Grand Forum  - Lecture: A General Discussion on the Pillars and Integration of the Chinese Culture——The Harmony of Human Being and the Heaven in Acupuncture

Introduction to the speaker:
Xu Jialu, Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, has always held the professional title of professor. Xu was born in 1937 in Beijing, though his ancestral home is in Huai'an, Jiangsu Province. He studied at Beijing Normal University from 1954 to 1959 and graduated with a degree in Chinese literature. Prof. Xu has also received honorary doctorates from Hong Kong Baptist University, Nanjing University, Zhejiang University, Beijing Normal University and the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. He has published Wei Cheng Ji and Wei Chuo Ji among other books and articles. And he also headed the national projects “A Collection of Ancient Chinese Scholars' Works in Classical Chinese and Modern Chinese” as well as ”Translation of The Twenty-Four Histories”.