The Chinese Literary Revolution and the 19th -20th Century World: Chinese Classical Poetics and Linguistic Studies

2019 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 16K02585
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Chinese literature
• Research Institution: Kyoto University
• Principal Investigator: Hirata Shoji 京都大学, 文学研究科, 教授 (50150321)
• Project Period (FY): 2016-04-01 – 2020-03-31
• Keywords: 中国文学 / 文学革命 / 胡適 / 任鴻雋 / 章炳麟 / 王国維 / 梅光迪

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study is intended to clarify the driving force of the modernization of Chinese writing language in early 20th century China, especially from the viewpoint of the international network of Chinese intellectuals. The main focus of this study are (1) Hu Shih and Ren Hongjun from the younger generation, and (2) Zhang Binglin and Wang Guowei from the older generation.
We found that there was a cross-border intellectual network among Chinese students, and that the new generation was greatly influenced by the studies of the old generation. In particular, the "rennet rennet" published by Hu in 1917 is said to have been the starting point of the literary revolution. He pointed out that this essay inherited the innovative aspects of Sho Byung-rin and Kunifumi.

Free Research Field

中国語学・中国文学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究は、これまで中国という単一の文化圏で論じられがちであった「文学革命」を、19世紀末から20世紀初頭の欧米・日本における言語・文学の近代化の動向との関連でとらえなおしたものである。また、「文学革命」が伝統中国といかなる連続性を持っていたかを、一次資料の分析を通じて具体的に指摘し、過去の研究よりも明確に提示することができた。
これにより、「文学革命」・五四運動の文化史的意義を、世界史を視野において理解することがよりたやすくなった。