Origin quest still inspires
Paleographer's decades of research lights the path for a new generation to follow, Wang Xin reports in Shanghai.
Yang is one of the more than 60 students pursuing a degree at the center. Previously, over 140 Master's and Doctor's degree candidates have graduated from the center, continuing to contribute their efforts as scholars and teachers in schools, editors in publishing houses, museum researchers and even government officials.
With the rising public awareness and attention on outstanding traditional Chinese culture, Liu is pleased to see an increasing number of young people are getting interested in this subject in recent years. Impelled and inspired by Qiu, both teachers and students at the center have been sticking to a similar academic style over generations, which is to be strict with themselves, concentrate and devote true efforts relentlessly to be a "pure" scholar.
"Comparing with figuring out specific characters and words, it can be more difficult and a longer-term work to interpret the ideas and thoughts of the ancient contexts. Also, as times change, we need to constantly give fresh meanings of them to cater to the current situations. We look forward to more young people with passion in paleography, especially interdisciplinary talents, joining us for the future," says Liu.
