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The reference to the Book of Songs of Yang Xiong' s Zhu Pin Fu (逐贫賦) was analyzed. It was found that Yang Xiong neither interpreted out of the context of the Book of Songs as the diplomatic language in the Spring and Autumn period, nor took the words too literally as the literati in the Han dynasty. Yang Xiong intro­duced the Book of Songs into Fu to express his will. He also achieved the intertextuality between Fu and the mean­ing of the Book of Songs, which fully showed his consciousness and accomplishment on literary creation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of the current article is to present a comprehensive and systematic review of the history of the National Southwest Associated University Library. The focus is on the construction process of the Library during 1937-1946. Toughened by working under the war-ridden and beleaguered conditions, and confronted with such challenges as tightening budgets and excessive scarcity of library facilities （books and reference materials, equipment and instruments） as well as personnel and supplies, library colleagues of Southwest Associated University endured great hardships in guarding book resources and disseminating knowledge together with other colleagues. They were all committed to preserving in library development, standardizing the library workflows, replenishing literature resources and developing various kinds of professional activities in libraries, which provided comprehensive library services for the teaching and scientific research of Southwest Associated University. Their spiritual outlooks and farsightedness are truly admirable. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

It is well argued that Alfonso Vagnoni produced Illustrations of the Grand Dao mainly based on the works of Plutarch and Aelian. For much of what is contained in this book come nearly out of them. However, it is also obviously noticeable that Alfonso Vagnoni makes alterations or additions against Plutarch and Aelian at times. Starting from two examples, given in Illustrations of the Grand Dao, the author shows that his alterations and additions should be considered to originate from those apophthegmata edited and written by Conrad Lycosthenes. It means that we should take Lycosthenes’ apopothegmata or something similar, rather than the works of Plutarch and Aelian, as the reference books which Alfonso Vagnoni uses. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Xuanbian Shengjian Xinqi Wanbao Shishan (選編省監新奇萬寶詩山) is a collection of poems collected and published in the early Ming period. The reference book for the imperial examination was recorded as a Song Dynasty edition, so it can be handed down to the book collectors of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. However, the quality of the works included is not high, there is no signature, the source is unknown, so it is not taken seriously, but it has gathered a considerable number of "Shengshih- shih" (省試詩) for the metropolitan examinations. Therefore, the Siku Quanshu official (四庫館臣) said: "Speaking of test works, the most complete in the Tang Dynasty is Wenyuan Yinghua (文苑英華), and in the Song Dynasty is Wanbao Shishan (萬寶詩山)." Through the study of the poems recorded in this book, we can see the relationship between the general literati and the secular society under the influence of the imperial examinations in the Song Dynasty. After investigating the existing version and circulation of the book, this article analyzes the topic of poems, and compared with the practicing poetry of the metropolitan examinations for recording the main features of this book. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]