Beijing Normal University 北京师范大学
****************************************************** Beijing Normal University（北京师范大学：Běijīnɡ Shīfàn Dàxué）was the earliest established teacher-training university in China, which grew out of the Faculty of Education of the Metropolitan University founded in 1902. It was named Beijing Normal University in 1923. It is the first university in China that has been authorized to grant doctoral degree in educational technology
For the last one hundred years, the faculty and students of the Beijing Normal University, motivated by a strong sense of responsibility for the nation and the people, have strived to live up to the motto of “studying to teach and acting to example” and cultivated a fine tradition of patriotism, progress, honesty, innovation, truth-seeking and being a paragon of virtue and learning. After a century of development, Beijing Normal University has become an important education and research base for multi-disciplinary and advanced scientific studies. It cultivated nearly 200,000 talents for China, among them many excellent teachers.
Nüerjing 女儿经 “The Classic of Girls”
The Nüerjing 女儿经 "Classic of girls" is a textbook for primary teaching for girls written by an unknown author during the Ming period 明 (1368-1644) . The most important editions of this book were made during the Wanli reign 万厉 (1573-1619), an edition with a commentary by Zhao Nanxing 赵南星 from the Tianqi reign 天启 (1621-1627), the so-called Qiushi Nüerjing 裘氏女儿经 printed by Master Gao 高氏 around the year 1622, a revised edition by He Ruilin 贺瑞麟, the Gailiang Nüerjing 改良女儿经 from the Tongzhi reign 同治 (1862-1874), and a print by the Tunxijuwen Studio 屯溪聚文堂 from the Guangxu reign 光绪 (1875-1908). The book is written in phrases that are all consisting of three characters. The book is 864 characters long, or 288 sentenctes. It explains that a girl has to obey father and mother, to work hard and to live a proper life, to speak with a low voice and to wear decent clothes. After marriages her obedience has to be given towards her parents-in-law and her husband. She has to care for their household, to establish good relationship with the neighbourhood, and to raise up her children. TheNüerjing also brings forward a lot of good examples from the past which each women should try to follow. It was very widespread because it is easy to read.
Biggest matchmaking party in SHANGHAI
Shanghai's largest matchmaking party, set for Qingpu District next month, will expand the age group of participants to 60 years old, and will last three days instead of the previous two, its organizers said today.
Qianjiashi 千家诗 “Poems of One Thousand Writers”
The Qianjiashi 千家诗 "Poems of one thousand writers" is an anthology of poems from the Tang 唐 (618-907), Five Dynasties五代 (907-960) and Song 宋 (960-1279) periods. The complete title of the collection is Fenmen leizuan Tang-Songshi xian qianjia shixuan 分门纂类唐宋时贤千家诗选 "Selected poems of one thousand excellent authors from the Tang and Song periods, arranged in various categories". It was compiled by the Southern Song period 南宋 (1127-1279) scholar Liu Kezhuang 刘克庄. Following his scholarly style name, Houcun 后村, the anthology is also called Houcun Qianjiashi 后村千家诗. It is 22 juan "scrolls" long and is divided into 14 chapters.
Qianziwen 千字文 “The Thousand-Characters Text”
The Qianziwen 千字文 "Thousand-characters text" is a character text book for elementary learning. There are two books with that title, namely one from theLiang period 梁 (502-557) writer Prince Xiao Zifan 萧子范, which is already lost, and one by Zhou Xingsi 周兴嗣 from the same period. The book was compiled on imperial order by using one thousand characters of the oeuvres of the famous calligrapher Wang Xizhi 王羲之 from the Eastern Jin period 东晋 (317-420). Zhou selected one thousand different, often-used characters and composed them to a long poem, of which each verse is 4 words or characters long. Each two verses rhyme, so that they are easily to remember. The words cover all aspects of nature and human life, and thus also serve to learn the most important characters of all fields, like the universe, history, self-cultivation, learning, eating and drinking, living, gardens, sacrifices, and much more.
Canton Fair to promote yuan use
Transactions during the China Import and Export Fair, the country's largest trade event, will be for the first time announced in the form of yuan settlement, organizers said on Monday.
Qieyun 切韵 “Cut Rhymes”
The Qieyun 切韵 "Cut rhymes" is the oldest surviving dictionary arranging characters according to pronunciation. It was written by Lu Fayan 陆法言 during theSui period 隋 (581-618).
Colombian takes wingsuit crown
Colombian wingsuiter Jhonathan Florez was crowned champion of the Second World Wingsuit Championship on Sunday, in a tournament marred by the death of Hungarian wingsuit flyer Victor Kovats.
Muslims celebrate Corban Festival in China
Millions of Muslims across China and the world celebrated the Corban Festival on Tuesday, also known as Eid al-Adha or day of sacrifice, when lambs and other animals are slaughtered.
Qiequn zhizhang tu 切韵指掌图 “Finger-and-Palm Charts to the Cut Rhymes System”
The Qiequn zhizhang tu 切韵指掌图 "Finger-and-palm charts to the cut rhymes system" is a rhyme table from the Song period 宋 (960-1279) originally attributed to Sima Guang 司马光 because he had written the preface. A small chapter on the rules of the composition (Jianli 检例) was written by the Yuan period 元 (1279-1368) scholar Shao Guangzu 邵光祖.
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