Wolfgang Kubin:

　　Professor of Lifelong Professor of Bonn University in Germany, Professor of Shantou University;

　　Research field: Chinese classical literature、Chinese modern literature、History of Chinese thought;

　　Representative works: "On Du Mu's lyrical Poems", "Natural Views of Chinese Scholars", "History of Chinese Literature in the 20th Century", etc.。

Dear friends，Compared with English，Actually I prefer to speak in Chinese。The theme I speak is "the necessity of dialogue"。

Poet Zhai Yongming when he was in Berlin，That is 2000，Tell me，Chinese people have more understanding of the West than Westerners' understanding of China。How do she know whether the situation is? We can see her prejudice to some extent。This phenomenon is very common among some Chinese scholars with foreign language skills。

Any understanding of any form is not a result，but a process，An endless process。The content that can be understood today，I have to think again tomorrow，can expand your knowledge。Therefore，No understanding is completely bet365 best casino games thorough，and always stay to some extent。But this is an opportunity to enrich our limited knowledge，Therefore, it is beneficial。Complete and thorough understanding will make our thinking object boring and boring，We will be the omnipresent God。But we are just a human，Those who experience all kinds of failed。

Does this mean that the ideal conversation between the East and the West is not possible? Just the opposite。As long as we belong to different cultures and systems，As long as we do unknown things、The attitude of keeping open to the new perspective，Knowing each other is possible to achieve。How to achieve this? If we realize that there is nothing in this world that is fixed，Everything is open，Depending on your own judgment，Then we may clearly see what happens when we are accepted，Then understand things itself。So it can be said，Except for our own judgment，There are always other things、Different things。This is why contemporary French philosophy requires "Frank Live" (forever youth)。

If everyone is self -proclaimed、Revisibility Different，So no one gets development。Any culture is the result of communication，Only through communication，Social can develop。Of course also includes language bet365 live casino games communication。For a long time，People say that the progress of a country is inseparable from translation work，China is a good example。

Since the reform and opening up，China begins to translate various content。until now，China has become a big translation country。Other changes are also obvious -China is now the world's second largest economy，Not only leading in the book market，It also develops rapidly in other economic fields。No books、Translator、Author、Reader's encounter，It is impossible to have knowledge。Of course，This "encounter" theory also has its defects，But in principle，This is the case in the early Britain or the recent Germany。

I said these are for explanation，There are always things that can surpass our stubborn judgment。Take Confucius as an example，When I was from Latin at the University of Minshi、Greek and Hebrew learning turns to ancient Chinese，My first ancient Chinese teacher told me，The Analects of Confucius is tasteless。1974 to 1975，I shift from the study of ancient Chinese at the Beijing Language Institute (now Beijing Language University) to modern Chinese。At that time，Confucius' thoughts were fiercely criticized，Ugly and negative in the bet365 live casino games media and daily life。At the time I see it，The influence of Confucius ended here。Although during the period of Bonn University，I followed the in -depth study of Confucius with the instructor，But I still thought that Confucius was the most boring thinker in the world I learned in the past 20 years。

but 20 years later，A French philosopher and Sinologist opened my closed eyes。He is not Chinese。He uses interpretation as a method，Explain the Analects of Confucius。Francois Julian (Yu Lian) "created" a new Confucius，shows the image of Confucius as a profound thinker。After many years，I saw German educational philosopher Ou Bornov discussed the role of "Xi" in his masterpiece，That is, the role of "learning" in Chinese "Xi" played in the process of becoming a real person。His monograph is written under the influence of Confucianism，Since then, I have changed from a Taoist supporter to a Confucian supporter。

Take another example，I no longer believe in religion so much。Although Jesus spread Catholicism in China at that time，But in essence, they are more helpful to enter Europe into another predecessor state。Translation of Confucian classic，​​They started a revolution。Voltaire and others discovered，Thanks to Confucius，Moral does not need to be based bet365 live casino games on religion，and the state can take rationality as the foundation，instead of God as the basis。Of course，This is not the purpose of Jesus。They just want to show Confucianism similar to Christian teachings。

Examples in this regard are endless。For example，Martin Heidegger was a Nazi molecule at the beginning of his career，But except for some subtle Nazi traces in his thoughts，His philosophy is worldwide。Even a person with doubt morality，We can also find something special on him。Jewish philosopher Hannah Arent once fell in love with the married Heidegger。After World War II，They are still being destroyed by war in Germany。How can this happen? Arrot thinks，True humanity means that we must use the whole world as a dialogue，Even the opponent。Therefore，We must pay attention，Everything is always different from its own attributes。

So，What does this have to do with our own identity? According to the Book of Changes，The world has been changing。Today is tomorrow，It will also become a few days ago，Although "Today" also represented yesterday。Where do we go，You can see severe changes。As German poet Siller said in 1789，He discovered "Lauret to Asia" in the Rhine of "Father River"bet365 best casino games 。French poet Atle Langbo said "I am others"。We can understand his words: We are not individual individual，but many individual combinations; we are Germans and Chinese，Also Chinese and Germans。A person's identity is not a single，There are many different identities in a person's life。For this point，Any academic is international，Not the West，Not China。

Back to the beginning of my speech，With the help of Chinese scholars，Sinology in German countries has flourished since the end of the 20th century，Now it may be ranked fourth in the sinology community around the world，second only to English countries、Sinology in countries such as Japan。but often not translated into English、Chinese or Japanese，Sinology in German countries is not easy to attract attention。But I am still very optimistic，Because I am convinced that the dialogue is possible。At present, this kind of dialogue is more likely to be an unbalanced dialogue，But most Europeans will have a few languages，If they are willing，You can develop any academic dialogue。