The wind blows from the east to the west ---- Chinese Culture in Japan: Chinese Culture in Japan

Author: Xu Jingbo
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: This is a manuscript that explores the influence of Chinese culture on Japan and the Chinese cultural elements still present in Japanese society. When describing these historical and contemporary aspects, the author often, consciously or unconsciously, reveals a sense of pride as a Chinese person, even bordering on arrogance. For an ordinary Chinese person, such feelings are natural. However, when examining the cultural relationship between China and Japan from the perspective of human civilization development or an intellectual standpoint, these emotions inevitably appear overly emotional and even somewhat narrow.
Xu Jingbo, born in Shanghai in 1956, graduated from the Japanese Department of the Foreign Languages Department at Beijing Language and Culture University in 1983 and earned a master's degree in Chinese Literature from Fudan University in 1988. Currently, he is the Director of the Cultural Research Office at the Japan Research Center of Fudan University and an Associate Professor. He has previously served as an exchange researcher at Waseda University in Japan, a visiting professor at Nagano University, and a distinguished foreign professor at Ehime University. His major works include Liang Shiqiu: The Return of Tradition and The East Wind Blows from the West: Chinese Culture in Japan. He has also compiled and edited works such as The Resonance and Circulation of East Asian Civilization and China-Japan Culture, Politics, and Economics. His translated works include Breathing History: Humanistic Reflections on the Asia-Pacific Region (by Miyajima Jiro) and The Night Boat on the White River (a short story collection by Banana Yoshimoto).