Chinese people · Japanese people · Korean people

Author: Jin Wenxue
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Publish Date: 2005-05-01
Features: The content of this book includes: Fascinating anecdotes about the names of the Three Kingdoms The Three Kingdoms' literati celebrating beauty The ethnic nature of the Chinese people The Three Kingdoms' handwashing culture education From Shakyamuni to toothpicks The ethnic nature of the Japanese The Three Kingdoms' bathing culture education Chili sauce, mustard, and pickled plums The ethnic nature of the Koreans Flatulence and the Japanese Tension and relaxation Sinocentrism, JapanNeoism, and Koreaism Beauty, beauty, and beautiful legs The philosophy of "gifts."
Author Bio: Jin Wenxue is a comparative cultural scholar and writer. Born in Shenyang, Liaoning in 1962, he graduated from the Department of Japanese Literature at the School of Foreign Languages, Northeast Normal University, in 1985. In 1991, he won the Japan "Shinjo Scholarship" with an Asian name and studied at Doshisha University in Japan. In 1994, he obtained a master's degree in literature and served as a visiting scholar at the Department of Literature, Doshisha University, while pursuing a doctoral program at Kyoto University. In 1996, he re-entered Hiroshima University to study for a doctoral program, and after completing the later stage of the program in 2001, he joined the Department of Social Information at Wako University in Japan as a lecturer. He specializes in comparative literature, comparative culture, and cultural anthropology. His major works include Naked Love (Chinese), The Masked World and the White World—Comparative Cultural Studies of Japan and Korea (Chinese), A Hundred Years of Chinese Students in Japan (Volumes 1 and 2, co-authored, Chinese), Look, These Three Kingdoms People—A Chinese Doctor's Experiences in China, Japan, and Korea (Chinese, Japanese, Korean), The Potential of the Chinese People (Korean, Japanese), Chinese Sex Culture (Japanese, Korean), The Mystery of Japanese Culture (Korean), The Ugly Koreans (Korean, Japanese), Chinese, Japanese, Koreans (Japanese, Korean, Chinese), The Great Transformation of the Chinese Koreans (Korean), and more than 20 other works. He has also published hundreds of academic papers, reviews, essays, and novels. His semi-autobiographical novel The Chronicle of the Heavenly Horse Era, also known as The Gate of the Flesh (400,000 words), is to be published simultaneously in Japan and South Korea.
Jin Wenxue writes and speaks in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean across East Asia and has won numerous literary awards, earning him the reputation of an "international-style genius." His works, known for their sharp wit, humor, and conciseness, have become extremely popular in the three countries, attracting a large readership both domestically and internationally.
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1: The Expression of Three Kingdoms Culture
Fascinating anecdotes about the names of the Three Kingdoms
The Three Kingdoms' language sense
The Three Kingdoms' bathroom culture
"Closed" Japanese, "open" Chinese
The national habits of clarity and turbidity
Flatulence and the Japanese
Chapter 2: The Shadows of Three Kingdoms People
The Three Kingdoms' extramarital variations
Beauty, beauty, and beautiful legs
The eleven virtues of Eastern beauties
"Kinship" blowing in the wind—The mothers of the Three Kingdoms
The Three Kingdoms' literati crossing the beauty threshold
Sugar or salt?
From Shakyamuni to toothpicks
Chili sauce, mustard, and pickled plums
"Rock, scissors, paper" and the mechanics of China, Japan, and Korea
Chapter 3: The Three Kingdoms People, So Different
North or south? East or west?
Comparative cultural studies of the kang, tatami mat, and chair
The philosophy of "gifts"
Hand in hand—rabbits, tortoises, and monkeys
Fictionalized images of the Three Kingdoms
Wrestling and sumo
Chapter 4: The Ethnic Nature of Three Kingdoms People
"Emotion," "righteousness," and "reason" in China, Japan, and Korea
Tension and relaxation
The culture of the mouth and the culture of the ear
Culture in national anthems
The Three Kingdoms' bathing culture
The ethnic nature of the Chinese people
The ethnic nature of the Japanese people
The ethnic nature of the Koreans
Chapter 5: The Future of East Asian Three Countries
Accumulation and discontinuation
Sociocultural comparative studies of statues
Interpreting Three Kingdoms culture through books
Reasons for both intimacy and indifference
Comparative life studies of palaces, churches, and restaurants
Comparative studies from immigration stamps
Sinocentrism, JapanNeoism, and Koreaism
Cultural fluidity and selectivity
The dawn of East Asian culture
Appendix I: Jin Wenxue—Exploring "Cross-Cultural"
Appendix II: Introduction to Chinese, Japanese, Koreans
Afterword