Sun Xuetang，Professor of the Institute of Chinese Classical Literature in our college，Currently studying at the University of Victoria (UVIC) in Canada。
The University of Victoria (UVIC) I visited is located on Vancouver Island on the west coast of Canada，Counting from 1963 when it obtained “university” status，The school just celebrated its 50th anniversary，It can be said to be a young university。The University of British Columbia (UBC) is the top university in British Columbia (BC), Canada，UVIC had to settle for second place，But its jurisprudence、Business、Engineering and other disciplines are also internationally renowned。Mr. David Wang from the International Office of the school told me，UVIC and Shandong University have been having very close cooperation and exchanges in recent years。UVIC’s Chinese language and literature major belongs to the Pacific and Asian studies of the School of Humanities，PAAS) Department，Not many teachers and students，But he is responsible for teaching Chinese，Due to China’s increasing international status，So the influence of this department is also expanding。
My co-professor Dr. Lin Zongzheng (Dr. Tsung-Cheng Lin) is the person in charge of the Chinese major，Engaging in chivalrous poetry、Research on narrative poetry and clear poetry。His research monograph on knight-errant poetry, The Classics and the Sword: The Knight-errant in Classical Chinese Poetry, will soon be published by Brill Publishing House in the Netherlands in the "Leiden Sinology Book Series"。Currently he is editing a collection of essays on the development of Qing poetry，Invited dozens of scholars from Europe, America, Mainland bet365 live casino reviewino blackjackChina, Hong Kong and Taiwan to write articles，Among them is Ye Jiaying、Sun Kangyi、Shi Jirui、Tian Xiaofei、Zhang Bowei、Jiang Yin、Article by Mr. Wu Guoping，I help with some copy editing work，I am fortunate enough to have read these masterpieces in advance。
October 3rd to 5th last year，American Oriental Society West Region (American Oriental Society,AOS for short, Western Branch) annual meeting held in Victoria。This society has a history of more than 170 years，Membership is not limited to the United States or the Americas，And all over the world。Germany was present at this "Western District Annual Meeting"、Belgium、Singapore、Mainland China、Scholars from Taiwan and Hong Kong，Most of them are engaged in the study of ancient Chinese literature。I had the honor to speak at the conference in Chinese with the famous scholar Mr. Zhang Bowei。Our subject is ancient Chinese literature，So foreign friends have no problem listening to our speech，And my English listening has not improved by leaps and bounds as expected，It is difficult to listen to them。The organizer only printed a simple summary of the participants’ papers，No promotion，No slogan，No group photo，No travel，Start quietly，Proceed silently。The buffet dinner after the meeting was probably quite lively，Unfortunately, I was unable to participate for some reason。At this meeting，I further realized the huge differences in topic selection and research ideas between Chinese and Western scholars。
At this meeting，Daniel Bryant, emeritus professor of Victoria University, was elected president of the AOS Western Chapter。Mr. Bai is a Western scholar I have admired for a long time。He was influenced by the academic thinking of his teacher Edwin George Pulleyblank，Focus on evidence，Focus on the study of He Jingming, the retro poet of the Ming Dynasty in China for more than 30 years，In 1997, he published the "Cong Kao of He Jingming" in Chinese (Taiwan Student Book Company)，In 2008, he published an English monograph of more than 800 pages, "The Great bet365 online sports betting appRecovery: Ho Ching-ming[1483-1521] and His World" (The Great Recovery: Ho Ching-ming[1483-1521] and His World. Brill "Leiden Sinology Series" Volume 89)。After I arrived at UVIC，Select an appendix from this book about the first seven sons，Translate it into Chinese，Named "Exploration of the First Seven Sons"，And please Mr. Bai to review it personally，Then sent to domestic journals。Mr. Bai is a person who loves life，Extremely rich collection of books，His semi-basement study is filled with Chinese and Western literature。He loves music very much，And is the chairman of the Victoria Bird Watching Association，It takes a month or two before and after Christmas every year to write the annual report of the Bird Watching Association，This made him exhausted again。
I attended the "Literary Theory" class taught by PAAS major Richard King (Chinese name Wang Renqiang)。He served as the cultural counselor of the Canadian Embassy in Beijing in the 1990s，is an expert in modern and contemporary Chinese literature，Also a translator，Translated novels by Zhang Kangkang and many other Chinese writers。His teaching is calm and clear，Focus on inspiring and guiding students to read a large amount of information，Send a large number of pdf files to students by mass mail every time，And give students enough time to express their opinions (representation) - this is the benefit of small class sizes，Students really have to work hard to complete a course。
General elective courses for PAAS majors are mostly popular with students from other majors。The "Introduction to Chinese Literature" taught by Mr. Lin Zongzheng attracted more than 70 students from the whole school。He invited me to speak in his class，I choose to start with a short poem by Li Bai，Discuss the characteristics of "resentment but not anger" in Chinese poetry。I also attended the defense of the master’s thesis in the Department of Philosophy。Their defense chairmen are usually people from outside the majors，Only responsible for controlling the defense process。The defense committee consists of a "steering committee" bet365 online sports betting liveincluding the supervisor，The scores after the defense will be submitted directly to the Graduate School by the defense chairperson。
I am just a passing visitor in Victoria，But the comfortable and livable climate and natural and beautiful scenery here will definitely make me unforgettable for the rest of my life。Domestic air pollution is very serious nowadays，The blue sea and innocence here will make you feel like you are in a dream，Envy and jealousy。April to June every year，This is the intoxicating season in this small town。The tender green leaves stretch in the sun，The gorgeous flowers convey bursts of fragrance，The deer is wandering leisurely on the grass，Birds singing softly in the woods。I think，Use "Every Family Garden，Gardens everywhere” is the perfect way to describe her。People live at a slow pace，There is no hustle and bustle and strong commercial atmosphere of a big city。In downtown Victoria、Two main roads Dauglas St.and Blanshard St.junction，Houses a sign designed by a famous plastic artist，Engraved in capital letters:
NIGHT IS FOR SLEEPING
DAY IS FOR RESTING
"Night is for sleep，You should rest during the day”，It is said that this is the "motto" of the city of Victoria。I have been influenced by the belief that "labor is the most glorious" since I was a child，Appreciate the "Jiao Yulu-style" lifestyle，I feel quite decadent about this "aristocratic philosophy"。Idle and idle，Isn’t it “second-rate philosophy”？I think，Expensive manual services are inevitably related to this。Shopping on Amazon and other business websites，It will take more than ten days to be delivered，If you require delivery within three days，You will have to pay nearly forty Canadian dollars more。At this time，You just realized how convenient and cheap our country’s SF Express is, which arrives at dawn and dusk。The initial establishment of UVIC Chinese Scholars Association，Preparing to make a banner with red cloth and white characters，Go to the school and ask at an institution similar bet365 online gamesto the Wenyin Society，The quote is one thousand four hundred Canadian dollars，The funds provided by the consulate pale in comparison to this amount，We have no choice but to ask scholars who will come later to bring them from home，Only spent fifty yuan。This incident made me realize something - except not using square characters，Is the high cost of labor a reason why people here don’t like slogans？Still "grasping the revolution，The slogan culture with the basic tone of "Promote Production" is incompatible with the lives of local residents？
As a humanities practitioner，I'm starting to like this motto。At the age of "sitting around and looking around"，Tao Yuanming was driven by hunger and begged his neighbors，Du Fu’s lofty ideals have shrunk to “just enough to feed him in his remaining years”，Su Shi committed a crime in Huangzhou，"Cooking cold dishes in an empty restaurant"。Being proficient in world affairs、From the perspective of a person with great fame，They are all "lazy people"，Even a "second-rater"。How lucky am I?，With the times, the shortage of materials has been overcome，Life is richer than food and clothing。In "The Scholars", it is written that Fan Jin caught the egg-laying hens raised by his old mother and took them to the market to exchange for rice for cooking，I often think，It is really difficult for people today to understand this dilemma of material shortage！But，Nowadays, people no longer give hens the right to run freely。We are busy day and night，The cart raises flying dust，In a hurry，Dongcheng Funanmo，No rest during the day，Unable to sleep at night，The motto of Victoria, the rural provincial capital，It seems to be a good medicine for our symptoms。
Please allow me to use the word I hear most often here to encourage my colleagues:
Enjoy!