Flowers Blooming and Falling Chinese Department (Updated Edition)

This book is a collection of essays written by Chen Pingyuan, professor of liberal arts at Peking University and a famous scholar, focusing on the "Chinese Department of Peking University". He recalls "the past is like smoke", appreciates the "romantic relationship between teachers and friends", and outlines an "alternative history of the department" to reflect his own "Chinese feelings." Most of those recalled or described in the book are teachers and friends the author has had contact with, mainly from the Chinese Department of Peking University, such as Wu Zuxiang, Lin Geng, Le Daiyun, Qian Liqun, Wen Rumin, Xia Xiaohong, etc.; Extended to the entire Chinese and foreign academic circles, such as Wang Yuanhua, Qian Gurong, Wang Furen, etc. The second and fifth series, which are mainly discussions, focus on literary education and can be read as the background of the other three series.