Online Reading Club ｜ Do the children of Xueba have to be Xueba？

Kant’s view on beauty as a symbol of morality

Time:June 4 (Friday) at 15:30

Location:Tencent conference (ID: 79555703)

Speaker:Zhou Huang Zhengmi (Associate Professor, School of Philosophy, Beijing Normal University)

If there is a certain tension between the two important tasks of Critique of Judgment-demonstrating aesthetic self-discipline and the systematic construction of connecting theoretical philosophy and practical philosophy, then the proposition of "beauty as a symbol of virtue" is just above the node of this tension. On the one hand, the symbolism of beauty must be based on aesthetic self-discipline; On the other hand, through symbolism, beauty becomes one of the important ways to transition from nature to freedom. This lecture will first clarify the basic meaning of the word "symbol" in Kant’s philosophy (perceptual display of ideas) and its operation mode (analogy to reflection rules); Secondly, the philosophical connotation of "beauty is a symbol of virtue" is determined-aesthetic reflection is similar to the inner structure of the subject in moral intention not only in terms of its purity (negative freedom) without emotional concern, but also in terms of the initiative (positive freedom) of self-legislation of judgment; Finally, the role of this proposition in Kant’s philosophical system is explained: through the formal symbolic relationship, beauty and morality not only promote each other in the sense of empirical anthropology, but also on the transcendental level, beauty can look forward to what is rational and become a transition from nature to freedom.

Going home and leaving home-Ulysses’ modern fable

Time:June 5 (Saturday) 18:30-20:30

Location:Tencent Conference (ID: 5978069090), Mile Mile Renaissance and Modern Philosophy

Speaker:Wu Gongqing (Associate Professor, School of Philosophy, Renmin University of China)

Dante rewrote the life of Ulysses in the 26th song of Hell, and portrayed and predicted the image of a modern man. Ulysses’ enthusiasm made him not satisfied with the sense of stability at home, but he was eager to leave home, to understand, explore and experience the unknown world, even at the expense of sin and danger. On the one hand, Dante appreciated Ulysses’ impulse to leave home, and on the other hand, he was worried about the radical modernity revealed in him, so he arranged a tragic fate for him. Dante’s rewriting not only shows the expectations and fears of medieval people for modern consciousness, but also reflects the general anxiety of western thought on family issues.

Childlike heart is poetry-keep poetic and imagination.

Time:June 5 (Saturday) at 19:00.

Location:Beijing News APP, Bibi, Sina Weibo, Aauto Quicker, Tik Tok, etc

Guest:Shu Cai (poet, French translator) and Lan Lan (poet)

Why do children’s poems always touch the hearts of adults? Is every child a born poet? How can writing poems inspire children’s imagination? When children grow up, will the imagination of writing poetry decline? Is there any way to keep children’s imagination? How can we enter the inner world of children through children’s poems? On June 5th, poets Shu Cai, Lan Lan and the host Chang Li visited the Book Review Weekly and Cultural Living Room of the Beijing News, and walked into the children’s hearts with us through children’s poems.

Love Desire and Holy Love: Dual Dimensions in Pico Mirandola’s Philosophy

Time:June 6 (Sunday) 18:30-20:30

Location:Tencent Conference (ID: 5978069090), Mile Mile Renaissance and Modern Philosophy

Speaker:Wu Gongqing (Associate Professor, China Renmin University)

As a representative philosopher in the Renaissance, Pico Mirandola’s thought not only has the color of classical philosophy, but also embodies the distinctive characteristics of medieval philosophy. On the theme of love: on the one hand, Pico followed the Platonism tradition and strongly emphasized the stimulation of love desire to people; On the other hand, he highly affirmed God’s grace and advocated the call and promotion of holy love to human beings. The two dimensions of love desire and holy love have reached a perfect balance in Pico Mirandola’s works, and together they paint a picture of the times of Christian humanism.

Artificial Intelligence and Moral Ethics: An Interpretation of the Life Cycle of Software Body by Ted Jiang

Time:June 9th (Wednesday) 10:00-11:30.

Location:ZOOM conference

Speaker:Thomas G Dietterich (Professor of Computer Science, Oregon State University, USA)

Based on Ted Jiang’s novel The Life Cycle of Software Body, this lecture will discuss the philosophical and engineering problems raised in the story. On the philosophical level, we will discuss the following questions: Can human beings create a life with digital consciousness? Under what circumstances will they be responsible for their actions? Can humans love non-humans? On the engineering level, we will discuss two viewpoints of artificial intelligence involved in the story: superhuman AI and human AI, and other visions of artificial intelligence. Finally, the feasibility of all kinds of artificial intelligence in the story will be evaluated and linked with the latest progress in the field of artificial intelligence research and development.

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Beijing | Official History as System, Literature and History —— Study Meeting on the Operation and Evolution of the Official History System in the Middle Ages

Time:June 5th (Saturday) at 9:00.

Location:Room 208, Peking University Jingyuan Second Hospital, No.5 Summer Palace Road, Haidian District

Speaker:Nie Yimeng (Lecturer, School of History, Capital Normal University)

Since the Han and Wei dynasties, historiography has been independent, and the prosperity of the types and quantities of historical books between Han and Tang dynasties and the development of private historiography have attracted wide attention. However, even privately written history books must contain official factors if they record dynasties. The Operation and Evolution of the Official History Revision System in the Middle Ages avoids the perspective of opposition between official revision and private writing, and notes that the official routine history revision system has transformed the general environment of the compilation of the history of the Wang Dynasty and changed the genre of biographical history. The concept of "official history revision system" put forward in the book refers to a set of information collection, collation and compilation mechanisms and related official settings guaranteed by the system. During the Han, Wei, Southern and Northern Dynasties, the system of official revision of history in central institutions gradually institutionalized and made the relationship between government affairs operation, documents and historical compilation routine. This book examines this from two angles: first, it discusses how genre templates and historical sources adapt to each other in the cross section of biographies of biographies of biographies of biographies of four foreign countries, biographies of filial piety, biographies of general bureaucrats and related government operations; The second is to investigate the development of the longitudinal historical data processing and compilation process, discuss the revision of history between the Eastern Jin Dynasty and Liu Song Dynasty, the Sixteen States and the Northern Wei Dynasty, and observe the compilation process of historical books with the participation of chronological and biographical records. In terms of research methods, this book combines history with philology, which not only pays attention to the records of historical events and systems of historical revision in past dynasties, but also attaches importance to the analysis of the structure, style, historical source and adaptation process of historical documents, confirming each other and creating a new face. This activity will focus on the study and discussion of the book "Operation and Evolution of the Official History System in the Middle Ages".

Beijing | Do the children of Xueba have to be Xueba? -"Igniting Children’s Internal Drive" Parenting Sharing Meeting of Peking University Parents

Time:June 5 (Saturday) 15:00-17:00

Location:SKP RENDEZ-VOUS, 4th floor, Beijing SKP Shopping Center, No.87 Jianguo Road, Chaoyang District

Guest:Yu Tianhong (MBA, Bachelor of Economics, Guanghua School of Management, Peking University), Huang Senlei (Bachelor of Political Science and Administration, Peking University, EMBA, Tsinghua University), Cui Jing (MBA, Guanghua School of Management, Peking University), Yang Molin (graduate of experimental middle school affiliated to Beijing Normal University, preparatory student of Paris Political College).

The hit drama Xiao Shede caused a lot of heated discussion. Some people said it was a "contraceptive drama", while others said it was "real on earth". Is there no other way to make children grow up healthily and happily? Is there only one way for every Buddhist parent to "not talk about learning from his mother’s kindness and filial piety, but help him with his homework?" How do those parents who are arrogant educate their children? Do children who learn to bully must be schoolmasters? On June 5th, I heard Yu Tianhong, Cui Jing, Huang Senlei and other Peking University alumni authors, as well as Yang Molin, a second-generation author of Peking University, share how to ignite children’s internal drive in SKP, Beijing.

Beijing | The Great God of Life-Saint-Sang was always childlike.

Time:June 5 (Saturday) 15:00-17:00

Location:SKP RENDEZ-VOUS, Building SKP-S2, Beijing, No.86 Jianguo Road, Chaoyang District

Speaker:Liu Xuefeng (music critic and cultural scholar)

This year marks the centenary of the death of French composer Saint-Sang. All along, Saint-Sang has been underestimated by the public. He has been gifted since childhood and is an out-and-out child prodigy. Saint-Sang is not only a genius, but also an old urchin with a childlike innocence. The animal kingdom and Greek mythology in his music score are simply the best music feast for children who naturally love animals and myths and legends and for older children who don’t want to grow up. On June 5th, at the beginning of this lovely sunny June, we invited Mr. Liu Xuefeng, a famous music critic and researcher, to visit SKP-S, and will take you to listen to the Greek mythology of Grandpa Saint-Sang and carnival with Animals!

Beijing | Time will grow old, but warmth will last forever —— Zhou Daxin’s English new book sharing session "It gets dark very slowly"

Time:June 5 (Saturday) 17:00-19:00

Location:5F One-way Space of Chaoyang Joy City, No.101 Chaoyang North Road, Chaoyang District

Guest:Zhou Daxin (writer), Hu Ping (critic, writer and researcher), Xue Xinran (writer, host and journalist) and James Trapp (translator).

When aging inevitably comes, how should we confront it? Is it to deny hatred, or to embrace it frankly? When we walk from youth to old age with the hope, glory and burden of life, only to find that we are going to face loneliness and even rejection, how can we handle ourselves? How can we confirm the meaning of life when the health, wealth and status once held in our hands are lost through our fingers like fine sand? Zhou Daxin’s Dark Slowly is a novel that deeply explores and reflects on the truth of life aging. In May 2021, Sinoist Books, a British publishing house, translated it into English and introduced it to the English world. On June 5th, let’s meet in a one-way space, talk to writers Zhou Daxin and Hu Ping, and at the same time, connect with Chinese writer Xinran and translator James Trapp from a distance to face the truth of an aging society together.

Beijing | Urban Tree-ring Painting: Reviving Shanghai in Different Times —— Sharing Meeting of Yu Feng’s "1987"

Time:June 5 (Saturday) 19:00-21:00

Location:SKP RENDEZ-VOUS, 4th floor, Beijing SKP Shopping Center, No.87 Jianguo Road, Chaoyang District

Guest:Shi Yifeng (writer), Cong Zhichen (critic) and Yu Feng (writer)

The novel "hollyhock 1987" is a literary retrospective and reconstruction of Shanghai in the 1980s. The novel skillfully weaves a picture of Shanghai with the flavor of the times through the emotional entanglement between a boy and a Shanghai woman with different family backgrounds. On June 5th, writer Shi Yifeng, critic Cong Zhichen and Yu Feng, author of "Okra 1987", will visit SKP in Beijing to talk with readers about the Shanghai story of our time.

Beijing | People are the Details and Carriers of History —— Meeting with the Readers of Tang Shutang by the famous writer Liu Qingbang

Time:June 6 (Sunday) 14:30-16:00

Location:Lecture hall on the third floor of the first library of Dongcheng District, No.85 Jiaodaokou East Street, Dongcheng District

Speaker:Liu Qingbang (writer)

The latest novel Tang Shu Tang is a famous writer Liu Qingbang’s excavation of his rural memory. It tells the life stories of fourteen writers’ uncles in twelve chapters. On the afternoon of June 6th, writer Liu Qingbang and writer and editor Han Xiaozheng will visit the First Library of Dongcheng District to talk about the characters and details in the novel …

Beijing | Pay tribute to the new height of Mount Everest

Time:June 6 (Sunday) 19:00-21:00

Location:SKP RENDEZ-VOUS, 4th floor, Beijing SKP Shopping Center, No.87 Jianguo Road, Chaoyang District

Guest:Zhang Weiying (Professor and Economist, National Development Research Institute, Peking University), Yu Minhong (Chairman of New Oriental Education Group), Huang Nubo (Founder of Zhongkun Group) and Song Qiang (President of China Publishing Media Business Newspaper).

After ten years’ tempering, Huang Nubo presented his new work —— The Conch on Mount Everest, which is a masterpiece that combines extreme peak exploration, ups and downs in business, emotional entanglements and other elements. On June 6th, we invited Zhang Weiying, a famous economist in Peking University, Yu Minhong, chairman of New Oriental Education Group, Huang Nubo, founder of Zhongkun Group, Song Qiang, president of China Publishing Media Business Newspaper and Beijing Gold Medal Reading Promoter, to visit SKP in Beijing to experience the indomitable spirit and the thrilling struggle legend of Yingfu, the protagonist of "The Conch on Mount Everest".

Beijing | Liang Qichao’s Returning to China in 1912 and Political Struggle in the Early Republic of China

Time:June 8 (Tuesday) 19:00-21:00

Location:Room 1106, East Wenhua Building, Minzu University of China, No.27 Zhongguancun South Street, Haidian District

Speaker:Gao Xiangyu (Lecturer, School of Humanities, China University of Political Science and Law)

On October 8, 1912, Liang Qichao ended his exile for more than ten years, returned from Japan and arrived in Tianjin. From October 20 to November 1, he visited Beijing at the invitation of Yuan Shikai, which became a sensational event in the political history of the early Republic of China, just providing a breakthrough point for studying the changes of the relations between factions in the early Republic of China. Before and after, political forces from all sides, such as the Republican Party, the United Party, the Democratic Party, the Kuomintang moderates, and the Kuomintang radicals, appeared one after another and started to compete and play games, which not only showed the changes in the power structure between the North and the South, the division and separation of political parties and factions, but also implied the trend of the political situation in the early Republic of China.

Shanghai | Poetry, Riding the Wings of Singing: On German and Austrian Classical Music and Literature

Time:June 4th (Friday) 19:00-21:00.

Location:3/F, No.150 Pucheng Road, Pudong New Area, Shanghai Pudong Library Rong Study Room

Speaker:Jiang Linjing (Associate Professor, Department of German Language and Literature, Fudan University)

The vibrant German literary world in the 18th and 19th centuries just provided the romantic musicians with inexhaustible literary materials. The "Kunstlied" by Schubert, Schumann and Brahms made this music form the peak of the combination of poetry and music in the 19th century, radiating the most dazzling brilliance. At the same time, the medieval literature that re-entered the stage of German literature provided material for Wagner’s opera. When the romantic literature has declined, the romantic flame continued to shine in the music field, even extending to the 20th century. On Friday night, Jiang Linjing, Ph.D. in German Literature from Heidelberg University and associate professor of German Language and Literature from Fudan University, will be a guest at Lujiazui Reading Club, and through the cross section of "combining poetry and music", he will lead everyone to explore how words and notes actually enchant each other in German-Austrian culture.

Shanghai | When the cuckoo crows, the summer arrives —— Reading and sharing session of "Bird Singing Season"

Time:June 4th (Friday) 19:00-21:00.

Location:Sinan Bookstore, No.517 Fuxing Middle Road, Huangpu District

Speaker:Wang Ximin (Minister of Science Popularization Department of Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden)

"Birding Season" is a bird-watching guide for housekeepers who can listen to birds by scanning the code. Why did the ancient Greeks call ordinary kingfishers "calm birds"? Do all swans in Britain belong to the Queen? Are the birds in To Kill a Mockingbird "Robins"? All these questions can be answered in "Bird Singing Season". On the evening of June 4th, Wang Ximin, Minister of Science Popularization Department of Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden, will visit Sinan Bookstore, take you to open the book, listen to summer birds in your busy life and rebuild the connection with nature.

Shanghai | The 5th Picture Fiction Festival

Time:June 5 (Saturday) 13:00-18:15

Location:Multimedia room on the first floor of Shanghai Minsheng Modern Art Museum, Building 3, Jing ‘an Xinyefang, No.210 Wenshui Road, Jing ‘an District

Guest:Elova Terol (editor), Chang Jin (comic producer and book publisher), Fran? ois Le Besikon (French editor-in-chief of Dagao Publishing House), Lao Ge (illustrator, creator of graphic novels and picture books), ricard Yifa (cartoonist), Li Kunwu (graphic novelist), Li Yishan (cartoonist).

In France, comics are called "the ninth art". In just a few years, the "Ninth Art" has conquered many readers in China. Fa Man, Ou Man, or graphic novels, are accomplished in painting and narrative. They are not only for entertainment, but also meet readers’ higher aesthetic interest. The 5th Image Fiction Festival was held in China from May 29th to June 13th, 2021. On the afternoon of June 5th, the first event was held in Shanghai Station. More than 10 heavyweight image novelists and industry guests in the field of Chinese and French comics will gather in Minsheng Art Museum to lead the audience to talk about the unique charm of comic art in the form of three theme dialogues, decipher the stories behind image novels and start a different journey of reading together!

Shanghai | Race against the Virus —— Reading Club of Epidemiology Bureau

Time:June 5 (Saturday) 13:45-15:40

Location:Aslan Optical Space Boqi Library, Building 4, No.2100 Yanggao Middle Road, Pudong New Area

Guest:Wang Xinyu (Executive Director of Infectious Diseases Department of Huashan Hospital Pudong Campus) and Jian Chen (Founder and CEO of Xinfeng Technology)

Who are the people who never leave work as long as there is an epidemic? How much do we know about those guys who make trouble from the micro world? In the face of infectious diseases that can’t get rid of, why can human beings win again and again? What preparations have humans made to fight the virus? Dr. Jian Chen, deputy chief physician of Wang Xinyu, Department of Infectious Diseases, Huashan Hospital, and founder of Trade Wind Technology, will talk with you about the secret of human overcoming virus.

Shanghai | The Spread of Doctrine in Jiangnan in the Early 20th Century (1902-1925)

Time:June 5 (Saturday) 14:00-16:00

Location:The Biography Library on the 4th floor of Investment Press was built on the 1st floor of Jiayu Building, Building 8, No.18 Gongping Road, Hongkou District.

Speaker:Qu Jun (Deputy Director, Professor and Doctoral Supervisor, Department of History, East China Normal University)

How did the middle and primary school students in the south of the Yangtze River get in touch with the doctrine and join in the practice of revolutionary action, which opened up a new situation in China? On June 5th, the closing lecture of "Jiantou Reading Club Rising in Shanghai" will explore this issue. We invited Qu Jun, deputy director, professor and doctoral supervisor of the History Department of East China Normal University, to visit Jiantou Bookstore, Shanghai Pujiang Store, and went deep into the spreading process of socialism, especially socialism, in the south of the Yangtze River from 1902 to 1925. On this basis, we discussed the spreading mechanism of socialism in the south of the Yangtze River, and analyzed the regional characteristics of the China Revolution in the past 20 years and the internal reasons for the "China-ization" of Marxism.

Shanghai | The Secret Soul of Overseas Chinese: The Release and Sharing Meeting of the New Book "Mr. Tan Tan"

Time:June 5 (Saturday) 14:00-16:00

Location:Sinan Literature House, No.505 Fuxing Middle Road, Huangpu District

Guest:Zhang Guanren (novelist producer), Lu Nei (writer), Zhou Jianing (writer), Meng Xiaoshu (literary editor) and Zhan Yubing (postdoctoral fellow in Chinese Department of Fudan University).

Mr.Tan Tan, a novel written by Zhang Guanren, a young novelist, is a contemporary version of "The Count of Monte Cristo". Around the mystery of Mr. Tan’s identity, it opens a true representation of the life of overseas Chinese: London in a foreign country, international students in two eras; Form the AB side of the story with a mysterious omnipotent Mr.Tan. The author weaves a big net of stories with rigorous and exquisite structure and neat language to catch readers tightly. Who the hell is Mr. Almighty? What is the connection between the two generations of international students? Where will the fate of all people go in the end?

Shanghai | In this era, why do we still read the "Naked Ape Trilogy"-a new book sharing session of the "Naked Ape Trilogy"

Time:June 5 (Saturday) 14:00-16:00

Location:Duoyun Academy, 52nd Floor, Shanghai Tower, No.501 Yincheng Middle Road, Pudong New Area

Guest:He Xin (Associate Research Fellow, Shanghai Museum of Natural History) and Tang Cheng (Popular Science Writer, Ph.D., Institute of Neuroscience, China Academy of Sciences)

Among the top ten popular science books selected by New Scientist in 2012 to help change the world, the sixth one is Naked Ape. Desmond Morris, a famous British zoologist, biological anthropologist and popular science writer of biological evolution, wrote such a masterpiece. In April, 2021, the 50th anniversary edition of Naked Ape was published by Shanghai Translation Publishing House, and the other two books of Naked Ape Trilogy, Human Zoo and Intimate Behavior, were also published at the same time. On the afternoon of June 5th, Dr. He Xin, associate researcher of Shanghai Natural Museum, Dr. Tang Cheng, a popular science writer and a well-known up master in bilibili, will visit the flagship store of Duoyun Academy to interpret this classic for readers, look at human behavior from different angles, how to face their biological instincts, and lead to profound thinking about the motives behind these human behaviors, so as to re-examine human status, the relationship between nature and people, and so on.

SHANGHAI | Young people should be fond of poetry and painting, laughing and having Huang Ma —— A new book signing ceremony of "Wandering Clouds and Scattering the Moon —— Selected Modern Poems of Huang Azhong"

Time:June 5th (Saturday) at 15:00.

Location:Shanghai Hong Kong Sanlian Bookstore, No.624 Huaihai Middle Road, Huangpu District

Guest:Huang Azhong (Professor, Doctoral Supervisor, School of Fine Arts, Shanghai University) and Ma Shanglong (Writer)

Wandering Clouds and Scattering the Moon —— Selected Poems of Modern Huang Azhong is a collection of poems and paintings by teacher Huang Azhong, mainly composed of poems, supplemented by representative paintings. On Saturday afternoon, let’s walk into the world of poetry and painting with Huang Azhong and Ma Shanglong.

Shanghai | The first lecture in the series of "Magic Capital and New City": A journey of seeking roots together

Time:June 5 (Saturday) 19:00-21:00

Location:Academic lecture hall of Shanghai Museum, No.201 Renmin Avenue, Huangpu District

Guest:Chen Jie (deputy director and research librarian of Shanghai Museum), Xiong Yuezhi (researcher of Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences and research librarian of Shanghai Museum of Literature and History) and Chen Jianxun (director of district and county research center of Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences).

The construction of five new cities is the starting point of Shanghai in 2021. Shanghai Museum cooperates with The Paper to hold a series of lectures, inviting famous scholars in the fields of literature, history and social sciences to tell the past, present and future of the five new cities, explore the historical context and vicissitudes of Shanghai, explore Shanghai’s inclusive and diverse urban genes, and perceive Shanghai’s urban spirit and character. In the first lecture, we invited three scholars, Chen Jie, Xiong Yuezhi and Chen Jianxun, to talk about the "five new cities" and Shanghai’s historical changes, urban character, and the focus and international enlightenment of new city construction from three aspects: archaeology, culture and new city construction.

Shanghai refused to lie flat in the sinking age: the enlightenment of a generation of young people in 1938

Time:June 6 (Sunday) 14:00-16:00

Location:Building 7, Shangsheng New Institute, No.1262 Yan ‘an West Road, Changning District

Guest:Tang Xiaobing (Professor, History Department, East China Normal University), Yan Wu (Media Person), Tigerson Yang (Reporter, Writer).

Going back to the historical scene, you will find that The National SouthWest Associated University, which is well known to later generations, is not inevitable, and the students in those days were anxious, hesitant and confused. How did they finally bid farewell to their confusion and embark on the long road to Kunming? Re-walking: Searching for The National SouthWest Associated University on Roads, Rivers and Post Roads is such a nonfiction work that seeks to solve ideological dilemmas by going back to the historical scene. With the sharing of this new book, we invited Tigerson Yang, the author of this book, to talk with Tang Xiaobing, a historian, and Zhang Yanwu, a senior media person, about how to cut thinking about history into understanding the current situation. What does good history writing look like? How does it relate to the intrinsic value of our lives and inspire people to go up instead of sinking? Is the road to youth getting narrower and narrower? How to get wider and wider? A generation has a historical mission of a generation. What is our mission?

Shanghai | Rediscovering the Magic Capital —— Reading and Sharing Meeting of "Looking at Shanghai with Archives"

Time:June 6 (Sunday) 14:00-16:00

Location:The activity hall on the 10th floor of Changning District Library, No.356 Tianshan Road, Changning District.

Guest:Zhang Xin (research librarian of Shanghai Archives) and Wang Jijie (researcher of Shanghai local chronicles, deputy director of the provincial yearbook work department of China Edition Association yearbook research association)

The archives of a city, seemingly unable to speak, are actually worth a thousand words. It solidifies the memory of the years and retains the temperature of history. For those who love this city, they can find the changes around them, but the story behind them may find more answers in the archives. On the afternoon of June 6th, Tongji University Press and Changning District Library will jointly hold a reading and sharing meeting on "Rediscovering the Magic Capital". Welcome to the library and discover the cultural DNA and charm of those classic buildings and landmarks in Shanghai from the archives.

Shanghai | Pursuing the Glory of Ancient Oriental Civilization —— A Probe into Zhengcang Courtyard

Time:June 6th (Sunday) at 14:00.

Location:Multi-function hall on the fourth floor of the main entrance of Shanghai Library, No.1555 Huaihai Middle Road, Xuhui District

Speaker:Han Sheng (Professor and Doctoral Supervisor, History Department, Fudan University)

Zhengcangyuan is a famous institution that collects cultural relics of the Tang Dynasty overseas. In this lecture, Professor Han Sheng will lead the audience to explore Zhengcangyuan, pursue the glory of ancient oriental civilization by telling the stories behind cultural relics, and deeply grasp the context of cultural flows between the East and the West.

Shanghai | To be or not to be? -Thinking about life in movies and TV shows.

Time:June 6 (Sunday) 15:00-16:30

Location:C3 Space of SAIC Shanghai Cultural Plaza, No.597 Fuxing Middle Road, Huangpu District

Speaker:Ma Shengnan (film critic)

June is the season of movies, and the 24th Shanghai International Film Festival is about to begin. In this issue of ByStage, Ma Shengnan, a film critic and a member of Shanghai Film Criticism Society, is invited to bring you a list of films with the theme of "life" in many countries, pick up the auspicious feathers about "the beauty of life", explain to you the deeper meaning of life, and feel with you the common thinking of human beings about life in different cultures.

The Survival and Development of Shanghai | Soviet Revolution

Time:June 6th (Sunday) at 18:30.

Location:Hall on the first floor of Qingshu Hall, Asian Youth Exchange Center, Beiyuan Student Living Park, Fudan University, No.57 Wudong Road, Yangpu District

Guest:Huang Daoxuan (Professor of History Department of Peking University), Jin Guangyao (Professor of History Department of Fudan University) and Li Lifeng (Professor of School of Government Administration and Xueheng Research Institute of Nanjing University).

After 1927, faced with the severe political situation, the Communist Party of China (CPC) actively carried out armed struggle, agrarian revolution and the construction of people’s political power, and made a comprehensive exploration in system, road, ideology and theory, which opened a new road for China’s revolution. In this "Youth Library Party History Reading Conference", we invited Professor Huang Daoxuan from Peking University, Professor Jin Guangyao from Fudan University and Professor Li Lifeng from Nanjing University. Three famous scholars gathered together to talk about the survival and development of the Soviet revolution.

Shanghai | Asimov and the Golden Age of Science Fiction

Time:18:30 on Thursday, June 10th.

Location:Shanghai American Center, Room 540, Dongfeng, shanghai centre, No.1376 Nanjing West Road, Jing ‘an District.

Speaker:Denis Rajic (diplomat)

In this activity, we will approach isaac asimov, the master of science fiction. It can be said that Asimov really defined the literary type of science fiction, and his influence in popular culture continues to this day, not only in the field of contemporary science fiction, but also in other art forms and other fields. From his insight into modern science and technology to his inspiration to countless filmmakers and writers, Asimov is one of the most influential and outstanding interdisciplinary scholars in the 20th century. He explored the relationship between human beings and robots, and started a philosophical dialogue on ethical principles of robots, including the creation of robots and their potential threats to human beings. Asimov published more than 500 works, which laid the foundation of modern science fiction. Let’s discuss one of the greatest science fiction writers of all time with diplomat Denis Rajic.

Tianjin | Nine Songs: The Original Soundtrack of Li Meizhen —— Sharing the New Book of Li Meizhen

Time:June 4th (Friday) 19:00-20:30.

Location:Sancho Bookstore, No.35 Changde Road, Heping District

Speaker:Kong Yalei (writer)

We often listen to the movie soundtrack, so, is there a novel soundtrack? Teacher Kong Yalei will share the story and secret of Li Meizhen with nine novel soundtracks, share the anxiety and love of a novel creator, and solve the "self mystery" with him.

Hangzhou | Fictitious and Non-Fictitious Production —— Sharing Meeting of the New Book "Going Back: Looking for The National SouthWest Associated University on Roads, Rivers and Post Roads"

Time:June 5 (Saturday) 14:00-16:00

Location:One-way space 3F, B201, Yuanyang Ledigang Cultural Experience Zone, No.58 Lishui Road, Gongshu District, literary scene

Guest:Yi Xianfeng (media person), Yang Ying (editor-in-chief of "Bird Literature") and Tigerson Yang (reporter and writer).

On the afternoon of June 5th, we invited Yi Xianfeng, the founder of Curiosity Daily, and Yang Ying, the founder and editor-in-chief of Bird Literature, to visit Hangzhou Ledigang Store in One-way Space to talk about "fictional and non-fictional production" with Yang Xiaoyi, the author of "Re-walking: Looking for The National SouthWest Associated University on Roads, Rivers and Post Roads" and share how to write an observation and a question into a book. Discuss the difference between feature articles and manuscripts, and what is the value of long non-fiction writing today when social media takes over our lives? What kind of works are good non-fiction?

Hangzhou | Where the Miracle Disappeared —— A New Book Sharing Meeting of the Year of Miracles in Donglai

Time:June 5 (Saturday) 19:00-20:30

Location:One-way space 3F, B201, Yuanyang Ledigang Cultural Experience Zone, No.58 Lishui Road, Gongshu District, literary scene

Guest:Donglai (writer), Lin Xiaoxiao (teacher of College of Literature, Zhejiang Communication College), Hu Sang (poet, translator, scholar).

Donglai, who claims to be a "wild" author, is still difficult to be defined and summarized by style and label, but in this book, she can still see a unique novel will that gradually tends to be unified: to fight against non-existence, to go against an "accelerating world", to see how disappearance can be transformed into new creation, and to see how fragile and precious feelings can be continued in everything that is involved in the future too quickly. On the evening of June 5th, the poet and translator Hu Sang, the translator and literary critic Lin Xiaoxiao, and the writer Donglai visited the One-way Space Hangzhou Ledigang Store to interpret the Year of Miracles and trace back to where the Miracle disappeared.

A New Textual Research on | He Heming in Hangzhou —— Analysis of Chronology and Rubbings

Time:June 5 (Saturday) 19:00-21:00

Location:Lecture hall on the first floor of Zhejiang University Art and Archaeology Museum, Jiangdun Road, Xihu District

Speaker:Wang Jiakui (Professor, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine)

The lecture will focus on two issues: 1. From the beginning of the Song Dynasty, when he entered the literati’s field of vision, he reviewed various opinions of the authors about the time, overturned the customary cognition of Tao Hongjing as the author, and took a group of mourning poems in Songling Collection as the main clue to confirm that he was written by Pi Rixiu and his friends in the late Tang Dynasty, and introduced "Tuo". 2. Introduce the rubbings of He Heming handed down from generation to generation, and question the authenticity of the existing "Shuiqianben".

Hangzhou | China Population: Looking at the Future from the Perspective of History —— Sharing Meeting of Ge Jianxiong’s "China Population Development History"

Time:June 6 (Sunday) 14:30-16:30

Location:One-way space 3F, B201, Yuanyang Ledigang Cultural Experience Zone, No.58 Lishui Road, Gongshu District, literary scene

Speaker:Ge Jianxiong (Senior Professor, Fudan University)

In the book History of Population Development in China, Ge Jianxiong, a famous scholar, with his professional historical skills, not only combed and expounded the phenomenon, characteristics and reasons of population changes in China in the past years, but also discussed the composition, distribution, migration and investigation system of historical population in China. On June 6th, Mr. Ge Jianxiong will visit Hangzhou Ledigang Store, a one-way space, and talk with you about the past and future of China population.

Nanjing | The Evolution of Japan-US Relations after World War II and Its Influence on East Asia —— Sharing Meeting of Showa Wind, Flat Rain

Time:June 5th (Saturday) at 15:00.

Location:Pioneer bookstore, No.173 Guangzhou Road, Gulou District

Guest:Sha Qingqing (deputy director of Shanghai Library Historical Documentation Center), Lu Dapeng (translator) and Zheng Shiliang (executive editor of The Paper Shanghai Book Review).

Japan-US relations are a very important bilateral relationship in the Asia-Pacific region and even the whole world. In people’s daily life, we can often see some news related to this and the diplomatic interaction between Japan and the United States. However, we can’t fully understand the origin and development of such a pivotal relationship. In 2021, Sha Qingqing’s new work "Showa Wind, Flat Rain" was published. This book attempts to connect the important people, events and things in contemporary Japan through those seemingly trivial historical details, and presents the subtle changes of Japanese style and human feelings in the past hundred years. On June 5th, Sha Qingqing, the deputy director of the Historical Documentation Center of Shanghai Library and a young historian, will visit pioneer bookstore with his new book Showing the Wind and Turning Rain into Rain, together with Lu Dapeng, a famous English-German translator, and Zheng Shiliang, the executive editor of The Paper Shanghai Book Review, to review the starting point and development of post-war Japan-US relations, and analyze the impact of Japan-US relations on East Asia. By revealing the essence of Japan-US relations, readers can better understand the shaping process of contemporary Japanese political, social and cultural features.

Nanjing | The Sound of the River at the Head of Wangjiang River —— Sharing Meeting of the New Book "A River Separated Forever"

Time:6 June (Sunday) at 15:00.

Location:Pioneer bookstore, No.173 Guangzhou Road, Gulou District

Guest:Deng Anqing (writer) and Lu Min (writer)

The new work "Across the River forever" continues Deng Anqing’s best hometown writing, and still revolves around Deng Yuan, his hometown in Hubei province near the Yangtze River. It depicts real and simple characters and touching stories, and forms a collection of Deng Yuan’s stories in the same strain as the author’s previous works. On the afternoon of June 6th, Deng Anqing, a writer, will come to Wutaishan Head Office in pioneer bookstore with his new work "A River Separated Forever", and talk with Lu Min from the Yangtze River, gazing at the fresh drift and change of his hometown.

Chengdu | Why Do We Read: Roundtable Communication

Time:June 5 (Saturday) 14:30-16:30

Location:No.918, South Section of Tianfu Avenue, Tianfu New District Luhu Art Exhibition Center A4 Small Theater

Guest:Bu Yanlongzhi (historian), Zhang Feng (media person, columnist, visiting researcher at Daito Culture University), Chi Xiao (founder of key player), Dai Haoran (science fiction editor), Shi Ji (initiator of pan-cultural education project) and Kelly (life explorer).

On the afternoon of June 5th, Xunlu Library invited the tutors to read: Bu Yanlongzhi, the tutor of "Japanese History" reading club, the scholar of East Asian history & Japanese ancient history, Chi Xiao, the tutor of "Another School" reading club and the founder of key players; Theme Reading Club: Dai Haoran, the initiator and senior sci-fi editor of the Star Reading Club, "Can education change society?" Shi Ji, the initiator of the book club, the initiator of several pan-cultural education projects, the initiator of the book club "Courage can overcome all difficulties", and the brave and absurd life explorer Kelly; Zhang Feng, a tutor, media person, columnist and visiting researcher at Daito Culture University in Japan, who is about to open a brand-new reading club, gathered in a small theater to discuss a classic topic: Why should we read?

Chengdu | Writing, Memory and Homesickness —— Sharing Meeting of Sigh of Cape Breton

Time:June 5 (Saturday) 19:30-21:30

Location:Step activity area on the first floor of Wenxuan BOOKS, No.88, Middle Section of Fucheng Avenue, High-tech Zone

Speaker:Peng Lun (publisher)

On June 5th, around The Sigh of Cape Breton, we invited Peng Lun, the planner and famous publisher of the BOOKS, to join us in talking about mcleod and the charm of his novels with the theme of "Writing, Memory and Homesickness".

Xi’ an | those things about urban renewal

Time:June 5 (Saturday) 14:00-16:30

Location:SKP RENDEZ-VOUS, activity area, 9th floor, Xi ‘an SKP Shopping Center, No.261 Chang ‘an North Road, beilin district.

Guest:Yang Yang (architect, curator), Chen Chao (director of the teaching committee of urban and rural planning major of the School of Architecture of Xi ‘an University of Architecture and Technology), Li Dawei (architect), Yu Quan (lecturer of Xi ‘an University of Architecture and Technology), Bai Yan (planner), Liu Kaixi (postdoctoral fellow in architecture of Xi ‘an University of Architecture and Technology) and Li Shaoxian (lecturer of the School of Architecture of Xi ‘an University of Architecture and Technology).

What are we talking about when we talk about urban renewal? How does urban phenomenon affect urban life? What are the thoughts from the perspective of urban renewal and rural construction? Where is the boundary of the city, and where will we go? Can these topics surrounding urban renewal cause you to think? In this activity, seven young architects will visit SKP in Xi ‘an, and they will answer the above questions with their own practice and achievements in the field of urban renewal and transformation. Each architect will convey their design concepts through a 15-minute speech.

Xi ‘an | How is Single Reading Made —— Sharing the New Books of Single Reading 26 Global True Stories

Time:June 5 (Saturday) 14:00-16:00

Location:Fang Design Force Laboratory, Floor 1, Laochenggen G PARK Commercial District, No.22 Xinghuo Road, Lianhu District

Speaker:Wu Qi (editor-in-chief of Single Reading)

Speaking of single reading, readers may be familiar with MOOK, around which we have gradually developed various forms. In 2020, we started the single reading department again, starting with "Taking Yourself as a Method" and recently publishing "Re-Walking". What is the relationship between the Single Reading series and the Single Reading Department? Perhaps, all this can go back to the original starting point: how did Single Reading begin? How did it become what it is now step by step? What has changed and remained unchanged for more than ten years?

Zhengzhou | Looking for the Old Shadow of Henan Lost in the West —— The Old Shadow of China Railway in the Early 20th Century

Time:June 5 (Saturday) 15:00-17:00

Location:Jinshui District Wenhua Road No.2 Songshe Bookstore

Guest:Zhao Shengwei (book editor) and Wu Zhiyuan (director of China Economic History Society)

Pursuing history is almost everyone’s natural curiosity. Where did your ancestors come from, the life style of people who lived in this land in the past, and the glory and hardships experienced in raising their hometown … These often become the driving force for people to explore the past and explore the miracle of mankind-history. On the afternoon of June 5th, Zhao Shengwei, editor-in-chief of the series of "Western Mirror", "Oriental Mirror" and "The History of China Lost in the West", and Wu Zhiyuan, director of the Chinese Society of Economic History, will be a guest at "Let me tell you about China from the railway, architecture, ceramics and other aspects, looking for the old Henan shadow lost in the west.