Participants were guided through Pu’s life and lineage, the various themes and treatments in the great work, and were able to observe what Pu had created­­­­ ­­- fascinating and poetic stories in an immersive exhibition of culture and humanities.

Professor Minford used a number of Chinese ink paintings to elaborate the intertwined relationships between the paintings and the colophons on them, which share a close similarity between the great work and its commentators from various perspectives. 

The public lecture series was enthusiastically received with over 600 literature-lovers, especially those from the translation industry.