Pingyuan always a force

 Source: at 05:10 on December 17, 2010 China Youth Daily
2010, is the construction of Peking University, Department of the 100th anniversary of .1910 to 2010, is a department of history, more concentrated with the Chinese literature, Chinese language Changes in a century. from the Imperial University of talent of Peking University, adhering to the , and will leave future generations what?
held in October 23 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of construction, Department of the General Assembly, the current Chinese Department of Peking University Professor Chen Pingyuan, specifically to clarify the Department of Chinese contemporary society imposes on e-mail interview with a reporter, A Hundred Years of the Department, almost every stage there were many famous masters. In your opinion, what's most fascinating segment of history?
Chen Pingyuan: Peking University's ethos is rooted in the New Culture Movement, The academic background, the faculty in 1952 mainly due to adjustments. New Culture Movement and the Peking University has established the North's huge influence in Chinese society, especially its salvaging the country, but myself ethos, which directly affect China historical process. The new Department of Early Chinese large-scale adjustment of the universities, the impact of different departments, there is serious injury, but also to benefit so greatly. Peking University has it, although Yang Zhensheng, Feng Wenbing and other professors were transferred out, but absorbed a lot of Tsinghua University and Beijing University professor, also led by Sun Yat-sen Wang Department of Linguistics, Lianguo Duan came, it was the only Department of Linguistics.
you ask ; which the most fascinating segment of history achievement speaking, the first two , just returned from the academic skill is not deep, but very persistent. I once said: with the subject line was not clear, is not strictly academic assessment is also a great relationship. At that time, you maverick, stick to non-governmental academic standpoint, not ignore the interests of official decision-making and business. Now, professors and students and more affluent than it was then , and wiser, and writing a lot too, but the mental state can not. So, there is nostalgia means, but not alarmist mm at least for the there was a decade on behalf of the Academic Transformation, the stage play a leading role on the leading role, and by the perhaps the line of social scientists, humanities scholars, but the absolute negative. advocating independence and freedom, good alone in the Peking University students to the ethos, the more fit and 80 years.
China Youth Daily: On your opinion, Peking University has left us over the past 100 years, the most precious heritage of what?
Chen Pingyuan: Cai former president of Beijing University has a saying: both against behind closed doors reading, but also against the blind interference in domestic affairs, how to understand this sentence, to see in what context you cited said. emphasized that the University is a the pressure of expediency.'s enthusiasm for the students to give up because of political studies, Cai is worried. Now some articles that support even encouraged Caijiao Zhang, Write a Research Memorandum proposal QIAN, Zhou, etc., research focused on archaeological research, Ballad, customs investigation, Ming and Qing file sorting, a number of dialect surveys promising new discipline. In this modern academic institution-building process, regardless of or research staff, the Department of Chinese are play a leading role.
the institute's creation, highlights the other side of the traditional Peking University, that like > China Youth Daily: the glory of the past to today's students seem to enormous pressure, Peking University has a lot of people are asking
Chen Pingyuan: For Chinese people, Beijing University, the pressure is indeed great. well, they said that it should be; a little unhappy, all the criticism overwhelming. Relatively speaking, our conditions are good, including opportunities for international exchanges, published academic research on space and time independent. Therefore, 25 March, I made a whole series of teachers meeting entitled change like this now. a lot of practical difficulties we face, and countermeasures must be taken, is difficult for outsiders as well. For the country, emerging from the economic to the cultural renaissance, there is a time difference; talk about the future of Peking University, the key is to find the right direction, but not faster results, order to win. Maybe, put a long view, indisputable moment of the short length, from the immediate buzz of state withdraw gradually settling down, had just could lead to a scholar, great writer, great work .
humanities scholars have passed the most difficult time
China Youth Daily: Your Department of years in the construction of the General Assembly devoted to clarify the celebration of the community on the Department of Chinese life difficult humanities The evolution of understanding. From 1991 to write transfer. In my opinion, humanities scholars have passed the most difficult time. Prior to the ; to say, is a 20-year period of observation of this medium, if such a long period of years look at the Chinese and other humanities, I admit that Chinese literature is now a little Sadness humanities should be able to stand the best. University as a knowledge community requires professional skills, but also need a cultural ideal. for the construction campus atmosphere, shaping the University of style, reflecting the spiritual values, play a decisive role, is the humanities. This is We can not sell ourselves short.
China Youth Daily: There will be no mass-class talent to learn Chinese?
Chen Pingyuan: The question is what is the ; best talent in business, second-rate talent in politics, third-rate talent scholarship. less money, smaller government high official standard for measuring talent, not everyone can accept. For example, I value even more professional and personal relationship between temperament and interests. As humanities scholars, I am glad there is no arts of China Academy of Sciences, Nobel Awards do not stare this way, allowing us to calmly study scholarship. As a third-or first-class, due to different evaluation criteria, the pressure is not great. In fact, as efforts, a great chance, should not choose the profession as an important indicator. If an Peking University students for the .
so-called may be Top Professional is the fuzzy boundaries of its discipline, greater flexibility, allowing the free ride, while technically not strong, and turn more attention to human nature, taste and overall development.
China Youth Daily: You said that the responsibility of the Department of Chinese teachers and students involved current social reform and the ideological and cultural construction, which is a traditional Peking University. In your opinion, today's Department of Chinese students than their predecessors in this respect how well?
Chen Pingyuan: The New Culture Movement , the Peking University students who play a pivotal role. by Yu poetry The three main editors of publications are Peking University students. This This is no way, there is no need to justify.
I want to say is: first, the hero, the times have made the University atmosphere, Peking University is no exception; Second, today's University of China, whether professors or students, positions are interesting and differentiation, can not be forced their vote, the dean did not guide or interference. This is of course only indicates that the Despite the rapid economic development, but mainly exported to the world, Chen Pingyuan: In our scenario, the position of Peking University in the academic community is role on the academic. help organize international conferences and academic seminars, lectures or visit each other out, so that our teachers and students face the Western mainstream scholars have more ability and opportunity. In addition, we are proud of the students Education (now Peking University students in reading, students, the proportion is 23%%). But all of these, we can not dispel the doubts mm we in the end how many successful cultural export? I can only say that, compared to culture input, it is out of proportion.
our books or papers to be translated out of foreign scholars in the circulation, such examples also, but only as over, Said, compared to the enthusiasm of Habermas. It depends on the entire Chinese political, economic and cultural strength of the strong increase, but also the actual level of the current Chinese academic related.
2006, I, more than a dozen well-known professor at the University, in cooperation with the support of Higher Education Press, the founder of the English magazine Chinese Scholars on Ancient Chinese Literature, Chinese Modern and Contemporary Literature, Literary Theory and Criticism history, comparative literature and world literature and other disciplines, professional papers, translated into English, dedicated to the Western academia, scattered all over the world can help China scientists to better understand the work of their Chinese counterparts, in a large number of the good and bad, the rapid detection of potential interlocutors; but also for those who are not specialized in Chinese studies, can not read Chinese overseas scholars, providing a number of Chinese scholars of literature for r l imagination. This is the surface of the ground that the latest show of contemporary Chinese academic progress; and potential motivation is, l to go out and participate in the world of business r (Lu Xun, Even as Lu Xun said, to narrow the scope of the industry to talk about art l r, we are also eager to dialogue with scholars around the world. . > China Youth Daily: Chinese and Chinese has been going on five years. Could you speak about the current business community, contemporary language and literature to The future?
Chen Pingyuan: Chinese Department at Peking University, language, literature and the three pillars of ancient literature, indispensable . the last two decades, decreasing instead of increasing. This reflects a trend: the rapid rise of China, foreign students eager to learn Chinese, so keen to learn Chinese. but they are most concerned about the economy of China, Chinese politics, and literature of China, the Chinese spirit not interested. There are so realistic looking for a job after graduation level considerations, but also with our lack of a strong literary and cultural attraction. In my humble opinion, we fully support the Government of the Confucius Institutes around the world, as soon as possible from the simple language teaching, and literature and culture became part. The Department of Chinese domestic famous universities, my intuition is that the a trap with the crisis, but relatively speaking, the way language teaching and research go more smoothly, a greater pace go far.
China Youth Daily: You said that with the gradual improvement of people's livelihood, the people for their interest in language and literature will increase rapidly. but the reality is that the Chinese are still out, and English has been the highest priority, the students consumed a lot of time and effort. how do you see this phenomenon?
Chen Pingyuan: the importance of English teaching and learning , it should be, after all, people is an international language. only for foreign language, different people have different needs. Beijing during the Olympic Games preparation, requiring taxi drivers to learn English, when I say, not only can not, and will not be necessary . fear of foreign tourists lost, a call taxi safety equipment, and translation center at any time, not on it? The problem is, many people will be problem. The former is a state of mind, vision and feelings, which is technical competence. know anything about English, the test is easy, five minutes to understand the dialogue. can you say in English six eight people to be more than do not speak English more international perspective, I do not think so.
Today, graduate students or staff rank test, we must consider foreign language, but also hard. is not a talent, foreign languages see the outcome, this is too exaggerated. many parents see This standard directly to send their children out of college or even high school on the grounds that Not only is communication, the ability of the dialogue, even went to the thought, expression, aesthetic and cultural stand together. In this sense, as the Chinese, if the Chinese is not good, a big problem.
China Youth Daily : In your opinion, you learn how to improve their awareness of Chinese language and literature?
Chen Pingyuan: can speak Chinese, and fluent in Chinese, are two different concepts. Zhou Qian described themselves as with a little creation of database us away from rote learning, specialized in getting us away from the language. Whether professors or students, do not care that the foundation base. In fact, the more basic, probably more important, like air and water . alone in terms of cultural heritage, a country of In June 2009,
Chen Pingyuan: 20th century Chinese literature, had ups and downs, and some even work as a prelude to political movements or the fuse, this is not normal. Today, Chinese literature, moving away from the spotlight, this is not bad. the so-called passed their prime that was enough. truly love literature, have a good artistic taste, and always be a minority.
1942 in the spring, Shen Chinese Society in the Southwest, entitled lively, forcing writers to explore the edge, so that Chinese writers in a relatively deserted state of life, thinking, writing, bad thing. interested in Vanity Fair in the face of the camera roll or the whole day, destined to write good works. As what contemporary Chinese literature can achieve a high degree, I do not specialize in this field, he could not, I'm sorry.