[17th Talk] Associate Professor Dr. Li Cheng:“The Seasonal Festivals in Classical Chinese Ci Poetry- Take the Dragon Boat Festival and Qixi Festival as examples”
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The seventeenth talk of the “Tan Lark Sye Lecture Series” will take place next week. Professor Li will uses the examples of Duanwu (Dragon Boat Festival) and Qixi (Chinese Valentine's Day) in his discussion, illustrating how poets throughout different dynasties imbued their ci poetry with layered meanings related to these festivals. His analysis offers us both a historical and contemporary perspective, allowing us to reflect on the cultural traditions of Chinese festivals and the evolution of ci poetry as a literary form. |
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Speaker |
Assoc. Prof. Li Cheng Assoc. Prof. Li Cheng, Ph.D. in Literature from Central China Normal University, Postdoctoral Fellow at the School of Arts, Nanjing University.Assoc. Prof. Li Cheng is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Chinese Ancient Literature at the School of Chinese Language and Literature, Central China Normal University, and a Master's supervisor. Assoc. Prof. Li Cheng research focuses on Ming and Qing literature and bibliographic studies, with particular interests in Ming and Qing poetics and criticism, classical Chinese novels, and the collation and study of Qing dynasty ci (lyric poetry) literature. Assoc. Prof. Li Cheng has Moderatored several research projects, including the Youth Program of the National Social Science Fund and the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation’s General Program. Assoc. Prof. Li Cheng has published numerous academic papers in journals such as Literary Research, Ethnic Literature Studies, and China Social Sciences News. As a section editor, he contributed to the ancient text collation project Quan Qing Ci: Jia Dao Juan (Complete Qing Dynasty Ci: Jia and Dao Volumes), which was nominated for the China Government Publishing Award. |
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Moderator |
Assoc. Prof. Tey Shi Bin (Dean of the International Education College at New Era University College cum Director, Department Marketing and Sales) Assoc. Prof. Tey Shi Bin graduated with a First-Class Honours Bachelor's degree in Chinese Studies from the University of Malaya. She was jointly recommended by the Chinese Embassy in Malaysia, the Ministry of Higher Education of Malaysia, and the Department of Chinese Studies at the University of Malaya to receive the "Chinese Government Full Scholarship" for further studies in China. In 2010, she completed her Master's degree in Chinese Classical Literature at Central China Normal University in China, earning honors for an excellent thesis and being named an outstanding international graduate student. In 2014, she received her Ph.D. in Classical Philology from the same institution, again being recognized for her outstanding thesis and for her excellence as a graduating international student. |
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Date: 26 April 2023 (Wednesday) |
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Lecture Postscript
The 17th session of the "Tan Lark Sye Lecture Series," organized by the Institute of International Education, New Era University College (IIE, NEUC) and the Tan Lark Sye Institute, was held on 26 April. The guest speakers for this event was Associate Professor Dr. Li Cheng, from the Department of Ancient Chinese Literature at the School of Literature, Central China Normal University. It was attended by more than 150 people.
Dr. Li Cheng holds a Ph.D. in Literature from Central China Normal University and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the School of Literature, Nanjing University. He is currently an associate professor in the Department of Ancient Chinese Literature at the School of Literature, Central China Normal University, and a master's supervisor. His research focuses primarily on Ming and Qing dynasty literature and documents, with interests including Ming and Qing poetry criticism, ancient Chinese novels, and the compilation and study of Qing dynasty ci poetry documents.
In this lecture, Dr. Li will explore the writing of seasonal festivals in Chinese classical ci poetry, focusing on the Dragon Boat Festival (Duanwu) and the Qixi Festival. China's traditional seasonal culture has a long history and still holds an important place in people's daily lives today. Ci poetry, being a highly lyrical literary form, offers rich and detailed depictions of these seasonal events. Using examples from ci poems on the Dragon Boat Festival and Qixi, Dr. Li will discuss the multiple meanings conveyed by poets over the generations, providing both historical and contemporary perspectives on China's seasonal cultural traditions and the evolution of ci poetry. The event was moderated by Ms Phang Hui Ting from NEUC. It received enthusiastic feedback, with the audience actively participating in the Q&A session and eagerly engaging in discussions.
