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“The Debate of the Boundary”: Revisiting the “Identity” of Intellectual History Research Hong-tu LI 2023, 55 (3):  1-11.  doi: 10.16382/j.cnki.1000-5579.2023.03.001 Abstract ( 162 )   HTML ( 189 )   PDF (704KB) ( 173 )   Save How to achieve the organic integration of “thoughtfulness” and “historicalness” has always been a focus in the research of intellectual history. This issue is also related to whether the identity of intellectual history is legitimate. Through theoretical study of the legitimacy crisis of the identity of intellectual history research, and with the help of some examples of intellectual history research, this paper analyzes the texts of thinkers in detail. In such a way, it would be possible to achieve a fusion of “thoughtfulness” and “historicalness” in future intellectual history research, create a distinct research paradigm, resolve the “identity crisis” of current intellectual history research, and finally establish the legitimacy of the “identity” of intellectual history. References | Related Articles | Metrics

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On the Implication of Historical Materialism in the Concept of “Upholding Fundamental Principles and Breaking New Ground” Yong-jie CHEN, Ze-guang YANG 2023, 55 (3):  12-21.  doi: 10.16382/j.cnki.1000-5579.2023.03.002 Abstract ( 287 )   HTML ( 189 )   PDF (703KB) ( 160 )   Save In the report of the 20th National Congress of the CPC, XI Jin-ping repeatedly stresses that “we must uphold fundamental principles and break new ground”. “Upholding fundamental principles and breaking new ground” reflects the distinct meaning of historical materialism. As far as the philosophical premise is concerned, “upholding fundamental principles and breaking new ground” rejects external reflection and requires in-depth social and historical reality, showing the persistence of the materialization principle and innovative characteristics of historical materialism. As far as its development direction is concerned, “upholding fundamental principles and breaking new ground” follows historical materialism and guides new practice with new theories, and promotes the Chinese path to modernization in the social-historical orientation. As far as the value orientation is concerned, “upholding fundamental principles and breaking new ground” has always adhered to the clear position of people first, brought into play of the people to realize the free and comprehensive development of human beings, and actively created a new form of human civilization while committed to the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. References | Related Articles | Metrics

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An Analysis of the Institutional Logic of the “Pudong Sample”：From the Perspective of Chinese Modernization Wen-ze CAO, Jing WANG 2023, 55 (3):  22-30.  doi: 10.16382/j.cnki.1000-5579.2023.03.003 Abstract ( 105 )   HTML ( 176 )   PDF (718KB) ( 58 )   Save The “Pudong sample” of building a socialist modern country in an all-round way is an exploration and example of Chinese modernization in the institutional framework, thus following the institutional logic. Institutional governance, as the fundamental support for the operation of modern countries, has become the fundamental source of institutional logic. Institutional construction and execution constitute the two aspects of institutional governance as a whole. The connotation and characteristics of the “Pudong sample”, including problem orientation, pilot testing, and rule of law construction, point to the essence of institutional governance. The institutional construction of the “Pudong sample” emphasizes that we should give full play to the institutional advantages, take the organizational advantages of the overall leadership of the CPC as the institutional authority, take the operational advantages of socialism with Chinese characteristics as the institutional direction, and take the value advantage of people centered as the institutional goal. The institutional execution of the “Pudong sample” needs to optimize institutional integration for structural reform, focus on promoting sample demonstrations for international institutional convergence, and improve institutional innovation capabilities in core areas. References | Related Articles | Metrics

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From Smith to Pinker：Sympathy and Morality Li-ke GAO 2023, 55 (3):  31-37.  doi: 10.16382/j.cnki.1000-5579.2023.03.004 Abstract ( 101 )   HTML ( 19 )   PDF (606KB) ( 71 )   Save Adam Smith takes “sympathy” as the human nature basis of morality. His moral philosophy has had a deep influence on Steven Pinker’s ethical thought. Pinker views the decline of violence as the sign of the progress of human history. Pinker’s ethical thoughts are in the tradition of Smith’s moral theory, such as the dualism concept of human nature about the conflicts between the better angels and the inner demons, the low-key ethics about cherishing life and reducing pain, and the altruistic “empathy” theory of interactive subjects formed by the transposition imagination. Pinker proves and enriches Smith’s theory of “sympathy” with the achievements of contemporary psychology, brain science and neuroscience. References | Related Articles | Metrics

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How Modern Individuals Can Be Mutually Sympathetic：Hume and Rousseau on Sympathy Pei-tao JIA 2023, 55 (3):  38-47.  doi: 10.16382/j.cnki.1000-5579.2023.03.005 Abstract ( 165 )   HTML ( 18 )   PDF (812KB) ( 202 )   Save In the discussion about how the self and others can coexist harmoniously, Hume and Rousseau provide two internally consistent and synergistic conceptions of sympathy. As typical modern theorists, their focus on sympathy and their common emphasis on moral sentiments reflect modern ethical life’s introspective exploration of humanity and morality and affirmation of everyday life. Starting from this common problem awareness, these two secular and equalized sympathy views emphasize the modern human’s ability to exert the power of moral emotions based on the natural construct of the mind, maintain the natural virtues of sympathy, and adhere to a universalism-inspired sympathetic attitude beyond positions and interests, focusing on the care of humankind. Furthermore, in terms of specific sympathy mechanism, Hume’s sympathy embodies “fellow-feeling” for all the feelings of pleasure and pain, praise and blame, while Rousseau’s sympathy embodies “putting oneself in the other’s shoes” in the face of others’ pain; the former underlines a dispassionate and compassionate observation of sorrow, while the latter emphasizes a passionate self-concerned action, which jointly leads to the issue of justice. Contemporary interpreters need to distinguish between the transformative implications of these two sympathy views and explore how to use sympathy to improve society. References | Related Articles | Metrics

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Translating in Translation：On the Relationship between the Interpreters and Their Local Writers in the Late Qing Dynasty Huai-qing DUAN 2023, 55 (3):  48-60.  doi: 10.16382/j.cnki.1000-5579.2023.03.006 Abstract ( 102 )   HTML ( 15 )   PDF (782KB) ( 239 )   Save As the most important translation method in the Eastward transmission of Western sciences and the translation history in the late Qing Dynasty, the interpreting and writing translation model was initially mainly carried out through bilateral cooperation between foreign interpreters and local writers or assistants. This approach, on the one hand, historically reflects the specific form in the translation practice of the late Qing Dynasty, and on the other hand, it also reflects the daily practice of cross-cultural communication between China and the West at that time. In this translation mode or practice, the relationship between foreign interpreters and local writers actually forms “translating in translation”. The interpreter’s “free translation” or “interpretation” requires the writer’s “understanding” and “written transmission”, which are related to or subject to the relationship between the local writer and the interpreter. This relationship is essential to the study on the most important way of translation in the late Qing Dynasty. References | Related Articles | Metrics

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The Inheritance and Transformation of ZHANG Tai-yan’s View of Literary Language by the May 4th Literary Revolution Xiao-hui WANG 2023, 55 (3):  61-73.  doi: 10.16382/j.cnki.1000-5579.2023.03.007 Abstract ( 79 )   HTML ( 17 )   PDF (1065KB) ( 179 )   Save The popular “ancient vernacular” thinking during the May 4th Literary Revolution absolutized and universalized the phenomenon of “the unity of spoken and written languages” in the developmental history of Chinese language mentioned by ZHANG Tai-yan, resulting in forcibly transforming some classical Chinese works into “ancient vernacular”, which deviates from ZHANG’s vernacular thinking based on philology. At the same time, the “the style of abolishing allusions”, “the view of applied literature” and “the debate strategy of deeply grasping errors in writing” in new literature learned from ZHANG’s view of “natural and unadorned writing”, but discarded the fundamentals of textual research in his doctrine. When the May 4TH literary revolution transformed ZHANG’s view of literary Language, ZHANG also pondered over the literary revolution, emphasizing the dependence of vernacular on classical Chinese and showing the difficulty in “the unity of spoken and written languages”. References | Related Articles | Metrics

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“Making the Voice of Ultimate Sincerity”：On the Concept of “Sincerity” in “The Poetic Power of Mora” Yao-tian SUN 2023, 55 (3):  74-84.  doi: 10.16382/j.cnki.1000-5579.2023.03.008 Abstract ( 188 )   HTML ( 16 )   PDF (1017KB) ( 69 )   Save In his early years, LU Xun believed that Chinese nationalism lacked the quality of “sincerity” the most. In “The Poetic Power of Mora”, he not only warmly called for the “voice of ultimate sincerity”, but also formed a relatively complete discourse of “sincerity”. “Sincerity” had important significance and profound influence in the emergence stage of LU’s literature and thought. Meanwhile, the meaning of this concept was quite complex in the context of the late Qing Dynasty, so that LU had to express his understanding through argumentation. Due to adopting the views of romanticists such as Carlyle, his approach differs from the interpretation of “sincerity” based on Confucian tradition or scientific rational principles. Different from the direction to external and objective truths, “sincerity” in LU reflects the feelings and changes of the subject’s inner world, which can be finally reduced to intuitive life experience. LU emphasized the reshaping of the subject’s spirit with the words “pure heart” (baixin) and “brightness of the mind” (neiyao). For him, “sincerity” was related to the theme of “life” and opened up an alternative path to understand and reform Chinese society. This shows the unique significance of Romantic poetics at the intersection of Confucian civilization and modern science. References | Related Articles | Metrics

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Cigarettes and Urban Women’s Life Politics Wandering between Risk and Fashion：A Case Study of Shanghai Dun-fu ZHANG 2023, 55 (3):  85-95.  doi: 10.16382/j.cnki.1000-5579.2023.03.009 Abstract ( 117 )   HTML ( 26 )   PDF (1071KB) ( 256 )   Save Analyzing the issue of urban women’s smoking from the perspective of life politics may shed light on the image construction of smoking women in the specific consumer culture context and the essence of their consumer identity. The mass media attempt to frame urban women smoking as “fashionable” or “sexy”, empirical data of Shanghai interviews and observations show that in the daily practice women smoke for leisure and recreation, and alleviating work anxiety or life pressure. Urban female smokers have to seek subtle balance between personal preferences and the legal, policy environment, between public expectations and the stigmatized atmosphere, eventually leading them to be thoughtful and cautious consumer citizens. Figures and Tables | References | Related Articles | Metrics

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The Living Culture of Literati in the Ming Dynasty and Its Contemporary Enlightenment Gan-li XU, Han-yue ZHANG 2023, 55 (3):  96-105.  doi: 10.16382/j.cnki.1000-5579.2023.03.010 Abstract ( 60 )   HTML ( 18 )   PDF (873KB) ( 75 )   Save The living culture of ancient Chinese people is an important component of the excellent traditional Chinese culture and an important resource for the construction of a better life for the current generation. Taking the Chang Wu Zhi written by WEN Zhen-heng as the research object, this article analyzes the daily life practices of the Ming literati, interprets the interaction between the subject and things and the construction of living space, and examines the self-expression of the subject and the strategies of creating living culture behind it. The practice of using things in the Chang Wu Zhi manifests as a progression from the appreciation of things to the construction of a living sphere, presenting a living culture with the characteristics of self-gratification and elegance, which has both internal and external significance for the subjects. The construction of living culture by the ancients has important enlightening significance in responding to the needs of dealing with the relationship between human beings and things in current consumer society, and identifying the nature of things in order to realize that things cater to human needs and consequently create a better life. References | Related Articles | Metrics

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From Technocracy to Self-Determination：On the Production and Shift of Prognostic Knowledge Concerning Breast Cancer Ze-lin YAO, Lei CHEN 2023, 55 (3):  106-118.  doi: 10.16382/j.cnki.1000-5579.2023.03.011 Abstract ( 113 )   HTML ( 17 )   PDF (954KB) ( 119 )   Save The interpretation of diseases is often in a black box, which forms a huge gap with the need for the understanding of diseases among the public. The prognostic knowledge of cancer is related to the disease progression and future life of patients, but few people understand its production and social basis, and only regard it as a technical system based on biomedical principles. It is undeniable that prognostic knowledge relies on molecular-level medical evidence and a set of scientific survival indicator systems to indicate results based on follow-up surveys of a large number of patients and data from clinical trials. However, highly technical prognostic knowledge not only faces the uncertainty in the clinical world, but also becomes highly contextualized by being challenged by the logic of patients’ everyday-life knowledge. In the process of diagnosis and treatment, technologically constructed prognostic knowledge is often revised and selected by clinical experience and patients’ daily practice, realizing the result of knowledge reconstruction from technology-oriented to patient-oriented. Based on the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer, this paper outlines the connotation of prognostic knowledge in medicine and the meaning of patients’ reinterpretation of seemingly definite authoritative knowledge and propose that patient groups should move from “determined life” to “life self-determination” in the understanding of prognostic knowledge. Figures and Tables | References | Related Articles | Metrics

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The Reconstruction of Rural Cultural Space under the Background of Urbanization：A Case Study of the Garden Community in S Province Cui-cui ZHAO 2023, 55 (3):  119-128.  doi: 10.16382/j.cnki.1000-5579.2023.03.012 Abstract ( 150 )   HTML ( 17 )   PDF (679KB) ( 120 )   Save How to reconstruct the cultural life space and satisfy the spiritual and cultural needs of the public in order to enhance people’s sense of acquisition, happiness and security is an important issue that cannot be ignored in the modernization of rural areas and the integration of urban and rural development in the process of urbanization. The folk belief space and its ritual activities, which are an important component of the public spiritual and cultural needs, can help relocated people adapt to their new community life, and reconstruct their cultural space, identity and meaning in urban life to some extent. Based on an in-depth investigation of the relevant measures and current characteristics of folk belief space management in the garden community, this paper focuses on the issues of the off-site reconstruction and mental adaptation of the public spiritual life and order after the centralized placement of village deities in urban Daoist temples. It can be found that based on the rural regional worship, folk beliefs entering urban civilization will face the dissolution and weakening of their spatial efficacy and sacredness, as well as the possibility of reconstruction. These space reconstructions indicate that the diversification of public cultural needs and preferences, the individualized changes of family relationships and generational differences, and other individualized changes, have significant implications for reshaping folk beliefs and their rural modern values, as well as reconstructing the public spiritual and cultural space. References | Related Articles | Metrics

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A Case Portrait of “Wrong M & A” of Chinese Companies：Empirical Evidence from Goodwill Impairment Fa-qin LAN, Zheng GAO 2023, 55 (3):  129-142.  doi: 10.16382/j.cnki.1000-5579.2023.03.013 Abstract ( 131 )   HTML ( 14 )   PDF (901KB) ( 107 )   Save This study takes the Chinese listed companies that recorded a significant impairment loss of goodwill from 2018 to 2020 as the sample, and conducts exploratory analysis on the common features and corresponding weights of these companies during the M& A period, using descriptive statistics and factor analysis methods. The study constructs a case portrait of “wrong M& A” and finds that strong profitability, small asset size, weak risk resistance, and excessive self-confidence of management are the main common characteristics of the acquiring companies in “wrong M& A”. Furthermore, the study applies factor analysis to summarize and classify the indicator system of the case portrait, and extracts five common factors, including company size, profitability, growth confidence, debt-paying ability, and governance supervision. The corresponding weights of these factors in explaining the information of the “wrong M& A” sample are 0.384, 0.190, 0.146, 0.144, and 0.134, respectively. Among them, the strong profitability of the “wrong M& A” companies is a “profit curse” characteristic that deserves attention. Therefore, listed companies should not only be cautious of the misleading effect of high profitability on M& A decision-making but also strengthen their internal monitoring mechanisms and carry out diversified M& A rationally. Figures and Tables | References | Related Articles | Metrics

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Entrepreneurial Leadership，Challenging Stress，and Employee Innovation Behavior：The Moderating Role of Team Identification Ling-feng YI, Teng LI, Qin LIN, Jie SONG 2023, 55 (3):  143-154.  doi: 10.16382/j.cnki.1000-5579.2023.03.014 Abstract ( 286 )   HTML ( 18 )   PDF (721KB) ( 241 )   Save Based on the job demands-resources (JDR) theoretical model, this paper conducts a questionnaire survey and analysis on employees of high-tech start-ups in the Yangtze River Delta. The results show that: (1) entrepreneurial leadership positively influences employee innovation behavior; (2) entrepreneurial leadership positively influences employee challenging stress; challenging stress positively affects employee innovation behavior; challenging stress has a significant mediating role in the relationship between entrepreneurial leadership and employee innovation behavior; (3) team identification positively moderates the relationship between entrepreneurial leadership and employee innovation behavior. These findings enrich the empirical research on the impact mechanism of entrepreneurial leaders on employees’ innovative behavior in the context of modern China. Meanwhile, the uncovering of the intermediate effect of challenging stress and the moderating effect of team identification has provided practical insights for enterprise stress management practice. Figures and Tables | References | Related Articles | Metrics

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Structure Dimensions and Model Construction of Internet Platform Enterprises’ Social Responsibility：An Exploratory Research based on the Rooting Theory Gui-sun CHENG, Zhong-cheng ZHANG 2023, 55 (3):  155-168.  doi: 10.16382/j.cnki.1000-5579.2023.03.015 Abstract ( 274 )   HTML ( 24 )   PDF (1147KB) ( 195 )   Save With the rapid development of China’s Internet platform enterprises, the resulting problem of lack of social responsibility and governance of platform enterprises has become a social focus issue, and the key to solving this problem lies in fundamentally clarifying the structural dimensions and boundaries of social responsibility of Internet platform enterprises. Based on the social responsibility reports released by 12 local Internet platform enterprises, such as Alibaba, DDT and Meituan, this paper uses Nvivo 12.0 software to conduct open coding, spindle coding and selective coding on the original data, and takes advantage of the rooting theory analysis method to inductively extract the social responsibility of China’s internet platform enterprises. The results show that China’s internet platform enterprises’ social responsibility contains nine structural dimensions, namely, economic responsibility, political responsibility, legal responsibility, environmental responsibility, employee responsibility, user responsibility, partner responsibility, charity and public welfare responsibility, and industry ecological responsibility. Based on these dimensions, a pyramid model of internet platform enterprises’ social responsibility is constructed from the perspective of responsibility to stakeholders. The model contains three main levels, that is, bottom-line social responsibility, safeguarding social responsibility, and expectation social responsibility. This provides a new theoretical basis for further research and definition of the structural dimensions and system of social responsibility of internet platform enterprises. It also provides a theoretical reference for internet platform enterprises to improve their social responsibility system in practice. Figures and Tables | References | Related Articles | Metrics