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"The Core, Boundary and Future of Chinese Philosophy" -- The Annual meeting of Chinese Society for the History of Philosophy was successfully held in 2021

2021-11-16

From November 13th to 14th, the "Core, Boundary and Future of Chinese Philosophy" -- The  Annual Conference of The Chinese Society for the History of Philosophy, co-sponsored by the Chinese Society for the History of Philosophy and Lanzhou University was held. More than 170 experts and scholars from universities and research institutes across China participated in the conference online and offline. In-depth discussion will be conducted around Confucian philosophy, Taoist philosophy and Buddhist philosophy. The meeting set up offline venues in Lanzhou University and The Institute of Philosophy of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

 

At the opening ceremony, Yan Chunhua, president of Lanzhou University and academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences, introduced the academic efforts, construction and achievements of philosophy discipline of Lanzhou University over the past 40 years to the experts and scholars attending the meeting. He hoped that the academic circle could care more , support and help the development of humanities and social sciences discipline of Lanzhou University. Chen Lai, president of the Chinese Society for the History of Philosophy and dean of the School of Chinese Studies at Tsinghua University, and Zhang Zhiqiang, vice president of the Chinese Society for the History of Philosophy and director and researcher of the Institute of Philosophy at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, delivered speeches in turn.

 

At the meeting, Prof. Chen Lai of Tsinghua University, Prof. Zhang Xuezhi of Peking University, Prof. Xiang Shiling of Renmin University of China, Prof. Li Jinglin of Beijing Normal University, Prof. Wu Genyou of Wuhan University, and Prof. Wang Xiaoxing of Lanzhou University made speech successively. The topic of Professor Chen Lai's report was "Multiple Paradigms of discussion on the History of Chinese Philosophy in the 20th Century -Taking Xiong Shili's Discussion on Chinese Philosophy and the History of Chinese Philosophy as an example"; The topic of Professor Zhang Xuezhi's report was "Characteristics of Virtue Ethics and Chinese Ethics";and Professor Xiang Shiling’s topic was "The rise and purport of Confucian Classics in Song,Yuan and Ming Dynasties". The topic of Professor Li Jinglin's lecture was "Confucian Values and Value System", Professor Wu Genyou's lecture was "The dual vision of Confucius and its revelation to contemporary philosophical Innovation", and Professor Wang Xiaoxing's lecture was "From Mencius: Debate between 'people' and 'man'".

 

According to the introduction,hundreds of experts and scholars from each college and science research institutes,focusing on Confucianism,Taoism,Buddhism and other fields of Chinese philosophy,made deep and detailed discussions on the academic topic of Classical Interpretation Of Confucianism The Confucius thoughts and the way of the doctrine of the mean”“Thoughts of Xuncius and philosophy Han dynasty, The pioneering and development of Neo Confucianism in Song and Ming Dynasties,Argumentation and the construction of Zhuxi's philosophy,Academic in the Qing dynasty and modern concept,“Modern Interpretation and Reflection of Confucianism”, "Interpretation and Analysis of Taoist Philosophy", "Investigation and Development of Chuang tzu philosophy", "Multi-culture and Buddhist Thought".