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Chiao-Ting Feng, clarinet
No full textEric P. MandatFranz SchubertVittorio MontiMario Castelnuovo-Tedesc
Chiao-Ting Feng, clarinet
No full textLibby LarsenLouis CahuzacEdward YadzinskiJoan TowerGeorge Gershwin, arr. James CohnGeorge Gershwin, arr. James Coh
Mei hao jia ting san he yi yun dong ju ben chuang zuo bi sai you sheng ju ben ji.
No full text美好家庭三合一運動劇本創作比賽優勝劇本集 /香港家庭計劃指導會主辨書名據封面.香港家庭計劃指導会主辨Shu ming ju feng mian.Xianggang jia ting ji hua zhi dao hui zhu ban
Shih Feng in the Tax System of the T'ang China : A Financial Historical Examination
No full textUnder the T’ang Dynasty of China, imperial family members and meritorious ministers were granted shih feng 食封. The shih feng was a system under which the grantee (feng chia 封家) received the taxes (tsu 租, t‘iao 調 and yung 庸) paid by the k‘o ting 課丁 (feng ting 封丁) men of the k‘o hu 課戸 (feng hu 封戸) families living in the designated provinces or counties (feng ti 封地), and its amount was counted by the number of the feng hu. The taxes from the feng ti, or the feng wu 封物, were collected by the employee of the feng chia despatched there (feng shih 封使) in the presence of local officials. Empresses Wu Hou 武后 and Wei Hou 韋后 granted the privilege so indiscriminately that much of the taxes were consumed by individuale feng chia, straining the government finances. Also the feng shih, making use of his feng chia’s influence, would frequently behave highhandedly, sometimes illegally exploiting people, causing a great harm to the public. To check such abuses, Emperor Hsüan-tsung 玄宗 forbade the feng shih to visit the feng ti, and instead made the government collect the taxes for the feng chia. He also raised the reduction rate of the shih feng, which was hereditary, at the time of inheritance, thereby making it possible to reduce more rapidly the number of the feng hu retained by already existing feng chia, and at the same time started granting smaller numbers of feng hu to newly created feng chia. Besides such means intended for a gradual decrease of the total number of feng hu, he succeeded in reducing that of feng ting by limiting the highest number of feng ting in a feng hu to three men. Such reforms changed the nature of the shih feng system until it was in the T’ien-pao 天宝 years only a pensionary allowance, and the sum expended under this item exceeded not more than a few per cent of the whole yearly income of the government, no more a financial burden as it used to be. Thus the shih feng system, which was a carryover from the feudal society of ancient times, was completely changed into a kind of pension under the T’ang Dynasty.journal articl
The Mechanism of Graphene Vapor-Solid Growth on Insulating Substrates
No full textWafer-scale single-crystal graphene film directly grown on insulating substrates via the chemical vapor deposition (CVD) method is desired for building high-performance graphene-based devices. In comparison with the well-studied mechanism of graphene growth on transition metal substrates, the lack of understanding on the mechanism of graphene growth on insulating surfaces greatly hinders the progress. Here, by using first-principles calculation, we systematically explored the absorption of various carbon species CHx (x = 0, 1, 2, 3, 4) on three typical insulating substrates [h-BN, sapphire, and quartz] and reveal that graphene growth on an insulating surface is dominated by the reaction of active carbon species with the hydrogen-passivated graphene edges and thus is less sensitive to the type of the substrate. The dominating gas phase precursor, CH3, plays two key roles in graphene CVD growth on an insulating substrate: (i) to feed the graphene growth and (ii) to remove excessive hydrogen atoms from the edge of graphene. The threshold reaction barriers for the growth of graphene armchair (AC) and zigzag (ZZ) edges were calculated as 3.00 and 1.94 eV, respectively; thus the ZZ edge grows faster than the AC one. Our theory successfully explained why the circumference of a graphene island grown on insulating substrates is generally dominated by AC edges, which is a long-standing puzzle of graphene growth. In addition, the very slow graphene growth rate on an insulating substrate is calculated and agrees well with existing experimental observations. The comprehensive insights on the graphene growth on insulating surfaces at the atomic scale provide guidance on the experimental design for high-quality graphene growth on insulating substrates.11Nsciescopu
Program Notes of Ying-Ting Chen's Vocal Recital
No full textThis report is the program notes of Ying-Ting Chen\ue2s Vocal Recital. The recital is selected from the vocal works of eight composers in Baroque, Classical and Romantic period, in Italian, German and French. The repertoires of the recital include Antonio Lucio Vivaldi\ue2s Ben conosco a poco a poco aria from \ue2Arsilda, Regina di Ponto\ue2 and Io son quel gelsomino aria from \ue2Arsilda, Regina di Ponto\ue2, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart\ue2s S\ue2altro che lagrime aria from \ue2La Clemenza di Tito\ue2, Gaetano Donizetti\ue2s Amiamo, La Gondola and Sull\u27onda cheta bruna, Giacomo Puccini\ue2s E l\ue2uccellino, Storiella d\ue2amore and Terra e mare, Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel\ue2s Schwanenlied and Warum sind denn die rosen so blass?, Hugo Wolf\ue2s In dem schatten meiner locken, Johannes Brahms\ue2s Spanisches lied and Juchhe, and C\uc3\ua9cile Louise St\uc3\ua9phanie Chaminade\ue2s L\uc3\ua9t\uc3\ua9, Mignonne and Si j\u27etais jardiner. For understanding the work content, the program notes explain the characteristics of the composers and poets\ue2 life and the background of the music and translation
A Conversation with Xianghong Feng, Author of Tourism and Prosperity in Miao Land
No full textIn this installment of Lexington Books\u27 Anthropology of Tourism: Heritage, Mobility and Society Author Conversations, series editor Michael A. Di Giovine talks to anthropologist Xianghong Feng, author of the book, Tourism and Prosperity in Miao Land: Power and Inequality in Rural China. With rich ethnographic detail, Feng focuses on the intersection of tourism development, power and inequality in the southern interior of China. Capital-intensive, elite-driven tourism has reshaped the social and cultural patterns of the ethnic Miao. Although tourism is often touted as able to empower women, lower classes, and minorities, Feng shows that often it reinforces the very power structures that it attempts to equalize
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No full textThis is a curious book. The verso of the title-page says simply "Reprinted from the 1953 edition." From all I can learn, that is true, but that original was printed not by the University Press of the Pacific but by the Foreign Languages Press in Beijing. Indeed, it seems as though this book is a photocopy reprint of that original, and so even the page references in my comment on that book still apply here. These fables are often directly admonitory and/or of a highly political slant. Thus the author writes of skylarks "Poets like these are the true friends of the people" (6). The best of the fables, I believe, are "The Snake and the Rabbit" (42) and "The Original Rat" (61), which may also have the best illustration. Among the most overtly political are those on the imperialist weasel munching a duckling (27) and the imperialist snake against the collective bees (29). Other good fables include "The Hunter and His Wife" (12), "The Lion and the Setting Sun" (15), "The Lion and the Lamb" (34), "The Fox and the Rabbits' Farm" (39), "The Cow and Her Rope" (53), "The Curious Crow" (44), and "The Cow and Her Calf" (54). There is a T of C at the front after the highly political "Publisher's Note." 7½" x 9¼".Feng Hsueh-feng, translated by Gladys Yan
Cephennodes gusu Feng & Yin 2023, sp. nov.
No full text<i>Cephennodes</i> (<i>s</i>. <i>str</i>.) <i>gusu</i> sp. nov. <p>(Figs 1, 2)</p> <p> Chinese common name: <b>Mẉẃẅffl</b></p> <p> <b>Type material</b> (3 exx.). <b>HOLOTYPE: CHINA:</b> ♁: ‘China: Jiangsu, Suzhou City, Qionglong Mountain, 31°16′4.47″N, 120°25′52.46″E, 105 m, 19.viii.2023, leaf litter, sifted, Ting Feng & Zi-Wei Yin leg., <b>ḢẉẘẉNJm ƯĦffiDzď</b> ’ (SNUC). <b>PARATYPES: CHINA:</b> 1 ♁, 1 ♀, same collecting data as for holotype (SNUC).</p> <p> <b>Diagnosis.</b> <i>Male</i>. Body length 1.36–1.38 mm. Anterior portion of vertex and frons with median area covered with relatively denser punctures, which are sparser on lateral and posterior regions. Punctures on pronotal disc fine and sparse, those on elytra as sparse but distinctly larger than those on pronotum. Aedeagus of <i>simonis</i> - type, with elongate apical part of median lobe and broad apical projection pointing towards apex of median lobe, apical margin of projection transverse in relation to long axis of aedeagus. <i>Female</i>. Distinctly larger than male, body length 1.53 mm, external morphology almost identical to that of male, may be identified only by association with simultaneously collected males.</p> <p> <b>Description.</b> <i>Male</i>. Body (Fig. 1A, B) relatively slender, with well-marked constriction between pronotum and elytra, strongly convex, length 1.36–1.38 mm; pigmentation reddish-brown, vestiture slightly lighter than cuticle. Head lacking modifications, small, length 0.18–0.19 mm, width 0.33–0.34 mm, broadest at moderately large but strongly convex and coarsely faceted eyes; vertex and frontoclypeal region confluent, convex; supraantennal tubercles small and weakly raised. Punctures on anteromedian region of frons and vertex relatively denser than other regions of head and becoming sparser and evenly distributed on lateral and posterior areas (Fig. 1C); setae relatively long and sparse, suberect. Antennae moderately long, with slender but compact proximal portion and strongly broadened, three-segmented club, length 0.64–0.67 mm; antennomere 1 ca. 1.3× as long as broad, 2 distinctly narrower and slightly shorter than 1, 1.4× as long as broad, 3–6 subequal in width, 5 and 6 slightly longer than 3 and 4, 3–6 each distinctly narrower than 2 and ca. 1–1.2× as long as broad, 7 as broad as 6 but distinctly longer, 1.4× as long as broad, 8 distinctly shorter and much broader than 7, about as long as broad, 9 much broader and longer than 8, slightly broader than long, 10 much larger than 9, slightly broader than long, 11 largest, broader than 10, about as long as 9 and 10 together, subconical.</p> <p>Pronotum in dorsal view semielliptical in shape, broadest at base, length 0.44–0.45 mm, width 0.57–0.58 mm; anterior and lateral margins in anterior half strongly rounded, in posterior half sides finely micro-serrate, barely noticeably rounded and very weakly converging toward nearly right and acute posterior angles; posterior margin deeply bi-emarginate; lateral carinae narrowly but distinctly separated from lateral margins, extending along posterior 2/3 of pronotum; antebasal pits moderately large and distinct, each located much closer to posterior than to lateral margin of pronotum. Punctures on pronotal disc fine and sparse, evenly distributed; setae long and moderately dense, suberect to erect. Elytra lacking modifications, oval and moderately long, broadest near anterior third, length 0.72–0.75 mm, width 0.61–0.63 mm, length/width 1.18–1.20. Subhumeral lines carinate, short (ca. 0.3× as long as elytra) and only slightly diverging toward lateral margins of elytra; humeral denticles small but distinct; apices of elytra separately rounded. Punctures on elytra evenly distributed, as dense as those on pronotum but slightly larger, with slightly elevated margins, so that cuticle appears more or less coarse; setae slightly longer than those on pronotum, dense and strongly erect. Metathoracic wings fully developed.</p> <p>Legs moderately slender and long, lacking peculiar characters.</p> <p> Metaventrite (Fig. 1B) without post-mesocoxal impressions, punctures moderately large and very distinct. Aedeagus (Fig. 1D, E) small, 0.17 mm in length, <i>simonis</i> - type, with strongly projected and roundly truncate apex of median lobe; apical projection broad, with apex directed towards apex of median lobe; parameres very slender, each with three setae in apical half.</p> <p> <i>Female</i>. General external morphology similar to male, including elytral vestiture; body distinctly larger, length 1.53 mm; length of head 0.20 mm, width 0.37 mm, length of antenna 0.67 mm; length of pronotum 0.50 mm, width 0.66 mm; length of elytra 0.83 mm, width 0.70 mm, elytra length/width 1.20.</p> <p> <b>Comparative notes.</b> This species is most similar to <i>C</i>. <i>astoni</i> from Hong Kong in the general habitus and proportions of body parts. They differ mainly in body length (1.36–1.38 mm in <i>C. gusu</i> vs. 1.15–1.24 mm in <i>C</i>. <i>astoni</i>), punctures on the posterior and lateral regions of the head (uniform and sparsely distributed in <i>C. gusu</i> vs. without punctures in <i>C</i>. <i>astoni</i>), punctures on the median region of the pronotum and metaventrite (more distinct in <i>C. gusu</i>), punctures on the elytra (evenly distributed in <i>C. gusu</i> vs. denser and coarser in the anterior half of elytra in <i>C</i>. <i>astoni</i>), and the shape of the apical projection of the aedeagus (almost straight apical margin in <i>C. gusu</i> vs. slightly and broadly emarginate in <i>C</i>. <i>astoni</i>). The four known species of the <i>C</i>. <i>lustricollis</i> group can be distinguished by using the identification key given below.</p> <p> <b>Distribution.</b> East China: Jiangsu (Fig. 2A).</p> <p> <b>Biology.</b> All individuals were collected by sifting moist leaf litter layer in a mixed forest (Fig. 2B, C).</p> <p> <b>Etymology.</b> Noun in apposition. Gusu (<b>Mẉ</b>) is one of the historical names of Suzhou city.</p>Published as part of <i>Feng, Ting & Yin, Zi-Wei, 2023, A new Cephennodes Reitter (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae) of C. lustricollis group from East China, pp. 331-336 in Zootaxa 5346 (3)</i> on pages 332-335, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5346.3.7, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/8390275">http://zenodo.org/record/8390275</a>
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