2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Studies on the formation process of the Sanguo zhi yanyi: With reference to the poetry and prose of the Song dynasty about "Story of the Three Kingdoms"

Research Project

Project/Area Number	21720119
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Literatures/Literary theories in other countries and areas
Research Institution	Niigata University
Principal Investigator	KAKUTANI Satoshi 新潟大学, 人文社会・教育科学系, 准教授 (90444182)
Project Period (FY)	2009 – 2012
Keywords	中国文学
Research Abstract	On the foundation stage of the study, I investigated with usingthe poetry and prose collection of typical literati of the Song dynasty, and complementedthe database of nicknames about "Story of the Three Kingdoms". At the same time, in thecourse of extracting the various materials about "Story of the Three Kingdoms", I foundout a new perspective on the formation process of the story about Sangu Maolu(Three visitsto the thatched cottage), and published as a peer-reviewed paper titled "The formationprocess of'Story of the Three Kingdoms':with a focus on Sangu Maolu". In addition,by using the various databases, such as "Quan Songshi fenxi xitong","Tang Song shiliaobiji congkan","Yuan Ming shiliao biji congkan","Lidai shihua" and "Lidai fuhui", Icollected the materials of "Story of the Three Kingdoms".