25 March 2023 (Saturday) | Pu Songling – His Life and Lineage, with Special Reference to his Own Preface to the Strange Tales |
1 April 2023 (Saturday) | Varieties of Theme and Treatment in the Strange Tales – Some Examples |
15 April 2023 (Saturday) | How to Read the Strange Tales: Clues from the Old 19th-century Commentators |
22 April 2023 (Saturday) | Translating the Strange Tales: Herbert Giles’ Strange Stories Seen Today, and New Perspectives |
Date: 25 March, 1 April, 15 April, 22 April 2023 (Saturdays)
Time: 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. (Hong Kong Time)
Speaker: Professor John Minford, Sin Wai Kin Distinguished Professor of Chinese Culture and Translation
Language: English
Venue: Room 401, Fung Yiu King Hall, A Building, HSUHK
Registration: www.JohnMinfordatHSU.com
ECA/iGPS: HSUHK students who join each lecture will be accorded 1 ECA hour/1 iGPS unit.
For enquiries, please feel free to contact us at stfl@hsu.edu.hk or 3963 5205.
Best regards,
School of Translation and Foreign Languages
The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong

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