1。 That era has passed.
Biography of Geng Yan in the Later Han Dynasty: [Father] is ill ... All six brothers are fond of purple and are proud to be doctors of medicine. "Liu Tang knows a few" Shi Liu Tong Jia ":"Therefore, his book is despised by the contemporary, and it is good. " The Chronicle of Ming Poems has been signed, and the first volume quotes the Historical Talks of Longxing Tang Dynasty: "[Li Yu (seven-character poem) is enough to advocate the contemporary era, so there is no need to ridicule it."
2。 In this era.
Tang Du Fu's poem "Feng Jian Gao Shi San Wu Shijun": "Contemporary scholars are like a few people." Song Mei Yao Chen's "Fu Du Shi Gong Wanci" (IV): "Words are contemporary laws, and the ancients were so, they are not ashamed." Qu Qiubai's Russian Literature before the October Revolution VI: "There is no contemporary social phenomenon in the play, and the authors all take its history."
3. refers to the dynasty of the reigning emperor.
Liu Tang's confidant "Stone Ji Bian": "If you want to adopt contemporary law, you must despise the former dynasty." Zhang Ming Juzheng's "Ask for honor, treat the sage with light": "If the emperor condescends to pay attention to the rank of the first dynasty, the contemporary elderly will pay special attention to this department ... This is also a peaceful event."
4. refers to the reigning emperor.
Yuan Ouyang Xuan's poem "Monk Mo Jujuan" reads: "Yuan Kuai was originally a black-clad lang, but now he is deeply benevolent and gives yellow."
Contemporary should be a depiction of an epoch-making turning point in time. Based on this understanding, people often use the second explanation mentioned above. That is the meaning of this era. Specifically, the present era is the primary stage of socialism, and the turning point of the socialist era is marked by the arrival of the new democratic era 1949. Therefore, in China, it is generally believed that contemporary refers to this era after 1949. This is the domestic understanding. In the world, people often take "World War II" as a symbol. Globally, the contemporary era should refer to the period after the third world scientific and technological revolution.
The third scientific and technological revolution marked by the wide application of atomic energy, computer and space technology is an information control technology revolution involving information technology, new energy technology, new material technology, biotechnology, space technology and marine technology. Its contemporary general definition time should be the period after the 1940s and 1950s.