简介:InancientChina,thecompositionofatypicalfamilywasbasicallythesameasthecompositionofthenation.Familes,mostscholarssuggest,composedthebackboneofancientChinesesociety;thatculturewasfamilycentered,andtheminoritypeopleshelpedfromthefoundationuponwhichsocietywasbuilt.Thatisnotnecessarilythecase,butthesuggestionputsforwardtheconceptthatthefamilyunitwasthemainfeatureofancientChinesecultureandsociety.
简介:Forovertenyears(particularlyinre-centtimes),the14~(th)DalaiLamahasfromtimetotimebeenaddressingis-suesconcerninghisreincarnation.Hehasfrequentlysaid,onvariousoccasions,thatifhepassedawayinIndia,hissuc-cessor-the15~(th)DalaiLama,woulddefinitelyfollowinhispoliticalmission.Heclaimedthatthere-
简介:The‘Chuju’(楚居),oneofthebamboo-slipmanuscriptsfromtheWarringStatesPeriodkeptintheTsinghuaUniversityLibrary,providesextensiveinformationabouttheChuroyaldynasty.The‘Chuju’(楚居)acknowledgesJilian(季連),whoadoptedthesurnameofMi(羋),asthefounderoftheChustate.However,Jilianisnotincludedamongthe‘ThreeAncestorsofChu’(sanChuxian,三楚先),i.e.Laotong(老童)Zhurong(祝融),andYuxiong(鬻熊)—alsoknownasXuexiong(穴熊)—whowerejointlyinvokedandofferedsacrificesduringtheWarringStatePeriod.Thisarticleaddressthisquestionandsuggests,basedontherecordsfromthe‘Chuju’,thatJilianandYuxiongwerebrothers,andthatthedescendantsofYuxiongwerethosewhosucceededtothethroneinsteadofthoseofJilian.SincetheChuroyaldynastywasrelatedtoYuxiongandnottoJilian,Jilianwasnotincluded,becausesacrificialritesduringtheWarringStatePeriodusedtoemphasizedirectboundswiththeirancestors.
简介:ThecharityeventkickedoffinBeijingonJune25thandwillbeheldfromJuly7thto15th.Morethan400volunteerexpertsfromBeijing’smajormedicalfacilitiesareexpectedtogotoNgapaTibetan-QiangAutonomousPrefecturetoofferfreemedicalandmobileclinics,screeningsandtreatmentsforchildrenwithcongenitalheartdisease,aswellastoestablishlong-termmechanisms.Redi,vicechairmanofthe10thStandingCommitteeofChina’sNationalPeople’sCongresspartici-