This paper is supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 7032053), 2003 Key Research of the Humanities & Social Science Program, Ministry of Education, P.R.C (No. 03JD630035), and Education Department of Shaanxi Provice Scientific Research Program (No. 02JK011).
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