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Exploring Zhuangzi’s Concept of Meliorism by
Examining Dai Junren’s “Interpretation of the
Happiness of Fish”
The goals of this study are as follows:
outlining the philosophy of Zhuangzi from Dai Junren’s
perspective by exploring Dai’s article “Interpretation
of the Happiness of Fish,” examining the insights and
limitations of Dai’s interpretation of Zhuangzi's
philosophy as one that indicates a connection between
the external world and the human mind, and analyzing the
concept of meliorism in Zhuangzi’s philosophy in terms
of discussing his view on life and the world. Hence this
article is divided into three sections. Section 1
reviews previous studies in recent 40 years on the
philosophical debate between Zhuangzi and Huizi through
discussing Dai’s article which was written based on his
interpretation of the philosophy of Zhuangzi and Wang
Yangming. Section 2 introduces Dai’s article
Interpretation of the Happiness of Fish. By comparing
“The Floods of Autumn” (Qiushui) with “The Adjustment of
Controversies” (Qi wulun), two chapters from Zhuangzi. ,
the author we intends to convey wish conveying
Zhuangzi’s idea of meliorism in Section 3.
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Cheng, Zheng-yang
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An Investigation of the Dates of Kang Youwei’s Jiaoxue
Tongyi andon the Changes of his Thoughts
Jiaoxue Tongyi is one of the most important
works in Kang Youwei’s (1858-1927) early years. It was
written in 1886 based on Kang’s Wo shi. Though this
statement has been accepted in academia, it seems doubtful
if we compare Jiaoxue Tongyi with Kang’s other writings.
According to Min gong pian, the written statement to high
authorities, the letters to the ministers, the extant
diary of Kang’s, and “Yu Shen xingbu Zipei shu,” Kang
might draw inspiration from Zhang Xuecheng (1738-1801) and
started to write Jiaoxue Tongyi in late 1888. At first,
Kang advocated Zhang’s idea of “guanshi heyi” (officials
and teachers are identical) with special attention to Zhou
li (Rites of Zhou). While getting disappointed about the
political situation, he turned his opinion into “guanshi
fenli” (officials and teachers cease to be identical). He
then adopted the doctrine in Liao Ping’s Jing gu xue kao
and declared that Confucius reformed the political system
by writing Chunqiu (Spring and Autumn Annals). This
article will contribute to clarifying Kang’s changes of
thoughts.
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Fu, Kai-hsuan
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“Bu Tong De Xing, Bu Zu Yi Zong Zheng”: An Analysis
of the Reason Why Qian Mu Admired Zeng Guofan in
Chinese Academics History of the Recent 300 Years
"Existing Current studies have pointed out the reason
why Qian Mu (1895-1990) showed admiration for Zeng
Guofan (1811-1872) in his Chinese Academics History of
the Recent 300 Years (Zhongguo Jin Sanbainian Xueshushi)
was that Zeng’s academic tradition followed Cheng Zhu
Lixue (Cheng-Zhu Learning). Such tradition coincided
with Qian’s standpoints about the “Han Song Men Hu Zhi
Jian” (Han-Songs factions). This explanation is
credible, but has not taken into account the historical
context of Qian’s contemporary scholarship. This article
demonstrates that Qian’s admiration originated not only
from his favor on Zheng’s training of Song Xue (Song
Learning), but also from the political ideal of the two
unions of Ming Ti and Da Yong and Sheng De and Da Ye in
the Song Dynasty. Unlike the traditional Chinese
political thought, However, the presumptionrationale of
on the western constitutionalism implied strong
suspicion of rulers’ morality. Besides “Morality (one of
the four branches of Confucius)""In China, “Professional
Political Principles” could be a solution on a matter of
laws in addition to “Morality (one of the four branches
of Confucian scholarship).”. It was unavoidable that
Qian Mu had projected the historical context of his own
time into his comments on Zeng Guofan’s work and raised
questions accordingly. The western politics valued laws.
Additionally, religions functioned as a device to
enhancetook the tasks of enhancing morality. On the
contrary, China was less religious. How could the
politics of China be completely westernized? At the end,
this study made comments on the strengths and weaknesses
of Qian Mu’s political viewpoints."
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Hsu, Hui-chi
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The Management of Health Care and Hygiene in Hong
Kong under the Japanese Occupation: Using Honkon
Nipp? as the Main Reference
" The
current perception of the Japanese occupation in Hong Kong
remains extremely negative, which deserves further
academic investigation. Generally, Hong Kong society
experienced a tough time during the occupation, when most
people suffered from losing home, starvation and
holocausts because of the war. However, besides the
crudity and rudeness of the Japanese occupation, how Japan
administered Hong Kong remains a question, which requires
more academic review. Nevertheless, discussions in the
academia nowadays seem to be easily trapped in negative
criticism. A more balanced historical understanding has
yet been generated. For example, criticism of lacking
drugs or medical support has dominated the main narrative
about health care and hygiene without examination from
other perspective. Although the Japanese occupation
brought Hong Kong a cruel rule, the government had changed
the roles it played in medical and sanitary affairs. Such
changes carry historic meanings to Hong Kong society in
the post-war period. In order to draw a comprehensive
picture of the history, this article sheds new light on
understanding the history of Hong Kong under the Japanese
occupation by focusing on the administrative system of
health care and hygiene. "
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Lee, Wilson Wai-shing
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The Theory of Plato’s
 Logos
or
Muthos
Plato divides the sensible world into two parts: pistis
(view) and eikasia (conjecture), and because of this he
proposes two kinds of picture or image: that of Forms and
that of bodies in water and in mirrors. His Timaeus
deciphers how the Form indwells within the soul and how
individual things partake of the Form with the aid of his
doctrine of
 logos or
muthos.
This article adopts two procedures to clarify the true
concept of “
muthos” or “
logos.” The first is to analyze the controversies, from
the Roman philosopher Cicero to contemporary scholars, and
the second is to clarify the meaning of the adjective
“” ( ) so as to investigate his core explanation of the
relationship between similarity and paradigm. Then the
concept of the Greek noun “ ” ( ) is
further examined to reveal the relationship between copies
and paradigm. Following this, it is hoped that the
separation of the techn? of likeness from that of
appearance will be clearly shown.
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Loh, Yip-mei
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