Cultural Interaction Studies in East Asia : : New Methods and Perspectives.

• Superior document: Global East Asia. ; v.9
• Author: Tao, Demin.
• TeilnehmendeR: Takao, Fujita.
• Place / Publishing House: Gottingen : : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht,, 2021.; ©2021.
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Global East Asia.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (325 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- TAO Demin: Introduction -- Body -- New Directions in Regional Studies -- NOMA Haruo: The Center and Periphery in the Magnetic Field of Cultural Systems: New Perspectives on Regional Research -- I. Introduction -- II. Regional Fieldwork in Japan in the Twentieth Century -- A. Outline of Asian Regional Fieldwork in Prewar Japan -- B. Asian Regional Fieldwork in Postwar Japan: Starting from Loss of the Field -- C. Theories on Laurel Forest Culture and its Broader Context -- D. Path toward a Global Theory -- III. The New Outlook Called "Magnetic Field of Cultural Systems" -- IV. Hypothesizing Centrality and Networks -- V. Formulation of the Substance of Peripheral Regions -- A. Huế as the Periphery in the Nguyễn Dynasty: An Example of an Urban Region -- B. Northeastern China (Manchuria) as the Periphery: Example of an Agricultural Village Area -- VI. Conclusion: Regional Scales and Fieldwork -- Bibliography -- HUANG Chun-Chieh: Some Observations on the Study of the History of Cultural Interactions in East Asia -- I. Introduction -- II. Reflections on Methodology -- A. East Asia as a Contact Zone -- B. The New Purview in Regional History: The Turn from Results to Process -- C. The Relationship among Global History, Regional History, and National History -- D. The Contextual Turn in the Study of Regional History -- III. Problematiques -- A. Interactions of Self and Other in the History of Cultural Exchange in East Asia -- B. Interactions between Cultural Exchange and the Power Structure in East Asia -- IV. Possible Research Topics -- A. Exchange of People: Professional Intermediate Agents and Their Observations of Others -- B. Exchange of Goods, Especially Texts -- C. Exchange of Ideas -- V. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- SHIBA Yoshinobu: Japanese Studies into the History of Maritime East Asia.

I. Introduction -- II. Methodologies -- III. Postwar Trends in Research -- A. Search for an Integrative History of the World (World History) -- B. Need for Developing Interdisciplinary Research -- IV. Conclusion -- New Trends in Humanities Research -- GE Zhaoguang: Trends, Positions and Methods: Seeking New Perspectives in Humanities Research -- I. What Does Intellectual History Tell Us? -- II. International Perspectives: From "Studies in China's Neighboring Countries" to "Viewing China within the Frame of Neighboring Countries" -- III. The Position of China in Comparison with Overseas Sinology -- IV. Breaking Self-Confinement: Cross-study Analyses of Different Cultures -- V. Prospects for Humanities Research-New Materials, Methods and Models -- AZUMA Jūji: The Private Academies of East Asia: Research Perspectives and Overview -- I. Introduction -- II. Why Study Private Academies? -- III. The Neo-Confucian Doctrines of the Zhu Xi School and Education -- A. View of humans and view of learning -- B. The purpose and method of study -- C. Confirming convictions: Resolving -- D. View of education: Renovating the people -- E. The educational curriculum and texts: the Four Books and the Five Classics -- F. The liberation of education -- G. Criticism of the civil-service examination -- H. Instruction and private academies -- IV. The Place of Private Academies -- V. Research Perspectives -- Bibliography -- UCHIDA Keiichi: The Peripheral Approach in Chinese Linguistics as an Area of Cultural Interaction Studies -- I. The Peripheral Approach -- II. The Validity of Peripheral Sources -- A. Chinese Linguistic Studies by Europeans -- B. Validity of European Chinese Language Research Sources -- C. Specific Content of Peripheral Sources -- III. Periphery and Center.

A. The Periphery and Center in Linguistic Research: The Relationship between the Discrete and the General or the Specific and Universal -- B. The Individual as the General and Uniqueness as Universality: Empty/Substantive Theory (Xushilun) -- IV. The Future of Cultural Translation in Cultural Interaction Studies -- Bibliography -- Material Circulation and Cultural Transmission in East Asia -- NAKANISHI Susumu: Embassies and Ideas as the Third Type of Cargo -- I. Introduction -- II. Cargoes of Cultural Artifacts and People -- III. Three Types of Ideational Cargo -- IV. Another Conveyor of Culture -- V. Conclusion -- WANG Yong: The Silk Road and Book Road in East Asia -- I. Introduction -- II. Hints from the Shōsōin Collection -- III. Silk Trade in the Eighth Century -- IV. Silk as Currency -- V. The Envoys' Mission -- VI. The Zenith of the Book Road -- VII. East Asian Currents -- VIII. Conclusion -- MATSUURA Akira: Chinese Sea Merchants and Pirates -- I. Introduction: The Course of Research in Chinese Maritime History -- II. Problems Concerning Chinese Sea Merchants -- A. The Business of Chinese Sea Merchants -- B. Cargo Carried by Chinese Ships -- C. The Construction of Chinese Ships -- D. Chinese Piracy -- III. Sea Merchants and Pirates in the Tang, Song, and Yuan Dynasties -- A. The Origins of Chinese Overseas Trade -- B. Birth of the Maritime Trade Supervisor -- C. Expansion of Overseas Trade -- D. Sea Merchants, Pirates, and Trade Supervisors in the Southern Song -- E. The Sea and the People of the Plains -- F. South Sea Trade in the Yuan Dynasty -- IV. Sea Merchants and Pirates in the Ming Dynasty -- A. Maritime Trade in the Ming Dynasty -- B. Pirates and Wokou in the Ming Dynasty -- C. The Reality of Chinese Pirates in the Ming Dynasty -- D. The Expansion of Trade in the South China Sea -- V. Sea Merchants and Pirates in the Qing Dynasty.

A. Maritime Trade in the Qing Dynasty -- B. Chinese Sailing Ships in the Qing Dynasty -- C. Piracy in the Qing Dynasty -- VI. Conclusion -- China's Experience of Cultural Interaction with the West -- ZHOU Zhenhe: Culture Surmounting Space: Sino-Western Cultural Encounters and Adaptations from the Sixteenth to Nineteenth Centuries -- I. Introduction -- II. Cultural Interaction between China and Catholic Nations -- III. Cultural Interaction between China and Protestant Nations -- IV. The Rise of Sinology in the West and Western Studies in China -- ZHANG Xiping: Returning to a Dialog of Equals -- I. Introduction: The West's Discovery of China -- II. Achievements of Jesuits Who Went to China -- A. Transmission of Western Learning to the East -- B. Transmission of Chinese Culture to the West -- III. Mutual Understanding between the East and the West -- IV. Deterioration of Sino-Western Relations -- V. Some Reflections -- SHEN Guowei: Modern Keywords and the Modern History of Ideas -- I. Modern Keywords -- II. The Acceptance of New Concepts from the West -- III. The Usefulness of Chinese Linguistic Databases -- IV. Western Learning from the East and Japanese Knowledge -- V. Some Remarks on the Keyword Kexue -- Transformation of Japanese Scholarship from Early Modern to Modern Times -- CHOI Gwan: War, Memory, and Imagination: Japanese Depictions of the Imjin War -- I. Introduction -- II. Early Modern Japan and the Imjin War -- A. Types of Accounts in the Initial Period -- B. Military Chronicles on Korea -- C. Dramatization of Battle Scenes -- III. Modern Japan and the Imjin War -- A. Modern Japan and the Imjin War -- B. Contemporary Japan and the Imjin War -- IV. Conclusion -- FUJITA Takao: The Establishment of the Field of "Oriental History" in Japan: Facilitating Understanding of East Asian Studies in Modern Japan -- I. Introduction.

II. Establishment of Modern Japanese Historical Research -- III. The Birth and Background of Oriental History Studies -- IV. Unique Characteristics of the Study of Oriental History -- V. Conclusion: "Oriental History" and "Chinese History" -- SUZUKI Sadami: A Reevaluation of the East Asian Modern System of Knowledge -- I. The Need for and Significance of Research on the History of Concept Formation -- II. Reevaluating the Knowledge System in East Asia -- III. Peculiarities of the Use of "Japanese Literature" -- IV. The Fine Arts versus the Arts -- V. Conclusion -- YAN Shaodang: A Reconsideration of Japanese China Studies -- I. Introduction -- II. A Proposal for "China Studies" -- III. Value of Japanese China Studies -- IV. Japanese China Studies in the Global Context -- V. Sources and Text Versions -- The Wisdom of Selective Adaptation and Constructive Dialog -- TANG Yijie: The Coexistence of Cultural Diversity: Sources of the Value of Harmony in Diversity -- I. Introduction -- II. Harmony in Diversity -- III. Commonalities across Cultural Traditions -- IV. Regional Diversity and the Bidirectional Nature of Cultural Selection -- V. Conclusion -- TAO Demin: Abraham Lincoln's Reception and Destiny in East Asia -- I. Introduction: Lincoln's Attitude toward China and Japan -- II. The Spread of the Lincoln Story from Tokyo -- III. China's Opposition Party Leaders' Embrace of the Gettysburg Address -- IV. The Uses of Lincoln in Diplomatic Interchanges between the United States and East Asia -- Contributors -- Translators -- FUJITA Takao: Afterword -- Notes about this new edition -- Index.