The First Academic Seminar of Sichuan Yang Xiong Research Society was held in Pidu District, Chengdu from November 11th to 13th to commemorate the 2070th birthday of Yang Xiong. More than 200 experts from 60-odd universities, research institutions, presses and academic journals, like Chinese Academy of Social Science, Wuhan University, Sichuan University, Xihua University, and members of Sichuan Yang Xiong Research Society participated in the seminar and make it a grand event for Shu Studies and Bashu Culture research.
Prof. Zheng Wangeng, from Beijing Normal University, said that Yang Xiong is an important ideologist, philosopher, linguist and writer in the late years of Xihan Dynasty. Integrating the ideology of Confucianism, Taoism and Yin-Yang and elaborating dialectic thought, he become the few dialectic ideologist in Han Dynasty, which is of active significance to the development of Yi-ology, philosophy, literature and historiography. Researchers studying Yang Xiong have been more and more for the two thousand years. He hoped Yang Xiong culture study can make greater achievements, so as the culture research on other historical figures in Sichuan.
Tan Jihe, President of Sichuan Historical Society, held that the establishment of Yang Xiong Research Society is of great significance. The society has done constant researches on Yang Xiong culture and worked out many great results. This seminar is not only a magnificent event for Sichuan academic circle, but also for Bashu Culture research and traditional Chinese culture research.
The establishment of Sichuan Yang Xiong Research Society has won the support of different circles in Sichuan. This seminar was hosted by Sichuan Federation of Social Science Associations, The Research Institute of Culture and History of the People’s Government of Sichuan Province, Xihua University, Sichuan Yang Xiong research Society, Pidu District Committee of CPC and the People’s Government of Pidu District.
As one of the critical cradle of Chinese civilization, Sichuan has profound historical and cultural accumulation and a large amount of famous cultural figures. In this year, Sichuan starts the cultural inheritance and innovation project of historical figures. With the help of Xihua University, Yang Xiong, declared by Pidu District, is selected as the first batch of ten historical figures of Sichuan.
Experts believed that Yang Xiong Research Society and the academic seminar will provide strong power for promoting the creative transformation and creative development of Tianfu culture and carrying forward Chinese excellent traditional culture.