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Participation of literary elite in the compilation of Buddhist monastery gazetteers in Ming-Qing China - using as an example the activities of Liu Mingfang in the Jiangnan region in 1740s-1750s
No full textThe research topic of this article is the relationship between secular literati and Buddhist monasteries in China, one of the forms of which was the recruitment of literati by the monasteries for the composition of monastery chronicles. This paper focuses on the activities on Liu Mingfang (Liu Nanlu), the author of "The Chronicle of Mt. Baohua," in the Jiangnan region in 1740-1750s. The importance of studying the circumstances of the compilation of this chronicle is justified by the fact that Mt. Baohua was the seat of the patriarchs of the Qianhua school, which claimed dominance within the Vinaya tradition of Chinese Buddhism in the late Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1912) dynasties. The article examines what place the composition of this Buddhist mountain chronicle had in the activities of Liu Mingfang, who was a member of the secular literati. This research relies on several chronicles compiled by Liu Mingfang, as well as the texts of his contemporary associates. The main conclusions of this research are as follows: Liu Mingfang primarily associated himself with poetry and the Daoist culture. Lacking a stable income, Liu Mingfang compiled local chronicles under commission. Accordingly, on the one hand, "The Chronicle of Mt. Baohua" is not supposed to reflect any personal Buddhist ideas of Liu Mingfang, but on the other hand, it is very probable that the text of this chronicle reflects the wishes of its commissioner – Wenhai Fuju, the abbot of Mt. Baohua
sj-docx-3-taj-10.1177_20406223221143245 – Supplemental material for Chest X-ray features facilitate screening for pulmonary hypertension caused by fibrosing mediastinitis
No full textSupplemental material, sj-docx-3-taj-10.1177_20406223221143245 for Chest X-ray features facilitate screening for pulmonary hypertension caused by fibrosing mediastinitis by Mingfang Zhou, Bo Li, Yaling Chen, Aqian Wang, Yining Zhu, Yu Li, Hongling Su, Jingchun Fan, Yan Zhang and Yunshan Cao in Therapeutic Advances in Chronic Disease</p
sj-docx-6-taj-10.1177_20406223221143245 – Supplemental material for Chest X-ray features facilitate screening for pulmonary hypertension caused by fibrosing mediastinitis
No full textSupplemental material, sj-docx-6-taj-10.1177_20406223221143245 for Chest X-ray features facilitate screening for pulmonary hypertension caused by fibrosing mediastinitis by Mingfang Zhou, Bo Li, Yaling Chen, Aqian Wang, Yining Zhu, Yu Li, Hongling Su, Jingchun Fan, Yan Zhang and Yunshan Cao in Therapeutic Advances in Chronic Disease</p
sj-docx-5-taj-10.1177_20406223221143245 – Supplemental material for Chest X-ray features facilitate screening for pulmonary hypertension caused by fibrosing mediastinitis
No full textSupplemental material, sj-docx-5-taj-10.1177_20406223221143245 for Chest X-ray features facilitate screening for pulmonary hypertension caused by fibrosing mediastinitis by Mingfang Zhou, Bo Li, Yaling Chen, Aqian Wang, Yining Zhu, Yu Li, Hongling Su, Jingchun Fan, Yan Zhang and Yunshan Cao in Therapeutic Advances in Chronic Disease</p
sj-docx-4-taj-10.1177_20406223221143245 – Supplemental material for Chest X-ray features facilitate screening for pulmonary hypertension caused by fibrosing mediastinitis
No full textSupplemental material, sj-docx-4-taj-10.1177_20406223221143245 for Chest X-ray features facilitate screening for pulmonary hypertension caused by fibrosing mediastinitis by Mingfang Zhou, Bo Li, Yaling Chen, Aqian Wang, Yining Zhu, Yu Li, Hongling Su, Jingchun Fan, Yan Zhang and Yunshan Cao in Therapeutic Advances in Chronic Disease</p
sj-png-2-taj-10.1177_20406223221143245 – Supplemental material for Chest X-ray features facilitate screening for pulmonary hypertension caused by fibrosing mediastinitis
No full textSupplemental material, sj-png-2-taj-10.1177_20406223221143245 for Chest X-ray features facilitate screening for pulmonary hypertension caused by fibrosing mediastinitis by Mingfang Zhou, Bo Li, Yaling Chen, Aqian Wang, Yining Zhu, Yu Li, Hongling Su, Jingchun Fan, Yan Zhang and Yunshan Cao in Therapeutic Advances in Chronic Disease</p
sj-docx-7-taj-10.1177_20406223221143245 – Supplemental material for Chest X-ray features facilitate screening for pulmonary hypertension caused by fibrosing mediastinitis
No full textSupplemental material, sj-docx-7-taj-10.1177_20406223221143245 for Chest X-ray features facilitate screening for pulmonary hypertension caused by fibrosing mediastinitis by Mingfang Zhou, Bo Li, Yaling Chen, Aqian Wang, Yining Zhu, Yu Li, Hongling Su, Jingchun Fan, Yan Zhang and Yunshan Cao in Therapeutic Advances in Chronic Disease</p
sj-png-1-taj-10.1177_20406223221143245 – Supplemental material for Chest X-ray features facilitate screening for pulmonary hypertension caused by fibrosing mediastinitis
No full textSupplemental material, sj-png-1-taj-10.1177_20406223221143245 for Chest X-ray features facilitate screening for pulmonary hypertension caused by fibrosing mediastinitis by Mingfang Zhou, Bo Li, Yaling Chen, Aqian Wang, Yining Zhu, Yu Li, Hongling Su, Jingchun Fan, Yan Zhang and Yunshan Cao in Therapeutic Advances in Chronic Disease</p
Principal agent theory and private property rights in China's economic reform
No full textAs a contribution to the wider institutional analysis of China’s enterprise reform, this paper analyzed three interrelated problems in the literature. It argued that principal-agent theory was not suitable for analysis of China’s public enterprises, notably state-owned enterprises, as by definition, it requires a decision-making principal and clearly defined property rights. Actual problems of the theory’s application included the enigmatic identity of the principals and the inability of deducing refutable hypotheses. One primary reason for the divergent views on the identity of principals was the widespread misconceptions on the private property rights. This misconception further led to divergent views on the nature of another important actor in China’s economy, the township and village enterprises. It is hoped that clarification of these three concepts would facilitate further and better understanding of the transition economy in China
PTH & bone resorbing protein effects on chick bone
No full textPLEASE NOTE: This work is protected by copyright. Downloading is restricted to the BU community: please log in with a valid BU account to access and click Download. If you are the author of this work and would like to make it publicly available, please contact [email protected] (M.Sc.D.)--Boston University, Henry M. Goldman School of Graduate Dentistry, 1986 (Oral Biology)Bibliography : leaves 72-84.A protein, Bone Resorbing Protein (BRP),isolated from human cancer ascites fluid, which has the ability to influence the metabolism of bone, was examined and compared with human 1-34 amino terminal fragment of parathyroid hormone (PTH) on bone calcium mobilization, matrix resorption, and collagen synthesis. Interactions of PTH and BRP on these areas of bone metabolism were also examined. Embryonic chick calvaria were chosen as an assay system because it is not primarily a resorbing system and permits measurement of all three areas of bone metabolism under identical conditions.
Using this type of assay system we have shown that both PTH and BRP are capable of stimulating bone resorption. In addition, both of these agents induced significant stimulation of proline incorporation and conversion to hydroxyproline. In contrast to their similar action on calcium mobilization and proline incorporation, PTH but not BRP was effective in stimulating matrix resorption. We found that a dosage as low as 25 ug/ml of BRP has slight but significant stimulatory effects on bone calcium mobilization and inhibitory effects on matrix resorption. A level of 333 ug/ml of BRP gave a maximum response for bone calcium mobilization. These bone resorption response can be detected as early as 24 hours after exposure. We also found that BRP and PTH have co-operative activity on calcium mobilization and antagonistic effects on matrix resorption. Calcitonin, an inhibitor of calcium mobilization, had antagonistic effects on proline incorporation with PTH but co-operative effects with BRP. In the induction of bone resorption, our data show that 2 hours exposure to BRP has the same significant activity on bone resorption as 72 hours exposure. These effects may have significance in explaining the mechanisms involved in producing humoral hypercalcemia of malignancy
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