{"id":5428,"date":"2015-12-10T10:21:52","date_gmt":"2015-12-10T04:21:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/?p=5428"},"modified":"2024-01-16T11:15:32","modified_gmt":"2024-01-16T03:15:32","slug":"1229-chn-20160105102326","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/en\/1229-chn-20160105102326\/","title":{"rendered":"The First Departmental Seminar Held by the Department of Chinese"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"art-article\">\n<p><strong>10 December 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><strong>The First Departmental Seminar Held by the Department of Chinese<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><BR><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;\">The Department of Chinese of HSMC held the firstdepartmental seminar on 10 December 2015. Professor Cheung Kwong Yue Alex&nbsp;presented &#8220;OnZhuang Zi\u2019s Preservation of Life through the Analysis of an Ancient Graph&#8221;.Departmental staff and students participated in the seminar with greatenthusiasm. <o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;\">Professor Alex&nbsp;Cheung is the Chair Professor, the headof the department and the Director of The Institute for Chinese Language andCulture. He is an expert in the authentication of bronze vessels and the studyof Chu bamboo manuscripts. He is particularly known for his researchmethodology to use excavated materials as evidence for received texts. This isalso clearly demonstrated by his analysis of the ancient graph for kang<span lang=\"ZH-TW\">\u5eb7<\/span> in the seminar. Quoting from a wide range of literature, he revealedthat the graph conveys the Daoist wisdom to embrace the void and has themeaning of well-being and peace of mind. Unraveling the meaning of kang, hefurther explained Zhuang Zi\u2019s ideas on the preservation of health. Despite theerudite nature of the talk, itwas delivered in a simple and clear manner, so that it was easily accessible.Those who attended not only learnt about the wisdom of the ancients, but alsohow such wisdom can be applied to modern life.&nbsp;<font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top:10px;margin-left:38px;\">\n<div style=\"width:640px;text-align:center;margin:10px;margin-top:0px;float:left;\" ><img src=\"http:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/old\/images\/upload\/CHN\/72db757208bb56e6695f8f8639877fa2.jpg\" width=\"630\" alt=\"\"  \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;margin-bottom:5px;line-height:110%;min-height:40px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"width:640px;text-align:center;margin:10px;margin-top:0px;float:left;\" ><img src=\"http:\/\/www.hsu.edu.hk\/old\/images\/upload\/CHN\/a916e4526909ed1c5250c10032b9185e.jpg\" width=\"630\" alt=\"Professor Alex Cheung explained the topic in a simple and clear manner\"  \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;margin-bottom:5px;line-height:110%;min-height:40px;\">Professor Alex Cheung explained the topic in a simple and clear manner<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"height:1px ; clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"10 December 2015 The First Departmental Seminar Held by the Department of Chinese The Department of Chinese of HSMC held the firstdepartmental seminar on 10 December 2015. 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