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Such distribution pattern, of course, was restricted by the distribution pattern of the fishery and salt resources on Chinese coast, but the more important reason was that the exploitation and utilization of fishery and salt resources must be linked to the national transportation network. The economy of coastal region based on exploiting and using the fishery and salt resources was not self-sufficient and suffered from structural shortage, so it must obtain food and other daily necessities from the external environment by means of trade and others. The lack of self-sufficiency contributed to the important feature of the economic openness in the coastal region. At the same time, the production of fishery and salt resources required a strong technical condition, particular productive tools and cooperation with different industries, and consequently the inter-dependency of different peoples in the coastal region was reinforced. Therefore, the economy in the coastal region was characterized by the communication in the coastal region, the communication between the coastal region and the external environment and the necessity of trade. Related Articles | Metrics Select The Writing of Chaste Females, Female Virtues Discipline and Local Order: A Case Study of Yueqing County Annals in the Ming and Qing Dynasties LI Shi-Zhong Journal of East China Normal University (Philosoph    2016, 48 (4): 81-91.   DOI: １０．１６３８２／ ｊ．ｃｎｋｉ．１０００-５５７９．２０１６．０４．００９ Abstract （105）   HTML （5）    PDF （2759KB）（991）       Knowledge map    Examining the differences in content and narrative strategies in various versions of the Biographies of Chaste Females in Yueqing County Annals in the Ming and Qing Dynasties as the core material, this paper attempts to analyze the transformation of the connotations of female virtues and the gentry’s intentions about female virtues discipline in different times. There are three conclusions. Firstly, since the middle Qing Dynasty, there had been a trend of diversification in the connotation construction of female virtues: besides the “loyalty and chaste”, which was the only orientation in the Ming Dynasty, “virtuous mothers” such as OUYANG Xiu’s mother with “Di training” were included in the middle Qing Dynasty, and “talented women” in the late Qing Dynasty. Thus, it is necessary to rethink the dominant understanding in the academic circle that the connotation of female virtues tended to be “narrowed down” towards the single orientation of the “loyalty and chaste” after the Ming Dynasty. Secondly, two phenomena in the construction of female virtues since the middle Ming Dynasty, that is, advocating virtuous mothers and criticizing the women who were addicted to Buddhist and Taoist beliefs and adopted children from a different clan, have to be understood in the context of social environment. Thirdly, female virtues discipline did have its practical concern since the writing of chaste females played an important role in maintaining social, political and cultural order in local society. Since the New Culture Movement, we have been used to attacking the concept of chastity merely at ethical level and consequently failed to explore its material foundation and explain why the ancient people in general advocated female virtues. Related Articles | Metrics Select The Establishment of Binxing Funds and the Power Expansion of the Lower Gentry in the Middle and Late Qing Dynasty: A Case Study of Wenzhou CHEN Ming-Hua Journal of East China Normal University (Philosoph    2016, 48 (4): 92-100.   DOI: １０．１６３８２／ ｊ．ｃｎｋｉ．１０００-５５７９．２０１６．０４．０１０ Abstract （116）   HTML （5）    PDF （2309KB）（773）       Knowledge map    The Binxing ( with the literal meaning of talent selection) Funds, which imbursed the trips to the imperial examination at the provincial level were largely established in the form of civil financing in Wenzhou during the reign of Emperor Jiaqing in the Qing Dynasty. A system of Binxing Funds had come into being at the level of town and county before the imperial examination was abolished in the late Qing Dynasty. Some lower gentry got a chance to take part in local public affairs by collecting donations of Binxing Funds and engaging in their daily management. They also won the real control of the funds. Educational public property represented by Binxing Funds served as governable resources for the gentry in handling local affairs and provided a material base for them to get power, which was well demonstrated in resisting the attack of Jinqian Association during Taiping Movement. After Taiping Movement, with the expansion of Binxing Funds to towns, more lower gentry took part in donation collecting and management, which brought convenience to their active participation in local social administrations afterwards. Related Articles | Metrics