Understanding the Weltanschauung of the Ancient Chinese from Ancient Chinese Maps

Ge Zhaoguang, Princeton Global Scholar 2002-12 will give a talk on Weltanschauung of the Ancient Chinese at Princeton University.

Ge Zhaoguang is the founding director of the National Institute for Advanced Humanistic Studies at Fudan University in Shanghai, which focuses on research in Chinese literature, history and philosophy, and advances the study of Chinese culture within a global perspective. Scholars at the institute also collect and compile newly discovered Chinese texts, mostly from archaeological sites.

A specialist in medieval Chinese religion and history, Ge is a leading scholar of Chan (Zen) Buddhism in China and has written more than 15 books.

At Princeton, Ge will collaborate with faculty including Benjamin Elman in East Asian studies and Stephen Teiser in religion on topics of medieval history and the history of religion. He will serve as a resource to faculty and students throughout East Asian studies and will participate in a three-year collaborative project, New Directions in the Study of Early Modern East Asia, sponsored by the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies. 

This lecture will be given in Chinese, partial English translation to be available per handout at the time of the lecture.