| Zhongguo Wenxue Shi | |||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 中國文學史 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 中国文学史 | ||||||||
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Zhongguo Wenxue Shi (Chinese: 中國文學史) is a book about the history of Chinese literature by Lin Chuanjia [zh], published in 1904. It was the first known published history of Chinese literature in Chinese.
Lin Quanjia was inspired by Shina bungakushi (支那文学史; "History of Chinese Literature") by Sasakawa Rinpū [ja], published in 1898. The book focused on classical prose, and did not significantly explore works of fiction nor poetry.
According to Giovanni Vitello of the University of Naples "L'Orientale", due to the cultural difference in what "wenxue" meant in pre-1920s China, in this case how "humanities" was defined by the Imperial Edict of 1903, the work "was not exactly a "history" of Chinese literature as we would understand it today".
In 1922 Zheng Zhenduo criticized the book for having a title he felt was misleading.
References
- ^ Vitello, Giovanni (2013-01-01). "The Cambridge History of Chinese Literature. Two volumes. The Cambridge History of Chinese Literature, Volume I: To 1375. The Cambridge History of Chinese Literature, Volume II: From 1375". China Review International. 20 (1/2): 54–60. JSTOR 43818367. - Cited: p. 54
- Thornber, Karen Laura (2009). Empire of Texts in Motion: Chinese, Korean, and Taiwanese Transculturations of Japanese Literature. Harvard University Press. p. 119. ISBN 9780674036253.
Further reading
- Doleželová-Velingerová, Milena (2001). "The End of the Empire to the Beginning of the Republic". In Mair, Victor (ed.). The Columbia History of Chinese Literature. New York City: Columbia University Press. pp. 711–713.
- Chen, Guoqiu (陈国球) (2005). "Wenxue shi de ming yu shi: Lin Chuanjia Zhongguo wenxue shi kaolun" 文学史的名与实:林传甲《中国文学史》考论. Jianghai Xuekan 江海学刊 (in Simplified Chinese) (4): 1–7.
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