Outline of Japanese Studies on Chu Ci

Author: Xu Zhixiao
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Publish Date: 2004-12-01
Features: This book aims to follow the trajectory of historical development, providing a comprehensive and panoramic analysis of the history of Chu Ci studies in Japan's Sinological field, combining vertical and horizontal perspectives. From the 17th century (and earlier) to the end of the 20th century, it will analyze and elaborate on the general of each stage of Chu Ci studies in Japan, striving to summarize their research characteristics. Horizontally—It will review representative scholars and their works, pointing out their achievements, characteristics, and shortcomings, and extracting new methods, approaches, and innovative insights from Japanese scholars' research on Chu Ci for reference and adaptation by Chinese scholars. On this basis, it will strive to make a comparative analysis of Chu Ci studies by scholars from both China and Japan, aiming to leverage each other's strengths, complement each other's weaknesses, promote exchange and integration, and advance the in-depth development of Chu Ci studies while fostering cultural exchange and development between the two countries. This book aims to provide a systematic review of the history of Chu Ci studies in Japan across different eras and to offer a historical summary and conclusion, a topic that has yet to be addressed by anyone in Japan itself to this day.