📅 Conference Details
- Dates: August 25-27, 2023 (3 days)
- Locations: Poznan (Poland), Berlin (Germany), and Changsha (China)
- Format: Multi-continental hybrid conference
- Theme: Chronological Journey Through Chinese Studies (1920 BCE - 2020 CE)
- Participants: 60+ scholars from 12+ countries/regions
- Special Context: First tri-continental WACS conference with time zone coordination
🗝️ Keynote Presentation
Zeng Yanyu (曾艳钰) - Hunan Normal University, Dean and Distinguished Professor
EN: "'Influence' or 'Confluence'? Ultra-unreal Reality in CHEN Zhongyi's So I Have Heard"
Abstract: During China's opening to the world in the 1980s, Western literary thoughts made their way into the country, leading to conscious and subconscious influences on contemporary Chinese novelists. However, China's literary scene has transformed since the 1990s, with some Chinese writers seeking to explore an overlooked metaphor of literature, described as "confluence." CHEN Zhongyi belongs to this category. In his novel So I Have Heard, he ingeniously blends suspense, magic, and dystopia, combining realism, magical realism, modernism, postmodernism, stream of consciousness, and meta-fiction...
Biography: Professor Zeng specializes in British and American literature, cultural studies, and comparative literature. Visiting Scholar at University of Toronto (2000), Emory University (2005-2006), and Columbia University (2014-2015).
🎯 Complete Conference Program and Participants
🏛️ Panel 1: Ancient China (1920 BCE - 550 BCE)
Zheng Enbing (郑恩兵) - Hebei Academy of Social Sciences, Research Fellow
EN: "Grassland Silk Road - Zhangku Avenue"
中: 草原丝绸之路——张库大道
Abstract: 该文以详实的史料，感性而理性地展示了纵贯蒙古高原的草原丝绸之路——张库大道的形成、发展、繁荣和衰亡。形象具体地揭示了以晋商为核心的商业大军，在18世纪初至20世纪20年代末，在张家口、库伦和恰克图为重要支撑的张库大道上，所体现出的坚韧、豪迈的人格力量和诚实、守信的商业品格...
Burcin Bedel (赵荷) - RTE University, Turkey, Research Assistant Ph.D.
EN: "Metaphor in Ancient Chinese Sources: A Case Study on the Symbolization of 'Horse' in Turk-Related Records"
Abstract: In the centuries when they were border neighbors with China, the Turks established diplomatic and military relations with the Chinese. When records from Historical Records (Shǐjì) to Old Tang Book are examined, 'Horse' has been a symbol of power, prosperity, war, and peace in the political relations of the Turks with Chinese...
Li Hongwei (李洪卫) - Hebei Academy of Social Sciences, Research Fellow
EN: "The Statute of Ritual and the Rationality of Benevolence"
中: 礼的规约与仁的理性 ——论从规制修身到正义表现和情感升华演进的孔子礼学诠释学
Abstract: 从原始儒家的早期原则或原理看，礼的背后是"理"，即情理，是相互性的表现要求...传统儒家之礼反映了中国古代文化中对神圣性、超越性和审美之间平衡关系的理解...
Sun Dujing (孙都璟) - Sichuan Academy of Social Sciences, Graduate Student
EN: "Re-interpretation of the Ideas of 'Zheng Sheng Lasciviousness' and 'Ya Zheng'"
中: "郑声淫"与"雅郑"思想再释 ——基于《左传》的"赋诗观志"
Abstract: 春秋时期诸侯卿大夫通过"赋诗观志"的外交方式，将诗乐与政治进行关联考察...深入剖析孔子论"郑声"的政治意涵，同时回到经典文本生成的时代语境中，对古代"雅郑"思想进行了深入阐释
⚔️ Panel 2: Classical Period (370 BCE - 800 CE)
Wei Jianzhen (魏建震) - Hebei Academy of Social Sciences, Research Fellow
EN: "A Comparative Study of Su Qin and Zhang Yi, Representative Figures of Zongheng and Hengjiao in the Warring States Period"
中: 战国时期纵横家代表人物苏秦张仪比较研究
Abstract: 战国纵横家，是活跃在战国政治与外交舞台上的重要学术流派...利用新出土的材料，对照传世文献的相关记载，对张仪与苏秦事迹及其二人在纵横家中所发挥的历史作用进行深入比较研究...
Yang Xinying (楊新穎) - Yenching Academy, Peking University, Master Student
EN: "The Divergence and Convergence about Yan-Zhi 言誌 and Yuan-Qing 緣情 in Chinese Poetics: The Great Preface and Its Echoes"
Abstract: As key terms in Chinese literary theories, the debate between 'zhi'誌 (will) and 'qing'情 (emotion) constitutes an important theme in the history of the hermeneutics of poetry. This article traces the development of theories of 'poetry expresses the will' and 'poetry expresses emotion' by describing the divergence and convergence of these concepts...
Yi Wenjia (易闻佳) - Fujian Normal University, PhD Student
EN: "The Use of Fine Arts in the Daily Life of Medical Practitioners--Centering on Late Qing Republican China"
中: 医者日常生活的美术利用 ——以晚清民国中国为中心
Abstract: 晚清民国是近现代中国美术与医学的重要转型期，医学教科书的插图美术因其发展繁荣。促使晚清民国中国的医者与画者在潜移默化的审美互动中，产生文化身份与视觉设计的交融...
🏮 Panel 3: Imperial Era (1080 CE - 1850 CE)
Wang Lin (王 林) - Hubei University of Arts and Science, Associate Professor
EN: "Reconstructing 'bird tracks in the air': the Canadian Sinologists the Walls's Compilation of an Anthology of Wang An'shi's Poems from the Perspective of Paratexts"
中: 重构"空鸟迹"：副文本视角下加拿大汉学家王健伉俪的王安石诗词选集编译研究
Abstract: 从副文本视角对加拿大汉学家王健伉俪编译的《空鸟迹:王安石诗词中英本》进行考察...选集丰富的副文本与双语诗词形成相互交融的互文关系，共同担负着重构诗人及其诗词形象或意义的功能...
Margaret Chu - Royal Commonwealth Society (Hong Kong Branch), Dr.
EN: "Is 'sincerity of intent,' chengyi, indispensable to society?"
Abstract: Sincerity of intent is one of the eight items in "The Great Learning." This essay revisits the concept in Zhu Xi's "Annotation and Commentary on The Great Learning" to explore if this attribute is indeed indispensable for a person without self-deception and for governing a country...
Wang Xinyu (王新宇) - Nanjing Normal University, Assistant Professor
EN: "Heavenly Principle, Three Generations and The City of God: Zhu Xi's Philosophy of History and Christianity"
Abstract: Heavenly Principle is the core concept in Zhu Xi's philosophy, serving as an ultimate and universal principle for the natural universe, human nature and society. This paper analyzes various levels of Heavenly Principle and shows interesting similarities between Zhu Xi and Augustine...
Wu Xinyan (吴欣燕) - Beijing Foreign Studies University, Graduate Student
EN: "Baby Tower：Tomb or Scene of Death"
中: 婴儿塔：坟墓还是丧生所
Abstract: 近代入华传教士笔下有大量关于中国人杀婴的记载，此是构成西方中国形象的重要部分...本文以西方视野下的"婴儿塔"入手，通过这扇窗口尽量还原西人滤镜下的真实中国，并尝试归纳出传教士们过度渲染中国人杀婴行为的普遍心态与真实原因
📜 Panel 4: Late Imperial Literature (1235 CE - 1610 CE)
Ge Xiaotong (葛晓通) - Shanghai International Studies University, Graduate Student
EN: "Make poetry out of mere abusive：discuss of Stephen Owen's study of Ts'ang-lang's Remarks on Poetry"
中: 以骂詈为诗：管窥宇文所安对严羽《沧浪诗话》的研究
Abstract: 严羽的《沧浪诗话》是中国古代文论中一部重要的文学理论作品...本文试图梳理学界目前对宇文所安关于《沧浪诗话》的研究情况，并拟就宇文所安教授对沧浪诗话研究呈现的一些特征进行阐释
Han Kai (韓凱) - Jinzhong University, Lecturer
EN: "'Non Classical' Classicality--Taking the Notes Works with Rich Literary Thoughts in the Song Dynasty as an Example"
中: "非經典"的經典性——以宋代筆記文學思想豐富的作品爲例
Abstract: 作品的内容價值與後世接受評價有時并不一致，存在被遮蔽的經典...宋代筆記中蘊含豐富文學思想作品的經典性長時期受到忽視，尤其當它們出自中小作家筆下時
Luo Moxuan (羅墨軒) - The University of Hong Kong, PhD Student
EN: "The Five Tiger Generals of the Ming and Qing Dynasties: A Textual Journey and Political Imagination"
中: 矯矯虎臣，在泮獻馘：明清小說"五虎將"群像的文本旅行與政治想象
Abstract: 對"五虎將"的考察可從流變、形塑、精神、功能四個維度展開..."五虎將"寄托了"君明臣賢"的政治想象，蘊含家國天下的社會理想，形成具有中國特色的英雄美學
Nakagawa Satoshi (中川 諭) - Rissho University, Professor
EN: "The nature and position of among versions of 'Sanguozhizhuan' printed by Qinyoutang"
中: 勤有堂本《三国志传》之性质和版本之间的位置
Abstract: 题为《新刻按鉴演义合像三国志传》的《三国演义》简本系统版本被收藏于立正大学图书馆和天理图书馆。该书由福建建阳的书肆罗端源勤有堂于万历38年（公元1610年）出版...
🌏 Panel 5: Modern Era (1700 CE - 2020 CE)
Zhang Qi (张琦) - Autonomous University of Barcelona, Ph.D candidate
EN: "The Economic Impact of China in Latin America and the Caribbean: Evidence from China's Bilateral Agreements with the Belt and Road Initiative"
中: 中国对拉美和加勒比地区的经济影响：中国的双边协定与 "一带一路" 倡议的例证
Abstract: 进入21世纪，伴随着中国经济的崛起，以及 "一带一路" 倡议的提出和影响力的扩大，中国在国际社会的作用越来越明显...我们采用定性和定量相结合的方法来揭示中国与拉美地区之间新的动态关系
Jiang Yongying (蒋永影) - China Foreign Affairs University, Lecturer
EN: "Translation and Communication of Jonathan Swift in China"
中: 斯威夫特在中国的译介与传播
Abstract: 十八世纪英国作家乔纳森·斯威夫特提供了作者跨文化旅行的典型案例。外来文学的译介开启了晚清文学新视野，斯威夫特也伴着这股潮流而涌入...从中我们看到了斯威夫特在文学之外的更多可能性
Maria Kurpaska (马丽夏) - Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Assistant Professor
EN: "Chinese dialectal prepositions"
Abstract: Prepositions are a very specific part of speech in Chinese language, most evolved from verbs. The prepositions used in the so-called dialects of Chinese are often different to those in Standard Mandarin Chinese. This paper looks at selected Chinese dialectal prepositions to understand the process of codification of grammatical units in Putonghua...
🌐 Conference Innovation
- Tri-Continental Format: First WACS conference spanning three continents simultaneously
- Chronological Structure: Unique 2,943-year academic journey from ancient to modern China
- Time Zone Coordination: Advanced scheduling accommodating participants from Asia to Europe
- Multi-generational Scholarship: From undergraduate students to emeritus professors
- Interdisciplinary Scope: Literature, history, philosophy, linguistics, economics, and cultural studies
- Global Perspective: Chinese studies from Turkish, Spanish, Polish, Korean, and other international viewpoints
🏛️ International Participation
- Poland: Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań (host venue)
- Germany: Leuphana University, various academic institutions
- China: Hunan Normal University, Peking University, Beijing Foreign Studies University, Hebei Academy
- Hong Kong: University of Hong Kong, Royal Commonwealth Society
- Japan: Rissho University with Three Kingdoms studies
- Turkey: RTE University contributing Central Asian perspectives
- Spain: Autonomous University of Barcelona with economic analysis
- Taiwan: Research institutions contributing to comparative studies
7th World Association for Chinese Studies Conference
Historical archive - Multi-continental conference concluded in August 2023