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張愛玲研究新方向講座系列之二十一 New Directions in Eileen Chang Studies Lecture Series #21

Co-hosted by School of Chinese and Department of Comparative Literature, HKU
Co-sponsored by Louis Cha Fund for Chinese studies & East/West studies in the Faculty
& Center for the Study of Globalization and Culture (CSGC) 

雪泥鴻爪：五〇年代張愛玲的香港生涯

Traces of a Wild Swan: Eileen Chang in 1950s Hong Kong

分享嘉賓 Speaker:

Mr. XIE Youkun 謝有坤 先生

(「張迷客廳」博主)

與談人 Discussant:

Prof. Nicole HUANG 黃心村 教授

(Dept. of Comparative Literature, HKU)

& 

Prof. LEUNG Mo Ling 梁慕靈 教授

(School of Arts and Social Sciences, HKMU)

日期時間 Date & Time: April 23, 2025 (Wed) 16:30-18:00pm (HKT)

語言 Language: Putonghua 普通話 

地點 Venue: CPD-1.24, Central Podium Level 1, Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU

授課模式 Delivery Mode: Face-to-face & Online

報名 Registration:

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摘要 Abstract:

一九五二年，張愛玲離滬赴港，在三年的短暫停留中，她不僅譯介多部西方經典，更以雙語寫作《秧歌》、《赤地之戀》，就發表數量論，創作力正值最盛。作為冷戰背景下的大時代初代離散者，張愛玲此階段人生，向來神秘、低調且充滿爭議。本次講座將勾連歷史檔案的文獻考證，與小說原型後人訪談，梳理張愛玲在港生活軌跡和創作脈絡。通過發掘張愛玲交遊圈，首度披露其與杜月笙家族的隱秘聯繫、與香港美國新聞處的合作細節等。並藉盤點她的文學創作、發掘她的未竟嘗試，以及這段經歷對後期電影劇本與紅學考據的影響，為張愛玲後半生文學轉型提供新的理解角度。

In 1952, Eileen Chang left Shanghai and returned to Hong Kong, where she had previously lived as a college student. Chang's second residency in Hong Kong lasted for only three years, but it was a period of high creativity. She translated several classic American works into Chinese and wrote two novels in both English and Chinese—The Rice-Sprout Song and Naked Earth. Writing in diaspora in the early Cold War years, Chang kept a low profile. This chapter of her life remains shrouded in mystery and controversy. This lecture will combine archival research with interviews of the descendants of the real-life figures who had inspired Chang's 1950s fiction writing. The goal is to reconstruct Chang's activities in 1950s Hong Kong and to explain how she ended up writing what she did. By exploring her social circle, the lecture will reveal for the first time Chang's previously unknown connections with Du Yuesheng's clan and the nature of her work for the United States Information Service in Hong Kong. Retracing Chang's footprints of the three-year period will also shed light on her various unfinished projects, her future screenwriting career, and her later devoted study of the eighteenth-century fiction classic The Story of the Stone.

講者簡介 About the Speaker:

謝有坤，張愛玲研究者，相關成果刊於《讀庫》、《印刻文學生活誌》、《上海書評》、《南方週末》等。自2016年起開設微博「張迷客廳」，持續分享張愛玲史料與資訊。2020年發掘蘇青以張愛玲為原型的小說佚作《朦朧月》，2023年考證發現張愛玲化名“連雲”的作品《上下其髪》，目前正在撰寫張愛玲與蘇青的雙人合傳。

XIE Youkun is an independent researcher who has published widely on Eileen Chang. He is the creator and host of Chinese microblogging (Weibo) site "The Eileen Chang Fan Club," where he has been consistently sharing findings from his devoted textual and archival research on Chang since 2016. Dubbed "a walking encyclopedia of Eileen Chang," Xie has galvanized around his internet presence a fast-growing community of avid Chang readers of several generations and from a diverse range of backgrounds. In 2020, Xie unearthed a novel titled Hazy Moon, penned by Chang's fellow 1940s Shanghai woman writer Su Qing, in which a character was based on Chang's life. In 2023, Xie's archival research led him to the discovery of a previously unknown pseudonym used by Chang—Lianyun. Xie is currently working on a biography that features both Eileen Chang and Su Qing.

Notice:

1) The seminar will be conducted primarily in a face-to-face mode; Those who cannot attend the seminar in-person could apply for online participation (via Zoom) with justifications;

2) All those who would like to attend the seminar are required to register online (Click HERE) on a first-come, first-served basis;

3) Email of confirmation will be sent to the registered email addresses and participants have to show the screenshot or print-out version of the email for entry of the seminar venue;

4) Walk-in or late-comers will not be allowed for entry of the seminar venue unless situation allows.

ALL are welcome*

*Pre-registration (Click HERE) is requested.