Classical Today (From Zhuge Liang to Pan Jinlian)

Author: Wang Yijia
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Publish Date: 2006-04-01
Features: From the Spring Sleep in the Cottage to the Indisputable Standoff Between Han and, Lin Daiyu's Love, Illness, and Death; Magic and Fate in Fengshen Bang
The author uses a wealth of psychoanalysis, analytical psychology, sociobiology, consciousness evolution theory, sexology, parapsychology, anthropology, and even neurophysiology to interpret classical literary works such as Dream of the Red Chamber, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Golden Chamber of the Jade Emperor, Laughing Forest, White Snake Legend, and Fengshen Bang, each piece insightful and unique.
The author employs extensive sociobiology, consciousness evolution theory, sexology, parapsychology, anthropology, and even neurophysiology to analyze these literary works. In fact, the author uses a relatively familiar "knowledge system" to interpret classical works such as Dream of the Red Chamber, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Golden Chamber of the Jade Emperor, Laughing Forest, Bao Gong Case, White Snake Legend, Seven Generations of Married Couples, and Strange Stories from Ancient and Modern Times, each piece insightful and unique. Professor Zheng Mingchi of the Department of Chinese Literature at Tsinghua University says of this book: "It is filled with groundbreaking ideas, truly offering a new perspective on classical fiction."