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The “Hanging Maiden Cliff” Poetic Exchange in Luquan County: A Localized Interpretation of Confucian Spirit— Starting from Two Letters by Guo Moruo and Ai Wu to Mei Shaonong LI Jinlian 2025, 40(4):  1-14.  Abstract ( 25 )   PDF (1864KB) ( 0 )   Mei Shaonong (1903-1992), a modern poet acclaimed as “Yunnan's Poetry Champion” and “Father of New Poetry of Yunnan,” reached unparalleled heights in his masterpiece Shege's Fossil. Rooted in the widely circulated “Hanging Maiden Cliff” legend of the Yi people in Luquan County, Yunnan Province, the work elevates the literary tradition of eulogizing Yi women exemplifying steadfast virtue since late 14th century, marking the decisive triumph of Confucian values in the multi-ethnic region south of the Jinsha River (upper reaches of the Yangtze River). Under Confucian influence, the literary construction of “Yi paragons of virtue” like Shege the heroine, by hands of scholar-officials represented by Gou Shangli, Tan Cui, Yang Guozhu, Mei Zengrong and others of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), became emblematic of cultural ascendance of Luquan. The “Yi paragons of virtue” and “Yi chaste widows,” ceaselessly extolled by local elites, provided Mei Shaonong, who was deeply influenced by the Creation Society during his youth, with an enduring wellspring of inspiration for both his classical and modern poetry. His Shege's Fossil ruthlessly exposed the tragedies of traditional marriage and misery of the Yi women, pioneering a new path for Chinese poetry at the time. Even over half a century later, Shege's Fossil continues to resonate through “new editions,” cementing its status as a seminal work in literary canon of women of ethnic minority groups of Yunnan Province Related Articles | Metrics

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Ethnic Interactions, Exchanges, and Integration Manifested in Extant Ming and Qing Stele Inscriptions in Chuxiong Prefecture SHEN Zheng, WU Zongfeng 2025, 40(4):  15-23.  Abstract ( 19 )   PDF (1716KB) ( 4 )   A large number of stele inscriptions in Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture are well preserved. Rich in content and mostly dating back to the Ming and Qing Dynasties (1368-1911), they are important historical materials for the study of ethnic exchanges, communication, and integration. Affected by the policy of “replacing local chieftains with officials appointed by the central government,” growing Han migrant population and dissemination of Confucianism during these two dynasties, ethnic interactions, exchanges, and integration flourished in various aspects, including politics, economy, culture, and social life. Politically, they strengthened grassroots management and social governance functions to better maintain local stability; economically, they promoted the development of agriculture, water conservancy, and the salt industry; culturally and ideologically, the integration of culture of the Central Plains and regional cultures has helped the development of cultural education and social value identification; in social life, exchanges and interactions across multiple fields collectively promoted the interaction and integration of social culture. By analyzing these stele inscriptions, we can not only reveal the inner law of development of ethnic relations in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, but also provide valuable experience for building harmonious ethnic relations in the new era, so as to offer a new perspective for better studying the history of ethnic relations in Yunnan. Related Articles | Metrics

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Dialectic of Choice and No Choice: Writing of the Other and Ethical Choice in The Sympathizer WANG Yuhe 2025, 40(4):  24-34.  Abstract ( 20 )   PDF (1804KB) ( 6 )   Taking the ethical choices of characters as the core, Viet Thanh Nguyen, a Pulitzer Prize winner, explores the relationship between self and the other in his representative novel The Sympathizer. From the perspective of a double agent of the Viet Cong, the novel shows the ethical dilemma of dual otherization because of the protagonist's complicated ethical identity. Facing the dilemma of ethnic ethics, “I” directly encounter two cultures with both the marginal stance of the other and the devil face of “uncanny” instead of choosing any culture. Finally, “I” disclose the inclusive logic of the cultures and deconstruct the oppression of false civilization on zoē, thereby resisting the subject's desire to digest the alterity. On the ruins of civilization, “I” choose to return to the essence of life to build the compassionate ethics based on zoē and form an ideal zoē community in the “face-to-face” communication of affection. With the help of dialectic of no choice and choice, Viet Thanh Nguyen contemplates how to construct the new ethical relationship between self and the other in the context of the other's return. This provides useful reference for the development of contemporary immigrant literature and cross-cultural ethics research. Related Articles | Metrics

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Political Metaphor and Rural Ethics: A Reinterpretation of Marital Narratives in the “Seventeen Years” Literature ZHU Baitong, FENG Chao 2025, 40(4):  35-46.  Abstract ( 17 )   PDF (1734KB) ( 7 )   The marital narratives in agricultural cooperative novels of the “Seventeen Years” Period (1949-1966), i.e. from founding of the People's Republic through beginning of the Great Cultural Revolution, transcended established literary conventions, exhibiting distinct new characteristics. Traditional plot elements–mate selection, marriage, and divorce–were imbued with fresh political metaphoric functions, revealing complex interactions between political discourse and rural ethics. While the fusion of romance and politics articulated the vision of a community of ethical politics at a certain time, it also showed profound contradictions between idealism and reality, as well as between individual and collective imperatives. As the agricultural cooperative movement accelerated in its later phases, the novels' political narratives faced crises of logical rupture and didactic limitations. Within this context, the rediscovery of implicit rural ethical norms within marital relationships provided a pivot on which the political narrative of the time operated. The mechanisms of acquaintance societies, matchmaking customs and real-life experience provided an internal logical anchor for politicized marital narratives, enabling modern revolutionary ideals to take root in rural communities. Related Articles | Metrics

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Practical Pathways to Cultivate Consciousness of Community for the Chinese Nation Empowered by the Heritage Landscape of the Grand Canal TANG, Liying, LIAN Donghua 2025, 40(4):  47-55.  Abstract ( 19 )   PDF (1753KB) ( 3 )   As a living vehicle of cultural integration for the Chinese nation, the Grand Canal heritage landscape embodies the core value of forging a strong consciousness of national community through cultural identity. Based on logical connection from theoretical perspective, the Grand Canal heritage landscape has political functions, social value, and symbolic significance, thus capable of constructing national and ethnic community of China. Based on value analysis from functional perspective, the Grand Canal heritage landscape shapes Chinese national value identity through shared ideas, enhances emotional identity through shared spirit, and strengthens Chinese national identity through shared memory. To do a better job in utilizing the Grand Canal heritage landscape to forge a consciousness of community for the Chinese nation based on strategy exploration from practical perspective, the following measures are necessary: 1) strengthening the protection of the Grand Canal heritage landscape; 2) promoting the “double creation” of the Grand Canal heritage; and 3) improving the cultural narrative system of the Grand Canal. Related Articles | Metrics

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Practice of Guizhou Province to Forge a Strong Consciousness of Community for the Chinese Nation and Its Revelation YAN Ying 2025, 40(4):  56-62.  Abstract ( 36 )   PDF (1795KB) ( 3 )   As a systematic program, fostering a strong consciousness of community for the Chinese nation is the ideological foundation for promoting exchanges, interactions, and integration among all ethnic groups. All the ethnic groups of Guizhou Province possess a rich historical legacy in terms of mutual respect, mutual trust, mutual appreciation, mutual tolerance and mutual assistance, demonstrating a clear psychological orientation toward the consciousness of community for the Chinese nation. By formulating as the practical foundation Implementation Plan for Fostering a Consciousness of Community for the Chinese Nation in Guizhou Province, Guizhou has set out to build itself into a model province in six aspects: 1) ideological education; 2) high-quality development in the western provinces of minority ethnic groups; 3) national unity, mutual assistance and harmony; 4) prosperity and development of cultures of minority ethnic groups; 5) inter-connection among all ethnic groups; and 6) modernization of governance of ethnic affairs. Guizhou's proven approach–anchoring the direction of development through policy guidance, consolidating the ideological foundation through publicity efforts, establishing the material foundation through developmental support, and securing the public foundation by ensuring basic living standards–represents successful experience in fostering a strong consciousness of community for the Chinese nation. This also holds enlightening significance for other regions. Related Articles | Metrics

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The Impact of Learning Engagement on Academic Achievement among Normal Students of Local Outstanding Teacher Program — The Critical Role of Emotional Engagement LIU Yongmei, ZHANG Jianling 2025, 40(4):  63-70.  Abstract ( 15 )   PDF (1864KB) ( 1 )   Based on empirical data from training institutions of the local Outstanding Teacher Program (OTP), this study investigates the mechanism through which learning engagement influences academic achievement. The findings reveal a differentiated impact of cognitive and emotional engagement on academic performance. Students with higher levels of cognitive engagement demonstrate a deeper understanding of the teaching profession and exhibit more positive professional attitudes and stronger vocational beliefs. In contrast, students with higher levels of emotional engagement display more positive learning emotions that significantly enhance the quality of their academic performance. The study confirms that emotional engagement is a key factor in promoting academic development. Accordingly, a three-stage intervention strategy is proposed as follows: 1) increasing student participation through the creation of a positive classroom atmosphere and provision of personalized guidance; 2) establishing an interactive model that integrates academic support with personal care; and 3) enhancing the students' experience in knowledge application through the combination of case-based and practice-oriented teaching. The results point to a practical approach to optimizing the training model for normal students engaged in the OTP. Related Articles | Metrics

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Implications of Aristotle's Educational Thought for the Modernization of Ideological and Political Education WANG Chen, WANG Yao 2025, 40(4):  71-80.  Abstract ( 13 )   PDF (1764KB) ( 3 )   Since the 18th CPC National Congress, the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has attached great importance to education, prioritizing education as a strategic cornerstone for national development and enacting landmark policies to accelerate educational modernization so as to build China into a leading educational nation. Ideological and political education constitutes a vital component of holistic education, bearing the epochal mission of fostering virtue and cultivating souls. Its modernization represents both an imperative requirement and an inevitable trend in educational modernization. In Politics, Aristotle discussed and analyzed the philosophy, methodologies, content, objectives and other core topics of education. Although his ideas are subject to historical inherent limitations as they are rooted in ancient Greek slave society, a nuanced understanding of their rational kernel remains pragmatically enlightening for advancing the modernization of ideological and political education today. In view of this, clarifying the core tenets of Aristotle's educational thought and conducting an in-depth examination of the connotations, key elements, and functions of ideological and political education modernization can inform actionable pathways for ideological and political education development–upholding foundational principles, transforming methodologies, innovating content, and clarifying objectives–thereby providing both theoretical and practical references for advancing ideological and political education modernization. Related Articles | Metrics

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Enhancing Normal University Students' Hand-writing Competency under the Triple-Writing Proficiency Framework: Pathways and Strategies — An Empirical Intervention Analysis Based on Triple-Writing Proficiency Training ZHAO Tianpei 2025, 40(4):  81-92.  Abstract ( 17 )   PDF (2166KB) ( 2 )   Guided by the “Triple-Writing Proficiency” (TWP) framework, this study addresses the alienation in handwriting skills with three writing tools–brush, pen, and chalk–in normal education through an innovative tiered training system. This study sampled 306 students from M Normal University, with the experimental group receiving gradient training (brush → pen → chalk writing) aided with digital stroke analysis, while the control group maintained traditional training with the three writing tools separately. The one-year experiment revealed significant improvements in the experimental group across three metrics: technique transfer efficiency (+23.5%), character structure accuracy (+17.8%), and blackboard writing performance (+31.2%). Multidisciplinary analyses revealed that educational systems theory, common elements theory, and embodied cognition provide theoretical foundations for skill transfer. A representative case study confirmed the formation of a “hand writing skill integration mechanism” (p < 0.01). The study constructs a three-dimensional training framework–curriculum, instruction, and assessment–that offers a replicable solution to the issue of handwriting skill fragmentation in traditional training. Related Articles | Metrics

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Implementation Mechanism and Construction Path of a High-quality Teacher Education System in the Context of China's Education Modernization ZENG Ying 2025, 40(4):  93-101.  Abstract ( 27 )   PDF (1828KB) ( 2 )   The key task of China's education modernization is to provide sustainable high-level human capital for the construction of Chinese modernization, a goal unachievable without a high-quality teacher education system. Based on the theory of Chinese modernization and supply-side theory, this study first employs an exploratory case analysis to reveal the connotation of a high-quality teacher education system, then proposes promoting its development through directional guidance and connotation building. Furthermore, by analyzing the development of different types of teacher education, the study proposes the mechanism from system construction to system operation before proceeding to examine the paths and implications of building a high-quality teacher education system for advancing Chinese education modernization. Related Articles | Metrics

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Political Party Leadership: The Developmental Pathway of Socialist Education with Chinese Characteristics WANG Chunli 2025, 40(4):  102-111.  Abstract ( 13 )   PDF (1818KB) ( 0 )   Different historical traditions and national conditions have led to different educational development pathways across countries worldwide. From a global perspective, contemporary Western capitalist nations–constrained by the interplay of their educational tradition and political systems–have confined the role of political parties to a narrow sphere, resulting in an apolitical party approach to educational development. By contrast, the socialist education pathway with Chinese characteristics follows a fundamentally different trajectory: it unfolds under the leadership of the political party, representing a party-led model. The Communist Party of China plays a pivotal role in educational development by exercising leadership functions–theoretical innovation, interest articulation, policy formulation, institutional construction and organizational mobilization–thereby shaping the guiding philosophy, value orientation, policy support, institutional safeguards, and strength support for China's educational advancement. It serves as the overarching mechanism that coordinates all stakeholders. On the new journey ahead, it is imperative to fully recognize this defining feature of party leadership, which provides the key to understanding both the theory and practice of socialist educational development with Chinese characteristics. Related Articles | Metrics

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An Investigation into the Impact of Post-materialist Values on Public National Identity in the Chinese Mainland— A Study on the Mediating Role of Democratic Satisfaction YUAN Ying, WU Peili 2025, 40(4):  112-119.  Abstract ( 17 )   PDF (1844KB) ( 0 )   Based on the seventh wave of World Values Chinese mainland (2018) data, this study explores the influence of post-materialist values, and its working mechanism, on national identity. The study found that: 1) the post-materialist values have a significant reverse effect on national identity; 2) the reverse effect of post-materialist values on national identity is realized through the intermediary effect of democratic satisfaction; and 3) under the current “critical citizen” thinking, the post-materialist values and democratic satisfaction show a reverse relationship, and under the influence of democratic satisfaction, the public put forward higher requirements on national governance. Therefore, in this context, while China's economy and society continues to develop, it is necessary to promote the modernization of the national governance system, enhance governance capacity, and control the national identity of the public within a reasonable range. Related Articles | Metrics

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The Rise and Fall of the English Jury System under Political Logic: Power Games and Institutional Destiny YUAN Aihua, LI Keyan 2025, 40(4):  120-126.  Abstract ( 19 )   PDF (1741KB) ( 3 )   Scholarly explanations for the rise, flourishing, and decline of the English jury system have predominantly focused on legal perspectives. This interpretative approach, however, overlooks its dual nature as both a political institution and a legal one, whose rise and decline were ultimately controlled and directed by political forces. Its emergence primarily resulted from a shifting balance of power among ecclesiastical authority, royal prerogative and local governance. Its golden age was largely attributable to the need of the bourgeoisie revolution to fashion juries as revolutionary rhetoric–symbolizing resistance to tyranny and the pursuit of liberty–to mobilize public support. However, after the revolution came to a triumphant conclusion, Britain's power structure became parliament-centric, diminishing the judiciary's political role. Those in power no longer required defiant juries to subvert the established political order. Amid considerations of efficiency and fiscal austerity, jury trials were gradually marginalized. Politics, of course, cannot unilaterally dictate the rise and fall of legal institutions, and its influence remains constrained by underlying cultural and traditional factors. Related Articles | Metrics

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Ecological Dimensions of Luo Xiaosuo's Artistic Linguistics TAI Qiong'e 2025, 40(4):  127-134.  Abstract ( 11 )   PDF (1699KB) ( 3 )   Luo Xiaosuo's artistic linguistics falls within the domain of academic linguistics. His academic language, developed in deciphering the principles of artistic language, operates at three levels: categories, concepts, and statements. The categories represent the ontology and laws of the world and phenomena, the concepts consist of their essence and attributes, while the statements define, explain, discuss, demonstrate and debate the meanings of these categories and concepts. Collectively these three form a symbiotic system that manifests the ecological structure of academic language. His academic language reveals the ontology and essence of the world and phenomena, reflecting natural, social, spiritual, and theoretical ecologies. The artistic linguistics Luo constructed represents the ecology of art and art theory, demonstrating how art embodies natural, social, and spiritual ecologies. This framework exhibits profound and systematic ecological attributes, signaling an ecological turn in linguistic studies. The ecological essence of his artistic linguistics is further manifested through: 1) the communal and genealogical attributes of concepts; and 2) the counter-generation and self-evolving spiral growth of categories. The autonomous knowledge system he constructed embodies three defining characteristics–ethnicity, Chineseness, and ecologicality–that reflect the ethos of the new era of ecological civilization. In summary, the ecological structure of artistic linguistics (comprising statements, concepts, and categories), when integrated with eco-aesthetics' discourse system (where ecologicality aligns with aesthetic values), can forge an ecologically grounded academic linguistics. This provides linguistics research with both a novel theoretical entry point and a foundational framework for paradigm construction. Related Articles | Metrics

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Dialect Quantifier Reduplication XU Cailing, HE Maoqi 2025, 40(4):  135-141.  Abstract ( 15 )   PDF (1749KB) ( 2 )   There is a significant overlap in nouns, verbs, adjectives, and quantifiers in the Chongqing dialect. The article conducts a specialized, in-depth exploration of the overlapping forms of measure words in the Chongqing Chengyu dialect, and summarizes the characteristics of the overlapping forms of measure words in it. From the perspective of grammatical meaning, it can be concluded that overlapping forms and grammatical meanings do not correspond exactly one-to-one. From the perspective of syntactic function, there is a complex relationship between overlapping forms and syntactic functions. From the perspective of subjective quantity, the four overlapping forms of quantifiers in the Chongqing Chengyu dialect all contain the subjective evaluation of the speaker and express their subjective quantity. Related Articles | Metrics

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Study on the Business Model of Commercial Brands Moving to the Unoccupied Southwest during the Resistance War against Japanese Aggression— Taking Kunming Guanshengyuan as an Example ZOU Jianxiang, FANG Tianjian 2025, 40(4):  142-153.  Abstract ( 24 )   PDF (1865KB) ( 3 )   After the outbreak of the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression (1937-45), the restaurant brand Guanshengyuan founded by Xian Guansheng relocated to the unoccupied inland. A branch of it chose to settle in Kunming, Yunnan Province. The founding and development of Kunming Guanshengyuan are attributed to two principles: adherence to the traditional Guangdong food culture and integration of Yunnan and even international food cultures, not to mention its multi-faceted operation modes adopted to open up the market. Bathed in Yunnan wind and Guangdong rain, Kunming Guanshengyuan has brought elements of Guangdong and even foreign cultures to the southwest, and vice versa, benefiting its overall corporate development in general. Through donation and other funding efforts, it has also greatly assisted the development of Kunming and even Yunnan Province. Undeniably, it also experienced mistakes in its course of development, but eventually found a way to sustain development in the long run. It is a name brand that has won established admiration from consumers in and out of Yunnan. Therefore, the paper adopts as research method historiography and utilizes as data archives, newspapers, diaries and other historical materials to study the business model of Kunming Guanshengyuan during those war years. The research concludes that its business model can be a representative case among businesses relocated to the unoccupied southwest during the wartime, a contention that can provide historical experience and practical guidance for the localization strategies of contemporary enterprises. Moreover, it shows the diversified veins under the development of cultural intermingling so as to re-examine the historical position of businesses in the unoccupied southwest in the history of the Resistance War against Japanese Aggression and even that of modern China in general. Related Articles | Metrics

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“One Village, One Judge”: An Innovative Practice of the Proactive Judicial Engagement Mechanism in the Grassroots Courts of M County GENG Shangxun 2025, 40(4):  154-160.  Abstract ( 15 )   PDF (1901KB) ( 0 )   Against the background of “whole-process people's democracy” and “source governance of litigation,” the functional role of grassroots courts is rapidly shifting from passive adjudication to proactive judicial engagement. Based on empirical data from the People's Court of M County, Yunnan Province (2022—2024), this paper takes the “One Village, One Judge” mechanism as the object for a case study. By employing literature analysis and empirical research methods, it constructs a four-stage closed-loop governance model–precise problem identification, deep resource deployment, multi-party collaborative co-governance, and reconstruction of the rule-of-law ecosystem–to analyze the institutional logic and practical pathways of this mechanism. The study finds that this mechanism effectively facilitates the extension of judicial services to the grassroots level, the pre-litigation resolution of disputes, and the enhancement of legal awareness. However, it has also identified a number of shortcomings, such as the depth of institutional integration, the efficiency of coordination and public participation. In light of this, it proposes optimization strategies such as a “four-party joint reporting mechanism,” “digital early warning tools,” and “non-litigation service stations” to provide institutional references for promoting embedded governance in grassroots courts. Related Articles | Metrics