Event — IIAS lecture

Music Life Of The Scholar-Officials In Ming And Qing Dynasty

15 May 2007

15/05/2007 - 16:00

15 May 2007
16.00-17.00 hrs

IIAS Lecture by Dr Wang Yi
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Institute of History

PJ Veth building, room 329
Nonnensteeg 1-3, 2311VJ Leiden

There are many attainments about Chinese history studies in politics, thoughts and literature of the scholar-officials in Ming and Qing dynasty. However, few scholars pay close attention to the daily lives of the people whom they are researching. We care about the history because we care about our situation in present and in future. The history of politics, economy and thoughts are very important for us today, and the history of lives has tight connection with our lives today.

The so-called “heritage” has been transmitted from person to person, from generation to generation, and become our tradition, and goes deep into our lives and our hearts. This lecture is trying to introduce the two kinds of musical art, Guqin music and Kunqu opera, which were the self-entertained and self-educated means in lives of the scholar-officials of Han nationality in Ming and Qing dynasty, and the other kind of music, the art of Octagonal Drum, which the Eight Ensigns of Qing dynasty, the Manchu nobility, brought into the south of Great Wall, and then became very popular in the north of China. This lecture is also trying to discuss what important roles those kinds of musical art played in the lives of the scholar-officials in Ming and Qing dynasty, and the situation of those old art styles in modern China.

Information:
Saskia Jans
Fellowship Coordinator
International Institute for Asian Studies
T +31-71 527 5490
iiasfellowships@let.leidenuniv.nl