【Chinese Culture Colloquium】 The Truth, Goodness, and Beauty in Du Fu’s Poetry

April 10, 2026 Upcoming

Topic:?The Truth, Goodness, and Beauty in Du Fu’s Poetry

Speaker:?Professor Jiang Ruoshui

Date:?Friday, April 10, 2026

Time:?3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Venue:?SIN Wai Kin International Conference Centre (W201), Administration Building

Language:?Chinese

Registration:?Please scan the QR code below to register. On-site sign-in is required.

Abstract:

Du Fu’s poetry is hailed as the poetic history of an age, belonging to the realm of Truth. Filled with compassion for the sufferings of the people and love for all living things under heaven, his verses reach the pinnacle of Goodness. With exquisite linguistic craftsmanship, he creates a stunning array of Beauty for readers. We measure the greatness of this Sage of Poetry against the three dimensions of Truth, Goodness, and Beauty, yet we must develop an extraordinary understanding of what these three ideals truly mean. This lecture will explore these ideas through close readings of Du Fu’s most celebrated poems.

Speaker Profile:

Jiang Ruoshui holds a PhD from The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He is currently a Professor and PhD supervisor at the School of Media and International Culture, Zhejiang University. His major works include:?Studies on Bian Zhilin’s Poetic Art,?Sync and Displacement: Chinese and Western Poetics, Modernity in Classical Poetry,?Lakeside Chit-Chat,?Eight Lessons on Poetry,?In the Heart of the Thirteen-Line Script,?Picking Flowers and Peeling Petals,?The Fragrance of Speech,?The Abyss Above, and his annotated?edition Three Hundred Poems of Tu Fu.

His awards and recognitions include The Chinese Media Awards Literary Critic of the Year for?Lakeside Chit-Chat?(2017).?Eight Lessons on Poetry?was selected as one of the Chinese Good Books of 2017. He received the 5th Yuan Kejia Poetry Award (Poetics Award) for?The Fragrance of Speech?(2022). His annotated?Three Hundred Poems of Tu Fu?was named one of the Top Ten Good Books of 2025 by Southern Metropolis Daily, one of the ten recommended books for The Shanghai Review of Books 2025 Annual Selection, and included in the Annual Reading List of Southern Daily.

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