Abstract:

CHEN Ping-yuan expresses his unique understanding of the orientation of a scholarly role in his claim of "a scholar's human sentiments and thoughts, "and meanwhile presents his self-consciousness and self-discipline as a scholar by his own scholastic studies.His sensible and self-bittersweet scholarship provides not only a methodical guide to academic researches, but also inspirations for the cultivation of noble characters and ideals.His strong consciousness of a scholarly role has become a certain"phenomenon"in intellectual circles, representing a transcentenary inheritance of the academic tradition.

Key words: CHEN Ping-yuan, orientation of scholar, scholarly self-discipline, consciousness of the role of scholar