University of the West Online Lecture on Nov. 14: Xue Yongwu on How Confucius and Mencius Empower Contemporary Development
The University of the West, located in Rosemead, Los Angeles County, California, will host a frontier academic lecture in its "Confucian Thought and Contemporary World" series on Saturday, November 14, from 5:00 to 7:30 p.m. Pacific Time. Xue Yongwu, a professor at Ocean University of China, will deliver the talk online, titled "How Confucius and Mencius Empower Contemporary Development." The lecture is open to the public via Zoom.
The talk is a special lecture in the university's REL640-C course on Eastern philosophy and cultural classics and part of its Distinguished Scholar Lecture series. Its subtitle is "The Contemporary Value and Global Significance of the Thought of Confucius and Mencius," and it will explore what the two sages' teachings mean for development in the world today.
Xue Yongwu holds a doctorate in literature and is a professor and doctoral supervisor at Ocean University of China. He formerly served as dean of the university's College of Literature, Journalism and Communication and concurrently as director of the National Cultural Industry Research Center based at the university, and earlier as dean of the School of Literature at Qufu Normal University. His research spans talent studies, aesthetics and Chinese culture, and his Confucian scholarship includes annotated commentary editions of the Analects and of Mencius.
The lecture runs from 5:00 to 7:30 p.m. Pacific Time on November 14 (8:00 to 10:30 a.m. Beijing Time on November 15). Readers may join through the Zoom app using Meeting ID 937 7821 5975 and passcode uwest@2026.
Source: University of the West
Published by GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
Photo: 图：西来大学《儒学与当代世界》前沿学术讲座海报。（西来大学） / Photo: Poster for the University of the West frontier lecture in the Confucian Thought and Contemporary World series. (University of the West)
