a historical role in China’s political and e-conomic development in the period of its reform and opening.And so did his globalstrategic thinking,which not only had a decisive bearing on the adjustments,andchanges in China’s foreign strategy and policies,but also made a great
文摘World War I had brought great pain to people, old beliefs had been lost and new beliefs were badly-needed. On the road to discover new beliefs, therefore, the surrealism originated from so-called "surreal" and "super-reasonable" dreams became an attempt. As a leading brand of fashion and jeans, with its distinctive symbolic meaning Levi's is a typical symbol of American clothing. Much spiritual, cultural and artistic temperament was given to Levi as time changes, and Levi became a symbol of personality and rebellion ever since. This paper analyzed how designers of Levi applied the realism thinking in advertising design,and gave uniqueness and attraction to Levi's advertisement, based on which, the paper conducted a comprehensive theoretical research on Levi's design.
文摘Recent Changes of External Environment for China’s Economic Development Nearly ten years has passed since the outbreak of international financial crisis,however,its impact on world economy still lingers.World economy under negative impact of the crisis and interwoven with new economic problems has shown some new features
文摘Evolutions and readjustment permeate China’s diplomatic policy in the six decades’ history of PRC, thanks to the tremendous changes happened to both the world and PRC. Enormous opportunities and challenges to China coincide in the present world. China and EU are rising with bigger role to play in the world, though daunting challenges to bilateral relations beckon.
