Dictionary of Chinese Cultural Knowledge

ISBN-13: 9789819950089 / Angielski

Baofeng Xu

O autorze

Editor in Chief

Professor Xu Baofeng is the president of The Belt and Road Research Institute of Beijing Language and Culture University, he is also an adjunct researcher at the Literature and Art Research Center of Beijing Normal University, and the chief editor of Asian Culture.

Prof.Xu is a leading researcher for various government projects including “Chinese Culture and Translation Studies Support Network”, “Mutual Translation Project of Philosophical and Cultural Classic Works from China and Latin America” of the Ministry of Culture, “The Best Books on China Written by Foreigners of Silk Road Book Project” of State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television, “Chinese Culture Encyclopedia” of Contemporary Chinese Works Translation Project, and “Translation and Dissemination Platform of Modern and Contemporary Chinese Literary Works” of Beijing Language and Culture University.

His teaching and research cover sinology, Chinese culture and poetics, and Confucian ethics and philosophy. His courses, including Introduction to Literature, Chinese Culture, General Theory of Chinese Classics, Life Wisdom in Chinese Classics, Chinese Literature Studies in Sinology of North America, Chinese Culture and Poetics, are offered to undergraduates, graduate and overseas students.

Blurb

This dictionary contains nearly 1500 entries and constitutes a core of essential knowledge on Chinese culture in a systematized and modernized form. It offers a professional yet highly readable introduction to Chinese culture for a global academic audience. Organized by subject and keyword, the book is divided into six sections: philosophy and ideology, social governance, literature and history, art and aesthetics, humanities and geography, and artefacts and technology. It contains both core knowledge and diversified information, while covering both historical and contemporary aspects.

The target audience chiefly includes sinologists and translators of Chinese books. The dictionary provides the latest information on the full range of Chinese knowledge, an accurate interpretation of Chinese culture, a logically arranged and accessible reference framework and a panoramic experience across the breadth of the subject. It enables readers to grasp the patterns of Chinese culture and its knowledge systems, while also gaining a deeper understanding of contemporary Chinese life.