道家研討課的作業 -- 莊子人性論觀中對仁義之見

莊子人性論觀中對仁義之見

細讀中國的哲學的歷史，可發現對人性、道德、倫理等議題是花不少篇幅以描述及刻畫它們的重要性的。當然，這與儒家較為偏重人性、道德、倫理相關議題 與長時間作為官方思想派別有關。比如在明清兩代，理學更是作為官學，在獨特，超然的地位。所以在中國文化中，倫理是主流作為精神基礎的存在。這有別於西方 以宗教為精神基礎的不同，令得「人」這本身，就是作為思想基礎的對象，以及目標。而這種以人為本的思想發展，亦是中國對人性重視的原因。自原始部落所崇拜 的宗教對象以後，中國的精神文化開創以來，中國的精神文化就是朝向人文精神這一方向發展的。這種精神文化，還有它的傳承，都在為了對應確實、現實的人生以 及社會的問題而發展出來。這種發展模式，是以實際的，個人所面對的問題作出一連串的觀察接收，思考，以及實證體驗的活動作為應對人生問題的一些工夫。這種 實際、體證的發展就是成就重人的思想模式。從重人的立足點發展下去，往後就出現各種人性論的討論。人性，意指為人之本性、本質。以人性為題之爭論，是以人 性的具體德目層次上展開，往後發展出林林總總的人性論觀點：性善論、性惡論、性無善惡論、性可善可惡論等等。而這些人性論觀點都是在討論關於人性是甚麼的 實有層問題。然而，在作用層下，如何將人性論的觀點合理化，亦是討論人性論問題的重點。這種實有層與作用層的分類方式於儒家有出現，但就並未於道家中作出 分類。以下我稍稍引用牟宗三先生的說法：

在道家，實有層和作用層沒有分別，此一義涵著另一義，就是道家只有「如何」(How)的問題，這還牽涉到其他概念，例如聖、智、仁、義等概念。道德 經裏面有「絕聖棄智」、「絕仁棄義」之語。牽連到聖、智、仁、義這方面，道家只有如何(How)的問題，沒有「是什麼」(What)的問題。這個就是因為 道家的「實有」和「作用」沒有分別。[1]

Modern Chinese Literary Criticism 課的作業

Moving forward: From the construction of Hong Kong Cultural Identity in post-colonial context to the north going imagination

The starting of the Second European colonization wave in 19^th century has brought the European thought and influence over the world. With the western imperialism and colonialism influence, the legacy of these “-ism” still have influence in the 21^st century, namely post-colonialism. Many cultural critics, scholars and social scientists have worked on the study of post-colonialism in various “colonized” places, paying attention on economic, political, geographical ownership ramification and cultural aspects. Scholars have found theories and meta-narrative worked well on many places after being colonized, like African and Indo-European countries. However, when these theories came to describe the post-colonial situation in East Asia, these theories could not be easily generalized in describing the circumstances of China and Taiwan, etc. Short period of occupation, retaining original languages, influence of communism and east-Asian imperialism were the main reasons[1] account for the difference from some other countries in Africa. Among those examples in East-Asia, two easily forgot places: Hong Kong and Macau, have been founded as a particular important and abnormal place. The abnormality came from the returning of the territorial sovereignty to the motherland- China, instead of becoming an independent country or place. This abnormality added the impotency and value of Hong Kong (this essay, I will only focus on Hong Kong according to her global influence) in her special position between Britain’s colonialism and China’s up coming partial totalitarianism governance. According Rey Chow’ s saying: “Between Britain and China, Hong Kong’ s postcoloniality is marked by a double impossibility—it will be impossible to submit to Chinese nationalist/ nativist repossession as it has been impossible to submit to British colonialism.”[2] However, when we compare the pre-handover period for Chow's essay, and the period after handing over of Hong Kong to China in 1997, her description on the emergent Hong Kong Identity and Hong Kong culture can not simply meet current Hong Kong situation on identity and culture. What I am going to do is to tease out the ways and the ambivalence in constructing Hong Kong Identity and then to figure out what is and what lead to the current situation. In doing this, the two main aspects coined in Chow’s essay: root searching and post-modern hybridities will also be my starting way in interpreting the current situation. Hence, I will try to come up with a description for the current situation.

同莊周過聖誕

話說終於收到那個有著微妙笑臉的盒子了。

思考的藝術：導修課中的文章

話說課堂：思考的藝術內的導修課要寫下網上討論的文章，所以在這同時貼下：
四篇文章的標題如下： 1. 嚴人寬已，看雙重標準的謬誤 2. 從界定生命看非自主(non-voluntary) 安樂死 3. 強效益主義外有關動物權益的進路 4. 從另外一個角度看批判思考與創意思考

轉貼+ 小評 ：港媽、買樓與浮士德的交易

港媽、買樓與浮士德的交易

身邊很多好女孩，她們的故事就是一眼淚水。

A 小姐和男友拍拖多年，在當今世代難得一直難得相愛，唯一到談婚論嫁，立即出事。

I's CUBE 羽 ナミダの向こう・・BGM

最近下了NHK 的那個anikuri
內容大約是NHK 邀請15位左右的動畫監督各做1 分鐘的短片。
其中我想最impress 我的，是林明美的ナミダの向こう吧。
背景音樂Ｉ’ｓ　CUBE 的羽，加上林明美的作畫，還真是感動到不行!!

Class C1

話說都已經想辦很久了，方才先拿到....

Google 的face detection 除了人以外，狗也可以！！

前樂天閒時不知在做什麼，走上Google Map 看下那有street view 看下。
哦! 看到台北開始有很多地方都看得到了，就點開來看下。

HKIFF summer IFF

自你懂事後，你看過多少部電影了？

回想早在國三時首部下來看的動畫，然後在其後短短的兩年後，我已經很難去數出看過的動畫數目了。更不要論今天了。

まるまるアイス

看來到city super 走趟，真的可以找到不少奇怪的東東。

Modern city life and city's relations in Chungking Express

In the recent decades of the development of Hong Kong Cinema, especially in the time of Hong Kong New Wave, there are really number representable Hong Kong filmmakers. Wong Kai-wai, being one of the late Hong Kong New Wave filmmaker, is famous and popular in his works with post-modern features. One of his romantic comedy genre work - Chungking Express, is noted in expressing the urban cityscape of Hong Kong, particular in the place of Tsimshatsui and Central. Similar to Wong's previous films, the expressing of the themes and motifs of time, love, lost and searching for self-identification. These elements enable Chungking Express to give a good picture of protagonists' frustration and loneliness in Hong Kong to the audience. In this essay, I will start from the modern urbanscape sitting in Hong Kong, and try to figure out the modern city life style in relating to time and memory. Further, I would try to focus on the inter-personal relations inside the geographical identity of Hong Kong.

Nationalism in Once upon a Time in China

As being the new remake of the continuation of Huang Fei-hung series from Kwan Tak-hing, Tsui Hark has used the new Huang Fei-hung(played by Jet Li) to illustrate a new from of kung fu film in terms of the derivation from the 70s martial art films and to express his own cult style in his production. In Once upon a Time in China, won a big success in box office and also brought along with a new representation nationalism form to foreign audience. In contrast with the defined perception in Encyclopedia Britannica of nationalism: loyalty and devotion to the state such that national interests are placed above individual or global interest, the "nationalism" in Tsui Hark's mind should be featured in the form of national style, instead of the blindly expression of nationalism. Here, I will try to use Once upon a Time in China to illustrate the nationalism from Tsui Hark, and indicate its significant.

From Colonial History to Nostalgia in
He Ain't Heavy, He is My Brother

Being one of the most significant political issue in Hong Kong history - the signing of Sino-British Joint Declaration in 1984, was one of the reason that brought along with a various social phenomena after the mid 1980s. These phenomena included the redefining of Hong Kong cultural identity and the arisen of different representations of nostalgia in different cultural texts. To large extent, both the two social phenomena mentioned are the reflections of the time of Hong Kong colonial history. In these reflections, the emotional and allegorical messages can be noted in different texts, especially films as a cultural industry product. In this sense, it will be appealing to find out reasons or discourses to try to figure out the corresponding issue in the time line of colonial history. Looking back to the colonial history of Hong Kong, there were different events and ideological changes in affecting Hong Kong peoples' attitudes and feelings. By breaking down the motifs in the film texts during 1980s and 1990s, as the period of post-colonial, I hope to figure out a clearer concept of why and how HK nostalgia films are related to the colonial history. And further, how nostalgic sentiment is being presented in Hong Kong nostalgia films. To answer these questions, He Ain't Heavy, He is My Brother from Peter Chan and Lee Chi-Ngai, will be used to show the signifier for the relationship of colonial history and nostalgia films.

水深火熱的 重慶森林

水深火熱是在說在幹 "帶回家的期中試" 中的我了。

如何將倫理道德與全球暖化拉上關系

話說早前在在忙到快死的情況下溫習civl 171 (Climate Change: Miltigation and Adaption) 的時候，忽發奇想地想到了看似頗有看頭的想法。

大學畢業有什麼工可以做呢？去種菇吧!!

話說在今日吳想寫文的情況下上勞工署無聊下，竟然發現原來香港還有農業呢~

豪氣的Google : Street View 車原來是落場車，速度比得上GTR

原本Google 部車不是普通的family car 呢，有圖有真相。

FW: 声优金田朋子被误认为小学生

声优金田朋子在2009年3月16日的博文中记下了关于被误认成小学生的事

　　据文章所述，那天金田去了唐人街。在店中吃东西的时候她被店员问道，「客人是初中生吗？」她很快回答道，「不不！不 是初中生！」。可接下来店员便问道，「那是小学生吗？」。金田对此惊讶道，「居然下降了！！」。接下来便叹息道，说了不是初中生的话，「至少也请提高到高 中生吧」。

Short review on Metropolis 1927

Metropolis is obviously one of the greatest production as a science fiction (sci-fi) text, as well as a dystopian literature. Technology is one of the main features or theme of the film. Metropolis is a good present of Fritz Lang interest on machines.

高鈴 - 愛してる

高鈴 - 愛してる

劣作文本分析：The representation of gender and sexuality in Zhang Yimou' s Ju Dou and Red Sorghum

The representation of gender and sexuality in Zhang Yimou's Ju Dou and Red Sorghum

Zhang Yimou's Ju Dou and Red Sorghum have always been used for comparison in cinematic studies. The style of presentation, sexuality projection and other psychoanalysis of the oedipal complex were the key comparison points for the two films. Zhang Yimou had also commented the two films are actually the two sides of a coin. Base on his commentary on the films, in the later analysis, the focusing point will put on the two films confronting representations of masculinity and sexuality and the different ways of representations.