Feng Qiyong: Master of A Dream of Red Mansions Studies
Between 1975 and 1986, he was transferred by the
Ministry of
Culture to preside over the proofreading
and annotation of A Dream of Red Mansions. During that period, he set
up the A Dream of Red Mansions Research Institute and acted as the
director.
In 1986, he was appointed vice chairman of Chinese Art Research Institute,
and at the same time acted as professor of the Department of Chinese Language
and Literature of Renmin
University of China. Up to date, Feng has published over 30 academic works,
with more than 29 million Chinese
characters.
Feng's academic road is in fact a road of self-studies. His research has
covered a range of topics. As a teacher of The History of Ancient Chinese
Literature, he published a collection of dissertions, called Shichuan Ji. He
also carried out researches on traditional Chinese operas, and published Fangcao
Ji.
A Date with A Dream of Red Mansions
Accomplishing enormous achievement in the research on the
novel, Feng has played an important part in pushing and promoting the
development of studies on A Dream of Red Mansion. He once served as chairman of
China Association of A Dream of Red Mansion
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Feng's Painting of Tianshan Mountain in
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Studies and his works on the famous classic have been
received well by the novel's lovers both at home and abroad.
Apart from his research on the Chinese classic, Feng has also actively
participated in cultural exchanges between China and other countries in the
world, spreading the essence of Chinese culture all over the world.
He twice visited America and gave lectures at such prestigious universities
as Harvard, Yale, Stanford, and so on, receiving an honorary academic
certificate from the America Fulbright Foundation.
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