News Express: UM holds Macao Humanities Forum on development of traditional Chinese culture

新聞快訊:澳大鏡海人文論壇探索中華傳統文化發展


 

田啟波
Tian Qibo

 


澳大鏡海人文論壇探索中華傳統文化發展

澳門大學人文學院舉辦“鏡海人文論壇”,由深圳大學饒宗頤文化研究院執行院長、國家社會科學基金重大項目首席專家田啟波以“中華傳統文化傳承與發展的幾個問題”為題發表演講,吸引一眾師生線上線下同步參加。

論壇上,澳大人文學院助理院長鄺耀基講述了澳門作為“以中華文化為中心,多元文化共存的交流合作基地”,在文化傳承與推廣和融會中西價值觀中擔當重要角色。另外,他簡介了澳大與國學大師饒宗頤教授的深厚淵源,以及人文學院對於澳門中華文史建設的貢獻。最後,他還介紹了田啟波在生態哲學與政治哲學領域的學術成就。

田啟波首先從宏觀層面梳理了中華傳統文化中蘊含的價值觀念、人文精神、道德規範,如“ 天人合一”、責任先於自由、義務先於權力權利、社群高於個人、和諧高於衝突等的價值偏好。接著,他對比了傳統文化與現代性價值的差異及其局限性,舉例説明了傳統價值觀一般不偏重個人權利,並談及權力崇拜現象、社會法治觀念,以及科學理性精神。隨後,田啟波將19世紀下半葉至今劃分為四個階段,闡明了中華傳統文化在海内外的近現代流變,並主張面向未來、互通互鑒、守正創新,推進中華民族現代文明發展。

問答環節期間,澳大師生和線上觀眾與田啟波進行深入探討,論壇在學術思辨的互動中圓滿結束。是次“ 鏡海人文論壇”為2023/2024學年的第二講,論壇每學年都會邀請不同研究領域的知名人文學者與澳門師生分享前沿研究成果,過往的論壇主題涵蓋文學、語言學、歷史、翻譯、藝術等多個領域。

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UM holds Macao Humanities Forum on development of traditional Chinese culture

The Faculty of Arts and Humanities (FAH) of the University of Macau (UM) held the Macao Humanities Forum. The event featured Tian Qibo, executive dean of the Jao Tsung-I Institute of Culture Studies at Shenzhen University and chief expert of major projects of the National Social Science Foundation of China, as the speaker. Prof Tian delivered a lecture titled ‘The Inheritance and Development of Traditional Chinese Culture’. The lecture attracted many on-site and online participants, including faculty members and students of UM.

At the forum, Joaquim Kuong, assistant dean of FAH, highlighted the significant role of Macao as an ‘exchange and cooperation base with Chinese culture as its mainstream and coexistence of different cultures’. He emphasised the city’s crucial role in promoting and transmitting cultures, as well as integrating Chinese and Western values. Additionally, Prof Kuong briefly introduced the close connection between UM and Prof Jao Tsung-I, a master in the study of Chinese culture, as well as FAH’s contribution to the development of Chinese literature and history studies in Macao. He also introduced Prof Tian’s academic accomplishments in the fields of ecological philosophy and political philosophy.

During the lecture, Prof Tian first provided an overview of the values, humanistic spirit, and moral norms inherent in traditional Chinese culture, before discussing how these values, such as the belief ‘Tian-Ren-He-Yi’, prioritise responsibility over freedom, obligations over rights, community over individuals, and harmony over conflict. By comparing traditional culture with modern values, Prof Tian highlighted their differences and the limitations of traditional Chinese values. He also cited examples to illustrate the minimal attention given to individual rights in traditional values. In addition, Prof Tian discussed topics such as the cult of power, the rule of law, and scientific and rational thinking. Towards the end of the talk, Prof Tian discussed the modern and contemporary changes in traditional Chinese culture both within China and abroad by dividing the period from the second half of the 19th century to the present into four stages. He emphasised the importance of promoting the modern civilisation of the Chinese nation through a forward-looking approach, integrity, and innovation.

During the Q&A session, Prof Tian engaged in in-depth discussions with UM students, faculty, and online participants, bringing the forum to a successful conclusion. This was the second lecture of the Macao Humanities Forum for the 2023/2024 academic year. The forum, which is held every academic year, aims to provide a platform for world-renowned scholars in different fields of the humanities to share their latest research findings with local teachers and students. The themes of the previous editions have covered a wide range of fields, including literature, linguistics, history, translation, and arts.

To read the news on UM’s official website, please visit the following link:
https://www.um.edu.mo/news-and-press-releases/press-release/detail/57372/