Introduction:

How to appreciate an ancient poem in order to comprehend its true artistic essence? Why is a poet obsessed with recording his travels in the form of poetry? From what perspective should we understand the profound meaning of the mountains and rivers in the poem? And how can we get infinite spiritual power from ancient poetry?

The 17th Literature Festival of RUC will hold a seminar on ancient literature. Ge Xiaoyin, professor of Chinese Language and Literature Department of Peking University, will be the guest speaker to answer our questions based on her previous research and reading experience.

Therefore, we would like to sincerely invite you to join us on this poetic journey. Whether you are an undergraduate who is passionate about poetry or a graduate student who is trying to overcome the difficulties in the academic field, you can bring your own questions in interpretation and research of ancient poetry to this enthusiastic discussion forum and have face-to-face communication with Professor Ge.

Abstract:

Time: 14:00, Wednesday, May 15, 2024

Location: 903 Lide Teaching Building

Topic: Research questions and methods in the study of the history of poetry

Guest Speaker
 

Ge Xiaoyin, born in 1946 in Shanghai. She has been a professor of Chinese literature at Peking University since 1989. Besides, she used to be a professor of Humanities and Society at the Graduate School of the University of Tokyo and Chair Professor of Chinese at the Hong Kong Baptist University. She is now Emeritus Professor of Liberal Arts at Peking University. She is the author of the History of Eight Dynasties of Poetry, The Evolution of Han and Tang Literature, The Study of Landscape and Pastoral Poetry, The Climax of the Poetry Kingdom and the Culture of the Prosperous Tang Dynasty, The Study of the poetic Style of the Pre-Qin, Han, Wei and Six Dynasties, The Art and Debate of Du's Poetry, and the Style of Ancient Poetry in the Middle Tang Dynasty.

Host

Cai Danjun, associate professor at School of Liberal Arts of RUC. She received her Ph.D. from the Department of Chinese Literature of Peking University. She was a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Literature, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, focusing on the literature of Han, Wei and Six Dynasties. Besides, she has published more than 40 papers in domestic and foreign journals and several books. She is currently leading a key project of the National Social Science Foundation, and has been selected into the The national youth talent support program.