The Dilemma of Philosophy and the Prospect of Chinese Philosophy

At gatherings with some professionals,many Chinese philosophy scholars often express their sorrow at the decline in first–choice applications of philosophy,even in some famous universities.Nowadays,philosophy seems to be on the wane,which is quite frustrating.Often,history serves as a mirror to see the future.Looking back,all important reforms and revolutions in human history were closely associated with philosophy.

Conduction pathways of resource endowment affecting carbon intensity:Based on interprovincial data in China

By establishing a mathematical model and a basic analytical framework for the impact of resource endowments on carbon intensity,a traditional panel model without spatial panel effects was firstly constructed,a Durbin-Wu-Hausman test was conducted,and the model was set as a fixed-effects model based on the statistical values;secondly,the traditional panel model without spatial effects was estimated,and LM tests and robustness tests were conducted on the regression residuals.The LM test was then used to remove the fixed effect terms by the de-meaning method,and the Matlab 7.0 software was used to estimate the model.The stepwise introduction of variables was used to observe the effect of each variable on economic growth and to analyze the relationship between the magnitude and significance of the regression parameters of each variable.Finally,the path of conduction effect of resource endowment through mediating variable sinfluencing economic growth and carbon emissions,and thus carbon intensity,was constructed.The conclusion is that carbon intensity is inversely proportional to economic growth for a given level of carbon emissions.Therefore,if resource endowment promotes economic growth through mediating variables,it will lead to a decrease in carbon intensity,which is conducive to the achievement of emission reduction targets;conversely,if resource endowment hinders economic growth through mediating variables,it will lead to an increase in carbon intensity,which is not conducive to the achievement of emission reduction targets.

Daoist theories and techniques of longevity and their influence on traditional Chinesemedicine

Traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)has rich theories and techniques for health maintenance.Its cultural tradition of emphasizing health maintenance is not only related to its medical function of treating injuries and diseases and prolonging life span but also closely related to Daoism,which is the fundamental religious tenet of pursuing immortality in Chinese culture.As this paper reviews,the fanatical Daoist religious culture of pursuing immortality has influenced the formation of a medical culture in TCM that cares about longevity and values health and wellness.However,this health and wellness culture is more practical–it replaces immortality with longevity as the goal.The Daoist religious concept of longevity is preserved in the basic principles and ethical values of health care:it emphasizes the harmony and consistency of the spirit and the body.It turns a lifestyle of maintaining physical and spiritual health into the pursuit of an ideal state of life.As for the specific Daoist health techniques,there are various cases of inheritance,change or abandonment:TCM inherited most of the drugs and prescriptions from the Daoist longevity techniques based on natural medicines taking and formed a popular health culture of medicinal and dietary supplements;TCM also developed internal health techniques such as internal elixir and breathing practice from Daoist internal health maintenance techniques for physical health care and disease treatment;TCM did not completely accept recipe techniques such as inedia and sex manual from Daoism because they contradicted with its secularization concept,but their general value orientation of lightness and low desire also influenced its concept of health care.

Further Discussion of the Fundamental Differences between Chinese and Western Philosophy

In the context of the problem of the“fundamental differences”between Chinese and Western philosophy,it is essential to investigate the basic system on which the entirety of Western philosophy operates and the unique way it has developed within this system,so that concrete observation can help deepen understanding.The observation involves the issues of what metaphysics is;“transcendence”;the fourfold distinction in the history of Western metaphysics;Christianity as Platonism;and the“Onto-Theo-Logik”mechanism in metaphysics.In a general sense,there can be no metaphysics where there is no division or opposition between the supersensuous and the sensory worlds.Where the“Onto-Theo-Logik”mechanism of Western metaphysics fails to work or has no chance of working,the field is one in which Chinese philosophy should make active moves and undertake development.The divisions arising from this context essentially mark the fundamental difference between Chinese and Western philosophy.When it comes down to it,it is these differences that determine the differences in the nature,structure,and direction of Chinese and Western philosophy.

Monitor and Acceptance among Couples in Romantic Relationships:Actor-Partner Interdependence Models Based on the Monitor and Acceptance Theory

Communication could be an essential part of couples in their daily life.Based on Monitor and Acceptance Theory(MAT),the present study explored the mediating role of communication in the relationship between mindfulness and relationship quality among college-student couples.The research examined the dynamic relationship of monitoring and acceptance to relationship satisfaction in the Actor-Partner Interdependence Model(APIM),and the mediating effect of positive or negative communications in these relationships.A total of 96 pairs of couples in the universities in Nanjing,China participated in the research.Momentary measurements were used to measure the momentary levels of their monitor,acceptance,positive/negative communication,and relationship satisfaction.A Hierarchical Linear Model(HLM)was used to deal with the APIM.Results showed that the women’s monitor facet of state mindfulness negatively predicted men’s relationship satisfaction through women’s negative communication,and the women’s acceptance facet of state mindfulness positively predicted women’s relationship satisfaction through women’s positive and negative communication at the within-person level.The study highlights the importance of cooperation in monitoring and acceptance for couples to own and hold high levels of relationship satisfaction.

Effect of Mental Health Problems on Academic Performance among University Students in Pakistan

Scientific interest in student’s mental health experiences has been increasing in the last years due to their influence on students’learning processes,academic performance,and recently,the suicidal news of a student at a private university due to her mental health condition in Lahore Punjab,Pakistan,captured public attention.That incident also shifted researchers and scholars’attention on the much underexplored and tabooed sphere of the broader public health domain.Hence,the current study aimed to explore the relationship between mental health problems and Pakistani university students’academic performance.Participants were 540 senior semester students within the age range of 20–35 years taken from public and private institutes of Pakistan’s major cities,including Lahore,Islamabad,and Peshawar.Descriptive and inferential statistics was employed for data analysis.Pearson Product Moment Correlation,Hierarchical Regression analysis,and Independent sample t-test were used for data analysis in inferential statistics.The results of the study reveal that there is a strong positive association between mental health and improvement in academic performance.Mental health problems negatively affect the academic performance of university students.The findings of the current study were beneficial for shedding light on the ignorant area within the broader public health domain;the results are also helpful in raising awareness for not only students but also the parents and university administration to plan and design effective intervention strategies to provide proper mental health that resultantly promote academic excellence.

Path Analysis of the Impact of Covid-19-Related Stress Response on Phobia and Anxiety Experienced by College Students

Objective:This study aimed to explore the effects of the different dimensions of psychological stress on the phobia and anxiety experienced by college students during the COVID-19 pandemic.Methods:Convenience sampling was employed to distribute a total of 169 questionnaires to college students from high incidence(Hubei Province)and low incidence(Anhui Province)areas.The study was conducted from May 17,2020 to May 28,2020.In this study,only Chinese non pregnant local college students who lived in Wuhan,Hubei province or Hefei,Anhui Province from December 2019 to may 2020(i.e.during the pandemic)and could give informed consent were recruited.Results:The correlation coefficients between the variables were significant,and the path analysis model registered satisfactory fitness.The results revealed that panic(β=0.40,P<0.001)and defensiveness(β=−0.27,P<0.01)had direct effects on anxiety.Defensiveness could also mediate anxiety through SCL-90 phobia(β=0.15,P<0.01),by contrast,the direct and indirect effects of defense reaction are not consistent.The direct effect has a negative impact on anxiety,while the indirect effect of terror has a positive impact on anxiety.Besides,cognition(β=−0.08,P<0.05)could only affect anxiety through the complete mediating effect of SCL-90.Conclusion:In college students,the defensive psychology and behavior in epidemic psychological stress will have different effects on anxiety.The direct effect is that the higher the defensive psychology and behavior,the lower the anxiety.The indirect effect is that the higher the defensive psychology and behavior,the higher the terror,and the higher the anxiety.

On Hegel＇ s Aufhebung of Plato＇ s Dialectic

According to relevant lectures in the Vorlesungenüber die Geschichte der Philosophie,this paper is trying to illustrate how Hegel understands and explains Plato’s dialectic.Hegel,to a large extent,views his dialectic as a continuation of the starting point of Plato’s dialectic,but Hegel develops Plato’s"negative dialectic"into his"speculative dialectic"by absorbing Neo-Platonists’explanation,especially Proklos’.The essential difference between the two is that Plato’s dialectic,in essence,is satisfied with an external comparison of abstract determinations,and thus can’t bring forth logic connections of categories and obtain an internal development of categories in an organic structure of system.

Understanding the prevention and cure of plagues in Daoist medicine

Daoist medicine,a special form of traditional Chinese medicine with distinct Daoist styles,has played an important role in the history of plague control in ancient China.Emerged from the pandemics at the end of the Han Dynasty(146 C.E.-220 C.E.),Daoism,the native Chinese religion,has always had a religious mission to end the spread of plagues;thus,it has actively participated in treating plagues through various techniques of medicine and religion.In the practice of plague treatment for thousands of years,Daoist medicine has developed a special etiology of plague that includes Qi-based theories(Qi is considered to be the force that informs and animates all things in Daoism,thus,plague is also considered to be caused by specific and hazardous Qi.)and worm-based theories,forming a strategy of plague control that includes prevention before an epidemic,active treatment during the epidemic,and recovery after the epidemic;these developed plague prevention methods combine isolation,disinfection,and drug use.Additionally,it is the first to practice a primitive immunoprophylaxis method that uses tissues and secretions of infected persons and animals to infect healthy individuals to gain disease immunity.It has formed a plague treatment method mainly based on drug treatment and ritual treatment,supplemented by acupuncture and physical treatment.It has left behind many effective drugs and prescriptions for plague treatment,some of which have a wide clinical application.Hence,Daoist medicine has made great contributions to plague control in Chinese history.Its strategies,methods,medicines,and prescriptions for plague control still have considerable theoretical and application today,especially in the coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)pandemic.

An Discrimination and Defence——The Exploration of the “Amoralism” of Marxism

There are seemingly controversial arguments in Marx＇s works on morality.For one thing, we can exphcidy find his rejection of morality, and contemporary westernscholars, especially Anglo - American scholars who have devoted in Marxist moral theory holdthat Marx is an amoralist, even anti -moralist. For another, we can also discover his moral cri-tiques on capitalism. For this reason,it has great practical significance to clarify the relationshipbetween Marmsm and morality. This topic will be elucidated under the background of histori-cal materialism and clarified from two aspects in this essay：to make sure why Marx＇s critiqueof capitalism does not base on moral principle and point out diametrically theoretical founda-tion between historical materialism and traditional morality;to clarify in what sense Marx is anamoralist, and emphasize it is in his rejection of abstract morality as guiding principle of critici-zing capitalism that he is an amoralist.

Origin of the Ecological Crisis:Common Meaning behind "Four-cause Theory"

At present, the increasingly severe ecological problem disperses in the world, showing the sign of crisis everywhere. There are many factors leading global ecological crisis, such as dominant idea, population overload, excess consumption and technology alienation. However, vari- ous reasons commonly point toward the capital logic actually. Society controlled under the capital pursuits surplus value and profit growth blindly, ig- nores the nature law and environmental justice, which is the archcriminal leading ecological collapse. Therefore, only abandoning the capital logic, stipulating the economic rationality, we can eliminate environmental woes gradually, thus ultimately achieving harmony and common prosperity of man and nature.

Influence of “Conception Forming” in Traditional Chinese Landscape Painting on Landscape Art

"Conception forming" in traditional Chinese landscape painting is created by artists to describe mental state, but not images, so it is also called "virtual environment". In the construction of Chinese gardens, participation of literati and artists successfully transformed the "virtual environment" of traditional Chinese landscape painting into "real environment". This paper explored the inf luence of "form and spirit" in "conception forming" of traditional Chinese landscape painting on landscape art from 4 perspectives, so as to figure out the relationship between "form and spirit" and "virtuality and reality", and that the most artistic part of the relationship between "form and spirit" is the natural transformation between "virtuality and reality".

Effects of Sodium Diclofenac on the Distribution of Fos Protein in Central Amygdala and Lateral Hypothalamus during Experimental Tooth Movement in Rats

This study evaluated whether the administration of a NSAID, sodium diclofenac, can promote alterations in the expression of Fos protein in central amygdala (CEA) and the lateral hypothalamus (LH) after 6 h of experimental tooth movement with a controlled force of 70 g, applied to the superior central incisors of rats. Adult male rats were anesthetized and divided into four groups: Control, no orthodontic appliance (OA);OA activated with 70 g;OA activated with 70 g and pretreated with diclofenac sodium (5 mg/kg, intramuscular);and diclofenac sodium alone. Six hours after the onset of the experiment the rats were reanesthetized and perfused with 4% paraformaldehyde. The brains were removed and fixed, and sections containing the CEA and LH were processed for Fos protein immunohistochemistry. The results show that in the control group, intramuscular injection of a ketamine/xylazine mixture did not induce IR-Fos cells in the CEA or LH. However, in the 70 g group, IR-Fos was the strongest observed

Progress and Limits of Russia-Japan Relations

In his first phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on September 29,2020,Japan’s new Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga expressed his willingness to“develop the overall relationship between Japan and Russia”and“stressed the need to put an end to the Northern Territories issue without leaving it to the next generation.”In response,Putin said that he intended to continue discussing all bilateral issues.1 The two sides also reaffirmed that they would“continue efforts to comprehensively advance Russia-Japan relations for the peoples of the two countries and the entire Asia-Pacific region.”2 Looking ahead to Russia-Japan relations after Suga came to power,it is still necessary to review the relations during the administration of his predecessor Shinzo Abe,who has made positive attempts,so as to better understand the features,cruxes and the future direction of Russia-Japan relations.

Xunzi:Self-cultivation by Means of Ritual Propriety

XUNZI(313-238 B.C.)occupies a status in Chinese history similar to that of Aristotle in the West.His time came at the end of the great flowering of philosophical inquiry in the Warring States Period (475-221 B.C.),and his theories mark the final chapter in the evolution of ancient Confucian philosophy.

Reestablishing the Significance of“Family”in the Modern World

There are several misunderstandings about“family”in today’s world:first,“individual”and“family”are viewed as two incompatible choices of values;second,the existential experience of“affection towards their relatives(qin qin)”is confused with the institutional expression of“family”in history;third,the asymmetric structure of“family”is wrongly taken as the root of a relationship between superiority and subordination;fourth,there is a false assumption that one’s role and responsibility within the family is incompatible with freedom as an individual in the modern world;fifth,“family”is merely viewed as a social organization,and its identity as a spiritual and cultural existence is largely neglected.In that sense,the inherent value of“family”is overlooked in the modern world.Reestablishing an idea of“family”surrounded by“individual consciousness”in the modern context can clarify the positive value of“family”,make“family”a solid guarantee for the achievements of“individuals”,and effectively relieve the negative consequences of the“individual standard”.Meanwhile,the modern world must also renew the relationship between“cultivating the moral self and regulating the family”and“running the state rightly and making the world peaceful”,and help“family”exert a more universal influence.“Family”must be reinterpreted as a basic pattern of human existence and the modern world must redefine the ontological meaning of“family”as a carrier of“relationships”,an“emotional encounter”,an“ethical principle”,a“way of understanding the world”and a“method to transcend spiritually”.

Social Security Internationalization During China's Reform and Opening Up from 1978 to 2018——Viewed from the Paradigm of a Community with a Shared Future for Mankind

China's reform and opening-up policy,launched in 1978,marks the start of the internationalization process of its social security system.This paper takes the notion of "a community with a shared future" as the perspective to analyze the internationalization of social security in the process of China's reform and opening up.Based on China's developments in globalization,it divides the internationalization process of China's social security from 1978 to 2018 into three stages: the stage of reshaping the domestic social security system with reference to the best international practice; the stage of achieving bilateral or multilateral alignment on the premise of equality and mutual benefit,and the stage of injecting Chinese wisdom in social security into the development of global social security.The trajectory of the development of China's social security internationalization shows the incremental evolution within the country,between nations,and in the world community.This paper studies the internationalization process to show China's grand achievements in the four decades of reform and opening-up and to demonstrate Chinese wisdom and confidence.

The Value Structure and Reconstruction of China's Rural Civilization in the New Era——An Exploration of Rural Revitalization through the Rejuvenation of Rural Civilization

Rural civilization is a pattern of human civilization that is profoundly linked with values.Rural revitalization means the rejuvenation of rural civilization under new historical circumstances.To that end,it is necessary to adopt a holistically interpreting mode that transcends individual cases,and to look through the wide-angle lens of civilization and grasp rural civilization's development trend of "prosperity-decline-rejuvenation," as well as its constructive route of "traditional construction-modern deconstructionneo-modern reconstruction." This paper analyzes the "three-in-one" value structure concerning rural civilization's being a cultural carrier,its subjective demands,and objective production,to understand and follow the diachronic evolution of the position and function of rural civilization values "from being a subject,through being an object,to being a subject." Based on this,this paper studies the construction of a subjective rural civilization with Chinese characteristics in the new era and explores a possible approach to rural revitalization through the rejuvenation of rural civilization.Accordingly,the basic idea and strategy is to boost the rejuvenation of rural civilization through innovative time-space integration; to establish rural civilization's subjective status and to always prioritize agricultural and rural development; to rediscover and redefine the principles,values and functions of the rural civilization construction in the new era; and to further advance campaigns of rural civilization constructions to integrate the development of urban civilization with that of rural civilization.

Hon Fei＇s Art of Rulership： Governing o State by Power, Low ond Stotecrafl

HAN Fei （ca. 280-233 BC） was born into the ruling family of the State of Han （in presentday Henan Province）. Hediffered from other philosophers of his time in that his noble status came with eertain responsibilities and fated him to have to master the art of governance.

A Tentative Review of the Studies on the Environmental History of Ancient China

The existing research findings of our environmental history fail to attach due importance to the environmental history of ancient China. The studies of China's environmental history should extend the time scope further to more ancient times and raise interdisciplinary research awareness. Such studies can help us trace our sources of culture and ecology, and better understand the current world and humanity itself. Studies on the environmental history of ancient China also need to be equipped with corresponding research concepts, orientation and approaches.