Literature and Life

Author: Wu Mi, Wang Minyuan
Publisher:
Publishing Date: 2000-01-01
Features: Professor Wu Mi was a pioneer, founder, and renowned scholar of comparative literature in China. This book, a lecture series meticulously crafted over more than ten years, was first published after being lost for fifty years. It is written in multiple languages, including Chinese, English, French, and Latin, representing the core and spirit of the author's philosophical and literary artistic thought. With profound knowledge, the author synthesizes the wisdom of philosophers and artists from ancient and modern times, both within and beyond China, offering unique and novel interpretations of the meaning of life, the moral standards of scholars, the essence of literature, and the laws of artistic creation. These discussions hold great inspirational significance for building a literature theory with Chinese characteristics and for enhancing the moral character of scholars amidst the impact of the modern economic wave. At the end of the book, there are interpretive essays written by Wu Mi's disciples, Zhou Fucheng, Li Funing, and Wang Minyuan. Mr. Qian Zhongshu, the author's teacher, wrote the book title on the cover.