Speaker Biography
Zhu Keyi is a Professor in the Department of Chinese Language and Literature at Fudan University and a Doctoral Supervisor in Chinese Linguistics and Philology. She specializes in the teaching and research of rhetoric, discourse linguistics, genre studies, and language stylistics. She has served as Deputy Chair of the Department of Chinese Language and Literature at Fudan University, Editor-in-Chief of Contemporary Rhetoric—a core Chinese linguistics journal and CSSCI source journal sponsored by Fudan University—and a member/expert of the Journal Evaluation Expert Committee at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Evaluation Studies Institute. She currently serves as Vice President of the China Rhetoric Society and holds multiple positions as academic committee member, academic advisor, adjunct researcher, and evaluation expert at various universities and research institutions. She has been invited to contribute the chapter on Chinese Rhetoric to The Cambridge Rhetorical History (Volume V), a national history volume, and is responsible for the Rhetoric Studies section of the Yearbook of Chinese Linguistics (2022–2025 volumes) published by the Institute of Linguistics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. She has authored, co-authored, and edited eighteen books and published over one hundred articles in journals and edited volumes. She has completed research projects funded by the National Social Science Fund of China, the Humanities and Social Sciences Fund of the Ministry of Education, and provincial/ministerial funding agencies, and has received several awards.
Lecture Time & Venue
Time: November 20, 18:30–21:00
Venue: Lecture Hall 103, Teaching Building No. 5, Songjiang Campus
Lecture Title
The Interplay of Xue and Shu: Dialogues on the Relationships Between Substance and Function, and Between Knowledge and Action
Lecture Abstract
Guided by the dialectical thinking of intellectual enlightenment master Liang Qichao on the interactive and interdependent relationship between xue (learning/theory) and shu (practice/application), this lecture takes the categorical system of rhetorical competence as an example. It explores the substance (ti) of the theoretical principles underlying the categorical system of rhetorical competence from the perspective of xue (learning/theory), and investigates the function (yong) realized through the implementation of research paradigms from the perspective of shu (practice/application)—specifically, the construction of rhetorical meaning to expand practical functions. On this basis, the lecture elucidates the substance-function relationship in the construction and developmental generation of the categorical system of rhetorical competence, as well as the knowledge-action relationship between theoretical construction and practical analysis. It ultimately reveals the essential characteristics of academic research: achieving the goals of exploring new knowledge, innovating theory, and enriching social practice through the continuous accumulation of intellectual principles and the ongoing enhancement of knowledge production skills.
