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Dean Chen remained silent.

"If Professor Zhou really wants to do this, there is no need for him to give up his work at the School of Architecture. After all, he can do a lot of work in his spare time every day, and he can also have in-depth cooperation with a number of universities."

“We could even recruit some senior professors for Professor Zhou’s own ancient script research center.”

"After all, Ningda's School of Literature still has some prestige."

“They would be very willing to come.”

"This is a huge project. Even if Professor Zhou really wants to do these things, it would be difficult for one or two people to accomplish it."

Seeing that Dean Chen was not willing to budge, Zhou Yue smiled and said, "So we need to discuss this matter with Dean Chen. We should be able to finish it ourselves in six months, but if there are more people, I think three months would be about right."

"You've already thought it through, haven't you?" Dean Chen looked at him with surprise. "Tell me your thoughts."

"I plan to have people from the School of Literature at Ningbo University and the School of Literature at Beijing University work together on this project."

"As for the various funding applications, it would be best if they could be approved, but there is one thing: you need to obtain some approval documents from above, go to major libraries to consult, mobilize various ancient books, and meet the relevant conditions."

"Indeed, we need some original texts from ancient books."

After all, ancient times also had dictionaries and encyclopedias, so the versions of these ancient books that have been compiled are also very important.

After all, it contains something extraordinary.

"But this requires an influential person to take the lead, and I think Dean Chen is very authoritative."

“I work in the field of ancient book collation. Although it’s related to your major, I haven’t been deeply involved in it for very long. So, it’s definitely no problem for me to take the lead.”

"That's fine. I'll write up the project proposal and finalize the details before I come back to get Dean Chen's signature."

"Alright, this old man will go crazy with you too."

"But doing this kind of project really doesn't have much significance; it can only be said to be a continuation of the lost learning of the sages."

"You could say it's to continue the cultural heritage of this prosperous era, but it's a huge project. I don't think it can be completed in three months as you say. Even with cooperation with Peking University, it definitely won't be completed in three months."

Organizing ancient books is a very long process.

Moreover, text like this needs to be proofread.

The ancient Chinese character dictionaries currently on the market probably took at least several years from conception to completion.

Some editors have been doing this from the very beginning.

It's perfectly normal to spend a lifetime proofreading a single book, from the moment you join a publishing house until you retire.

Dean Chen did not distrust Zhou Yue.

After all, Zhou Yue could actually do all the things he boasted about at the school-wide meeting.

However, he did not trust the graduate students under Zhou Yue.

The three of them working together might not be as good as Teacher Zhou working alone.

After thinking about it, Zhou Yue also felt that Dean Chen's consideration was quite comprehensive, and that he had acted impulsively.

He thought he could master all of these things in six months, which wasn't actually that difficult for him.

It's simply a matter of translating these ancient characters, listing all the recognizable ancient character forms, and finally filling in all the ancient and modern character forms and meanings.

He has two graduate students with him, so that should be about right.

However, after Dean Chen said that, he thought that Ningbo University should do it itself.

Let's mobilize all the philologists and get this project implemented.

However, when it comes to actually doing it, Ningda University might not have enough manpower. After all, with more people working, efficiency becomes a major issue. If they want to shorten the time, they might as well just bring in Jinghua University as well.

Dean Chen's prestige at Peking University and Ningbo University, as well as his personal connections, are more than enough to make this happen, but right now he needs to write the project proposal first.

We need to define all the frameworks within this dictionary; otherwise, we won't be able to discuss it directly with people later.

He came to Dean Chen's office just because it was on his way.

Of course, there is one more thing.

Doing such large projects is actually meaningless for graduate students.

Zhou Yue also felt that the only solution was to give them more money, since it would take up a lot of their time.

Moreover, these kinds of projects can be included in a resume.

"Why would Professor Zhou suddenly pay attention to this? And even want to revise a dictionary?" Dean Chen seemed to have suddenly thought of something, and looked at him with great interest.

"Did Teacher Zhou hear something?"

"The higher authorities have indeed been paying more attention to ancient scripts recently. Professor Zhou is going to make a dictionary that covers everything from ancient times to the present. This makes people wonder."

"Just following the trend," Zhou Yue said. "There are more and more unearthed documents lately, and since this batch of bamboo slips is genuine, it has its own value."

"The dictionaries and reference books in the middle can serve as a bridge between the past and the future. There are bamboo slips above and authoritative dictionaries below. If we compile a relatively complete dictionary of ancient characters, we can consider it a benefit to all mankind."

"It has great significance for the development of domestic textual research, overseas Sinology, and linguistics."

Dean Chen felt that he was not telling the truth.

They even directly added value to him.

Indeed, no one can deny the significance of this dictionary.

But let's put it another way: if the authorities hadn't paid attention to these obscure and esoteric fields like ancient writing, would Professor Zhou have continued making dictionaries?
Maybe not.

But anyway, it's a good thing.

This could greatly enhance Ningbo University's reputation.

After making up his mind, he came straight out of Dean Chen's office.

This matter still needs to be followed up.

after all.

A dictionary can have a relatively large influence.

It's worth doing.

Zhou Yue didn't think much of it and went back to his office to start writing the proposal.

He does whatever comes to mind, and doesn't need to consider other things, such as human resource costs, which are things that Dean Chen has to consider.

He only cares about the result. As for how many people do it, that's not a problem for him at all. Even if he does it himself, it might take a little longer, but it's not like he can't do it.

Time waits for no one.

He always wants to get things done as quickly as possible, because once they're done, there are other things waiting for him.

Therefore, he doesn't mind sharing some of the credit with others.

After all, others also contributed their time and effort.

(End of this chapter)