Lectures & Other Activities

Professor Chia-ying Yeh is an internationally renowned scholar and educator of Chinese poetry and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. Having dedicated her life to research and teaching in the field, she taught at numerous universities around the world before founding the Institute of Chinese Classical Culture (ICCC) at Nankai University in 1993. Her influence can be attested to in the scores of students she mentored and the millions of readers and listeners of her books and lecture series. At the same time, Professor Yeh is also an accomplished poet.

The composition of Classical poetry is an important element of Sinitic culture. Professor Yeh was an avid promoter of poetic composition; in particular, she has placed high hopes in the propagation of the humanistic spirit amongst young people. On the 102th birthday of Professor Yeh, the Mr. Simon Suen and Mrs. Mary Suen Sino-Humanitas Institute (SHI) of Hong Kong Baptist University and the Institute of Chinese Classical Culture of Nankai University plan to host an online poetry event in her honour, so that young poets may gather virtually as a community to share and discuss their works. This will be a fitting tribute to Professor Yeh as well as an important step in the development of poetic culture.

Event details:

Date and time: 7:00-10:00pm (GMT+8), 14 July 2026, Tuesday
Format: Online

This event will be held online. Around fifty to sixty youths will be invited to briefly discuss how Professor Yeh has inspired them and how poetry influences their lives; then, they are invited to read one of their works of Classical Chinese poetry, either in their hometown dialect or in Mandarin Chinese, whichever is preferred. The best works may be collected as an anthology and published by the SHI.

All are welcome to either submit and recite their classical Chinese poetry and/or Ci poetry works, or participate and enjoy poetry recital at the event. Please refer to details as follows (in Chinese only):

Rules: https://hkbuhk.sharepoint.com/:w:/s/PUB_SHI_ShortTermEvents/IQD95C7YHtPfS7xtMSh2v-ISAYHEr8QZwSvhI5o0l5XsNM8?e=7f0y0r

Submission of Classical Chinese poetry: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/F38PZD8aLJ

Event registration link: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/A74EPGfdDT