Ji Xianlin and Twentieth-Century Chinese Scholarship

Author: Yue Daiyun
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Publish Date: 2001-07-01
Features: The book "Ji Xianlin and Twentieth-Century Chinese Scholarship — A Commemoration of Professor Ji Xianlin's 90th Birthday," edited by Professor Yue Daiyun, former Director of the Institute of Comparative Literature at Peking University, has recently been published by Peking University Press. The book includes prefaces by Mr. Zhong Jingwen and Mr. Qi Gong; birthday couplets by Mr. Zhang Zhongxing and Mr. Rao Zongyi; a birthday ode by Mr. Wang Yuanhua and an introduction by Mr. Zhou Yiliang; two chapters of poems in tribute by Mr. Mou Xiaodong, as well as birthday odes by Mr. Liu Mengxi and Mr. Bai Huawen. The book features 43 essays that comprehensively reveal Professor Ji Xianlin's academic achievements and his significant contributions to the history of Chinese scholarship in the 20th century. At the end of the book, there is also a brief academic biography of Professor Ji, a bibliography of his publications from 1996 to 2001, and an overview of the three major academic projects he led.