Today (14th), Prof Kang Zhen, a Professor and a PhD supervisor at the College of Arts, Beijing Normal University spoke at a Chinese Culture Series of seminar in Macao. The seminar for university teachers and students and youth were held in the morning at the City University of Macau. CityU Acting Rector Kong Fanqing, Xu Ting, Director of the Department of Education and Youth Affairs of the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in the Macao SAR, Pang Chuan, Chairman of the Macau Higher Education Development Promotion Association and Vice President of the Macau University of Science and Technology, Prof Zhou Wenlei and Cintia Chan, Vice Rector and Pro-Rector of the City University of Macau attended the seminar, which was hosted by Prof Zhu Shoutong from the Centre for Chinese History and Culture at the University of Macau.
The theme of Prof Kang Zhen’s seminar was “The Wisdom, Emotions and Realm of Chinese Culture”. Prof Kang started with talking about the wisdom of Chinese culture and cited the examples of Confucian and Taoism. He explained in a lively way how Confucius’s thinking that benevolence was to discipline oneself and return to propriety demonstrated his care for humanities and also how profound and extensive Lao Zi’s theory that the best kindness was like water was. He then went on to explained in a humorous way the civilization and emotional world of Tang and Song dynasties embodied in Tang and Song poetry as well as the humanistic world featured in Ming and Qing novels. Prof Kang’s wonderful speech received rounds of applause from the audience and the scene was full of jubilance.
The Speaker, Prof Kang Zhen, is a Professor and a PhD supervisor from the College of Arts, Beijing Normal University, member of the Language and Literature Committee, National Textbook Commission), member of Cultural Quality Committee of the Ministry of Education, a leading figure of the “Thousand Talents Plan” and a Distinguished Professor of the Chang Jiang Scholars Programme. He has been a literature consultant and judge for the TV shows “Chinese Poetry Conference (中國詩詞大會)”, “Everlasting Classics (經典詠流傳)” and “The Readers (朗讀者)” produced by China Central Television for many times.
This Chinese Culture series of seminar was jointly organized by The Chinese Educators' Association of Macau, Union of Catholic Schools of Macau, Association of Public Educators in Macao (澳門公職教育協會), Macau Higher Education Development Promotion Association and the City University of Macau under the guidance of the Department of Education and Youth Affairs of the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in Macao SAR, Education and Youth Affairs Bureau and Higher Education Bureau of Macao SAR.
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Source: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Photos: Wang Taotao, Zhang Ling, Shi Ruiting
Reporting and editing: Zhang Boyi, Xuzhibin, Li Binghong
