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Poetic Art And Virtue: Plato On Ancient Greek Poets, Zhimeng Lin

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

Whereas the Greek poet Tyrtaeus especially values the virtue of courage in external war, Theogonis emphasizes virtues in civil war. There is an interaction between poets and legislators. But Plato thinks that when constructing political systems, the primary purpose of legislators should not be victory in war and the corresponding virtue to it. Both poets and legislators frequently refer to pleasure and pain, two basic characters of human beings. So both poetry-making and legislation should not merely aim at training people to restrain their pains or trying to please the most, but more important at cultivating people to conquer pleasures …

State-Oriented Essays And "Author" Consciousness: Discourse Construction Of The Original Literary Criticism Of "A Discourse On Literature", Yuelin Zhang, Yang Yang

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

"Literary self-consciousness" and "literary unconsciousness" were not issues that Cao Pi had realized, yet when contemporary people offer their critique of Cao Pi's literary views from these perspectives, there emerge such problems as "fitting Chinese cases into Western discourse", "interpreting ancient literature with contemporary ideas" and "fragmentation". In terms of literary discourse construction in the time of Jian'an, Cao Pi's "A Discourse on Literature" was the discourse construction of original literary criticism from the perspective of "state-oriented essays" and the discussion axis of "author consciousness", which was a total literary project based on national consciousness. Its concepts of "literary spirit", …

Su Shi's Temple-Visiting Poems And The Progression Of His Chan Enlightenment: With An Additional Discussion Of Three Types Of Northern Song Literati's Temple-Visiting Poetry, Shunchen Li, Chang Gao

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

Su Shi travelled extensively in China, with his particular interest in visiting temples. During his exiled and relegated periods, he composed a number of temple-visiting poems in places such as Fengxiang, Hangzhou, Huangzhou, and Lingnan. These poems manifest themselves in different literary tastes and aesthetic characteristics. They not only represent Su Shi's progress of Chan enlightenment but also embody the three paradigms of Northern Song literati's temple-visiting poetry, namely, realistic delineation of scenery, elaboration of truth and description of heart, and seeing the nature of mind.

The Deep Path In Foucault's Critique Of Reason And Its Enlightenments For Post-Theory, Yang Liu

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

In Foucault's early research on madness history which contains four stages, the path of reason repressing non-reason gradually transformed the connotation of non-reason from being "arational" to "irrational" in a subtle manner. The former is not being rational, but is compatible with complete reason. The latter is not being rational either and resists reason in the narrow sense, namely rationality. This path was strengthened in his later study which focused on Kant's idea of enlightenment and thus led to the thought of eventalization. Theory has pushed this process forward. This thesis presents an extended explanation of this important issue, and …

The Evolution Of Narration And Lyricism And Changes In Five-Character Poetry, Han Li

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

Because of the birth of five-character poetry at the end of the Han dynasty, the folk yuefu narrative poetry led the trend and produced many excellent story poems. When literati five-character poetry rose, lyricism gradually overwhelmed narration. With their cultural training and knowledge cultivation, literati brought poetry and prose as well as embellishments into lyricism; as a consequence, rhetoric gradually emerged as a central element of poetry. As the emotional strength of lyric poetry decreased, literary grace became prominent. In the Jin dynasties and the Southern dynasties, both the narrative and emotional aspects of poetry further weakened, whereas a flowery …

The Extension Of Value In Literary Classics: A Case Study Of Mark Twain's "Running For Governor", Lili Liu

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

Based on the priority of "internal value" in the genesis of a text's value, this article studies the extension of value in literary classics and its pattern. As can be seen in the Chinese translation of Mark Twain's "Running for Governor" and its diachronic generation of meaning, a regular pattern of meaning generation in literary classics can be found via dialectic discussion: literary classics always release their "internal value" in accordance with the authors' ideal appeal and "initial readers'" pursuits, which lays the foundation for subsequent extension of meaning. Furthermore, this article has found, during the extension of value in …

The Material Return Of Cultural Studies: Culture And Society From The Perspective Of Tony Bennett's Governmentality, Xiaoxia Xu

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

Tony Bennett has established systematic theories and methodologies on the New Materialism from the perspective of governmentality, which, however, is often neglected by scholars. Based on intensive reading of relevant textual contents and conceptual interpretation, the article deeply and comprehensively investigates Bennett's New Materialism with dialectical analysis and reflection. It argues that Bennett has boldly assimilated the Actor-network Theory by the French post-structuralist sociologist Latour and others when recontextualizing, from the governmentality perspective, society, culture and their relationships. In this process, Bennett developed the idea of Assembling Culture to underscore the dynamic material generating process of culture and the social, …

The Naissance Of Dystopia, Rourou Zhao

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

Dystopia is one of the most critical narratives of the popular culture. To some extent, it is beyond interpretation because of its definition: it is well known that dystopia refers to a bad place while utopia means a good place; that is, dystopia is a negative utopia. But if we look into the works that are called dystopias, it is obvious that they do not simply disavow what utopias insist. They also deal with various theses like feminism, post-humanism, modernity, etc. This paper focuses on the emergence of dystopia from the beginning and tries to analyze its discursive formation.

Three Dimensions Of Ecological Aesthetics: Félix Guattari's Thought Of "The Three Ecologies", Huiqing Zhang

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

Based on the real context of human-nature relation in the epoch of the Anthropocene and the thought of ecosophy in the ethico-aesthetic paradigm, Félix Guattari's thought of "The Three Ecologies" leads to the theoretical transformation of ecological aesthetics from environmental ecological dimension in a narrow sense to a generalized ecological model composed of environmental, social and mental ecological dimensions. Based on environmental ecosophy, the environmental ecological dimension follows the machinic aesthetic paradigm and serves the purpose of presenting the natural process and ecological justice for all species. Based on social ecosophy, the social ecological dimension follows the group Eros principle …

Why To Be Popular, How To Be Classic: An Analysis Of The Evaluation Function Of Media For Modern Chinese Popular Literature From The Perspective Of Market Operation, Juan Shi

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

Modern Chinese popular literature was influenced by the market, which thus differed from the New-vernacular literature in its standard of evaluation. By studying its production and consumption mechanism, it was evident that marketing operation connected all aspects for modern popular literature to become canonized. To study all issues of popular literature's evaluation from this perspective, we could return to the original historical context and systematically organize and understand all kinds of related issues (such as problems, ideas and incidents, etc.) of popular literature, which could be seen as a new methodology. A reflection of the role media played in the …

Ua35/11/1 Chinese Flagship & Confucius Institute, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Records created by and about the Chinese Flagship program and Confucius Institute.

A Global Hybridity: Snakehead Influence On Identity And Migration, Teeana Cotangco

CMC Senior Theses

Through introduction of Fujian Province as home to the largest migrant population in the world, this article aims to address the negotiation of intersections between local and global forces that form new spaces throughout the diaspora. The "third space," a term coined by Homi Bhabha, addresses the fluid identity of Chinese-Filipino individuals that both acknowledges the traditional notions of "Chinese" while being influenced by a history of colonization in the Spanish Philippines. I incorporate my own personal experience as an American-born Chinese-Filipino navigating new spaces, and also the experience of my family members through interviews.

從迷惘感到幻滅感 : 楊德昌的《牯嶺街少年殺人事件》及《一一》, Tat Him Tang

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在台灣新電影的發展中，楊德昌對於都市生活的刻劃有別於同期如侯孝賢等導演的鄉土懷舊抒情，他對於都市中潛伏的危機，或人與人關係的不穩定都有其與眾不同的處理手法。本文討論楊德昌的兩部電影，《牯嶺街少年殺人事件》（1991）是他作品中少見的以台灣本土歷史作題材的電影，但仍不失其對社會精準而細膩的批判。《一一》（2000）為楊德昌的遺作，透過台灣一個中產家庭的故事探討現代都市人的生存狀態，挖掘生命的意義。本文旨在探討《牯嶺街少年殺人事件》中的迷惘感、《一一》這部後期作品中所傳達的幻滅感，以及導演如何呈現兩代人所面對的不同的困境，以及存在的狀態。 本論文分為五個部分：第一章為緒論，指出楊德昌電影的主題和特色，及其在台灣新電影中的地位，並簡介兩部電影所處的歷史氛圍。第二章分析《牯嶺街少年殺人事件》中，台灣人的迷惘感。第三章討論《一一》中的幻滅感。第四章借用存在主義理論分析兩部電影所傳達的迷惘感及幻滅感。最後第五章為結論，總結這兩部電影對台灣社會歷史及人文價值的貢獻。

論中國戲曲背景與同性戀建構之關係 : 以《霸王別姬》為例, Tsz Nok Lam

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「帝王將相，才人佳子的故事，諸位聽得不少。那些情情義義，恩恩愛愛，卿卿我我，都瑰麗莫名。根本不是人間顏色。人間，只是抹去了脂粉的臉。」人生如戲，兩者之間從來沒有清晰的分界。

中國古代早有餘桃斷袖的典故，同志文學在幾千年來文學史上不無地位。若《品花寶鑑》是古代同性戀小說的其一代表，李碧華的《霸王別姬》就是近代文學史上的代表作。

學界對《霸王別姬》的研究無數，學者主要分析小說內容的象徵性、小說和中國歷史相關的背後隱喻、與陳凱歌的改編電影作對讀比較。此外，研究課題還包括為程蝶衣這個角色作不同的心理解讀，乃至研究程蝶衣是先天抑或是後天的同性戀者。但在研究成果中，卻鮮見結合心理、社會和舞台理論分析李碧華在小說中的同性戀建構。

本文第一部分以文本細讀的分析手段，附以心理學、性別和社會理論分析影響程蝶衣同性戀傾向的外在因素。第二部分將從中西方戲劇理論剖析舞台界線模糊與程蝶衣強化同性愛戀之關係，第三部份詳細探討其自身因素多大程度上促成小說可悲和遺憾的結局。

逝城, Chun Sze Woo

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〈逝城〉中的人物，以「你」泛稱著正在閱讀此文的你，在即將踏入二零四七之際作為背景，長期瑟縮在家而不願面對你城萬千更替的「你」，接到了房東來信，給予了「你」搬家的命題，繼而展開搬家的工作：寫「你」找房子、更改戶籍，到最後搬屋後的狀況；同一時間，〈逝城〉又串插著「你」在家中所找到的《逝城》一書—— 一部企圖抨擊時政而最終不獲取錄的劇本，講述一個美滿家庭因社會建設的騙局而走向破碎的劇目，兩個故事雙線並行，各自暗暗地交代著香港這數十年的足跡與歲月。

就正如〈逝城〉一文中所言，「已逝之城還是將逝之城，這留待讀者的考量」。這篇文章的解讀，不同人或會有不同的意義，上一代人閱讀，也許會有一份熟悉與懷念感油然而生，因內文描寫著香港昔日的回憶，不論是「歡樂今宵」的晚安曲，或是那個「電視撈飯」的年代。但對於這一代的人而言，便是有著更深一層的想法，時代賦予了我們更多的命題：到底香港的前路如何、本土的價值、香港人的身分追尋與焦慮、甚至看完後是對「香港」一詞不禁有種悼念的感受，種種的種種均沒有一個實際的解答，然後換來的只有一份空虛與無力。希望透過〈逝城〉這篇作品，可以牽動你內心深處的某個角落，讓你能重新反思與正視香港這個城市，這片你生活已久的土地的存在。

From Micro To Marco: Jade Snuff Bottles In Qianlong Era, Jinpeng Wang

MA Theses

Emperor Qianlong, whose original name is Aisin Gioro Hongli, was the sixth emperor of the Qing Dynasty. Qianlong was one of the most famous emperors in Chinese history. As the word “Qianlong” means in Manchu, he was truly blessed by the god: the Qing Empire was already very strong when Qianlong came into power; meanwhile, Qianlong had a relatively stable outside environment. It allows Qianlong to be able to focus on pushing his own governing policy. Qianlong’s policy of agricultural development and tax reduction was very effective, under sixty years of reign, the empire has expanded its territory, and the …

Private Art Museum Backed By Hong Kong Invetment - Wan Fung Art Musem As An Example, Yiye Chen

MA Theses

The rapid development of private art museums in the world can be regarded as the epitome of global economic development. The Chinese government has given unprecedented support to the development of culture and art. As the world's second largest economy, China's middle class has been increasing year by year. The hot art market has attracted European and American auction giants, and famous galleries have entered the Chinese market. Since the birth of the first private art museum in China at the end of the 20th century, Chinese scholars have been constantly exploring the direction of development. From copying the European …

Story Of Twin Cities, Who Will Be The Next Storm Center Of Art Fairs?, Rui Bian

MA Theses

Since 2000, with the rapid development of China's economy, the evolution of contemporary art fairs in China has been accelerated. This paper takes two representative cities, Beijing and Shanghai, as examples. In the past one decade, Shanghai and Beijing have respectively led the trend of contemporary art market due to various internal and external factors. This paper uses PEST model to analyze, trying to find out who will be the next center of contemporary art in the next ten years.

The first part of this paper mainly starts from the differentiations in policies and regional distributions of Chinese contemporary art …

Asia Pacific Perspectives Vol. 16 No. 1, Fall/Winter 2018-2019, University Of San Francisco

Asia Pacific Perspectives

Contents:

Editor's Introduction by Melissa S. Dale

Within this issue, we share three examples of the latest research on cultures of dress, clothing, fashion and the formation of identity in the Asia Pacific region. These articles reveal the innovative work that scholars are currently pursuing in this area of research, ranging from the history of the tattooing in Japan, to fashion exchange between China and Mozambique, to the phenomena known as cosplay.

Fashioning Tattooed Bodies: An Exploration of Japan's Tattoo Stigma by John M. Skutlin

This article uses a cultural anthropological approach to examine tattooing stigma in contemporary Japan, particularly …

The Prc And Its Anti-Drug War: The Opium Suppression Campaign Of The Early 1950'S, Queen Marcela Pierre

Honors Theses

For centuries, China sought to suppress opium consumption within its borders. Following the Chinese Communist Party’s rise to power, the 1950’s drug suppression campaign initiated new attempts to bring about the end of opium’s presence within Chinese society. What led to this campaign’s success is its utilization of different strategies within each region of focus. The combination of strategies used allowed the CCP to eradicate all forms of the opium market in both urban and rural areas where the campaign was active. This thesis examines the methods used during the campaign and how these methods resulted in the campaign’s success.

Review: Literate Community In Early Imperial China: The Northwestern Frontier In Han Times, By Charles Sanft, Sujane Wu

East Asian Languages & Cultures: Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Chinese Cubans: Transnational Origins And Revolutionary Integration, Kevin J. Morris

The Corinthian

The Chinese legacy in Cuba exists in a dual state, at once both a fundamental aspect of the Cuban people and the Cuban nationality while also an oft-overlooked strand in the fabric of Cuban society and culture. While today the official number of Chinese-born Cubans in Cuba is low, the number of Chinese-descendants in Cuba may well number in the hundreds of thousands. This duality merits exploration, as it sheds light on the unique experiences of Chinese Cubans and Chinese-descendants through several eras of Cuban history. Most interestingly, the role and presence of Chinese Cubans in the Cuban Revolution provides …

The Implications Of Science And Technology For Chinese Women: A Cultural Study Of The Chinese Era Of Reforms, Wenjing Liu

Dissertations, Master's Theses and Master's Reports

Abstract

This dissertation addresses the gendered implications of science and technology in the era of reforms. It argues that in this era, which began in 1978 and continues today, science and technology are highly romanticized as nearly omnipotent. This results in its being embedded not only into ordinary Chinese people’s lives, hoping to bring them positive changes, but also into the Chinese government’s political practices, hoping to achieve its political purposes through science and technology. It also points out that in the era of reforms, Chinese women’s lived experiences are full of tensions, struggles, and conflicts, as evidenced by the …

英語詞與香港粵語詞的語法融合現象, Chi Lam Cheung

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自上世紀末起，不少學者已展開針對漢語與外文字詞混雜使用的研究，並稱此類進入漢語語法體制的詞彙為「字母詞」；當《現代漢語詞典》正式把「西文字母開頭的詞語」收錄入冊後，此課題得到更多人關注。對於「字母詞」的界定，雖然至今仍未有絕對一統的定義，但基本共識都是要求該詞彙擁有一些特殊的表徵，例如緊縮、與固定漢字組合、難以對譯等，而不會把日常語碼混合 (code mixing) 中借用到的英語詞都歸為同一類。然而，港式粵語中卻有一些特別的英語詞彙，它們保留著原來英語的發音和書寫方式，卻不再遵從原先的語法功能和意義，僅僅被香港的粵語使用者所能理解及廣泛普遍地應用。

本文挑選了「friend」、「OK」、「short」這三個經常被本地人使用的英語詞作分析。研究它們在粵語句子中充當的功能並且探討它們與其粵語對應詞的關係，在語法層面上歸納一套能夠解釋這類英語詞借入粵語的規律和機制。

雙關與歧義 : 以近期香港電影宣傳為例, Ambrose Yiu Lam Leung

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諧音因應漢語自身具備的語音特色而生，常被香港電影業界用作構成電影片名或相關宣傳語句，見例如：《緣來無限期》(Home again ，臺譯《愛情齡距離》2018)，宣傳語為「1月18日愛情回閨」。上例的港版片名以至宣傳導語均見諧音手法。縱觀電影業界，諧音在港版電影宣傳尤為常見，比起其他地區，如中國大陸、臺灣地區等，港版電影不論本地出品抑或外語翻譯作品同樣會同上諧音手法命名。在電影宣傳上巧妙運用諧音既能讓暸解該個語言體系的觀眾留下深刻印象，又能委婉地透露該片內容大要，藉此吸引觀眾購票入場。在現代漢語修辭當中，獨特的語音特色發展出不同修辭手法，雙關借音，便屬其一。然而，歧義主要因音而見，顯得兩者組成條件互有相似。雖歧義目前被廣泛視為語病，但歷來亦有學者將歧義歸入修辭。換句話說，關於歧義的修辭性質各家各說。有見學者眾說紛紜，本文遂以港版電影宣傳為研究對象，透過電影的諧音宣傳，展示電影當中所體現的雙關和歧義，由此分析兩者是否有異。文末整合各派意見之後，將提出己見。

淺析粵語虛詞「同」與「同埋」的分別, Shan Lam

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虛詞和實詞為漢語中兩個大類。相比實詞，漢語中的虛詞數目比實詞要少，且無法充當主要 的句法成分，但由於其語法功能之多，虛詞依然佔漢語中一個十分重要的位置。在意義上，虛詞可表達出抽象、非形態的語法意義，大部分實詞之間的關係、語氣等都需依靠虛詞表達。要理解漢語，就需要先理解漢語中的虛詞。

粵語為漢語系統其中一分支，有其獨特的語言方式及習慣，虛詞的使用方法與其他分支的亦不盡相同。「同」、「同埋」為粵語中常用的虛詞， 一般而言，語法書、語言工具書都將其解釋為與「同」相當的虛詞。但實際習慣上，其實有不少情況只能用其中之一，兩者並非完全相同。對這兩個虛詞的選擇，有可能會影響句子的意義，或違反粵語的語 法習慣。因此，本文將以日常例子找出現時研究中缺漏的，有關兩者的用法及意義，並分析兩者的分別。

另外，「埋」為粵語中另一常用虛詞，與「同埋」的關係亦值得討論。因此，在分析「同」與「同埋」的分別之後，本文亦會根據這些分別，討論「同埋」與「同」、「埋」的關係。

釋「脣」與「唇」字 : 兼論其成為異體字之源流, Kwun Wai Law

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一般人把表達「嘴脣」義的「脣」字當作「唇」的異體字，例如《漢語大詞典》便將「脣」列為「唇」的異體字，兩字都讀作chún，而一般場合也用「唇」多於「脣」。而古代的一些文獻，「嘴脣」之義也有寫作「脣」或「唇」的，兩字在字義、字音兩方面似乎構成異體字的關係，在任何場合都可作互換。

然而，翻查東漢許慎所著的《說文解字》，「脣」字解釋為「口耑也，从肉辰聲。䫃，古文脣从頁。」本義為「嘴脣」之義。而「唇」字解釋為「驚也，从口辰聲。」本義為「震驚」之義，兩字字義本不相同，不作混同。至於在字音方面，「脣」字在《廣韻》標作「食倫切」，為合口三等的全濁字，「唇」的反切則為「側鄰切」，為開口三等的全清字，兩字讀音絕不相同。可見，從兩字的字義及字音看，「脣」與「唇」在上古及中古時期都不構成異體字的關係。

雖然不少學者如(清)徐灝、章太炎都留意到兩字的不同，然而他們皆沒有對二字成為異體字的源流進行深入研究，二字在什麼時候、什麼原因混同成一起仍有不少探討的空間。因此，本文旨在解釋「脣」與「唇」字，並兼論兩字成為異體字的源流及其原因。

論《剪燈新話》中人鬼婚戀對女性文學形象的重建 : 〈以金鳳釵記〉、〈牡丹燈記〉和〈綠衣人傳〉為例, Tsz Ho Ng

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《剪燈新話》成於明洪武十一年，隨即因其獨特的思想題材而受到當時文人歡迎。作者瞿佑在序中提及《剪燈新話》旨於「勸善懲惡」，所記之事都是「遠不出百年，近止在數載」，能一定程度上反映元明時期的社會現實。凌雲翰亦以「造意之奇，措詞之妙，粲然自成一家」評之，可見其具有相當的文學價值。再者，《剪燈新話》興起後不斷出現如《剪燈餘話》、《覓燈因話》等仿效之作，甚至流傳到海外促使諸如越南之《傳奇漫錄》、日本之《奇異雜記談》、朝鮮之《金鰲新話》等作品，不但為明清小說發展甚至漢文化區文學帶來深遠影響。

雖然《剪燈新話》中的愛情題材作品共有九篇，然而涉及人鬼婚戀卻只有金鳳釵記、牡丹燈記與綠衣人傳三篇。本文將先論證中國傳統文學對女性形象的建構，再就上述三篇分別論證《剪燈新話》對女性形象的重建。首先借西方社會學家福柯Michel Foucault對權力和知識(Power/Knowledge)的理論分析金鳳釵記的兩性地位。然後，借西方電影批評家勞拉·穆爾維(Laura Mulvey)的男性凝視(male gaze)分析的男性凝視。最後借明清時期「唯情」一派學說分析綠衣人傳的「情至」觀念。

以〈賴索〉及《躁鬱的國家》為觀察文本，看黃凡如何表現政治與文學的互動性, Chun Ho Andrew Lau

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本論文要處理的中心問題為：黃凡如何運用不同文學手法，表現不同時期台灣所處的政治環境及問題。

首先為緒論，將略說明政治小說的崛起與發展（形成條件、作品概況），解嚴前的台灣文學如何受到政府的控制；然後略述黃凡於七十年代末期的冒起如何引起台灣文學界的轟動，並會配合當時政治、社會背景再作解說。

然後，會著重討論政治文學的特徵，並就〈賴索〉及《躁鬱的國家》兩部小說的時代背景作解釋，〈賴索〉寫於1979年，而《躁鬱的國家》則發表於2003年，相隔二十多年，解嚴前後，台灣環境的轉變所帶來的問題亦是作者創作的動機。

接著，會就文本作深入的分析，包括人物、情節如何與當時的政治環境掛鉤、使用什麼手法表現，從而令黃凡的作品有獨特性。本章更會將兩個文本作對讀，從而深入探究它們的相似性，以及一些根本問題。

最後，將會討論政治與文學如何互相影響，政治之操弄、社會之亂象在文學中有沒有解決的出路，並評論黃凡在政治文學寫作上的局限。

文末會為全文作總結。

淺析先老學︰容成思想及其流變, Kwun Cheong Lau

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本文受饒宗頤先生於1998年文章《（傳老子師）容成遺說鉤沉——先老學初探》啟發，故欲探究容成遺說對於老子以至往後學說有何影響。先老學一詞乃指對於道家思想起源－老子有所的影響的思想。一些上世紀出土的文獻，如《十問》、雲夢秦簡、九店楚簡等均有文獻能夠引證老子思想或有受容成氏（或容成子）思想所影響。容成一詞能散見於不同古代文獻中，而能夠反映出容成思想的成份與背景。而且在往後的不同學派的思想中，亦能見容成最為見稱的「治氣養精」之說。可見其影響實在不能忽視。為了顯示容成的核心思想，以及其往後的影響，本文將分成三部分。首先嘗試從不同文獻中整理出容成之身份以及其背後象徵的思想，然而詳細探討容成與老莊之間的近似，及其治氣養精之說，最後將從往後涉及其精氣論以及養生思想的學說加以梳理出當中的思想發展。