第1节:一、时间荒漠 第一章 时间零点 一、时间荒漠 按照大爆炸宇宙学理论,宇宙起源于一个"奇点"。所谓"奇点",实际上是一个数学上的描述,这个"奇点"的特征就是体积无限小,质量无限大,密度无限大,时空曲率无限大。突然有一天,这个"奇点"发生了改变,变得不再是"奇点",而是产生了时间和空间的结构,在这个时间和空间的结构上,宇宙开始创生。物理学家们形象地称之为"大爆炸",这就是所谓"大爆炸宇宙学"的起源。 实际上,上面这些看起来很玄妙、超越我们想象能力的描述,不过是物理学家和数学家用以描述宇宙最初状态的一种方式。 根据爱因斯坦的广义相对论,宇宙不是静止的,而是膨胀的,或者是收缩的。后来的物理学家和天文学家经过天文观测注意到,在很大的尺度上,各种星系都在离我们远去。这不但印证了爱因斯坦的理论,而且说明宇宙在膨胀。既然它在膨胀,那么如果往回想,过去的宇宙一定比现在小;如果继...
前言前言由于近几年来艺术拍卖会上竹木牙角器行情看好,成交几率很高,大有与书画、玉器相抗衡之势,所以许多人对竹木牙角器给予很大的关注。只是文博界、收藏界习惯地把竹木牙角器划归为“杂项”之列,就是这个“杂”字,也足以使许多人产生了误解,以为这不过是一些小玩意、小摆设而已,没有什么文化含量。其实,就艺术品欣赏而言,其文化含量本不在于形体的大小,也不在于风格的繁复与简练,而在于是否体现时代的精神与风貌。正如文学上的楚辞、汉赋、六朝骈文、唐诗、宋词有特定时代风貌一样,雕刻艺术也是如此,三代彝器是雕刻最早流行的艺术形式,其后又有石窟寺艺术盛行于南北朝至唐代之间。在宏伟的艺术形式之后,便有明代小玩意、小摆设的兴起。故明清是装饰小雕塑盛行的时代,是制作小玩意、小摆设为主的时代,各种材质、各种技法的工艺雕刻纷纷登场,大放异彩,一物一器莫不雕工精妙、做工奇巧。明张岱《陶庵梦忆》记载...
A RED-HAIRED GIRL THE residence of Mr. Peter Pett, the well-known financier, on Riverside Drive is one of the leading eyesores of that breezy and expensive boulevard. As you pass by in your limousine, or while enjoying ten cents worth of fresh air on top of a green omnibus, it jumps out and bites at you. Architects, confronted with it, reel and throw up their hands defensively, and even the lay observer has a sense of shock. The place resembles in almost equal proportions a cathedral, a suburban villa, a hotel and a Chinese pagoda. Many of its windows are of stained glas
The solitary figure in the saffron robes shielded his eyes from the glare and squinted down the glacier to where the enormous black vessel lay, one-third submerged, in the floor of the valley. Allowing for the portion lost below the icy surface of the frozen lake it was easily some three hundred cubits long, at least fifty wide and another thirty high. It had, overall, the appearance of some fantastic barge with a kind of gabled house mounted upon its deck. Its gopher wood timbers were blackened by a heavy coating of pitch and hardened by the petrification of the glacier
卷第一 道原老子曰:「有物混成,先天地生,惟象无形,窈窈冥冥,寂寥淡漠,不闻其声,吾强为之名,字之曰道。」夫道者:高不可极,深不可测,苞裹天地,禀受无形,原流泏泏,冲而不盈,浊以静之徐清。施之无劳,无所朝夕,表之不盈一握。约而能张,幽而能明,柔而能刚,含阴吐阳,而章三光。山以之高,渊以之深,兽以之走,鸟以之飞,麟以之游,凤以之翔,星历以之行。以亡取存,以卑取尊,以退取先。古者三皇,得道之统,立于中央,神与化游,以抚四方。是故,能天运地滞,轮转而无废,水流而不止,与物终始。风兴云蒸,雷声雨降,并应无穷,已雕已琢,还复于礼。无为为之而合乎生死,无为言之而通乎德,恬愉无矜而得乎和,有万不同而便乎生。和阴阳,节四时,调五行,润乎草木,浸乎金石,禽兽硕大,毫毛润泽,鸟卵不败,兽胎不殰。父无丧子之忧,兄无哭弟之哀,童子不孤,妇人不孀,虹霓不见,盗贼不行,含德之所致也。天常之...
大六壬与大六壬学习1卷之一 壬式起课方法6一学习大六壬前必须掌握的基础知识6二起大六壬课的步骤9三月将的确定15四.卜占时的选用16五.宗门九课的起法17六.一天将的起法31七、课传中六亲的确定35八.遁干的确定36九迅捷起课法38卷之二壬式要素分析48一人手判断的准备工作48二四课的构成要素分析52三传的构成要素分析一69四 天将分析77五 六亲分析85六 空亡的分析92七 合、刑、冲、破、害的分析95八 十二长生运的分析101九 旺衰的分析103卷之三九大类象系统107一类象107二于支108三支神113四天将119五神煞123六六亲127七十二长生运130八课体135九年命136十遁干139...
——不同群体“弱势”感受对比分析报告 调查说明 随着中国快速发展,国人的腰包越来越鼓了,生活水平有了普遍提高,然而物质的丰富并没能带来心灵的富足,反而越来越多的人觉得自己成为了“弱势群体”,比如公司白领、记者、大学教授等,甚至不少官员也称自己是弱势群体。 一些外表光鲜的群体缘何不少人都有着相同的“弱势”感受?社会快速转型条件下,到底多少人存在“弱势”感受?程度如何?原因何在?为了对这些问题有一个较为清晰、客观的认识,人民论坛杂志进行了问卷调查,调查样本总计6235人,具体为: 一,不同群体随机抽样问卷调查。选取党政干部、知识分子(主要为高校、科研、文化机构职员)、公司白领三个典型群体进行,有效调查人数分别为280人、213人和325人。...
The Old Masters: how well they understoodIts human position; how it takes placeWhile someone else is eating or opening a window orMt walking dully along ...W. H. AUDEN, "Musee des Beaux Arts"Old Blue died and he died so hard He shook the ground in my back yard. I dug his grave with a silver spade And I lowered him down with a golden chain. Every link you know I did call his name, I called, "Here, Blue, you good dog, you.FOLK SONG"Nope, nothing wrong here.THE SHARP CEREAL PROFESSORONCE UPON A TIME, not so long ago, a monster came to the small town of Castle Rock, Maine. He
I stood there on the beach and said, "Good-by, Butterfly," and the ship slowly turned, then headed out toward deep water. It would make it back into port at the lighthouse of Cabra, I knew, for that place lay near to Shadow. Turning away, I regarded the black line of trees near at hand, knowing that a long walk lay ahead of me. I moved in that direction, making the necessary adjustments as I advanced. A pre-dawn chill lay upon the silent forest, and this was good. I was perhaps fifty pounds underweight and still occasionally experienced double vision, but I was improving