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The ‘Zongfa’ Utopia during the Mid-Nineteenth Century
【Sin Wai-Kin Distinguished Visiting Professorship in the Humanities】Lecture Series
【The Long Nineteenth Century – Intellectual Turmoil during the Late Qing Period】
Lecture 2: The ‘Zongfa’ Utopia during the Mid-Nineteenth Century
About the Lecture
The literati believed that the main responsibility of the country was to ‘educate’ and ‘nurture’ the people. However, since the 1840s, some utopian beliefs started to emerge. Such beliefs contended that the country could no longer bear the responsibility of educating and nurturing the people. Instead, there should be ‘a large clan system’ based on the beliefs of ‘Zongfa’ to replace the role of ‘the country’.
Speaker
Professor Wang Fan-sen
Sin Wai-Kin Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Humanities
Distinguished Research Fellow, Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica
Academician, Academia Sinica
Moderator
Professor Siu Fu Tang
Associate Professor
School of Chinese of the Faculty of Arts at The University of Hong Kong
12th April 2024 (Friday) | 3:30 pm
4/F, Run Run Shaw Tower,
Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong
Language: Mandarin
Free Admission. Registration required. First-Come First-Served.
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