Chugoku Shishi (Chiku Ma Gakugei Bunko)

[Machine Translation] Poetry has always been a mainstream and quintessential form of Chinese literature. In this book, editor Kazumi Takahashi has compiled a selection of critiques written by Kojiro Kikkawa on Chinese poetry in historical order. The author, who has breathed new life into the world of Chinese classics, not only provides a comprehensive overview of the changes in Chinese poetry, but also connects the works to the feelings of the author as a human being, allowing modern Japanese readers to read Chinese poetry as living literature once again. This book is a comprehensive and concise description of the world of poetry throughout the long history of China, from the pre-Qin period through the Tang and Song dynasties to the modern era, with astonishing scholarship.

中国文学においてつねに主流・精髄と位置付けられてきた「詩文」。本書は、吉川幸次郎がその中国詩をめぐって書いた評論を選りすぐり、編者高橋和巳によって歴史順に編まれたものである。中国古典の世界に新たな風を吹き込んだ著者は、単に詩文の変遷を総覧するのみならず、ひとりの人間としての作者の心情に作品を結びつけ、現代日本の読者にいまいちど漢詩を生きた文学として読みなおしてみせる。先秦から唐宋を経て近代まで、長大な中国の歴史をつらぬく詩文の世界を、驚異的な学識をもって網羅し簡明に描き出した一冊。