Spring

Impossible Love, Or Why the Heart Must Go Wrong A Conversation with Jan Bauer, Ginette Paris, and James Hillman

How to Love a Woman: On Intimacy and the Erotic Life of Women By Clarissa Pinkola Estes     

Like Mike: Ability contagion through touched objects increases confidence and improves performance

Magical thinking refers to irrational peculiar beliefs, including those that conform to the laws of contagion. We propose that touching an object that was previously touched by a high performer increases confidence via magical thinking (ability contagion) and improves actual performance among individuals high in experiential processing. A series of studies provides support for this main proposition. Our results cast doubt on an alternative explanation based on priming, and are obtained controlling for participants’ level of rational processing, motivation, and affect.     

春季养生

春三月起于立春,经雨水、惊蛰、春分、谷雨、清明,止于立夏前一日.<内经>云:"春三月,此谓发陈,天地俱生,万物以荣,夜卧早起,广步于庭,被发缓形,以使志生;生而勿杀,予而勿夺,赏而勿罚,此春气之应,养生之道也.逆之则伤肝,夏为寒变,奉长者少."即春季为推陈出新,冰雪消融,万物复苏,一派生机.人在春季也应顺应自然,推陈出新,可早起晨练,活动肢体,调养肝脏.     

皮锡瑞《春秋》经传“借事明义之旨”辨非

皮锡瑞以“借事明义”概括《春秋》大旨,是一项错误而又有待辨析的学术主张。承认“事”的次要性、工具性和可阙性,不意味必须接受“事”的可伪性。皮氏的举证不能证明孔子和《公羊》作者同样允许“事”的假托,论证欠缺说服力。此外,“借事明义”的观点不见得符合经传的内容,掩盖了《公》《穀》二传也有强调史实的一面,因此不宜把它视作指导经传解读的有效原则。