On the afternoon of March 26th, 2018, the debut of “Qufu Local Social History” Salon Series initiated by the scholar of our institute Huang Yun was held. Some expert colleagues interested in Qufu local social histoy took part in the activity.
Cui Weifang first introduced her paper Short Chronicle of Kong Jihan. According to Cui Weifang, there already exist some researches on Kong Jihan, especially in Chen Dongdong’s the Academic Study of Kong Clan at Qufu in Qing Dyansty and Tang Guiyan’s the History of Engraveing Books in Shandong Province of Qing Dynasty. Judging from these studies, the communication between Kong Jihan and Dai Zhen not only brought him to Qianjia School, but also deeply influenced the academic trend of Qufu Kong Clan in later times. Compared with Tang Guiyan, who focused on the sole aspect of academic activity, Chendongdong’s paper covered much more extensive content, but it lacked in logic and layering. Therefore, Cui Weifang intended to do thematic study on Kong Jihan in chronicle form.
The participants agreed that the study on Kong Jihan is necessary, and the chronicle compiled by Cui Weifang was rich in content, fully showing her documents knowledge, however she failed to show the highlights of Kong Jihan’s life clearly and intensively, the recommendation is making partial amendment to optimize it.
In addition, they held that Kong Jihan has multiple identities such as the grandson of Duke Yansheng, Qianjia scholar, Daizhen’s relation by marriage, bibliophile and so on and his communication with friends has great impact on Kong family study of Qufu in Qing Dynasty, and Kong family study may have some impact on Qianjia School. Chen Dongdong noted that Kong Guangsen’s study on Gongyang Zhuan was clearly influenced by Dai Zhen’s thought, and put up that the academic circle should focus on academy and revalue the Gongyang study in Qing Dynasty. Cui Weifang could base on Chen Dongdong’s study, take Kong Jihan as the cutting point, and make more detailed sorting out on the interaction between Kong family study and Qianjia school, which not only has great value in acadmic history but also could help us reflect on “Kang Youwei popularity phenomenon”.
Huang Yun put up that female issue is a nonnegligible aspect in the interaction between Kong family study and Qianjia school.
The participants agreed that although having some shortcomings, Cui Weifang’s Short Chronicle of Kong Jihan put up a very worthy topic, and made a good start for “Qufu Local Social History” salon series.