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Wei Lu
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Jiaqi Chen
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Xuanliang Chen
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Keywords:
humans are beings characterized by regret; existentialist thought; “commitment”
Abstract
The interview, conducted by Lu Wei with scholars Chen Xuanliang and Chen Jiaqi, centers on existentialist thought (especially correcting the misinterpretation of Sartre’s “Hell Is Other People”), aging/retirement (freeing from “must-dos”), death (pursuing dignity amid decline), French vs. Chinese civilization (individualism vs. collectivism), and human existence (humans are beings characterized by regret). It also highlights the scholars’ “commitment” as intellectuals—via revising works, writing about the pandemic—and balances philosophical depth with everyday warmth, linking philosophy to life experiences.
Author Biographies
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Wei Lu
Lu Wei, pen name of Zhang Yan, writer and literary critic. She is the author of The Book of Strangers—A Collection of Prose by Lu Wei and has published nearly a hundred literary works, including novels, critical studies, and essays. Her work has appeared in numerous domestic and international publications, including The Great Wall,The Study, The Writer, Chinese Literature Academic Journal, and World Chinese Literature Forum. She currently resides in Canada. Email: poemlegend@gmail.com
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Jiaqi Chen
Chen Jiaqi, a professor, renowned philosopher, former chair of the Department of Philosophy at Tongji University and former director of the Academic Committee of the College of Humanities. He is one of China’s most influential scholars of Western philosophy and has published fifteen academic works and essays, including As I See It, Being and Non-Being Over Thirty Years, The Truth of Discourse, Life Between Heaven and Earth, and Holding on to Memory.
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Xuanliang Chen
Chen Xuanliang, a scholar based in France, renowned philosopher, and Chinese translator of Jean-Paul Sartre’s L'Être et le Néant (Being and Nothingness). He has long been engaged in the study of Western philosophy and the history of philosophy more broadly, with a focus on comparisons between Chinese and Western civilizations. His published works include The Nature of Chinese Civilization and The Evolution of Ontological Philosophy in France.
