The symposium on the academic life of etiquette scholar Chen Shuguo was held in Changsha

　　China News Service, Changsha, February 12 (Reporter Deng Xia) Chen Shuguo, a famous Chinese etiquette scholar and professor of Yuelu Academy of Hunan University, died of illness in the early morning of January 7 at the age of 77.

On February 11, a symposium on the academic life of Mr. Chen Shuguo was held in Yuelu Academy. During his lifetime, the person in charge of his work unit, responsible editor of books, relatives, old friends, student representatives, etc. gathered to commemorate the moral articles of this master of etiquette.

　　Chen Shuguo was born in March 1946 in Longhui County, Shaoyang, Hunan.

In 1964, he was admitted to the Chinese Department of Hunan Normal University; from 1979 to 1982, he studied for a master's degree in the Chinese Department of Northwest Normal University, under the tutelage of Guo Jinxi, an ancient phonologist and "Longxue" expert; from 1987 to 1989, he studied at the Institute of Ancient Books, Hangzhou University Studying for a Ph.D., he studied under Shen Wenzhuo, a Confucian scholar and etiquette scholar.

He successively worked in Yuelu Publishing House, Hunan Museum (formerly Hunan Provincial Museum), Hunan Normal University, and Hunan University, and trained a large number of outstanding talents for the field of Chinese literature and history.

　　His research direction is mainly on ancient Chinese etiquette and etiquette, followed by ancient Chinese literature. School Notes" and other ancient books sorting results.

Among them, "History of Chinese Ritual System" is the first general history of ritual system since the founding of New China. It has six volumes and 2.8 million words, filling an important gap in the field of Chinese humanities; The cohesive results of Zhu Qunjing fully reflect the latest and most comprehensive understanding of modern scholars on traditional classics.

　　Tang Xianqing, vice president of Hunan Normal University and professor of the Faculty of Arts, used the words "truth", "diligence" and "propriety" to summarize Chen Shuguo's conduct and academic contributions.

Tang Xianqing explained that "true" means that Chen Shuguo has the frankness of traditional Chinese intellectuals, straightforward nature, and clear distinction between right and wrong; And running around is admirable; "ritual" is his decades-long study of etiquette, and he has made outstanding contributions to the inheritance of traditional Chinese culture.

Part of the works written and organized by Chen Shuguo.

Photo by Deng Xia

　　Xia Jianqin, the former president of Yuelu Publishing House, couldn't help sobbing when he recalled his friends who had known each other for 40 years.

"He has annotated all kinds of scriptures, especially the in-depth study of the three rites and the history of rites, and has made extraordinary achievements." He said that Chen Shuguo paid great attention to and paid attention to the literature of the country and state, and he can inherit the works of the former sage king Chuanshan, Guo Songtao, Pi Xirui and others. The results of treating the classics.

Therefore, in the Four Books and Five Classics that he punctuated and annotated, he not only brainstormed and integrated, but also thought independently, introduced the old and brought forth the new, and finally implemented the correct interpretation, and sometimes had some original ideas that surpassed those of the previous cultivators.

　　"Ms. Chen often said that the academic level of a scholar is judged by the industry. It does not depend on whether there are awards or projects." Said Lan Jiayun, Ph.D. He is a person who is indifferent to fame and wealth, devotes himself to studying, and has no other distractions.

"When writing "History of Chinese Ritual System", the teacher often worked until two or three o'clock in the morning. He advised him to rest more and refused to listen. He also gave up invitations to some international conferences. He said that he would pass on Chinese ritual system within a limited time. go down."

　　"There is no shortcut to learning, only hard work." "Teacher Chen has a good memory, and he can casually point out which pages and paragraphs have problems when instructing students' papers."... At the symposium, everyone recalled the relationship with Chen Shuguo A little bit of the past outlines his life trajectory; Yuan Jianping, a researcher and deputy director of the Hunan Museum, also used the lyrics of "Good Morning Longhui" to express everyone's grief: "You are the most beautiful star in the night sky. Infinite strength, move forward bravely, I want to say to you, thank you, sir, rest in peace." (End)