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From Han tradition to Tang elegance
No full textThis long paper is the comprehensive essay to the exhibition China at the court of the emperors. Unknown masterpieces from Han Tradition to Tang elegance (25-907), held at Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, in Spring 2008.
It thoroughly explains the development of the arts in China from the Han to the Tang dynasties against the historical and cultural context of the time, underlying the new perspective recently put forward on the basis of the latest archaeological excavations. These have driven scholars to regard the period of division between Han and Tang no longer as a ‘dark’ epoch of unrest, during which the country was politically and culturally fragmented, but instead as a moment of regeneration and flowering of the arts, stimulated by intercultural exchanges with Rome, Persia, India and Central Asia. From this new viewpoint, it appears clear that the great renaissance of the seventh to eighth centuries was the culmination of a long process that had germinated in the second to third centuries
Stenus fuscus Hu & Tang 2018, sp. n.
No full textStenus fuscus Hu & Tang, sp. n. (Figs. 3, 17–22) Type Material. Holotype: China: Sichuan: ♂, glued on a card with labels as follows: “ China: Sichuan Prov., Mianning County, Yele Daba, 28°55'22''N, 102°13'32''E, 2500m, 25.VII.2015, Jiang, Peng, Tu & Zhou leg.” “ Holotype / Stenus fuscus / Hu & Tang” [red handwritten label] (SHNU) . Paratypes: 5♂♂ 3♀♀, same data as for the holotype. (SHNU, cPut) Description. BL: 4.0– 4.3 mm, FL: 1.9–2.1 mm. HW: 0.86–0.90 mm, PL: 0.69–0.73 mm, PW: 0.63–0.69 mm, EL: 0.66–0.71 mm, EW: 0.70–0.79 mm, SL: 0.50–0.53 mm. Similar to S. lizipingus sp. nov. in most respects, but different in the following characters: head 1.11–1.23 times as wide as elytra, lateral portion of head with distinct microsculptures; pronotum relatively longer with PL/ PW: 1.04–1.13; elytra relatively narrower with 0.87–0.93 times as long as wide; elytral disk impressions shallower; punctation of abdominal tergites relatively smaller and slightly sparser than that of S. lizipingus sp. nov. Male. Sternite VIII (Fig. 17) with emargination in the middle of posterior margin; sternite IX (Fig. 18) with very long apicolateral projections, posterior margin serrate. Aedeagus (Figs. 19, 20) with median lobe stout, apical sclerotized area broadly and bluntly, pointed at apex; expulsion clasps large; parameres distinctly longer than median lobe, swollen at apical third, each with 9–12 setae on apico-internal margins. Female. sternite VIII (Fig. 21) slightly prominent at middle of posterior margin; spermatheca (Fig. 22)sclerotized, basal porch very large, spermathecal duct with two bents, apical chamber large and capsule very large. Distribution. China (Sichuan). Remarks. The new species is similar to S. lizipingus sp. nov. both occurred in same locality, and it can be distinguished from the latter by the exterior characters indicated above and the different sexual characters. It is also similar to S. zhuxiaoyui Tang & Zhao, 2008, S. pectorifossatus Tang & Zhao, 2008 and S. erlangshanus Tang & Zhao, 2008 from Sichuan, and can be distinguished from S. zhuxiaoyui and S. erlangshanus by more confluent pronotal punctation, from S. zhuxiaoyui also by larger body size (FL: 1.5–2.0 mm in S. zhuxiaoyui), from S. erlangshanus by lacking distinct subbasal and subapical pronotal impressions and abdominal tergites mostly with microsculptures, from S. pectorifossatus by darker elytral coloration and sparser abdominal punctation. Etymology. The specific name is derived from the lartin word “ fuscus ” after its dark coloration.Published as part of Hu, Cheng-Zhi & Tang, Liang, 2018, Notes on the Stenus indubius group with descriptions of four new species from China (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae), pp. 341-350 in Zootaxa 4471 (2) on pages 345-346, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4471.2.6, http://zenodo.org/record/143976
Henry S. Tang interview for the China Boom Project
No full textHenry Tang, Co-Founder of Committee of 100， was interviewed by the Asia Society staff in New York, U.S. on February 11, 2009.Transcript is also available.Interviewee’s bio is also available.Original video interviews are available at the Asia Society.The China Boom Project classified this interviewee’s field as Business
363_RhodGer
No full textRaw NMR data and HiFSA profiles associated with the publication: Y Tang, JB Friesen, D Lankin, J McAlpine, D Nikolic, S-N Chen, G Pauli
Geraniol-Derived Monoterpenoid Glucosides from Rhodiola rosea: Resolving Structures by QM-HifSA Methodology
Journal of Natural Products 86, 256–263 (2023)
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jnatprod.2c0083
Tang Code, Tang Rite, and Other Manuscripts of Tang Dynasty
No full textIn the present paper, the author gives the preliminary reports on three newly found Tang 唐 official documents, pointing out their important value, and offering the all texts for further studies.1. In Tunhuang and Turfan Documents concerning Social and Economic History I. Legal Texts (Tokyo 1978-1980), Professors T. Yamamoto, O. Ikeda, and M. Okano published the joined texts of O. 5098 and O. 8099 from Otani collection. They identified the fragments with the Section on Violence and Robbery of the Tang Code (唐律), and pointed out the article comes from the Yonghui 永徽 or Chuigong 垂拱 Code according to the Zetian 則天 characters used in the Buddhist text on the verso. The author joins another fragment based on an old photograph of the Turfan document preserved in the Lüshun Museum (旅順博物館). The new text contains one different article from the printed text after the Song 宋 dynasty.2. Among the Dunhuang 敦煌 manuscripts in the National Library of China in Beijing, there is a good copy of the Tang Rite (唐礼) in high Tang characters (No. zhou 周 70A). It contains the text corresponding to the Da Tang Kaiyuan li 大唐開元礼, vol. 37: “Huangdi shixiang yu Taimiao 皇帝時享於太廟”. It is the first time to find the book in Dunhuang or Turfan manuscripts.3. In his Dunhuang Turfan Tangdai fazhi wenshu kaoshi 敦煌吐魯番唐代法制文書考釈, Liu Junwen thought the document of zhou 51 should be the Regulations of the Regional Military Organization. But the form of the original document could not conform to the Tang Regulations, so the author refutes his view and thinks that it is an official document relating to the beacon of the military fortress in the area of Dunhuang or Turfan.journal articl
Tang O 1950-1954
No full textA report on the village of Tang O, detailing its location, the current projects there, and the resources available
Smodiscinodes yaoi Tang & Li 2010, sp. nov.
No full textSmodiscinodes yaoi sp. nov. Figs 46–48 Type material. Holotype: ♂, CHINA: Yunnan: Xishuangbanna, Mengla County, Menglun Town, Menglun Nature Reserve, G 213 roadside, High plantations (N21º54.123', E101º16.927', 590 m), 24 November 2009, G. Tang and Z.Y. Yao (Tang-Yao_No.22). Etymology. The specific name is a patronym in honor of Mr. Zhi-Yuan Yao (IZCAS), who took part in the field work in 2009. Diagnosis. This new species is very similar to S. hupingensis Tang, Peng and Yin, 2004 from Hunan Province, but can be separated from the latter by: cymbium with a dorsal outgrowth (absent in S. hupingensis); ratio of length of RTA / VTA = 0.5 (about 1.0 in S. hupingensis). This new species can be separated from S. schwendingeri by: 1) opisthosoma oval (elongated in S. schwendingeri); 2) RTA sharp (bifurcate in S. schwendingeri); 3) RTA uncovered by tutaculum (covered in S. schwendingeri). Description. Male (holotype measured): Total length 2.40. Prosoma 1.05 long, 0.95 wide; opisthosoma 1.30 long, 0.97 wide. Dorsal shield of prosoma dark brown. Prosoma with conspicuous crest of four projections, the two posterior ones bifurcate. Eye tubercles large; an angle-shaped projection presented between ALE and PLE. Eye measurements: AME 0.06; ALE 0.14; PME 0.05; PLE 0.13; AME–AME 0.12; AME–ALE 0.08; PME–PME 0.25; PME–PLE 0.22. MOA length 0.34 with front width 0.24 and back width 0.37. Chelicerae, gnathocoxae, labium and sternum dark brown; chelicerae with one large and one small promarginal teeth. Legs slender, femora with blackish brown annuli, each femur with a dorsal spine. Leg measurements: I: 2.82 (0.90, 1.00, 0.52, 0.40); II: 2.85 (0.90, 1.00, 0.55, 0.40); III: 2.35 (0.70, 0.80, 0.50, 0.35); IV: 2.68 (0.88, 0.90, 0.55, 0.35), leg formula: 2143. Opisthosoma oval, dorsally blackish brown with a pair of brown stripes, venter grayish brown. Palp (Figs 47 A–D, 48 A–D). Palp dark brown, cymbium with tutaculum and a dorsal outgrowth; VTA large digitiform, RTA sharp; tegulum flat, embolus small spiniform. Female: Unknown. Distribution. China (Yunnan). Habitat. Specimen was collected from evergreen tropical forest.Published as part of Tang, Guo & Li, Shuqiang, 2010, Crab spiders from Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, China (Araneae, Thomisidae) 2703, pp. 1-105 in Zootaxa 2703 on pages 63-6
Scaphidium liui Tang & Li 2010, sp. n.
No full textScaphidium liui Tang & Li, sp. n. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 940ED9AD-9D44-444F-9628-7384469AE8D6 Figs 39–42 Type Material. Holotype: CHINA: Xizang: male, glued on a board with labels as follows: “ Xizang, Motuo County, Yadong, alt. 1250m, 25.V.1980, coll. Jin Gen-Tao & Wu Jian-Yi ” “NO. 24205538” “ Holotype / Scaphidium liui / Tang & Li” [red Figures 3Ι–38. 3Ι–34 Scaphidium inflexitibiale 35–38 S. reni. 3Ι, 35 aedeagus 32, 36 internal sac in detail 33, 37 antenna 34, 38 male front leg in ventral view. Scales = 0.25 mm (3Ι, 32, 35, 36), scales = 1 mm (33, 34, 37, 38). handwritten label] (SEM). Paratypes. CHINA: Xizang: female, Motuo Couty, Kabu, 1070m, 14. V.1980, coll. Jin Gen-Tao & Wu Jian-Yi (NO. 24205537, SEM). BL: 8.0– 9.1 mm, ED: 0.36–0.40 mm, PL / PW of male: 0.79, PL / PW of female: 0.76. Extremely similar to S. reni sp. n., differing only in the following characters: body form slightly narrower; last antennal segment light brown in about apical third; apical portion of elytra indistinctly impressed; internal sac of aedeagus as in Figs 39, 40. Distribution. China (Xizang). Diagnoses. This new species was wrongly recorded as S. dureli Achard, 1922 in He et al., 2009. Scaphidium dureli is now known only from the type locality “BritishPublished as part of Tang, Liang & Li, Li-Zhen, 2010, On Scaphidium grande-complex (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Scaphidiinae), pp. 65-78 in ZooKeys 43 (43) on pages 75-76, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.43.447, http://zenodo.org/record/57665
On Tang Junyi’s Critique of Anselm’s Argument for the Existence of God
No full textAnselm’s argument for the existence of God posits that the concept of God inherently implies its existence. Tang Junyi critiques this argument from two fundamental angles. Firstly, he argues that the contingency of human thought places an unwarranted burden of proof on the existence of God, introducing an inherent contradiction within the argument’s premise. Secondly, he contends that Anselm’s argument fails to deduce the existence of God from empirical things. Tang’s empirical approach to critiquing the argument bears a superficial resemblance to St. Thomas Aquinas’s cosmological argument for God’s existence, yet a profound difference exists between the two, precluding their equivalence. Delving deeper, Tang’s critique is rooted in the Confucian philosophy. Nevertheless, Tang’s critique, while insightful, does not fully dismantle Anselm’s argument, underscoring the intrinsic differences and tensions between Chinese and Western perspectives on religion and philosophy
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