On the morning of January 25th, the fourth lecture of Chunqiu Forum in 2018 (79th among all) was held at academic hall of Confucius Research Institute. The specially invited expert of Confucius Research Institute and Nishan Scholar Professor Guo Yi gave the lecture of the Records on Confucius and Its Sorting out. The deputy dean of Confucius Research Institute Liu Xubing, teachers and students from Qufu Normal University and the professionals of our institute listened to the lecture, which was presided over by the vice director of academic exchange department, Nishan Schoar and associate researcher Lu Zequan.
Guo Yi elaborated on the Records on Confucius and Its Sorting out from the three aspects of the reliability of all kinds of historical materials on Confucius, the value of the historial materials on Confucius and Confucius’ words and experiences, the records on Confucius’ words and experiences of past dynasties and so on.
Lu Zequan summarized that this is the third of professor Guo’s three lectures. Mr. Guo sorted out all kinds of materials on Confucius’ words and experiences, which benefited the audience a lot in discerning the value of these materials. In addition, Mr. Guo’s thinking and approaches also enlightened us greatly.
Chunqiu Forum is a non-profit academic cultural lecture sponsored by Confucius Research Institute, the Secretariat of World Confucian Conference, and New Confucian School, and organized by history and culture department of Qufu Normal University, Confucianism and Regional Culture Research Spread Center of Jining College, “Nishan sacred scenery” and so on. By now, 79 lectures have been given. Dozens of experts and scholars from Chinese mainland, Taiwan, America, Japan, Germany, Austria and so on have given lectures to over 10,000 audiences, which has produced long-lasting and good social reaction.