Foreign Eye: A Collection of Essays on Classical China by Kiyonori Kishida

Author: (Japanese) Kiyomi Koshien
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Publish Date: 2006-09-01
Features: This book collects eighteen essays by Professor Kiyomi Koshien, a Japanese China scholar, covering famous medieval Chinese writers and scholars such as Pan Yue, Gu Pu, Yu Xin, Lu Zhaoqin, Jiaoran, and Ouyang Xiu. It also includes important medieval Chinese classics like Zhen Gao, Wen Xuan, Shi Pin, Jin Lou Zi, Hanlin Xueshi Ji, Sui Shu·Jingji Zhi, and Wen Jing Mi Fu Lun. Additionally, some essays discuss ancient Chinese philosophy and culture. These essays, particularly those on literature and religion, can be said to represent some progress and direction in the study of medieval Chinese literature and cultural thought history in Japan over the past few decades. On the other hand, they also the gaps in domestic academic research in this field.