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The New Asia Lectures on Confucianism were launched in 2013 under the sponsorship of the Moonchu Foundation. Each year, a distinguished scholar in Confucianism studies is invited to the College to deliver a series of three public lectures, with the aim of arousing interest among academics and the general public in more in-depth exploration of Confucianism through discussion on various issues. The New Asia Lectures on Confucianism 2017 were successfully held in October 2017, with Dean of Academy of Chinese Learning and Professor of the Department of Philosophy of Tsinghua University Chen Lai, renowned historian of philosophy, as the keynote speaker.

The First Lecture entitled "A New Study of Xunzi's Political Philosophy" was held at Lecture Theatre 2, Yasumoto International Academic Park, CUHK on the afternoon on 23 October, and was moderated by Professor Cheng Chung-yi of the Department of Philosophy of CUHK. The Second Lecture entitled "Liang Shuming on Confucian Ethics" was held at Sir Run Run Shaw Hall, CUHK on the morning on 27 October, with Professor Wang Qingjie of the Department of Philosophy of CUHK as the moderator. The Third Lecture entitled "One Hundred Years of Confucianism" was held at the Lecture Theatre of the Hong Kong Central Library on the afternoon of 28 October, and was moderated by Professor Huang Yong of the Department of Philosophy of CUHK.

During these three lectures, Professor Chen illustrated to the audience the diversified Confucius spirit in the dimension of philosophy, human relations and history respectively. At the end of each lecture, Professor Chen was eager to share his academic experiences and insights with the audience, who in turn expressed their sincere thanks to Professor Chen for letting them learn much from the lectures.