Aoki Masaru

Aoki Masaru ( Japanese 青木正児 ( Kyūjitai : 靑木正兒 ), also: Aoki Seiji , born February 14, 1887 in Japan ; † December 2, 1964 in Ritsumeikan University , Nakagyō-ku (Kyōto) ) was a Japanese sinologist .

Research focus

Aoki was primarily concerned with Chinese dramas and was an early rediscoverer of Hu Shi and Lu Xun .

Works

An influential article was published under the title Hu Shi and the Chinese Literary Revolution in Chinese Study 1920. Aoki was an important translator and specialist in Chinese literature during the 1930s and 1940s .

Patricia Sieber writes that Aoki presents his “love affair with Chinese dramas as an intimate and aesthetic thing of the heart”.

“When I was a kid, I was deeply in love with Japanese puppet theater (jōruri). Around 1907, ... I discovered Sasagawa Rinpu's History of Chinese Literature (1898). The book quoted the scene 'Surprising Dream' from Jin Shengtan's version of Xixiang Ji in which student Zhang ( 張君瑞 ) dreams that his lover Cui Yingying ( 崔鶯鶯 ) is following him while she is being pursued by a bandit. I didn't quite understand what I was reading, but I was already completely captivated. Later, when I bought a multi-scene book from Xixiang Ji, I was even happier. This was not only the beginning of my knowledge, but also of my love for Chinese drama. "

The Shina bungei shichō ( 支那文芸論藪 ) was published in the Iwanami Koza series Sekai shichō in 1928. Wang Junyu ( Chinese 王俊瑜 , Pinyin Wáng Jùnyú , W.-G. Wang Chün-yü ) translated the book into Chinese ( Chinese 中國古代文藝思潮論 , Pinyin Zhōngguó Gǔdài Wényì Sīcháo Lún , W.-G. Chung-kuo ku ) in 1933 -tai wen-i ssu-ch'ao lun ).

元人雑劇序説 - Yuan Jen Tsa Chu Hsu Shuo 1959.
支那近世戯曲史 Shina kinsei gikyoku shi 1930.
支那文学思想史 Shina bungaku shisō shi ; "A History of Chinese Literary Thought" - A History of Chinese Literary Thought. Iwanami Shoten 1943.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Hightower: 313. " ⁵ In Sekai shichō , Iwanami Koza series, Tokyo 1928. Translated into the Chinese by Wang Wang Chün-yü ^h : Chung-kuo ku-tai wen-i ssu-ch'ao lun. Peiping : Jen-wen Shu-tien, 1933: 160. "
↑ T: 支那學, S: 支那学, P: Zhīnà Xué
^ Yoon-wah Wong: Essays on Chinese Literature: A Comparative Approach . NUS Press , National University of Singapore , 1988, p. 113 . "Japanese Sinologist Aoki Masaru 青木正児 ... wrote an article entitled" Hu Shi and the Chinese Literary Revolution "... In this article, Aoki Masaru predicted that" Lu Xun would become a great writer ". ⁶ "
^ "Aoki, an internationally influential Sinologist, presented his love affair with Chinese dramas as an intimate and aesthetic affair of the heart." Patricia Sieber: Theaters of Desire: Authors, Readers, and the Reproduction of Early Chinese Song-Drama, 1300-2000 . Palgrave Macmillan, 2003, p. 1 .
↑ "When I was a child, I was already extremely enamored of [Japanese] puppet theater (jōruri). Around 1907, ... I came across Sasagawa Rinpu's History of Chinese Literature [1898]. The book quoted the" Startling Dream " scene from <Jin Shengtan's version of the> Xixiang ji (Story of the Western wing) [in which Student Zhang dreams that his beloved Cui Yingying, from whom he is temporarily separated, follows him while she is simultaneously being pursued by a bandit]. I did not yet fully comprehend what I read, but I was already thoroughly entranced. Later on, when I obtained a book that contained several annotated scenes of the Xinxiang ji, I was even happier. This was not only the beginning of my knowledge of , but also of my love for Chinese drama ". Patricia Sieber: Theaters of Desire: Authors, Readers, and the Reproduction of Early Chinese Song-Drama, 1300-2000 . Palgrave Macmillan, 2003, p. 1 .

literature

Li Yong (李勇): Aoki Masaru's Studies on the Nature Worship of Art Life of Chinese Scholars. (青木正儿论中华文人艺术生活的自然崇拜). In: Journal of Weinan Normal University (渭南师范学院学报：综合版) 2012, Issue 05: 89–93.
James R. Hightower, " A History of Chinese Literary Thought by Aoki Masaru ." (review). In: The Far Eastern Quarterly , Vol. 10, No. May 3, 1951: 313-320. Available at JSTOR .

personal data
SURNAME	Aoki, Masaru
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Aoki Seiji; 靑木正兒 (Japanese, Kyūjitai); 青木正児 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Japanese sinologist
DATE OF BIRTH	February 14, 1887
PLACE OF BIRTH	Japan
DATE OF DEATH	2nd December 1964
Place of death	Ritsumeikan University , Nakagyō-ku (Kyōto)

[Hightowerp313-1] Hightower: 313. " ⁵ In Sekai shichō , Iwanami Koza series, Tokyo 1928. Translated into the Chinese by Wang Wang Chün-yü ^h : Chung-kuo ku-tai wen-i ssu-ch'ao lun. Peiping : Jen-wen Shu-tien, 1933: 160. "

[2] T: 支那學, S: 支那学, P: Zhīnà Xué

[3] Yoon-wah Wong: Essays on Chinese Literature: A Comparative Approach . NUS Press , National University of Singapore , 1988, p. 113 . "Japanese Sinologist Aoki Masaru 青木正児 ... wrote an article entitled" Hu Shi and the Chinese Literary Revolution "... In this article, Aoki Masaru predicted that" Lu Xun would become a great writer ". ⁶ "

[4] "Aoki, an internationally influential Sinologist, presented his love affair with Chinese dramas as an intimate and aesthetic affair of the heart." Patricia Sieber: Theaters of Desire: Authors, Readers, and the Reproduction of Early Chinese Song-Drama, 1300-2000 . Palgrave Macmillan, 2003, p. 1 .

[5] "When I was a child, I was already extremely enamored of [Japanese] puppet theater (jōruri). Around 1907, ... I came across Sasagawa Rinpu's History of Chinese Literature [1898]. The book quoted the" Startling Dream " scene from <Jin Shengtan's version of the> Xixiang ji (Story of the Western wing) [in which Student Zhang dreams that his beloved Cui Yingying, from whom he is temporarily separated, follows him while she is simultaneously being pursued by a bandit]. I did not yet fully comprehend what I read, but I was already thoroughly entranced. Later on, when I obtained a book that contained several annotated scenes of the Xinxiang ji, I was even happier. This was not only the beginning of my knowledge of , but also of my love for Chinese drama ". Patricia Sieber: Theaters of Desire: Authors, Readers, and the Reproduction of Early Chinese Song-Drama, 1300-2000 . Palgrave Macmillan, 2003, p. 1 .