A lecture of the “Taking Chinese Culture to the Whole Country” series was held in Lanzhou University. Liang Xiaosheng, renowned writer and CCICH researcher gave a report titled “literary creation and life” and was appointed professor of Lanzhou University.

In his report, Liang Xiaosheng talked about his life, his relationship with literature and his view of society. His parents’ teaching by their word and deed has embedded the qualities of appreciation, kindness, thankfulness and value of family relationship in his character. His mother’s artistic genes and his extensive reading as a young man have enabled him to absorb rich cultural and human nutrition. He loves literature, because he believes that “social development needs literature and art, which will make life better and people more kind-hearted”. His lecture shed light on the realistic prototypes and source of emotions for such works as “Glassmaker and His Son”, “the Era of Returning to Cities”, “Father” and “Annual Ring”. Liang Xiaosheng also talked about his human idealism, with the belief that the mission of literature is to reflect what life should be like and what human nature should be like. When he said, “human nature may fall low temporarily during wars, but finally it will rise and that is the driving force for my creation”, the over 300 teachers and students gave him thunderous applause. In addressing students’ questions, Liang Xiaosheng encouraged the young to manage their own affairs well and be good young citizens and good children”. He encouraged the students to take a rational, objective and comprehensive view of the problems and challenges in the process of social progress. And he called on more cultural people and intellectuals to take on the mission of educating the people with culture, properly manage the limits of realistic creations and produce fine literary works.