座談會簡介小說的內部都有一種關係存在。小說是人學，其實更是人物的文學關係學。這種文學關係主要表現為人物與人物的文學倫理關係、人物的文學社會關係、文學的社會倫理關係、人物與物及自然的非人與人的關係、人物的心理關係等。弄清了這種關係，就大體揭開了文學最隱秘的面紗，大體把握了一部作品的根本講者簡介閻連科 (現為香港科技大學冼為堅中國文化客座教授)，1958年出生出生於中國河南省嵩縣的一個偏窮小村，1978年應徵入伍，1985年畢業於河南大學政教系、1991年畢業於解放軍藝術學院文學系。 1979年開始寫作，主要作品有長篇小說《夏日落》、《日光流年》、《堅硬如水》、《受活》、《為人民服務》、《丁莊夢》、《風雅頌》、《四書》 、《炸裂志》等10餘部；中、短篇小說集《年月日》、《黃金洞》、《耙耬天歌》、《朝著東南走》等15部，散文、言論集12部；另有《閻連科文集》17卷。其中《夏日落》、《為人民服務》、《丁莊夢》和《四書》四部小說在中國遭禁，是中國最受爭議的作家。曾先後獲第一、第二屆魯迅文學獎，第三屆老舍文學獎和馬來西亞世界華文文學大獎；2013年入圍法國費米那文學獎和英國國際布克獎短名單; 2014年獲捷克卡夫卡文學獎,2016年第二次入圍英國國際布克獎短名單。其作品被譯為日、韓、越、法、英、德、意大利、西班牙、以色列、荷蘭、挪威、瑞典、捷克、塞爾維亞等20幾種語言，在20多個國家和地區出版。 2004年因“作品令人擔憂”而退出軍界，現供職於中國人民大學文學院，為教授、作家。出席此座談會的同學可獲HLTH1010課程中"Activities"單元的"Wellness and Personal Enrichment" 1.0小時學習時數。同學須於入場及離場時出示學生證以作記錄。名額有限，請報名留座。About the TalkIn this talk, Prof. Yan will share his passion about literature and he will also give us a glimpse into the alluring world of his writing journey.About the SpeakerYan Lianke (Sin Wai Kin Visiting Professor of Chinese Culture), was born in a small village in Song county, Henan province in 1958. In 1978 he joined the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA), and in 1985 he graduated from Henan University with a major in Political Education. In 1991, he received a degree from the Literature Department of the PLA Academy of Art. He began writing fiction in 1979, and to-date he has published eleven novels, ten novellas, five volumes of prose, and a seventeen-volume “collected works.” His novels include Summer Sunset, Years after Years, As Hard as Water, Lenin’s Kisses, Serve the People!, Dream of Ding Village, and The Four Books. He has received more than twenty national and international literary prizes, including the first and second Lu Xun Literature Prize, and third Lao She Literature Prize, and the Malaysia World Chinese Literature Award. He was a finalist for the Prince of Asturias Literature Prize and the Prix Femina Literature Prize, and was shortlisted for the 2013 Man Booker International Prize. In 2014 he was the first Chinese writer to be awarded the Franz Kafka Literature Prize. In 2016, he was shortlisted for Man Booker International Prize. His works has been translated into more than twenty languages, including Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, French, English, German, Italian, Dutch, Hebrew, Spanish, and Serbian. There has been considerable dispute over his writing in China, and he has stood as a writer with deep conscience and great passion. In 2004, he quit the Chinese People’s Liberation Army. Now, he is a professor at Renmin University in Beijing. But Summer Sunset, Serve the People!, Dream of Ding Village and the Four Books have been either banned or were not able to be published in China. Yan Lianke is a writer of the most independent and controversial in Chinese contemporary authors.

座談會簡介從小喜歡天馬行空的我，與很多人一樣經常做夢，小時候曾經夢想過將來做警察、消防員、會計師、律師、飛機師、教師，當然少不了還有政府的政務主任和行政主任。可惜大學畢業後只能進入一間私人銀行做個小職員，每天坐在中環某甲級寫字樓的高層中，對著幾部電腦屏幕和做數不清的刻板數字工作。1991年2月仍寒但陽光普照的一天，我如常在午飯時間帶上份報紙，買了盒初級白領最愛的义雞飯，坐在中環碼頭享受著熱飯與陽光帶來的溫暖之際，眼球突然間被報紙上的一行字吸引著 --- "香港科技大學學生事務處招聘二級行政主任"。又大學、又學生、又行政主任，正正擊中我當時的心理需要! 還沒趕及把口中已到喉嚨椗那塊肥美的义燒吞下，便立即連跑帶跳的衝回雲層中的辦公室，趕緊把早前已用過申請其他工作的個人履歷再作修改，立即入紙申請這份Dream Job！ 最後居然在亂打亂撞的情況下加入了科大這個大家庭，跟本從未想過一做便做了25個年頭。回想過去的25年，現實中不知不覺把夢和想變成事實。我眼見這麽多同學和校友在實踐他們個人理想和創業夢時的堅持、努力和信念，實在值得與人分享。我便嘗試把其中十多位校友創業的心路歷程，原汁原味以文字記載下來，並加上自己多年的觀察，分析為何科大會静静地成為創業夢想家的搖籃的可能原因，寫成《夢想 X 熱情 -- 青年創業家的路》一書，讓大眾知道夢想是可以用努力和想像力而實現的，我們無論是什麼年紀也應該用積極的態度去面對這個充滿機遇的世界。作者將在今次的午間座談會帶大家進入他的夢想世界，與及分享書中科大校友的創業故事。出席此座談會的同學可獲HLTH1010課程中"Activities"單元的"Wellness and Personal Enrichment" 1.0小時學習時數。同學須於入場及離場時出示學生證以作記錄。名額有限，請報名留座。講者簡介小時的蕭觀明(Donny)住在公屋，在科大25年的光陰早已把三千煩惱絲全掉在科大校方不同的地方。現為學生事務處副處長 、創業中心副主任、教職員協會主席。曾做過校董會民選的職員代表，亦曾經因為公開說夢想而被同事取笑，更在幫助學生創業時被人嘲笑是門外漢。多年來與眾多學生和校友結下不解緣，為他們解難獻法，很多更成為好朋友。眼見眾多的同學和校友們非常積極的為自己的萝想而努力，特別是那些選擇走創業這條艱辛的路的一群，他便覺得值得把他們創業的心路歷程記載下來讓大家分享，於2015年7月出版《夢想 X熱情 -- 青年創業家的路》一書，此書在香港書展名列十大最暢銷榜。

About the TalkProfessor David Zweig was a young foreign student at Peking University in the mid-1970s. At this talk, he will share and discuss photos he took from November 1975 until April 1976, providing both historical context and personal observations. In particular, he will highlight four key points of the political drama:The initial establishment of the Big Character Poster compound at Peking University which attacked Deng Xiaoping’s summer 1975 reform programEmotional outpouring and mourning for Zhou Enlai following his death in January 1976Intensified assault on Deng via the Big Character Posters at Beida in February 1976The mass demonstration of support for ending Maoist policies in Tiananmen in April 3-4, 1976The photo essay is available online in China Perspectives, 2016 (1), p.5-28.About the AuthorDavid Zweig is Chair Professor of Social Science, and Director of the Center on China’s Transnational Relations (CCTR) here at HKUST, where he has worked for the past 20 years, and is a past recipient of the SHSS Outstanding Teaching Award and the RGC’s Prestigious Fellowship (2013-14).His research interests include China’s ‘resource diplomacy’, China’s human resources, Chinese politics and political economy, and Mainland-Hong Kong relations. In addition to many articles and several co-edited books and special journal issues. He has also published 4 books with topics ranging from the Cultural Revolution in the Chinese countryside, rural reform, China’s brain-drain and reverse migration, China’s internationalization, and its relations with oil rich states in the context of the continued global dominance of the US.For enquiries, please contact Victoria Caplan at 2358-6756.