Jao Tsung-I Academy of Sinology, Hong Kong Baptist University

Connecting Europe and Asia, Recasting the Glory: Lecture series of Early Encounters between Europe and Asia

Lecture 2: Eastern and Western Scholarship on The Book of Songs: Reflections on Translating Chen Zhi’s From Ritualization to Secularization: The Shaping of the Book of Songs into Japanese 東西方學術中的詩經──日譯陳致《從禮儀化到世俗化：詩經的形成》的感受
2023/9/22 │ 10:30 –12:00
Professor Yoshinobu Yuki
Department of History and Culture, Faculty of Literature, Daito Bunka University

- Abstract: Professor Chen Zhi’s From Ritualization to Secularization: The Shaping of the Book of Songs takes palaeography and linguistics as its starting points and draws in focus on musical archaeology and ethnomusicology. It makes fresh explanation of the multi-faceted origins and historical evolution of The Book of Songs in all their aspects. The compilation of The Book of Songs stems from conflict and compromise between Shang and Zhou culture, which experienced a complex and lengthy journey from ritualization to secularization and from standardization to regionalization.
Taking inspiration from the process of translating from Chinese into Japanese, Professor Yoshinobu Yuki, in addition to introducing how to deal with issues including those of cultural adaption, will also discuss how historically the Japanese have treated Chinese culture and characters, and in the future, how matters of cultural exchange between the Japanese and Chinese could be addressed.
- Language: Putonghua
- Venue: SWT 702, Level 7, Shaw Tower, Hong Kong Baptist University
- Online: ZOOM
Link: https://hkbu.zoom.us/j/96903819508?pwd=bFhSTGF0alM0Z0U0YjRTaHYrYnlDZz09
Meeting ID: 969 0381 9508
Password: 973008

This lecture series is sponsored by Eurasia Foundation (from Asia). No registration is required. All are welcome to attend each lecture in-person or via Zoom meeting.