Rockbund Art Museum 上海外滩美术馆

The three frenzies sweeping the nation: “Chinese culture frenzy”, “Han costume frenzy” and “scripture reading frenzy,” seem to embody a nationwide fervor for Chinese traditional culture, but upon delving deeper we discover numerous questions and discrepancies lurking under the surface. For example, how exactly does one define “Han costume”? Throughout history our traditional clothing and accessories have been in a state of constant change, and saw a fusion of traits and customs from several different Chinese ethnicities. And in our enthusiasm to read ancient scriptures, have we ever once seriously researched which ones to recite and the proper way to recite them? Furthermore, in this wave of cultural revival, how should we approach the issues of ethnic and cultural identity that come with it?

A hundred years having passed since the anti-Confucianism of China’s May Fourth Movement, the attitudes of Chinese people toward their traditional culture have transformed from one of abandonment and neglect to its current zeal to revive tradition. Since the 1980s, the cultural revival movement in China has undergone a number of significant changes — from tangible and intangible customs, such as fashion, etiquette and literary recital, to the consumption of cultural products, the revival of traditional culture has established a complete set of lifestyle and behavioral standards in contemporary China.

For our talk at RAM we have invited DUAN Zhiqiang, researcher at Fudan University’s National Institute for Advanced Humanistic Studies, and experienced media specialist, SONG Chenxi, to launch their discussion with this “Chinese culture frenzy” as they explore in-depth the rise and fall of the study of traditional culture in China, expounding on clashes between different schools of thoughts in China since the 1980s and their influence on China today.

当下风行的“国学热”“汉服热”“读经热”，表面看来似乎是一场传统文化的全民狂欢，但深究起来亦浮现出诸多问题与乱象。如，“汉服”究竟是什么？我们的古代服饰其实一直在变化，各民族服饰文化也历经诸多融合。又如，“读经热”的跟风下，我们是否深究过，怎么读、读哪些？再如，如何看待包裹在传统文化复兴之下的民族认同、文化认同问题？

距离“打倒孔家店”的“五四”运动已然过去一百年。中国人对于传统文化，尤其是“国学”也经历了从抛弃、扬弃再到现在的复兴。上世纪八十年代至今，国学复兴也经历过几次大的变化；直到当下，从服饰、礼仪、诵读等身体及行为上的规训到文化产品的消费，传统文化复兴也建构了一整套当代生活方式与行为准则。

本次对谈我们邀请到复旦大学文史研究院研究员段志强及资深媒体人宋晨希，二人将以当下的“国学热”“汉服热”“读经热”为引，深入探讨“国学”的兴衰轮回，厘清上世纪八十年代以来不同流派、思想的争鸣及对当下的影响。

DUAN Zhiqiang, associate researcher at the National Institute for Advanced Humanistic Studies, Fudan University. He engages in the study of the history of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and has opened courses such as "Ancient Civilization in China" at Fudan University.

SONG Chenxi, media professional and book reviewer. Song has translated the work International contemporary art collection of a salaryman 現代アートを買おう! written by Daisuke Miyatsu and is now co-authoring The Ideological Course of Chinese Civilization. Song has also opened online courses such as “co-reading Qian Mu”. He has published about a hundred book reviews, interviews and cultural commentary, hosted more than thirty cultural events.

SONG mainly focuses on the traditional Chinese and Western thoughts as well as the modern transformation of traditional thoughts, and the transition of Chinese ideology in the past 40 years. He has also organized a series of online cultural interviews including “the saying of Confucius throughout the ages” and “in the forty years.”

段志强，复旦大学文史研究院副研究员，从事明清思想文化史的研究，在复旦开设《中国古代文明》等课程。

宋晨希，文化媒体人，书评人，出版译著《工薪族当代艺术收藏之道》等，现正与人合写《中华文明的思想历程》，曾在网上开设“线上共读钱穆”等课程。发表书评、文化采访、文化时评一百余篇，主持文化活动三十余场。

近些年主要关注领域为中西传统思想以及传统思想的现代转换，近四十年中国思想界的变迁等，曾于网站策划“千秋问道问孔子”和“这四十年”等系列文化访谈。