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A high precision virtual restoration method for stone setting exemplified by Lingfeng Stone
No full textWith advancements in technology, virtual restoration of garden heritage has gained significant attention, yet the restoration of stone settings remains underexplored. Stone setting, small and naturally flexible, are vital elements in Chinese classical gardens. This paper introduces a comprehensive method for their virtual restoration, encompassing evidence verification, data acquisition, model creation, evaluation, and utilization of results. The approach aims to achieve high precision restoration of complex stone settings using 3D digital technology. Applied to the Lingfeng stone in Wenyuan Pavilion of Yuanmingyuan, the method involves 3D digitization for existing parts and photo perspective reversion, grid positioning, and informed speculation for missing sections. The accuracy of model is scientifically assessed, and the restoration results are effectively utilized. This case study confirms the efficacy of method in high precision virtual restoration, supporting the preservation and promotion of stone elements in classical gardens and enhancing the dissemination of garden heritage restoration achievements
The Formation of “the Biography of Su Qin” (蘇秦列傳 Su Qin Liezhuan)
No full textSu Qin 蘇秦 is one of the most prominent figures of the Warring States Period. There are, however, glaring contradictions in the biography devoted to him in the Shiji (『史記』蘇秦列傳). These contradictions gave rise to controversies around Su Qin from early on. Some scholars went so far as to claim that all the accounts associated with Su Qin were pure fiction. Analyses of the Zhanguo zonghengjia shu 戰國縱橫家書 from the tomb in Mawangdui 馬王堆, which was discovered in 1973, have facilitated the study of Su Qin. On the one hand, it now seems to be generally agreed that Su Qin was engaged in a plot against Qi 齊 in the 280s BCE, there are still some scholars who, on the other hand, argue for the accuracy of the Shiji. The problems involving Su Qin are still not completely resolved. In this paper, I will argue that the cause of these problems lies in the lack of understanding of the historical development of the images of Su Qin. From this perspective, this paper will examine the editorial process of Su Qin's biography by analyzing the Shiji and other texts such as the Zhanguoce 戰國策. The story of Su Qin in his biography roughly falls into two parts. The first part narrates Su Qin's success in his official career.In this part, Su Qin persuaded the sovereigns of the six states to ally with one another, thus forming the vertical alliance (hezong 合從) which was to counteract Qin 秦. He was conferred a fief as the Lord of Wu‘an (Wu'an jun 武安君) for this accomplishment. The second part recounts Su Qin's conspiracy against Qi and his assassination. I propose that the latter narrative, in which Su Qin is involved in the fall of Qi, was created at the end of the Warring States Period while the former was invented later in the Han Dynasty. The author of the Shiji adopted these two narratives, using them as a framework into which details of Su Qin's biography were inserted. According to this analysis, it is impossible to claim that Su Qin's biography has a factual basis. However, it is not fair to blame the author of the Shiji for having adopted unreliable information about Su Qin. On the contrary, his biography provides substantial and valuable information for scholars to trace the change of Su Qin's images in history
[[alternative]]Museum Exhibition and the Shaping of Knowledge: A Study of 'Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses of Qin Shi Huang, The First Qin Emperor'
No full text[[abstract]]Museum exhibition, both cultural and aesthetic, is constituted social practices that deploy power and shape knowledge. Accordingly, this study undertakes to investigate the National Museum of History's 2000 'Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses of Qin Shi Huang, The First Qin Emperor' exhibitiion. A multi-method research that includes interviews, participation observation, library research and documentary analysis is set out in an attempt to examine the exhibition making in the cultural, historical and social contexts.
It is evident that confrontations rage inside the professional museum community. For example, exhibition teams including native curators, designers and museum professionals from Mainland China are in 'culture wars' whether they are in the selection of 'story-centered' and 'story-centered' exhibitions, or in the deployment of exhibition elements. Since the visitors decide to experience the 'aura' of exhibition, museum authority has a privilege in epistemic guidance. Nevertheless, the visitors are host to a multitude of expressive styles. Like a literature, 'Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses of Qin Shi Huang, The First Qin Emperor' exhibition represents a variety of meanings in which many voices, such as 'great emperor', 'male', 'ancient Chinese civilization', 'motherland', 'objects in museum' and 'you are invited' etc. are created.
The National Museum of History has a tradition in partnering with profit and cultural organizations. Not surprisingly, 'Terra Cotta Warriors and Horses of Qin Shi Huang, The First Qin Emperor' exhibition incorporates along with entrepreneurs and third sectors, to undertake joint promotion, advertising and marketing campaigns, especially, the United Daily News. As a consequence, the 'blockbuster' exhibition is becoming more theatrical, more dramatically and more recreational.
The aim professed by contemporary museums is to fit people into the public sphere that whoever they are can equally gain access to. Finally, I suggest that museums have a social obligation to scrutinize self-knowledge and elaborate the semiotic display in the pursuit of intellectual, moral and aesthetic values, rather than compete to attract audiences and glorify to break the records of museum admission.
Relating quantitative soil structure metrics to saturated hydraulic conductivity
No full textSoil structure affects saturated hydraulic conductivity (Ks) by creating highly conductive macropores that preferentially transmit soil water. In this study, we explore the relationship between Ks and macropores in an Oxyaquic Vertic Argiudoll in northeastern Kansas. Macropores were quantified from an excavation wall using multistripe laser triangulation (MLT) scanning. Soil water contents were measured at four depths within a soil lysimeter installed within 2 meters of the MLT-scanned soil profile and adjacent to an Ameriflux tower monitoring precipitation, air temperature, and solar radiation. Selected hydraulic properties of soil horizons within the lysimeter were optimized to water content data using a Markov chain Monte Carlo technique in combination with the mobile-immobile water (MIM) model in HYDRUS-1D. Estimates of Ks varied between 4198 cm d-1 in the A horizon and 0.6 cm d-1 in a 2Btss2 horizon with strongly expressed wedge structure. Approximately 87% of the variation in Ks was explained by the geometric mean of the widths of pores quantified with the MLT technique and modified by the coefficient of extensibility (COLE). The use of COLE allows the widths of the macropores obtained at dry conditions to be approximated at saturation. Two models that predict Ks from either texture or water retention data resulted in Ks estimates that were similar to each other, but significantly lower than Ks values predicted with MIM in horizons where structural pores dominate water flow. This technique shows a great deal of promise in better understanding and predicting the relationship of soil structure to water flow.Peer reviewe
Gui biao mian xi dai zi xuan de dan ge yuan zi huo fen zi de cao zong yi ji xing zhi
No full textLiu, Qin = 硅表面攜帶自旋的單個原子或分子的操縱以及性質 / 劉琴.Thesis Ph.D. Chinese University of Hong Kong 2014.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 132-144).Abstracts also in Chinese.Title from PDF title page (viewed on 14, November, 2016).Liu, Qin = Gui biao mian xi dai zi xuan de dan ge yuan zi huo fen zi de cao zong yi ji xing zhi / Liu Qin
LEGALISME DALAM PEMERINTAHAN QIN SHIHUANG DI (238-211 SM)
No full textDinasti Qin merupakan satu-satunya Dinasti yang menerpakan Legalisme pada pemerintahannya, sedangkan Qin Shihuang Di merupakan raja paling terkenal di era Dinasti Qin, oleh sebab itu penulis tertarik untuk meneliti mengenai Legalisme pada pemerintahan Qin Shihuang Di. Untuk lebih mendalam membahas bagaimana penerapan Legalisme dalam Pemerintahan Qin Shihuang Di penulis mengajukan tiga pertanyaan penelitian yaitu: (1) Bagaimana sejarah filsafat Legalisme di negara Qin, (2) Mengapa filsafat Legalisme menjadi dasar pemerintahan Qin Shihuang Di, (3) Bagaimana dampak diterapkannya filsafat Legalisme pada pemerintahan Qin Shihuang Di terhadap keadaan sosial masyarakat negara Qin. Penelitian yang penulis lakukan menggunakan metode metode historis, sedangkan pendekatan yang digunakan adalah pendekatan interdisipliner yaitu mengunakan ilmu bantu politik dan filsafat. Beberapa teori politik yang digunakan adalah teori politik Machiavelli, teori sifat hakekat negara, teori pembenaran negara dari sudut kekuatan, teori bentuk-bentuk pemerintahan. Sedangkan dari ilmu filsafat digunakan hubungan politik dan filsafat serta hubungan filsafat dengan hukum. Adapun temuan dari penelitian ini adalah: Pertama, filsafat Legalisme pertama kali masuk ke dalam pemerintahan negara Qin pada saat Shang Yang menjadi wakil dari raja Qin yang bernama bangsawan Xiao, dikarenakan Shang Yang adalah tokoh Legalisme dan hakekat filsafat Legalisme adalah menjadikan Fa (undang-undang) sebagai pedoman bagi seluruh rakyat dan perangkat pemerintahan, maka Shang Yang membuat undang-undang (Fa) yang tegas dengan tujuan menertibkan rakyatnya guna mewujudkan kestabilan politik dan ekonomi. Legalisme dan Fa yang dibuat oleh Shang Yang terus dipertahankan oleh raja-raja Qin hingga muncul tokoh Legalisme lain yang pemikirannya ikut mewarnai pemerintahan negara Qin, tokoh tersebut adalah Han Feizi dan Li Si. Han Feizi adalah tokoh Legalisme dari negara Han yang gemar menuangkan pemikirannya kedalam tulisan, beberapa tulisan Han Feizi menarik perhatian dari Qin Shihuang Di. Tokoh terakhir yang mewarnai sejarah Legalisme pada pemerintahan negara Qin yaitu Li Si, atas kecakapannya selama menjadi pegawai pemerintahan di Negara Qin ditambah dengan petisi yang pernah dibuat oleh Li Si membuat Qin Shihuang Di mengangkat dia menjadi perdana menteri. Kedua, Legalisme menjadi dasar pemerintahan Qin Shihuang Di tidak hanya karena Legalisme sudah menjadi tradisi dari negara Qin tetapi Legalisme juga sesuai dengan ambisi Qin Shihuang Di yang bercita-cita untuk berkuasa secara penuh, intrik yang mewarnai naik tahtanya Qin Shihuang Di telah membongkar kebobrokan aparat pemerintahan. Ketiga, dampak dari penerapan Legalisme pada pemerintahan Qin Shihuang Di yaitu pada masa praunifikasi Cina, Legalisme membawa negara Qin pada era. Tetapi pada masa pasca unifikasi Legalisme berdampak buruk pada pemerintahan Qin Shihuang Di, ini disebabkan oleh Legalisme disalahgunakan oleh Qin Shihuang Di dengan membuat Fa yang memberatkan rakyat.
Qin Dynasty is the only dynasty that use the Legalism in government. while Qin Shihuang was the king of the most famous in the Qin dynasty, and therefore the authors are interested studying the Legalism on goverment of Qin Shihuang. For more in-depth how the implementation of the Government Legalism Qin Shihuang authors proposed three research questions are: (1) How does the history of philosophy of Legalism in the state of Qin, (2) Why is the philosophy of Legalism became the basis of government Qin Shihuang Di, (3) how the impact of the application of the philosophy of Legalism in the reign of Qin Shihuang in the state of Qin state society. Research by the author using the historical method, while the approaches is using an interdisciplinary approach that aids political science and philosophy. Some political theory used is Machiavelli's political theory, the theory of the nature of the nature of the state, the theory of justification from the point of power, the theory of forms of government. While the philosophy of science and philosophy used political ties and relations with the philosophy of law. The findings of this study are: First, the philosophy of Legalism first entered into the administration of the state of Qin Shang Yang as a representative of the noble king named Qin Xiao, because Shang Yang was a character and essence of the philosophy of Legalism Legalism is made Fa (law ) as a guide for all the people and the government, the Shang Yang to make laws (Fa) a firm with the goal of disciplined people to achieve political and economic stability. Legalism and created by Shang Fa Yang continues to be maintained by the kings of Qin Legalism until the character other thoughts come coloring Qin state government figures are Han Feizi and Li Si. Han Feizi was a character Legalism of Han nation who love pouring his thoughts into writing, some writing Han Feizi attracted the attention of Qin Shihuang Di. Last figure that characterizes the history of the state government Qin Legalism is Li Si, the aptitude for a government official in the State of Qin plus petition ever made by Li Si to make Qin Shihuang appointed him prime minister. Second, a basic rule Legalism in government Qin Shihuang not only because Legalism has become a tradition of the Qin state but also in accordance with the ambition Legalism Qin Shihuang who aspire to full power, intrigue coloring up his throne Qin Shihuang had unpacked depravity government officials. Third, the impact of the application of the rule of Qin Shihuang Legalism ie during praunifikasi China, Qin Legalism brought the country to the era. But in the post-unification Legalism negative impact on the government of Qin Shihuang, is caused by Legalism abused by Qin Shihuang by making Fa that people burdensome.
CUHK electronic theses & dissertations collection
No full textQin, Cong.Thesis M.Phil. Chinese University of Hong Kong 2015.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 29-30).Abstracts also in Chinese.Title from PDF title page (viewed on 30, December, 2016)
Large Scale Integration of Electric Vehicles into the Power Grid and Its Potential Effects on Power System Reliability
No full textIn this thesis, the potential effects of large scale integration of electric vehicles into the power grid are discussed in both the beneficial and detrimental aspects. The literature review gives a comprehensive introduction about the existing smart charging algorithms. According to the system structure and market mechanism, the smart charging algorithms can be divided into centralized and distributed method. With the knowledge of driving patterns and charging characteristics of electric vehicles, both the centralized and decentralized smart charging algorithms are studied in this research. Based on the smart charging pricing and sequential price update mechanism, a multi-agent based distributed smart charging algorithm is used in this research to flatten the load curve and therefore mitigate the potential detrimental effects caused by uncoordinated charging. Each EV agent has some extent of intelligence to solve its own charging scheduling problem. The optimization method used in this research is the binary hybrid GSA-PSO algorithm, which combines the merits of particle swarm optimization (PSO) and gravitational search algorithm (GSA), and has very good exploration and exploitation abilities. A V2G enabled centralized smart charging algorithm is also introduced in this thesis, each EV can earn revenues by discharging power into the grid. The dominant search matrix is used to resolve the ''curse of dimensionality'' problem existing in the centralized optimization problems. Numerical case studies show both the distributed and V2G enabled smart charging algorithms can effectively transfer the charging load from the peak load period to the load valley hours. Because of the limited integration ratio of electric vehicles, most power system reliability methods do not evaluate the charging load of EVs separately in their analytical procedures. However, with a fast increasing integration level, the potential effects of large scale integration of EVs on the power system reliability should be comprehensively evaluated. The effects of EV charging on power system reliability in the planning phase is analyzed in this research based on the RBTS. The results show the uncontrolled charging will deteriorate the reliability level while the smart charging can effectively decrease the detrimental effect. The potential application of aggregated EV providing operating reserve to the grid as a kind of ancillary service is also discussed, and the related effects on power system reliability in operating phase are calculated using the modified PJM method. The case study shows the unit commitment risk of the system can decrease to a very low level with the additional operating reserve capacity provided by aggregated EVs, which can not only improve the system's reliability level but also save the cost.2018-06-0
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