Confucius Institute

China Confucius Research Institute is a special institution approved by the State Council in 1996 to study Confucius and his thoughts. It has the functions of academic research and exchange, Museum exhibition, literature collection, information exchange of Confucius and Confucianism research, and personnel training. It plans to build itself into a world center for Confucianism research and exchange.

Confucius Institute

Located in Qufu City, Shandong Province, China Confucius Institute is a special institution for the study of Confucius and his thoughts approved by the State Council in 1996. It has the functions of academic research and exchange, Museum exhibition, literature collection, information exchange of Confucius and Confucianism research, and personnel training. It is planned to become a world center for Confucianism research and exchange.

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Confucius is a great thinker, statesman, educator, scholar, sage and founder of Confucianism in ancient China. Confucius and Confucianism are the mainstream of Chinese traditional culture, which have indelible contributions to the development of China and the progress of civilization. Confucius' thoughts and theories have long gone beyond the limitations of the times and national boundaries, and become an important heritage in the world's historical and cultural treasure house. They have a wide and far-reaching influence in the world, especially in Southeast Asia. The world Nobel Prize winners once gathered in Paris and declared: "if human beings want to survive in the 21st century, they must seek wisdom from Confucius 2500 years ago." Confucius is known as "the top ten thinkers in the ancient world" by the international community, and is deeply admired and respected by people. In order to "absorb the essence of Confucius thought and carry forward the national excellent culture", the State Council approved the establishment of the Confucius Research Institute in Confucius's hometown, Qufu, in September 1996 by the State Council's Letter No. 66.

The Confucius Institute project is planned and designed by Mr. Wu Liangyong, academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences, academician of Chinese Academy of engineering and professor of Tsinghua University. The overall layout takes square and circle as the basic motif, fully expresses the connotation of Chinese culture by metaphor, integrates the Confucian concepts of "benevolence" and "harmony" into the planning, and uses the formats of "Luoshu", "Hetu", "Jiugong" and the theory of geomantic omen for reference, so as to make a rational layout of the existing area. The architectural form fully expresses the cultural and ideological connotation of Confucius, and embodies the nationality, times and commemoration.

The Confucius Institute is planned to cover an area of 9.5 hectares, with a construction area of 26000 square meters and a total investment of 190 million yuan. It will be completed in three phases. The first phase of the project, with an investment of 120 million yuan and a construction area of 14600 square meters, mainly includes the main works, piyong square and auxiliary facilities. The project was started on September 28, 1996 and completed in September 1999. The second phase of the project, with an investment of 27.58 million yuan and a construction area of 5400 square meters, mainly includes the construction of academic lecture hall and research center. The project was completed in September 1999 Construction started in April 2006 and completed in September 2007. The third phase project is a complete supporting project for the overall construction of our college, with a total investment of 30.9648 million yuan and a construction area of 6134.5 square meters. The construction content mainly includes the construction of scientific research and teaching building, Graduate room and other ancillary facilities. The construction started on September 17, 2009 and is planned to be completed in June 2010.

Institutional development

In the process of the construction of Confucius Institute, the party and state leaders attached great importance to it and gave it care and support in many aspects. Comrade Jiang Zemin inscribed the name of the hospital in October 2000. Party and state leaders such as Liu Yandong, Wu Guanzheng, Zhu Rongji, Li Tieying, ye Xuanping, Xu Jialu, Ding Guangen, Zhou Guangzhao, He Luli and Chen Jinhua came to the hospital for inspection and guidance. Comrade Gu Mu was particularly concerned and had visited and guided the work on the spot three times. Relevant ministries and commissions of the state also give great concern and support. The leaders and relevant departments of Shandong Province and Jining City also attach great importance to the construction of Confucius Institute.

The Confucius Institute has five functions: first, academic research and exchange, compilation and publication of Confucian research monographs and popular books, receiving long-term, short-term or temporary academic research from domestic and foreign scholars, holding various international and bilateral symposiums; second, Museum exhibition, unified planning and utilization with "three Confucius" and other ground buildings and cultural relics in stock, and holding Confucius Institute The Pingzhan and kongfu cultural relics exhibition make it a "Confucius Culture Museum" which fully displays the characteristics of Oriental culture; the third is literature collection, collecting, sorting, compiling and storing the vast amount of Confucius and Confucianism literature at all times and in all over the world, so as to build a modern comprehensive Confucius literature and Information Center; the fourth is the exchange of Confucius and Confucianism research information with modern equipment and technology The fifth is talent training, employing famous people at home and abroad as tutors and researchers, setting up multi-level, multi type and multi specification training courses, and receiving visiting scholars at home and abroad, so as to provide good learning and research conditions for scholars at home and abroad.

Over the past ten years, the Confucius Institute has adhered to the principle of building, opening and researching at the same time, and has made remarkable achievements in academic research, academic exchange and Exhibition collection. He has compiled and published 21 volumes and 12 million words of the 20th century Confucianism research series, more than 60 volumes and 12 million words The first ten volumes of Chinese ethics series, great Confucius, introduction to Chinese Confucianism and other books have actively promoted the excellent traditional culture of the Chinese nation represented by Confucius and Confucianism, and successfully applied for the post of Taishan scholar of "Confucius culture research" in Shandong Province. He founded the "spring and autumn forum" to popularize and inherit the Confucian classic culture; he successively held the "great Confucius" exhibition in Australia, New Zealand, eight European countries and Taiwan; he established a long-term academic cooperation relationship with the Korean Academy for the promotion of Chinese studies, established ties with academic groups such as the Korean Confucian and Taoist Association, the Japanese Literary Association, and the Chinese Confucius and Mencius Association in Taiwan, and established ties with Confucius in Renmin University of China In September 2007, it successfully hosted the world Confucian Congress and launched the international conference, and in September 2008 and September 2009, it held the international conference The Confucius Institute was set up as the Secretariat of the world Confucianism Congress, and the "China Confucius Institute Network" was opened. More than ten exhibitions have been successfully held, including "party and state leaders and foreign dignitaries in Qufu", "great Confucius", "excellent cultural relics of Confucius Mansion", "world Confucius Temple", "bronze plate relic map", "four books in gold plate" and "calligraphy and painting of national Masters"; a large number of state leaders, including Japan, South Korea, Russia, Austria, Guinea, Portugal and Xiban, have been received Ambassadors to China from Italy, Switzerland and other countries, as well as some Chinese and foreign friends, as well as compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, and friends from Chinese and foreign scholars in the field of Confucianism and architecture.

geographical position

500 meters south of the main gate of the Confucius Temple in Qufu, and to the west of Dacheng Road, there is an outstanding high-rise building surrounded by perforated flower walls. That is the Confucius Research Institute, which was completed in 1999.

Nature of organization

Confucius Research Institute is a research institution approved by the State Council. It has five functions: literature collection, information exchange, academic research, personnel training and Museum exhibition. It is planned to become the world center of Confucius thought research. The gate of the courtyard faces east, and there are three rooms. Under the eaves, there is a gold plated bronze plaque of "Confucius Research Institute". Although the plaque is not signed, it can be seen that it is inscribed by President Jiang Zemin.

Hospital layout

Apricot altar

On both sides of the gate, there are 36 apricot flowers. Confucius has 3000 disciples and two sages. Needless to say, the apricot tree is a symbol of 72 sages. Through the gate, at the foot of the red granite or horizontal or vertical paved Yong Road, a line of round white marble inlaid in the middle of Yong Road, a closer look, it turned out to be the pattern of ancient jade. Confucius is an ardent inheritor and advocator of ancient culture. He highly praised the culture of rites and music in Zhou Dynasty, and rites and music became an important part of Confucius' thought. The designer carefully thought, in such an ordinary channel also carved such a heavy traditional cultural symbols.

East and west square

Across the stone bridge, facing the two square shot and stand, East Square title "Zhidao according to virtue", west square title "Yiren entertainment". The allusion comes from the Analects of Confucius, "Confucius said," to be determined by Tao, to be guided by virtue, to be guided by benevolence, and to be guided by art. "Confucius taught people by this, and we should be guided by it.

Memorial Gateway

The archway is the entrance of the central square, and beyond it is the piazza. Square, 80 meters square, north of the main building overlooking, East, West, South Corridor enclosure.

Piyong

In the middle of the square is a circular platform, surrounded by a pool of water in the outer and inner circles, which is named Biyong because the water is "choked around like a wall". Biyong is also a ritual building, which symbolizes continuous education. Only the school of the emperor can be set up, and the school of local princes can only set up a semicircular pool. So what we see in ancient schools (Confucian Temples) all over the world is panchi. Only in Guozijian, Beijing, can there be Biyong. Since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty adopted Dong Zhongshu's proposal to "depose all schools of thought and respect Confucianism alone", Confucius thought has played a positive role in a long history, promoting the consolidation and development of a multi-ethnic unified country, promoting the development of national culture and economy, and making China one step ahead of the western industrial revolution

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