简介:1.TheState:GeneralConsiderationsScholarshavelongbeinginterestedinthestateandtherunningofit.Amongthem,therewerephilosophers,historians,sociologistsandanthropologists.WemaygoasfarbackastoConfuciusandLaoTze,ortotheGreekphilosophersPlatoandAristotle1,andifwewanttostayclosertoourtime,wecanmentiontheItalianpoliticalscientistMachiavelli,whowroteinthe16thcenturyIlPrincipe(ThePrince),
简介:WhataretheoriginsoftheverydistinctiveancientChinesebronzes?ThequestionhaslongbeendebatedamongscholarsandthispaperattemptstoinvestigatethisdifficultanddemandingquestionbyexploringtheearlymetalobjectsdiscoveredthrougharchaeologythroughoutChina.Theterm‘earlymetals’referstoallpre-Shang(pre-16thcenturyBCE)metalobjectsfoundinChinathataremadeofpurecopper(hongtong红铜,Cu),brass(huangtong黄铜,Cu-Zn),arseniccopper(shentong砷铜,Cu-As)andbronze(qingtong青铜).Theterm‘bronzes'(qingtongqi)refersspecificallytothosedistinctivepiecesmadeofcopper-tin(Cu-Sn),copper-lead(Cu-Pb)andcopper-tin-lead(Cu-Sn-Pb)alloys.
简介:ProfessorXiaNai(1910-1985)wasaprominentChinesearchaeologistofsubstantialscholarlyachievement.HeisgenerallyregardedastheleaderofarchaeologicalmattersofthePeople'sRepublicofChina,andoneoftheimportantfoundersofmodernChinesearchaeology.Hisgreatacademicachievementsgavehimhighprestigeinacademiccirclesbothathomeandabroad.XiaNaiwasbornon7February1910,inWenzhou,Zhejianprovinceanddiedon19June1985inBeijing.InmodernChina,XiaNaiwasapioneer...
简介:Ⅰ.INTRODUCTIONANDBACKGROUNDIntheintroductionofherrecentbookonUr-NammaintheSumerianliterarytradition,E.Flckiger-HawkeroffersacomprehensiveaccountandsummaryofthepreviousscholarshipofthecomplicatedpoliticalhistorybetweenthefalloftheAkkadianempireandthebeginningoftheUrⅢperiod.Fromthisaccount,itbecomesclearthatthisscholarshipprimarilyreliesonvariousinterpretationsof
简介:TwoyearsagoIhadachancetoreadfourunpublishedSumeriantextsnewlyhousedintheOkayamaOrientMuseum,Okayama-shi,Japan.WiththegenerouspermissionofProf.Dr.TaksahiTANIICHI,DirectorGeneraloftheMuseum,Iofferthreeofthetextsbelow.
简介:TherelationshipbetweenEgyptandPalestinecanbetracedbacktotheChalcolithicAgethankstotheevidenceofcurrentexcavationsintheNileDeltaandSinal.PalestinianpotteryandcastmetalobjectsfromtheDeltasitesofMaadi,MinshatAbuOmar,andelsewherehaveprovedcontactswithPalestineinProtodynastic(NagadaⅡ-Ⅲ)times.TheEgyptianProtodynasticPeriodandDynasty1werecontemporarywiththePalestinianEBⅠandEBⅢ,andreliable
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简介:AsfarasChina-USrelationsareconcerned,theTibetissueisoneofthosethatappearedonlyinthepast100years.IthasneverbeenanessentialoneinChina-USrelations.However,fromthedaythatthePeople'sRepublicofChina(PRC)wasestablished,theTibetissueturnedouttobealong-termfactorwhichhasexertedaninfluenceontherelationsbetweenthetwocountriesoveranextendedperiodoftime.
简介:Inthispaper,IwilldiscussthebackgroundofGharungpaLhavirgyalmtshan(1319-1403),theauthoroftheChosdbyingsgsalsgron(LamptoIlluminatetheExpanseofReality).Todate,Gharungpa,astudentofthefamousDolpopaShesrabrgyalmtshan(1292-1361),hasbeenlittlestudiedoutsideofTibet,andhisnamehasrarelycomeupeveninTibetanscholarship.Inordertohaveaclearunderstandingandafullerpictureofhiswrittings,wemustexplorethelifeoftheauthorhimselfaswellasthescholarlyenvironmentinwhichhelivedandwaseducated.
简介:OnthebasisofChineseandTibetanhistoricalmaterials,Mr.Z.AhmadinhisSino-TibetanRelationsinthe17thCentury,publishedin1970,gaveadescriptionofPrinceChanhua(lit.PrinceofthePropagationoftheDoctrineoftheBuddha)repeatedlyrequestinganewtitlefromtheQingcourtduringthereignofEmperorShunzhi.