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The Mr. Simon Suen and Mrs. Mary Suen Sino-Humanitas Institute of Hong Kong Baptist University is glad to invite Professor Ling TONG, Professor, PhD Supervisor & Vice Dean from School of Liberal Arts, Nanjing University, to share his research findings on the history, literature, and music of the Prince of Lanling for SHI's Frontiers in Sino-Humanitas Lecture series. For more details about the event, please refer below.

Frontiers in Sino-Humanitas Lecture: The History, Literature, and Music of the Prince of Lanling: From Northern Qi to the East Asian World

Organiser: Mr. Simon Suen and Mrs. Mary Suen Sino-Humanitas Institute, HKBU
Date: 6 August 2026, Thursday
Time: 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
Venue: Room OEM603, 6/F, Oen Hall Building (Main Building), Ho Sin Hang Campus, Hong Kong Baptist University
Language: Mandarin

Abstract (in Chinese only):
北齊河清三年（564），北周聯合突厥人以大軍圍困北齊重鎮洛陽，北齊宗室名將蘭陵王高長恭戴著「惡魔面具」以500騎破陣，史稱「邙山大捷」。然而，這位悲劇美男子因為受到北齊皇帝的猜忌而自殺，但他以及頌揚他英武精神的《蘭陵王入陣曲》卻永遠定格在歷史、文學、音樂三個維度上，並且這三個維度呈現出迥然不同的面貌。本次演講以北齊歷史的虛實、唐代《蘭陵王入陣曲》的演變以及東傳、蘭陵王假面樂舞在世界範圍內的傳播為例，探討蘭陵王及其背後的文化內涵。可以說北齊蘭陵王文化是「漢文化圈」巨大的「共同的心態基石」之一部分，因此，他的「假面」故事還將會繼續傳承下去。

About the Speaker: https://chin.nju.edu.cn/szdw/xrjs/20190926/i34601.html