The establishment of the Xia dynasty is regarded as the coming-of-age rite of the Huaxia people, and "Xia" is a dream that the Chinese people can never brush away. Amid the current wave of exploring the origins of Chinese civilization, the exploration of Xia culture has become a focal topic of public attention. Yet on this issue, the academic community remains deeply divided and unable to reach a consensus. Where lies the crux of the entanglement? How should we view the related problems? The speaker will candidly share insights from archaeology and ancient history research with the audience from the perspectives of academic history, theoretical analysis, and logical reasoning.

夏王朝的建立被看作是華夏族群的成丁禮，「夏」是國人心中一個拂不去的夢。在當下中華文明探源的熱潮下，夏文化探索成為社會關注的焦點話題。但就此議題，學界聚訟紛紜，莫衷一是。糾葛之癥結何在？該如何看待相關問題？講者將從學術史、學理和邏輯分析的角度，與大家坦誠分享考古學和上古史研究的心得。

Professor Xu Hong is one of China's most renowned archaeologists, former head of the Erlitou Archaeological Team, and former director of the Division of Xia-Shang-Zhou Archaeology at the Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. He is also a well-known non-fiction writer and cultural blogger, and his works such as The Earliest China and What Makes China "China" have been translated into multiple languages, establishing him as an authority on Erlitou culture research.

許宏教授是中國最知名的考古學家之一，曾任二里頭考古隊隊長，社科院考古研究所夏商周考古研究室主任。他還是知名的非虛構作家及文化博主，其著作《最早的中國》、《何以中國》已被翻譯為多種語言，被認為是二里頭文化研究的權威。