Department News
New Book Release by Prof. TANG Chung
Liangzhu Jades: Essays on Prehistoric Jade Technologies in China
TANG Chung, CAO Jinyan
Centre for Chinese Archaeology and Art,
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
2015
Academic Activities
Recapping the academic seminar “明清時期的科舉與科舉「雞精書」：以光緒丙戌榜會試頭場試卷為例” conducted by Prof. PUK Wing Kin on 25 September 2015.
During the Ming and Qing period, the Imperial Examination was the official system to select qualified people to serve in the government. The content of the Four Books was the main subject for the exam, and the Eight-Legged Essay was the writing format for the examination. By a close reading of the essays written by the successful candidates of the Imperial Examination of 1886 and one of the reference books, the 四書味根錄, Prof. Puk’s lecture explores the impact of the reference books on the examinees and literati, and the development and market of such reference books.
Upcoming Events
| Date : | 9 October 2015 (Friday) |
| Time : | 4:30pm – 6:15pm |
| Venue : | Room 304, 3/F Lee Shau Kee Building, CUHK |
| Topic : | 從出土秦簡看郡縣制的形成及其發展 |
| Speaker : | Prof. YANG Zhenhong Bamboo and Silk Documents Center, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences |
| Language : | Putonghua |
| Enquiry : | 3943 8541 |
Organiser: Department of History, CUHK
Co-organiser: Centre for Chinese History, Department of History, CUHK
| Date : | 16 October 2015 (Friday) |
| Time : | 4:30pm – 6:15pm |
| Venue : | Room 304, 3/F Lee Shau Kee Building, CUHK |
| Topic : | Mapping Land in the Ming-Qing Period |
| Speaker : | Prof. CHEUNG Sui Wai |
| Language : | Putonghua |
| Enquiry : | 3943 8541 |
| Date : | 16-17 October 2015 (Friday & Saturday) |
| Time : | 9:00am – 6:00pm |
| Venue : | CPD-LG17&18, Centennial Campus, University of Hong Kong |
| Language : | Putonghua |
| Enquiry : | excavate@hku.hk |
Organiser: School of Chinese, University of Hong Kong
Co-organiser: Centre for Chinese History, Department of History, CUHK
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