On the afternoon of March 21st, DNUI Up-to-date Forum was held in the International Lecture Hall in the school library (Room 602, Building A5) by Branding and Strategic Development Department and supported by Neusoft News Agency. The room was filled with enthusiastic audience attracted by the forum speaker, Professor Ye Junyuan, Dean of Department of Chinese Language Literature of Dalian University of Technology and former professor of Renmin University of China.  

  Entitled A Discussion on the Imagery in Chinese Ancient Poetry, the lecture covered a brief study of many famous lines from classic Chinese ancient poems, highlighting the pre-eminent position of poetry in the history of Chinese literature, presenting in front of the audience a great era when the hobby of writing and reading poems prevailed among common people. Professor Ye analyzed a few classics written by famous Chinese poets, including Qu Yuan, Cao Cao, Li Bai, Du Fu, Li Shangyin, Wen Tianxiang etc., and interpreted some common traditional images in ancient Chinese poems, such as pine trees, bamboos, wild geese, Southern Waters, an autumn fan, a round fan etc. According to Professor Yuan, images have played a crucial role in conveying the message and can surely help readers to appreciate the beauty of ancient Chinese poetry. Professor Ye’s lecture was very informative, full of witty and humorous language, which received tons of applause from the audience. He also answered some questions after the lecture. “It was an enjoyable experience and I learned a lot,” said Chen Bin, a student from Class 12001 of Department of Computer Science and Technology. He is also the head of CaiWei Literature Group, a student association of the university. “Now I have a new understanding of classical poetry,” said Qian Anhua from the same class as Chen. “Young people like us tend to indulge in cellphone games and social websites. But it’s time to spend more time on great books.” “Reading poems has always been my hobby,” said Wang Lianshuang, a teacher from Department of English. “I wish the lecture had been longer. You know, as a saying goes, ‘Poem-reading makes one graceful’. I think what Professor Ye introduced to us is quite inspiring and of great help to everyone.”