Peking University Lectures. Issue 3

Author: Editorial Committee of "Peking University Lectures"
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Publish Date: 2003-08-02
Features: What is a "lecture"? Scholars speak on stage, students listen in their seats. Someone once "joked" that while classes at Peking University could be skipped, lectures were absolutely not to be missed. Today, our campus posters are filled with various lecture announcements. Before the lectures, classrooms are packed with students, desks covered with items used for claiming seats. During the lectures, there is an enlightening awakening, and afterward, there are questions, debates, and deep reflection. All of this has become a distinctive campus scene at Peking University. Through this scene, you can see the "residents" traditionally considered part of the ivory tower, begin to reflect on themselves within the campus; you can also see the outside world, with admiration, curiosity, and inquiry, watching the hurried scholars within the tower, even beginning to pause on campus and linger. Lectures not only enrich the sacred land of Peking University but also make this ancient campus more vibrant and youthful, becoming a valuable spiritual treasure for Peking University students.