A conference on Poetic Traditions in Manuscript Cultures was held online jointly by Queen's College of the University of Oxford and Jao Tsung-I Academy of Sinology of Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU). Prof Chen Zhi, UIC's Provost and Dean of HKBU Jao Tsung-I Academy of Sinology, gave an academic presentation and discussed it with domestic and international scholars.
To begin with, Dr Georgiy Grebnyev of UIC's General Education Office (GEO), one of the organisers, gave the opening speech.
The seminar was held online
The lecture given by Prof Chen was on Xiaoyao("逍遥") and Shuchi("舒迟" ): A Few Special Uses of Alliterative Binomes. Through the analysis of binomes in bronze inscriptions and bamboo and silk manuscripts, his paper shows how their variants and related expressions enables us to reinterpret passages from the received Classics which had previously been misunderstood or misinterpreted.
Prof Chen Zhi
UIC, the first new liberal arts college in Chinese mainland, attaches importance to the inheritance and dissemination of Chinese traditional culture. It presents in the course curriculum, academic research results, and other aspects. It has established the Institute for Communication Studies of Chinese Cultures and The Research Centre for History and Culture. In addition, the College launched relevant elective courses, held conferences, seminars, and other events of traditional culture, and invited domestic and foreign scholars to share their studies on it.
Prof Chen is an internationally acclaimed scholar and researcher in Chinese Studies. He delivered a series of lectures on the roots of Chinese culture for teachers and students and offered a course on appreciation and writing Chinese poetry for sophomores.
Prof Chen teaching undergraduates the class on appreciation and writing of Chinese poetry
Another two guests in the seminar were the Associate Dean of HKBU Jao Tsung-I Academy of Sinology, Dr Adam Schwartz, and Associate Professor in Chinese Philosophy of the Queen's College of Oxford, Dr Dirk Meyer. Both of them had been invited to give a speech in UIC from different perspectives on the studies of Chinese culture in the past.
Dr Adam Schwartz
Dr Dirk Meyer
UIC strives for the inheritance and promotion of Chinese traditional culture, with students engaging. Therefore, they established various associations of traditional Chinese culture, including the Guqin Club and the Traditional Archery Association.
From MPRO
Reporter: Du Jiewen
Editors: Samuel Burgess, Deen He, Covee Wang
