A Living Buddha of Modern Times

Entering any Tibetan Buddhist monastery one may feel overwhelmed, struck with awe. But the worshipping seems much more pleasant at the Sepa Monastery which is hidden in deep mountains on the right bank of Tongtian River—the upper reach section of the Yangtze, in Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Qinghai Province. A closer observation can tell that the pleasant feeling comes from the brightness inside the main hall of the monastery, as well as from the lush woods around its buildings, which present a sweet greenness rarely seen

Studies of Earthquake Hazard Using Microseismicity Data in Modern Times

This paper selects some representative regions to obtain their G-R relation curves according to their seismicity characteristics,by using ML≥2.0 microseismicity data(1970~1993)in North China.The annual occurrence rate of events of each magnitude can be inferred from the G-R relation.At the same tune,the actual annual occurrence rate of earthquakes of higher magnitudes can be calculated from historical earthquakes(1300-1993)recorded in the same region.It seems that both results are almost the same.Therefore,the rate of events of higher magnitudes can be obtained by using microseismicity data when the proper region is selected.However,two points should be noticed:(1)The method can only give the annual occurrence rate in a seismicity system and estimate the whole situation of the system.(2)When there is a very large earthquake in and near the period in which the microseismicity data are applied,the actual occurrence rate of the system,including this larger earthquake,cannot be obtained by this method.

Rising Women's Occupations in Modern Times

IN traditional Chinese society, having an occupation, as a means of making a living, was the "privilege" of women at lower levels of society. Married and unmarried women who had servants were sneered at if they had an occupation. The work that lower class women did was generally related to production and labor, market exchange, communications

Newborn and Transformation:The Formation of Chinese Urban Planning Knowledge in Early Modern Times(1840-1911)

This paper focuses on urban planning knowledge and its formation in the early modern China,comparing the urban function framework defined in the Athens Charter with Chinese city development in the late Qing Dynasty,selecting"road,""park,"and"commercial port"as keywords to analyze the construction practices and historical documents,in order to sort out the basic characteristics of the formation and development of urban planning knowledge.Based on the database of Airusheng Shenbao,this paper conducts keywords-frequency statistical analysis,and verifies the public acceptance of various planning knowledge in early modern times,expecting to reveal the origin and connotation of modern urban planning in China.

Chinese Buddhism's Philosophical Features and Trend of Development in Modern Times

Chinese Buddhism, one of the most important branches of Buddhism, has exerted tremendous influence on all aspects of the Chinese society. The reason that Buddhism in the Han area in Chinese history universally adopted Mahayana independent of man’s will was that the Mahayana spirit of altruism, benefiting society, compassion, and liberation of the world, in comparison with Hinayana Buddhism’s emphasis of benefiting and liberating the self, was more compatible with the demands of the development of Chinese society at the time. It could be said that the spirit of Mahayana Bodhisattva Path that emphasizes helping living beings and benefiting the world, and the Chan philosophy that focuses on the nature of the mind and pays attention to real life, are indeed the philosophical features of Chinese Buddhism. Chinese Buddhism(the Chan school in particular) has been greatly influenced by the Confucian thoughts, which have been the mainstream ideology of China. Its success in fusing with and absorbing the Confucian thoughts is a paragon even in the development history of human culture. Humanistic Buddhism(renjian fojiao 人间佛教) in modern times inherited and promoted the tradition of Chan Buddhism to stress real life, and an important aspect of Venerable Master Taixu’s(太虚) reform is to turn the Buddha-oriented tradition of Buddhism to the human-oriented.

Women and Science:Modern Times Bring Better Opportunities

MODERN science was developed from religious theology but theology excluded women. So only men populated the world of science in ancient times. Perhaps there lived some women inventors in history. But in the Dark Ages they might have been sentenced to death. Even great scientists such as Galileo and Copernicus didn’t escape

Study on the Reconstruction of National Ethics in Modern China

This paper takes the reconstruction of national ethics as the research theme,and investigates the formation and evolution of national ethics in the process of historical development in modern China.Through the study of some works,ideological theories and translations,it probes into the origin,subject,path and process of the reconstruction of our national ethics.The study has a certain historical and practical significance in that it gives advice on how we can maintain the subjectivity of our national culture and make it further develop in the world,where different cultures are interacting frequently.

Research on Modern Garden Architecture in The Fragrant Hills of Beijing

In the early years of Republic of China,Jingyi Garden in The Fragrant Hills of Beijing,the former imperial garden of Qing Dynasty,had turned desolate after the depredation of Anglo-French Allied Force,then the construction of modern garden architecture had started with the operation of The Children’s Philanthropical School of Fragrant Hills.Through reviewing historical literature and field investigation,this paper analyzed the historical background,planning and construction of these modern garden architecture,as well as their types and characteristics,and the utilization of original natural and historical environment of original Jingyi Garden.Based on this,this paper tried to display the historical prospects of modern garden architecture in Jingyi Garden,analyze their characteristics and discover their unique historic value.

A Brief Analysis on the Differences between the Aesthetic Modernity Pursuits of Modern and Contemporary Chinese Art and the Modern Art of the West

Aesthetic Modernity is a western concept.It was based on the development of the historical view.This article focuses on the aesthetic modernity pursuits of modern and contemporary Chinese art and compares it with the western culture and modern art under the concept of aesthetics.It also analyses the problems and causes in the process of modernity of Chinese modern and con⁃temporary art,and presents the advice to the further development of Chinese art.

THE DECAY DIAGRAMS OF TWO NEW NUCLIDES ESTABLISHED BY CHINA FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE WORLD Lanzhou Institute of Modern Physics, CAS

The decay diagrams of radioactive nuclei are the obvious indication of the main properties shown by the nuclei at low states of excitement and of the basic aspects of nuclear physics.They are extensively applied in industry’,agriculture,energy,national defense,medical science,the environment,and metrology,as well as in astronomy,archaeology,geology,biology,chemistry and other basic sciences.Therefore,they are always focuses of interest.

Decoupled Wiener state fuser for descriptor systems

By the modem time series analysis method, based on the autoregressive moving average （ARMA） innovation models and white noise estimation theory, using the optimal fusion rule weighted by diagonal matrices, a distributed descriptor Wiener state fuser is presented by weighting the local Wiener state estimators for the linear discrete stochastic descriptor systems with multisensor. It realizes a decoupled fusion estimation for state components. In order to compute the optimal weights, the formulas of computing the cross-covariances among local estimation errors are presented based on cross-covariances among the local innovation processes, input white noise, and measurement white noises. It can handle the fused filtering, smoothing, and prediction problems in a unified framework. Its accuracy is higher than that of each local estimator. A Monte Carlo simulation example shows its effectiveness and correctness.

A new information fusion white noise deconvolution estimator

The white noise deconvolution or input white noise estimation problem has important applications in oil seismic exploration, communication and signal processing. By the modern time series analysis method, based on the autoregressive moving average （ARMA） innovation model, a new information fusion white noise deconvolution estimator is presented for the general multisensor systems with different local dynamic models and correlated noises. It can handle the input white noise fused filtering, prediction and smoothing problems, and it is applicable to systems with colored measurement noises. It is locally optimal, and is globally suboptimal. The accuracy of the fuser is higher than that of each local white noise estimator. In order to compute the optimal weights, the formula computing the local estimation error cross-covariances is given. A Monte Carlo simulation example for the system with Bernoulli-Gaussian input white noise shows the effectiveness and performances.

INFORMATION FUSION STEADY-STATE WHITE NOISE DECONVOLUTION ESTIMATORS WITH TIME-DELAYED MEASUREMENTS AND COLORED MEASUREMENT NOISES

White noise deconvolution or input white noise estimation problem has important appli-cation backgrounds in oil seismic exploration,communication and signal processing.By the modern time series analysis method,based on the Auto-Regressive Moving Average(ARMA) innovation model,under the linear minimum variance optimal fusion rules,three optimal weighted fusion white noise deconvolution estimators are presented for the multisensor systems with time-delayed measurements and colored measurement noises.They can handle the input white noise fused filtering,prediction and smoothing problems.The accuracy of the fusers is higher than that of each local white noise estimator.In order to compute the optimal weights,the formula of computing the local estimation error cross-covariances is given.A Monte Carlo simulation example for the system with 3 sensors and the Bernoulli-Gaussian input white noise shows their effectiveness and performances.

A chronology of the field of modern Chinese architectural history, 1986-2012

The research of modern Chinese architectural history formally started in the mid-1980s and the first conference held in 1986 in Beijing marks the establishment of the field. Over the past 26 years, this emerging field has developed fast and steadily. As a result, thirteen biennia[ conferences have been held since 1986, and academic products of various forms with over ten million characters have been published. This article surveys the development of modern Chinese architectural history as a field of scholarly inquiry in China and outlines some of keystone events in the past 26 years. It also charts out how some key concepts of the field, such as timetine, geography and research approaches have been evotving over time. The article introduces some of the most significant studies in modern Chinese architectural history from the middle 1980s to the present.

Distributed fusion white noise deconvolution estimators

The white noise deconvolution or input white noise estimation problem has important applications in oil seismic exploration,communication and signal processing.By combining the Kalman filtering method with the modern time series analysis method,based on the autoregressive moving average(ARMA)innovation model,new distributed fusion white noise deconvolution estimators are presented by weighting local input white noise estimators for general multisensor systems with different local dynamic models and correlated noises.The new estimators can handle input white noise fused filtering,prediction and smoothing problems,and are applicable to systems with colored measurement noise.Their accuracy is higher than that of local white noise deconvolution estimators.To compute the optimal weights,the new formula for local estimation error cross-covariances is given.A Monte Carlo simulation for the system with Bernoulli-Gaussian input white noise shows their effectiveness and performance.