10 month 18, famous Chinese classical poetry, 91 year old Chinese women Ye Jiaying, a professor and professor of Nankai University, received a degree certificate from Douglas Goss, President of the honorary board of the University of Alberta, Canada, and became the honorary doctor of literature of the school. Zhang Daozheng, a journalist from China News Agency,
famous Chinese classical poetry, 91 year old Chinese female scholar, and Professor Ye Jiaying of Nankai University, became the honorary doctor of literature of University of Alberta. China News Agency reporter Zhang Daozheng
China new society Tianjin October 18 (reporter Zhang Daozheng) famous Chinese classical poetry, 91 year old Chinese female scholars, Nankai University professor Ye Jiaying, the 18 day from the honorary chairman Douglas Goss of University of Alberta, Canada, to receive the degree certificate, to become the school literary honor Doctor. The highest honor is to commend Ye Jiaying for his outstanding contributions to Chinese classical literature research, teaching and communication between China and the West. On the day of
, Professor Ye Jiaying's honorary doctorate award ceremony was held at Nankai University Oriental Art Building in University of Alberta. Ralph Jan, honorary president of University of Alberta, presided over the ceremony. Ralph Jan said that Professor Ye Jiaying's creative talent and his lifelong practice devoted to education have inspired many people in China and Canada to love Chinese classical culture and have a profound international influence.
Lorne Bethvik, vice president of the University of Alberta, said that the honorary doctorate is the highest honor for the University of Alberta to honor his personal achievements. In this great country of China, ye can feel the great efforts made by Mr. Ye to study and promote Chinese classical literature. Scholars such as Mr. Ye have built a cross-cultural bridge to make the world understand themselves better and to understand and respect each other in a global environment and to build a better future.
Gong Ke, President of Nankai University, congratulated Ye Jiaying on behalf of Nankai teachers and students. He said that Mr. Ye was respected and loved by teachers and students in the school for his love and inculcation to the students, and his unique views on Chinese classical culture and poetry. I wish Mr. ye would enjoy his life and work in Nankai and believe that Nankai and Alberta will cooperate more closely.
Canada's ambassador to China, Zhao Pu, attended the day of the ceremony. He said that the outstanding achievements Mr. Ye Jiaying had taught for 70 years inspired Canadian students who were interested in classical literature. At the same time, Mr. Ye has set an outstanding example for the two countries' students, and has made outstanding contributions to the richer and wider exchanges between the two countries in the future.
"Guang Le Jun Tian" does not know that Ling Lun is blowing bamboo into a fool. There is no snow in the white, and the blue whale outside has a dream. At the next moon, the night tide is late, and the microwave sends the words. If the sound of the sea can be heard, it will be a thousand years. In his award-winning speech, Ye Jiaying quotes the image of "blue whale" in the old partridge day to compare the role of poetry in the cultural exchange between China and the West.
"if the human mind is not polluted, when a poet writes poems with his true feelings, poetry will move us through time and space." Ye Jiaying believes that Nankai University and University of Alberta are located on both sides of the Pacific Ocean. I believe that poetry is moving across thousands of miles of mountains and rivers to stir up people in Canada.
Ye Jiaying, referring to the previous publication of the Chinese and British reference to the poetry of the mausoleum, expressed the hope that the book would help more Canadians to understand Chinese poets and poems. Although I am 91 years old, I still hope to make a contribution to the inheritance of poetry. To contribute to the closer exchanges between Chinese and Western cultures. "
Ye Jiaying was born in 1924. After graduating from the University of Jen in 1945, she taught in Taiwan, the United States and Canada for a long time. Her disciples are all over the world. Many of them are regarded as the leading scholars of classical poetry. He moved to Vancouver, Canada in 1969, and was employed as a tenured professor at University of British Columbia. In 1991, he was awarded the "academician of the Royal Society of Canada" and became the only academician of classical Chinese literature in the history of the society. Ye Jiaying is currently the only foreign librarian of the Central Museum of history and culture, and director of the Institute of Chinese classical culture, School of Arts, Nankai University.