Classical Studies: A New Perspective of Its Historical Development

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25370042
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Chinese philosophy/Indian philosophy/Buddhist studies
• Research Institution: Ibaraki University
• Principal Investigator: IZAWA KOICHI 茨城大学, 人文学部, 教授 (00455908)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): HASHIMOTO AKINORI 奈良教育大学, 教育学部, 教授 (20379522)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 儒教 / 経学史 / 今文経学 / 古文経学 / 清末 / 民国初 / 皮錫瑞 / 劉師培

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The results of this research project are threefold. First, a new interpretation of Pi Xi-rui's "A History of Classical Studies" has been proposed on the basis of our own close reading of all its hand-written drafts in the Hunan Normal University Library. This proposal was presented at the 67th Conference of the Sinological Society of Japan held at Kokugakuin University. Second, a new commentary on Pi Xi-rui's "A History of Classical Studies" has been completed through making full use of new interpretations of those drafts and the fruits of the research into classical studies in the post-war period. The completion of this new commentary also implies the rise of a new way of research into classical studies in the 21th century. Third, "A commentary on Liu Shi-pei's Textbook of Classical Studies" has been published which is first commentary in Japan. This commentary provides a detailed description of Liu Shi-pei's interpretation of classical studies that differs from that of Pi Xi-rui.

Free Research Field

人文学