The Mr. Simon Suen and Mrs. Mary Suen Sino-Humanitas Institute is glad to invite Professor Hou Tijian, Head of Department of Chinese Language and Literature, Fudan University to give a public talk “The Ancestral Temple Stipend System and Travel Literature of the Southern Song Dynasty” for the Institute’s new initiative Frontiers in Sino-Humanitas Lecture series in early April. All are welcome to register and participate.
Public Lecture: The Ancestral Temple Stipend System and Travel Literature of the Southern Song Dynasty
Organizer: Mrs. Mary Suen Sino-Humanitas Institute, HKBU
Date: 10 April 2025, Thursday
Time: 5:00 – 6:30 pm
Venue: Room 602, 6/F, Oen Hall (Main Building, OEM 602), Ho Sin Hang Campus, Hong Kong Baptist University
Speaker: Professor Hou Tijian (Professor and Head, Department of Chinese Language and Literature, Fudan University)
Moderator: Professor Zhang Hongsheng (Director, HKBU Mr. Simon Suen and Mrs. Mary Suen Sino-Humanitas Institute)
Language: Mandarin
Registration: https://forms.office.com/r/qKX4Y4t0Zy
Abstract:
祠祿官制是宋代的獨有制度，它對文學產生了多層級的影響，張孝祥、范成大、辛棄疾等文學家都曾任祠祿官，奉祠行旅在他們的文學作品中留下了不少印記。特別是祠官們在歸鄉退居期間撰寫了繁多的行旅詩文和筆記，形成了獨特的文學風貌，周必大的行記就是典型代表。由於祠官身份，南宋文人有著自由、自主的行旅路線選擇權，這讓他們的風景書寫和「文化取景框」獨具個性。本講座即從制度與文學的角度，一探祠祿官制如何作用於南宋文人的行旅創作。
About the speaker:
侯體健，復旦大學中文系教授、系主任，主要從事宋代文學與文獻、古代文章學的研究，發表學術論文60餘篇，出版專著《劉克莊的文學世界——晚宋文學生態的一種考察》、《士人身份與南宋詩文研究》等，編校《履齋示兒編》、《洪諮夔集》、《稀見清人文話二十種》等十餘種。
Enquiries: shi@hkbu.edu.hk, 3411 2562
Click to know about the register for the other Frontiers in Sino-Humanitas Lectures:
– Changes and Significance of Studies in Chinese Poetry in the 13th Century, by Prof. UCHIYAMA Seiya: https://shi.hkbu.edu.hk/en/chinese-poetry-in-the-13th-century/
– The “Cultural Devil” and Forgotten Forms: A Discussion on the Narrative Paradigms and Erasure of Meaning in Contemporary Novels, by Dr. YE Zi: https://shi.hkbu.edu.hk/en/contemporary-novels/
– Buddhist Stories during the Liu Song Period and War Memories of the Northern and Southern Confrontation: Examining the Documentary Value of the Japanese Collection of Records on Guanyin’s Miracles, by Prof. OHIRA Sachiyo;
How Japanese Gozan Monks Interpreted the Poetry of Huang Tingjian, by Prof. MIDORIKAWAKA Hideki, to be announced