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TheAncientQuarrelbetweenPoetryandPhilosophy:TowardanIntellectualHistoryofPlatosPhilosophiaZHANGWei(141)

TowardtheendofPlatosRepublic,Socratespointsoutthatthereisanancientquarrelbetweenpoetryandphilosophy."Fromtheperspectiveofintellectualhistory,thispaperexamineswhatistrulyatstakeinthequarrel."ThefamouscritiqueofpoetryintheRepubliciscontextualizedinPlatosintellectualenterprisetofoundphilosophia,whichdefinesitselfbywayofoppositiontoandcompetitionwithtwoothertypesofSophia:poetryandsophistry.PlatosAcademyandhiswritingofdialogues,twopracticalaspectsseeminglyexternal"tothephilosophicaldiscourse,areusedasevidencetoinquireintoPlatosdistinctiveconceptionofphilosophia.

AStudyoftheFirstBubonicPlagueintheMediterraneanAreaCHENZhiqiang(159)thThefirstbubonicplaguestrucktheMediterraneanareainthemiddleofthe6century.PeoplewerehelplessbeforeitandtookthedevouringwaveofdiseaseasGodspunishment,terstudiesshowthatthisplague,whichwasdescribedindetail,wasthebubonicplagueknownastheBlackDeath"anditsvariations.RelevanthistoricalmaterialismainlyseenintheworksofByzantinewritersProcopius,EvagriusandJohnofEphesus.Otherscatteredmaterialshavenotattractedmuchscholarlyattention.Basedonamorecomprehensivecorpusofdataandanalysis,theauthorofthisarticlearguesthatthefirstwaveofbubonicplaguetostriketheMediterraneanareacamefromsouthernEgypt.ThelethalplaguenotonlycauseddevastatingmateriallossandeconomicdestructiontoByzantiumbutalsohadseriousnegativeeffectsonByzantinesociety,withafar-reachinghistoricalimpact.CriticismandDiscussion

ANoteontheAllocationofParticularResponsibilitiestoStaffMembersinAdministrativeReformintheQingDynastyPENGJian(176)

DuringthepreparationoftheconstitutionintheQingDynasty,centrallydirectedreformofthebureaucracywassuccessivelytheresponsibilityoftheBureauofPersonnel,theBureaufortheStudyofFormsofGovernment,theBureauofConstitutionalReformandtheCabinetBureauofLaw.Thetwo1906administrativereformprojectsweredraftedbytheBureauofPersonnel,whiletheBillonStaffPositionsinProvincialCivilandMilitaryGovernorsYamenwasprobablydraftedbytheBureauofPersonnelortheBureaufortheStudyofFormsofGovernmentratherthantheBureauofConstitutionalReform.Thereformoftheadministrativesysteminvolvingallocatingspecificresponsibilitiestothestaffmembersofprovincialcivilandmilitarygovernorsyamenwentthroughthefollowingstages:thefirstplanforadministrativereforminaccordancewithconstitutionalprinciplesmetwithresistancefromprovincialcivilandmilitarygovernors.TheBureauofPersonnelortheBureaufortheStudyofFormsofGovernmentthenproposedthedivisionofstaffmembersaccordingtofunctionasanalternativeintheBillonStaffPositionsinProvincialCivilandMilitaryGovernorsYamen.Basedonthisbill,theBureauofPersonneladdedthearticleonthedivisionoffunctionariesbyresponsibilityintheDraftGeneralProvisionsoftheSystemofProvincialOfficials.ThisarticlewasrevisedandwrittenintotheGeneralProvisionsoftheSystemofProvincialOfficials.TheDraftGeneralProvisionsplayedakeyroleinadministrativereformintheQingDynasty.ItprovidescluesforouraccurateunderstandingofinstitutionalreforminthelateQingDynastyinrelationtotheallocationofresponsibilitiestofunctionaries,theestablishmentoftheCouncilandlocaladministrativedemarcation.

ResearchNotes

ResearchontheRelationshipoftheMiddleCapitalandYonganoftheJinDynasty

LIUPujiang(183)