OxTalks will soon move to the new Halo platform and will become 'Oxford Events.' There will be a need for an OxTalks freeze. This was previously planned for Friday 14th November – a new date will be shared as soon as it is available (full details will be available on the Staff Gateway).
In the meantime, the OxTalks site will remain active and events will continue to be published.
If staff have any questions about the Oxford Events launch, please contact halo@digital.ox.ac.uk
Learning to be a sage is the ideal shared by scholars in the Song and Ming dynasties. How to construct the lineage of Confucian Orthodoxy, how to understand the principles of heaven and conscience, and how to lead and serve the society, has become the subject of their learning. The neo-Confucianists of the Song and Ming dynasties not only reformed the classical system from the Six Classics to the Four Books, but they also absorbed numerous resources from Buddhism and Taoism, creating a unique self-cultivation effort that is rich and diverse yet strict and detailed. This system of cultivation has had a profound impact on Chinese society up to today.
Professor Hui Yin, China Centre Academic Visitor, is a Professor at the Yuelu Academy of Hunan University. She has a PhD in History. Her main research interests include the history of Chinese thought, the history of Chinese classics， especially the study of the history of Neo-Confucianism and ritual studies in the Song and Ming dynasties.
