ABSTRACTS

ARestudyof“Be”asaVerbinWesternPhilosophy
NIE Min-li

This is a restudy of “Be” as a verb in Western philosophy because its understanding is not simply a translation problem but also a philosophical problem to either Chinese thinking or Western thinking. The paper introduces the ideas of Parmenides, who is the first philosopher to bring up this basic philosophical problem, and then gives a textual analysis of the related studies by other philosophers like Kierkegaard and Schofield with the conclusion that Parmenides uses it both as “to be” and “existence”. The paper also discusses the relevant ideas of Plato and Aristotle and concludes that it is not based on a philosopher’s understanding but relies on the special relations between language and reality as well as between thinking and object. ““Be” as a verb in Western philosophy refers both to a logical relationship between language and thinking and a signification of the definite existence of an object. Thus, ““Be” as a verb in Western philosophy has the meaning of both “to be” and “existence” and any interpretation of its philosophical implications from one angle is no good.

IsThere“Existence”intheStructureofQuestioning?AStudyofBeingandTimebyHeidegger
WANG Lu

Before discussing “Sein”, Heidegger explores the structure of questioning and obtains three key structural elements. With a comparison of the general structure of questioning and that of “Sein”, he points out that the former is related to the comprehension of “Sein” while the latter is about the questioning of “Sein” and its comprehension, which is quite special. His exploration of the structure of questioning concludes that in both cases “Sein” refers to “to be” rather than “existence”.

ItisImpossibletoTranslate“Being”inAllCasesintotheChineseWord“shi”:CommentaryonProfessorWangLu’sHowtoUnderstandWesternPhilosophy
WANG Xiao-chao

This is a commentary on Professor Wang Lu’sHowtoUnderstandWesternPhilosophy. In this book, Professor Wang Lu follows his usual approach to “shi” though with some textual analysis he shifts his analysis from the general theoretic discussion to the understanding of words, sentences and paragraphs in the concrete contexts. With this, he proposes his understanding of the whole of Western philosophy. The author of this paper concludes that Professor Wang Lu fails to realize his goal because it is impossible to translate “Being” in all cases into the Chinese word “shi”:

AStudyof“Being”
SONG Ji-jie

This research focuses on “Being” from two aspects as follows: First, how do Westerners understand “Being”? Second, how have Chinese scholars translated “Being?” It holds that the philosophy of metaphysics in the West has evolved around the several basic meanings of “Being” and some related philosophies. If considered separately, “Being” can be translated either from ancient Greek to modern Western languages or from Western languages to Chinese. If considered integratedly, “Being” can not be faithfully translated because the Chinese link verb “shi” has a much weaker function than “to be” in Western languages that is related to “existence” in ontology, “reality” in epistemology and “truth” in logics with a further metaphysic thinking of ultimate and unification.

AStudyoftheDifferentInterpretationsofthe3-yearMourningPeriodbyConfucianScholarsofthePre-QinDynasty
GUO Xiao-dong

In the literature about the 3-year mourning period by Confucian scholars of the pre-Qin dynasty, there are mainly three interpretations of “showing family loyalty to the late parents and respect for the senior”. These history books have different focuses and implications about this phenomenon and our understanding of their interpretations should take the historical context into consideration.

CulturalTransformationoftheThoughtsoftheTangandtheSongDynasties:DomesticResearchesinthePerspectiveofDifferentDisciplinaryParadigms
GE Huan-li

Since the early 20thcentury and under the influence of the disciplinary paradigms of economic history, philosophical history and ideological history, Chinese scholars have produced both similar and different theories on the process and causes of the cultural transformation of the thoughts of the Tang and the Song dynasties. Such studies have adopted some analytical models covering the transformation of the study of classical Confucianism and Neo-Confucianism and the change in the world outlook. It emphasizes the interdisciplinary approach to avoid the self-discourse of a given disciplinary paradigm.

ThymosinIliad
XIE Bao-gui

This paper attempts to give an analysis of Homer’sIliadbased on the concept ofthymos(spiritedness).Thymosis a very significant concept in the ancient Greek context. It originally indicates blood and breath, but at the same time also implies the desire for recognition. Through the descriptions of the war and Achilles’ anger,Iliadreveals Achilles’ strong desire to defend dignity and justice, which perfectly displays his strongthymos. Thus, it is safe to say thatthymosas a clue and the theme runs throughIliad.

RealizationMechanismofChina’sSWFOverseasInvestment
PAN Rong-cui, ZHANG Hai-liang & HAN Yue-hong

From the perspectives of the global value chain, new strategic industries and patterns of regional economic development, the paper analyzes the choices of China’s SWF overseas investment at the levels of micro-economics, Meso-economics and macro-economics. It proposes the final goal for successful cooperation and mutual benefits as well as the realization mechanism of China’s SWF overseas investment with support from different institutions.

Mr.FangLinggui,MyFatherandTeacher
FANG Tie; rec. ZHANG Chang-shan & YAO Tie-jun

Mr. Fang Linggui, a famous historian on the Yuan dynasty and the Mongolian nationality, passed away on October 22, 2011. This is a record of the interview with Professor Fang Tie, son of Mr. Fang Linggui. Fang Tie’s memory of his father’s life, academic pursuit and achievement, his care and training of the younger generation can shed light on the later generations.

AcceptanceofWeiYingwuandhisPoemsEmbodiedintheChinesePoemsWrittenbyKoreanPoets
CAO Chun-ru

Wei Yingwu, a famous poet of the Tang dynasty, is good at learning from others and especially from the great poet Tao Yuanming and successfully creates the poetic style of Wei-Suzhou. His poems show a good balance between his concern for the country and love of nature with a Buddhist orientation. After the introduction of his poems to Korea, they became popular with both the Korean Government and the men of letters. The Korean poets appreciated his qualities either as an official or as a poet and commented on his poems from different perspectives. Quite a few Korean poets learned from him in various ways. Their acceptance of him and his poems is an important part of Wei Yingwu studies and mirrors the successful literary exchanges between China and Korea.

“WhoCanTellMeWhoIAm?”:ChangeinDistancebetweentheAuthorandtheReadersinShakespeare’sTragedyKingLear
TAN Jun-qiang

King Lear, the protagonist in Shakespeare’s tragedyKingLear, experiences dramatic changes both in character and in acceptance by its readers. At first,KingLearseems to stand at some distance from its readers in terms of ethics, value, rationality, emotion and thought, but finally the readers have accepted all aspects of him, a reflection of the author’s conviction and criteria merging into the readers’. This ideal change in distance between the author and the readers helps produce satisfactory artistic effects and plays a key role in the creation of the characters and the enhancement of its theme.

TheSilent“TenthMuse”:ImageofMuseinMonnaInnominatabyChristinaGeorginaRossetti
XU Sha

MonnaInnominatais a group of sonnets by Christina Georgina Rossetti who was a well-known poetess in the Victorian Age. Different from the traditional one, the new Muse in these sonnets is a silent and passive goddess worshiped by male poets. This Muse plays the dual role of a poet and Muse, and enjoys an equal position in terms of poetic creation as his lover with her own power of discourse. Christina Georgina Rossetti creates this new Muse with some inheritance from the previous images of Muse and mirrors her desire of becoming “the tenth Muse”. However, like other poetesses in the 19th century, Christina Georgina Rossetti has gradually disappeared in terms of poetic reputation, especially in the 20th century when New Criticism was gaining in momentum. Nevertheless, it is still worthwhile to appreciate her poems in the 21st century.

XieLingyu’sUseofAllusionsBorrowedfromTheBookofChangesinhisPoems
ZHANG Yi-nan

One obvious feature of Xie Lingyu’s poems is his use of quite a few allusions borrowed fromTheBookofChanges, which has not received adequate attention in the previous studies. This paper gives an analysis of his use of allusions borrowed fromTheBookofChangesin his poems at the three levels of diction, linguistic allusions and divinatory symbols. His choice of allusions reveals his poetic creation as a nobleman, and his use of classical allusions mirrors his understanding of the reality, which reflects the creative concept of “image representing meaning” embodied inTheBookofChanges

ThreeMajorWeaknessesinChinesePre-HigherEducation
LIAO Si-hua

Higher education is a continuity of pre-higher education. The paper holds that the solution to the existing problems in the current Chinese higher education relies on the study and solution of the problems in its pre-higher education in terms of education concept, vocational education and responsibility education. It also traces the causes of the three major weaknesses and emphasizes the importance of education as a continuum.

FoundationandChannelofEstablishingaMutualTrustMechanismofMilitarySafetybetweenMainlandChinaandTaiwanofChina
ZHU Song-ling

The leaders of mainland China and Taiwan of China are trying to grasp opportunities and build a mutual trust mechanism of military safety in this peaceful period. Different in concept, theory, basis and channel as well as the interference from abroad, the two sides face a complicated situation. The paper discusses the concept, theory, basis and channel of building this mutual trust mechanism of military safety as well as its possibility, and expounds its goal for the basic interest of the Chinese nation.