Showing posts with label Marc Chagall Painting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Marc Chagall Painting. Show all posts

Thursday, May 8, 2008

Marc Chagall Painting

Marc Chagall Painting
  五天之后,船到吴郡的胥门,相传这里是吴国国相伍子胥绝命之所,吴为春秋五霸之一,国君阊闾励精图治,重用孙武、伍子胥等能臣武将,以三万精兵将强楚打得狼狈不堪,不得已迁都以避祸。
  其后夫差继位,沉迷于西施绝色,信用奸邪小人,孙武隐遁,子胥归天,昏庸黩武的夫差最终被越王勾践杀死在天平山馆娃宫,吴国由此覆亡。如今,吴郡这一座古老的城池又将面临再一次的兵火。
  这一次的敌手不是别人,正是孙武的子孙——孙策。
  城门口守卫的兵卒在仔细的盘查着每一艘船,未等船靠岸,陆仪便早早的上得岸,与守城的将官交谈了起来,我隐约的听到那将官说这是太守许贡的命令,是要防止孙策的细作混入城内。我不禁摇头苦笑,以孙策现在的声势和兵力,要想攻下吴郡岂不是轻而易举的事,许贡这一手实在是有些多余。
  陆氏一族在吴郡毕竟是大族,守卫的兵卒见是熟人,稍微的问了几句就放我们进去了。
  ……
  兴平二年的十二月十八日,一场初雪将四下渲染的银装素裹一片。
  清晨,公鸡头遍打鸣。
  在陆缇陆仪的精心调理下,我的身体逐渐在恢复,早已经能够不用拐杖独立走路了,这天我早早的穿戴整齐,来到陆府的院墙外的一处空地上,这里是我刚觅着的习武的好地方,既可以不打断大家的清梦,又能一展身手、毫无顾虑的喊杀。

Monday, May 5, 2008

Marc Chagall Painting

Marc Chagall Painting
明朝的灭亡,一般认为是因为明末政治混乱,党争激烈,吏治败坏,贪污纳贿,执政效率低下。加之明末天灾疾疫不断,明廷又无力赈灾,反而加派三饷,百姓纷纷揭竿而起,崇祯皇帝又刚愎自用,造成能臣名将人人自危。在农民军与满清的双重打击之下,终至覆亡。
但现在又有一种说法,那就是《白银资本》论,主要是从世界白银的生产和流动中找初明末社会大动荡的原因。“明朝政府抛弃了元朝乃至更早的宋朝部分使用纸币的政策。这是因为在发生危机时,滥印纸币总是造成通货膨胀的后果。明朝政府先是停止了纸币的印制,接着又停止了纸币的使用,从而完全使用铜钱和银锭。另外,货币税收的份额越来越大,最终演变成完全用白银交纳的“一条鞭”法的税制。”也正是因为白银的大量进口,才支持了明代以白银为主的“银本位”货币的基础,反过来,正式这种银本位的货币制度,造成了对白银的依靠和巨大的需求,也造成了世界银价的上涨。
[ 转自铁血社区 http://bbs.tiexue.net/ ]
白银的价格上涨带动了西班牙等国在美洲大量开采银矿。“由于白银供大于求,迫使白银价格压低到西班牙人的生产成本的水平,甚至低于成本。西班牙王权遭到沉重的打击,原因在于,运到西班牙的美洲白银越来越多,导致银价下跌,国王政府财

Wednesday, March 5, 2008

Marc Chagall Painting

Marc Chagall Painting
Henri Matisse Painting
Van Gogh Painting
Van Gogh Sunflower
And nowhere else?' I demanded.
`No,' was the muttered reply.
`Oh, Catherine!' I cried sorrowfully. `You know you have been doing wrong, or you wouldn't be driven to uttering an untruth to me. That does grieve me. I'd rather be three months ill, than hear you frame a deliberate lie.'
She sprang forward, and bursting into tears, threw her arms round my neck.
`Well, Ellen, I'm so afraid of you being angry,' she said. `Promise not to be angry, and you shall know the very truth: I hate to hide it.'
We sat down in the window-seat; I assured her I would not scold, whatever her secret might be, and I guessed it of course; so she commenced:
oil paintings
`I've been to Wuthering Heights, Ellen, and I've never missed going a day since you fell ill; except thrice before, and twice after you left your room. I gave Michael books and pictures to prepare Minny every evening, and to put her back in the stable: you mustn't scold him either, mind. I was at the Heights by half-past six, and generally stayed till half past eight, and then galloped home. It was not to amuse myself that I went: I was often wretched all the time. Now and then I was happy; once in a week perhaps. At first, I expected there would be sad