November 7，President Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory letter to the first World Classics Congress。Last days，The congratulatory letter aroused enthusiastic response in the bet365 Casino Live Dealer Games academic circles，Inspiring the majority of bet365 Casino Live Dealer Games scholars。Especially the emphasis in the congratulatory letter on “taking on the mission of bet365 Casino Live Dealer Games research”，Let scholars feel the mission on their shoulders、There is a long way to go。

What kind of subject is classics？What is the tradition of Chinese and Western bet365 Casino Live Dealer Games studies？What is the mission of contemporary bet365 Casino Live Dealer Games scholars？How to build the contemporary classics discipline system and talent training system？With these questions，The reporter used the topic "What is contemporary classics"，Interviewed with the academic director of the organizer of the third sub-forum of the first World Classics Congress，Director of the China-Greece Center for Mutual Learning between Civilizations、Chief Expert，Professor Cui Yanqiang, former Vice President of Southwest University。

"China Social Sciences Journal": Classics has become a hot word in academic circles，Please briefly introduce what bet365 Casino Live Dealer Games studies is。

Cui Yanqiang: When we use the term "classics"，It is often necessary to distinguish the two meanings first，This is the premise for our discussion。This word generally refers to some kind of ancient academic tradition，Such as Chinese bet365 Casino Live Dealer Games academic tradition or Western bet365 Casino Live Dealer Games academic tradition；The second refers specifically to the discipline of "classics"。

Classics as a discipline generally emerged in Europe in the 1880s，It is the product of the institutionalization of modern social science knowledge，And Sociology、Economics、Modern History、Psychology、Anthropology、Archaeology and other independent disciplines appeared at roughly the same time。Generally defined as "the study of the society, culture and literary and artistic works of the ancient Mediterranean world"，That is, the knowledge with ancient Greek and ancient Roman civilization as the main research object。Since the spread of Western learning to the east in early modern times，Some Chinese scholars have proposed an attempt to establish the discipline of Chinese Classics，However, the Chinese bet365 Casino Live Dealer Games academic tradition did not establish a separate discipline in the formation of the modern Chinese knowledge system，There is no discipline like Western Classics that specializes in the study of ancient Chinese civilization，But deeply rooted in Chinese language and literature、History、Philosophy and other disciplines，Constitute a solid bet365 Casino Live Dealer Games foundation for these disciplines。

If we understand the bet365 Casino Live Dealer Games academic tradition as based on bet365 Casino Live Dealer Games Chinese，The academic tradition that integrates classics, history and doctrine，Then China and the West each have a long-standing and highly similar academic bloodline。The tradition of Chinese bet365 Casino Live Dealer Games studies can be traced back to the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods when "Taoism will tear the world apart"，In the 5th to 4th centuries BC, ancient Greece also had basic education subjects similar to the "Six Arts" of the pre-Qin Dynasty and a philosophy equivalent to the study of philosophers。Later the Romans systematized the basic education subjects of the Greeks into the "Seven Arts of Freedom"，Became a preparatory course for university in the 12th century，Enter God after studying、法、Third Department of Medicine。The "Seven Arts" to the European bet365 Casino Live Dealer Games Tradition，Just like the "Six Arts" to the Chinese bet365 Casino Live Dealer Games tradition，All belong to language and mathematics subjects，In ancient China, it was called "primary school"。That is, the physical theory、The “Way of University” that devotes oneself to knowledge，is equivalent to Western bet365 Casino Live Dealer Games philosophy。Therefore，The Chinese and Western bet365 Casino Live Dealer Games traditions are very similar，They are all based on the knowledge of bet365 Casino Live Dealer Games Chinese and the integration of classics, history and doctrine。

《Chinese Social Sciences Journal》：Present，What kind of bet365 Casino Live Dealer Games studies should we build？How to build such a classics？

Cui Yanqiang: First of all，We should break down discipline barriers、Overcoming the single-disciplinary paradigm，From multiple disciplines、Presenting Classics from an Interdisciplinary Perspective，Discovering and Reshaping Classics，Promote the deep integration of bet365 Casino Live Dealer Games academic research with modern humanities and social sciences and modern science and technology，Construct a bet365 Casino Live Dealer Games discipline system that meets the needs of the progress and development of contemporary world civilization、Academic system、Discourse system。bet365 Casino Live Dealer Games academic research，From text、Text、Document to culture、Civilization，Involving linguistics、Library、Literature、History、Archaeology、Anthropology、Philosophy、Art and other related disciplines，Is a complex multidisciplinary or interdisciplinary system。Classics should gradually expand from a single purely humanistic research paradigm，Establish a research paradigm that combines normative science and empirical science。

Secondly，Whether it is the Chinese bet365 Casino Live Dealer Games tradition or the Western bet365 Casino Live Dealer Games tradition，Only by constantly surpassing yourself、Only by breaking through yourself can you truly inherit and continue。Stay upright but not old-fashioned、Respect the past but not retro，It is the "old country and new life" of bet365 Casino Live Dealer Games studies。Classics is an open system。Looking at time，There is no pure "bet365 Casino Live Dealer Games"，Just like there is no absolute "modern"。The word "bet365 Casino Live Dealer Games" expresses the unity of history and logic、The coexistence of flow and eternity。“Ancient” indicates historicity，"Dian" expresses eternity。Classics live in the present，The present is also constantly reconstructing the classics。As classics scholar Neville Morley said: "The bet365 Casino Live Dealer Games world is a construction，Partly from ancient times，Partly from modern times，It is the understanding of a complex and ever-changing world。Classics should not try to encircle this imaginary object with a line，Make it your own。Instead, the various inherited bet365 Casino Live Dealer Games concepts should be used as a starting point，Leave them open for discussion。”Therefore，Classics is based on tradition，Observe the present moment，Foreshadowing the future。Also，Viewed from space，Classics is not purely regional empirical knowledge，Essentially it is worldly and human。What is Greece，What is Rome，What is China，No longer a purely geographical concept，It is not a purely ethnological concept，But the genes of human civilization。We should start from a certain Eastern or Western bet365 Casino Live Dealer Games tradition，Try to refine the common issues commonly considered by bet365 Casino Live Dealer Games scholars around the world。Therefore，We say，Classics is another subject that is “new and renewed every day”，Should transcend the natural birthmark of the origin of a discipline，Overcoming the Problem of “Modernity”，In big science、Multidisciplinary、Re-examine yourself from the perspective of symbiosis of multiple civilizations、Define yourself，Building towards the future、Open、Pluralistic world classics from a cultural-centristic standpoint。

《Chinese Social Sciences Journal》: As a bet365 Casino Live Dealer Games scholar，Can you talk about how to cultivate bet365 Casino Live Dealer Games talents？

Cui Yanqiang: The cultivation of bet365 Casino Live Dealer Games talents shoulders the mission of inheriting the essence of human spirit。Keep the "unpopular" from being unpopular，The "unrivaled skills" are endless。Take my research on Greek philosophy as an example，First，From bet365 Casino Live Dealer Games languages、Work hard on the text and literature。If there is no Greek learning and training in first-hand text translation and annotation，Only read secondary research literature by modern scholars，It is difficult to be qualified for the important task of studying Greek philosophy。Secondly，As a bet365 Casino Live Dealer Games scholar，Can’t stop from text to text，We should get out of the limitations of bet365 Casino Live Dealer Games philosophy training in European and American universities；Cannot follow the text，Do not use description instead of discussion，The text should be considered within the historical and cultural context in which it was generated。Philosophy without historical and cultural examination is pure scholasticism。Finally，Philosophical critical reflection on the text should be carried out，That is, doing Greek philosophy “in a philosophical way”，Otherwise it is not a study of Greek philosophy。And do Greek philosophy in a philosophical way，It is necessary to carry out systematic professional training in philosophy。

In other words，The training of bet365 Casino Live Dealer Games talents involves multiple disciplines，At least language documentation、History and Philosophy。Although the three are closely related，But facing the same text，Their research paradigms and focuses are very different。Therefore，Cultivation of bet365 Casino Live Dealer Games talents is not something that a single discipline can do，We must respect the law that talents grow through disciplines，Don’t just “stew everything together” regardless of disciplines。Classics is a collection classification concept in this sense，Rather than “an” independent subject concept。On the practical level of education and teaching，I think bet365 Casino Live Dealer Games studies is based on bet365 Casino Live Dealer Games language training，Text、History、Zhe diversion，Multidisciplinary system for professional training。Probably this is a realistic and effective training model for bet365 Casino Live Dealer Games talents。