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  • The Guangling Melody

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    The Guangling Melody

    Today, at Sanliji, under Lao Yang’s instigation, I casually bought a CD of the ancient guqin piece “Guangling San,” and when I listened to it I unexpectedly felt that it was extraordinarily good. A long time ago, when I heard “Guangling San,” I wasn’t all that moved; it felt like beating cotton, as it were. But this time I really felt it was very good. Could it be that my “level” has improved? Hehe～ The version I found online is different from the CD, but it is also very pleasant to listen to. By the way, the Sanliji Bookstore now has a newly added batch of academic books, and they’re…

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  • The Actual Effect of the Philosophy Popularization Display Boards

    The Actual Effect of the Philosophy Popularization Display Boards

    The Actual Effect of the Philosophy Popularization Display Boards
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    The Actual Effect of the Philosophy Popularization Display Boards

    Today, as soon as I got off the train in Beijing, I headed straight to the Ditan Book Fair. Going on a wild book-buying spree is the best way to brighten one’s mood; Sanlian Bookstore and many other academic presses were all at 50% off, so I bought a whole pile in one go…… And of course, while I was at it, I had to take a look at how the display boards I wrote had turned out. What I provided was the (original) text and the (excerpted from Philosophy Coffeehouse) illustrations; the boards were produced by the Beijing Philosophical Society and exhibited at Ditan in the Social Science Popularization…

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  • In Deep Mourning for Hu Gende: Memorial Service—Words of Thanks

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    In Deep Mourning for Hu Gende: Memorial Service—Words of Thanks

    （The words of thanks were written by my mother, read by my father, and I did not participate. The memorial service was held at 4:00 p.m. on September 15 at “Jingyuan” in the funeral parlour on Xibaoxing Road, Shanghai） To all the leaders, all the guests, all our relatives and friends: Thank you very much for taking time out of your busy schedules to come and attend my father’s memorial service. In particular, I would like to thank the leaders of Zhongxin Company for personally presiding over my father’s memorial service; and thank the leaders of the Huangpu Social Security Center and the leaders of Huangpu Integrated Chinese-Western Medicine Hospital…

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  • Grandfather

    Grandfather

    Grandfather
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    Grandfather

    Grandfather Hu Tianding posted on 2006-09-12 02:15:25 Mourning Grandfather 1 My grandfather had the best temper imaginable. He was always thinking of others, always worrying about others. He was often fretting over this and that for other people, while never causing trouble for anyone himself. Even when Grandpa was gravely ill, whenever he was lucid he would always ask his family to go back home and not stay with him at the hospital: the air in the hospital was bad, his children should not delay their work, their own health was not good either… One day, my uncle-in-law kept watch over him through the night, and Grandpa called him over…

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  • Grandpa, rest in peace

    Grandpa, rest in peace

    Grandpa, rest in peace
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    Grandpa, rest in peace

      Hu Tianding posted on 2006-09-10 21:11:32 Latest Comments •mist 2006-09-11 21:41:26 [reply] May you be spared from grief and may things turn out as desired… •Zhang Wu 2006-09-11 22:40:35 [reply] Deepest condolences! Xiaogu, please accept my condolences and take care

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  • Stream of Consciousness (Old Post)

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    Stream of Consciousness (Old Post)

    This essay was written in March 2002, when I was in tenth grade. I happened to find the original text on my computer and post it here for a look; the problem remains the problem. September 5, 2006 1．Introduction Where does consciousness reside? You may answer without hesitation: consciousness is a function of the human brain. But have you ever thought: which part of the human brain does consciousness reside in? How does the human brain produce consciousness? Will strong AI have consciousness? Can one “consciousness” reside in multiple brains; and how many consciousnesses might one brain possess? I cannot answer these questions very well; these are questions that even…

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  • A Complete Guide to Buying Books in Shanghai, Beijing, and Online

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    A Complete Guide to Buying Books in Shanghai, Beijing, and Online

    Shanghai: Having grown used to living at Peking University, when I came back to Shanghai I felt that finding books was really not very convenient. Still, Shanghai is after all a big city, so there are quite a few bookstores. From my home it’s a very short walk to First Yaohan, and in the basement of First Yaohan there is the so-called “Oriental Book City,” advertised as the largest in Pudong. There are quite a lot of books, but the layout is too chaotic; as a general bookstore, it doesn’t have many academic books. On Fuzhou Road: Shanghai Book City is the most famous, but it is also a general…

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  • Wristwatch

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    Wristwatch

    The original watch was running slow, so this time when I went home I needed to get a new one. I left the matter of buying a watch to my parents; after all, I don’t care much about style or anything like that, only that it would be better if it were more water-resistant—the previous watch had been tormented by me to the point that rust spots covered both the outside and the inside of it. Nowadays people like to check the time on their mobile phones. After all, almost everyone has one, and using it as a watch along the way is indeed convenient; watches, on the other hand,…

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  • Constellations and Self-Confidence

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    Constellations and Self-Confidence

    Pluto has been demoted; now the solar system has become the eight major planets. This news counts as one of the most eye-catching science and technology news items of the past few days, but today I saw a rather interesting report: it said that Pluto’s demotion caused only limited shock in astronomy, yet stirred up quite a commotion in “astrology.” The ones most affected are probably us Scorpio folks, because it is said that Pluto is Scorpio’s “ruling planet.” I don’t know what exactly this ruling planet is supposed to do, but it does sound like the problem is indeed quite serious… Pluto being included among the major planets was…

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  • Do Not Forget Popularization

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    Do Not Forget Popularization

    Whether in philosophy or in science, “popularization” is needed—that is to say, the public outside the field needs to be brought to some degree of understanding in some way. Most people would agree with this; the question is only—who should popularize, to whom should it be popularized, in what way, how should the effects of popularization be defined, and so on. In modern times, learning has become increasingly specialized, increasingly profound, and thus increasingly distant from the grasp of ordinary people. In such circumstances, “popularization” instead appears ever more important. But the current state of popularization is worrying. Looking at science popularization: in fact, modern times can be said to…

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