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Intervention to oppose interference : China’s holistic approach to the Civil War in Ethiopia
No full textThe Belt and Road Initiative underscores China’s dilemma of protecting overseas interests while adhering to non-interference. It is particularly the case in the Horn of Africa where China has massive infrastructure investments. The Ethiopia civil war (2020-2022) in this region highlights China’s challenge of protecting overseas interests in instability. As instability intensified by uneven development in modernization is a common trend in many African countries, the challenge in Ethiopia has far-reaching implications for China’s practice in Africa. This challenge is more formidable in a hostile strategic environment featured by the U.S.-China competition. China’s effort to mediate the Ethiopia civil war reveals a shift from its solution for the Darfur crisis in Sudan in the 2000s. Despite domestic and international pressure, Beijing adopts a holistic approach to mediating the Ethiopia civil war without interference. This approach integrates peace, development, and security and advocates regional collective efforts in the Horn of Africa. It enriches the non-interference doctrine by emphasizing “African solutions to Africa problems” to oppose interference from external powers and helps foster a more favorable strategic environment for China in this region. Instability arising with economic growth in this region subtly changes Beijing’s understanding of the nexus between security and development. These changes will drive Beijing toward more mature policy and practice in Africa. For countries in the Horn of Africa, Beijing’s approach appears as a force and reference to support their refusal of external interference
Towards a dialogue : initiating engagements on the cultural front
No full textThis presentation discusses the forms and significance of people-to-people engagements by examining projects that initiate cultural exchanges between Hong Kong and Africa. As COVID-19 becomes endemic, the world is resuming normal. But what does it mean to re-engage ourselves in cultural dialogues with the emergence of new possibilities and crises? To answer this question, the presentation looks at two projects of such nature and discusses the impacts. The first one is a documentary on Black women artists in Hong Kong (produced by the presenter with an HKBU grant). The Black artists featured employ their art forms to negotiate their identities in HK, a postcolonial space fuelled by various discourses. By examining the data collected from the audience of the film, I look at how they understand the intersectionality of the gendered socio-political discourse as well as the artists’ reconciliation of (dis)placements and homogenous beauty standards. The second project adapts and stages plays written by South African women playwrights. By inviting them to collaborate with local directors in HK, the project aims at bringing HK audiences to the forefront of synthesising postcolonial female subjectivities. It probes the interactions among SA playwrights, HK theatrical practitioners, and audiences to excavate women’s subjectivities adapted and how they reshape the local audience’s understanding of female identities. With these two projects in mind, the presentation aspires to look at the roles played by education (university and public-facing) in interrogating multi-lateral cultural identity on the cultural front of engagements between Hong Kong and Africa
Africa amid US-China tech rivalry
No full textPrevailing metaphors and analogies are framing US-China relations in terms of a new “Cold War” and a new “Era of Great-Power Competition”. This competition threatens to turn Africa, yet again, into a geopolitical playing field. Unlike previous eras of colonial and ideological partition, African countries now risk becoming incorporated into different technological spheres as US-China competition increasingly revolves around digital infrastructure and tech rivalry. The aim of the paper is to explore this emerging phenomenon. First, the paper aims to map how US-China rivalry plays out in the technology field on the African continent. Second, using IR theories and concepts, the paper seeks to make sense of what is unfolding and how it can affect African states. Third, the paper also intends to contribute to the academic debate by offering novel theorizing
論《禮記．鄉飲酒義》坐位之義及其成篇之年代
Get PDF《儀禮·鄉飲酒禮》記述諸侯鄉大夫每三年在鄉學（庠序）舉行選舉賢能之禮，而《禮記·鄉飲酒義》則解說經文包含的“尊賢養老”之意及坐位背後的意蘊，二篇又構成事義相應的關係。《鄉飲酒義》以“象”說解賓、主、介、僎、三賓坐位的象徵意義。本文將記文放在《易傳》及《荀子》、《中庸》的思想脈絡中作考察，闡明與禮諸人的坐位之義，及其與天文、四時、仁義的對應關係，以及當中體現的將人道與天道融為一體的觀念。《鄉飲酒義》談及仁義、聖、禮、德等德目，以及仁氣、義氣說，實有自來，可與《孟子》及郭店楚簡《五行篇》等文獻聯繫起來。然則，《鄉飲酒義》既以儒為主，又摻雜了不少如陰陽五行思想，融各家於一體而翻出新貌。凡此，無不反映篇中展現的晚周以後儒者的特點，其成書年代自可據以推知。
The Meaning of the Community Wine-drinking Ceremony aims to make interpretations of the Community Wine-drinking Ceremony. According to the traditional account, The Meaning of the Community Wine-drinking Ceremony was written by Confucian scholars from the Chunqiu period through early the Han period and was subsequently edited by Dai Sheng 戴聖. However, some modern scholars claim that there are allegedly primitive and mysterious thoughts contained in the text, which suggests that it was composed much earlier. Through careful contextualization, this paper seeks to reveal the relationship between the philosophical implications of the seating plan of the community wine-drinking ceremony with both transmitted and unearthed materials such as the Mencius 孟子 and Yizhuan 易傳. The result strongly suggests that The Meaning of the Community Wine-drinking Ceremony could not predate the Warring States period
試析宋永祿本張麟之《韻鏡》中陰陽文
Get PDF張麟之《韻鏡》是現存最古的韻圖，對研究古漢語音韻具有重要的地位。《韻鏡》於中國經久失傳，自流傳至日本後，日人熱衷於研究《韻鏡》，湧現大量著作。《韻鏡》回歸故國後，國人的研究亦開始，陸續有校勘、研究和通論等專著，然而《韻鏡》的研究仍有不少空白之處。永祿本《韻鏡》有使用陰陽文，但學人仍未有對之進行研究，本文將以此為研究對象，嘗試填補這塊空白。
本論文先概述研究背景，即《韻鏡》的源流，分述日本及中國對《韻鏡》的研究，提出永祿本陰陽文的問題，並從不同方面分析《韻鏡》使用陰陽文的原因，再深入分析其中較大線索，據《磨光韻鏡》對《韻鏡》陰文作一解釋，冀能發前人之未發，為《韻鏡》的研究帶來新思路
乾隆皇帝詩論與私人情感詩的離合
Get PDF清代官方對於文治的重視，使得皇帝必須同時兼領文壇，到乾隆時期這種趨勢體現得最為明顯。乾隆帝的詩論，歷來雖研究者不少，其詩論在清代詩學史中的影響主要體現於固化「詩言志」的詩教屬性，連接情真與詩教的方面。或因御製詩給人普遍印象較為迂腐，研究者往往類推而忽略詩論中論情的部分，很多論調都認為這些只是政治家兼涉文學的虛言，但仔細觀察研究和分析乾隆帝的詩論和詩作就可以發現，這些詩論確實在御製詩的創作和其情感論得以實踐，并且二者有一分合的過程。乾隆帝詩論將「詩言志」和「言情」統一，排斥「綺靡」元素，並將這一重新賦予概念的「情真」整合於詩教風化的目標之下，具有很强的現實意味。
本文將總括、略解乾隆帝詩論中對於文學本身、創作和闡釋的觀點。從情感論出發，再以這一情真而富政教意味的情感論為背景，分析御製詩中一個較為特別的類型，即從乾隆戊辰年開始逐漸成形的，充滿私人情感的悼亡詩。在這類詩創作過程中，作為詩人，乾隆帝用關鍵典故串聯悼亡詩的寫作特色變化過程。一方面繼承六朝的「詩緣情」傳統，使用前人悼亡慣用的意象，也根據生活自創典故，表達「頓失內位」的隱痛；另一方面，在寫作私人情感的詩時，經過一段情感爆發的時期後，他在悼亡詩中也繼續堅持將改動的「詩言志」詩教觀放入悼亡敘事。這一離合的過程，可以説在實際創作中實踐了情真又暗透言志，為天下樹立倫理典範的詩學觀，在客觀上將趨向於綺靡務虛而為遺民群體珍愛的悼亡詩，拉回了盛世元音、中正平和的教化軌道
「格法」為骨，「虛境」解意——論戴君恩《讀風臆評》的兩個特點
Get PDF明代約兩百七十年(1368-1644年)，期間詩經研究專著多達六百餘種1，但後人對明代解《詩》(即《詩經》下同)法的研究與重視卻不足。傳統詩經學把《詩經》當作經典，對其解讀注重考據，講求據典，強調經世治用，令《詩》作為文學本身的特點，以及解讀者的主觀感受遭到忽視。在明代中後期陽明心學影響下，出現了一批將詩經當作文學研究的解《詩》家，使詩經學走下經學研究的樊籬，戴君恩便是其中之一。
有關戴君恩生平、師承和其著作《讀風臆評》的記載寥寥，且其中許多細節已難以進一步考證。在戴氏生平背景無從稽考，而「臆評」本身又具有主觀性的情況下，文本便是最好的工具。從《臆評》序言中發現，戴氏解《詩》受到孟子「以意逆志」和陽明心學的影響，形成基於自己的理解與感受，基本不刻意參照前人解讀的基本解《詩》原則。文章還通過對《臆評》文本細讀，從章法結構、詩意詩境兩個方面總結出戴氏「臆想式解詩」兩個特點即：運用「格法」對《詩》的章法結構進行點評以及以「虛境」輔助詩意的解讀，並簡要總結「臆想式解詩」的文學性風格，以此補充目前戴君恩《讀風臆評》的研究
舊新迭代之際的文人詠嘆：《名儒草堂詩餘》研究
Get PDF《名儒草堂詩餘》由元廬陵鳳林書院選錄宋元迭代時期詞作，集萃成書，流芳千古。其收錄詞人多活躍在該時期的江西地帶，故衆多學者認爲讀《名儒草堂詩餘》可以「溯江西詞派」，是研究「宋江西遺民群體」的關竅。
本文將從《名儒草堂詩餘》的收錄詞人與收錄詞作兩方面進行研究。首先從考證詞人群體地緣、交游關係入手，試論該群體「遺民身份」的迥異以及「遁跡經驗」的趨同，並分析收錄詞作的題材偏好以及常見詞調形式與句式，重點闡述三字領在詞作中的作用，探析詞作「發悲愁之」的主旨以及寫作之法，藉以研究詞作風格及《名儒草堂詩餘》的無雙成就
論顧城《鬼進城》的異托邦詩歌空間——以「鬼」與「城」為例
Get PDF顧城是中國當代朦朧詩派的代表人物之一，年少便被冠以「童話詩人」之名，在詩壇中佔一席位。「童話詩人」之稱固然彰顯了顧城早期的莫大成就，卻也局限了外界對他後期詩作的評價。現存顧城相關研究，多有沿用「童話」框架、而論其崩塌者，可惜，這些童話崩塌的結論，更多著墨於顧城弑妻自殺的生平，而忽略其後期詩作。
顧城後期詩作意象跳躍、視點變幻不定，向來以晦澀難讀著稱。本文認為這種拒絕解讀的傾向早已超越了朦朧詩的向度，進而呈現了顧城身為詩人的另種面向。故而本文試圖撇除顧城「童話詩人」的面向，借助傅柯的「異托邦」空間移動論述，對顧城後期代表作《鬼進城》中的兩大核心意象——「鬼」和「城」進行空間意象的場所分析，嘗試將「空間」概念整合到詩歌文本分析中，從而為解讀顧城晚期詩發掘出以「文學本體論」為向度的可能