
Richard John LynnUniversity of Toronto | U of T · East Asian Studies
Richard John Lynn
PhD
now professor emeritus and so retired but very active in ongoing research, translation, and publishing
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1. ZHUANGZI: A New Translation of the Sayings of Master Zhuang As Interpreted by Guo Xiang Translated and Introduction by Richard John Lynn is now published (2022) by Columbia University Press.
2. Huang Zunxian in Japan (1877-1882) and His Poems on Miscellaneous Subjects from Japan is being prepared under contract to Oxford University Press.
3.From the Studio of Sour Mood: Poetry and Prose of Guan Yunshi (1286-1324) is being prepared for Quirin Press (Basel and Melbourne)
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cultural exchange history late 19th China and Japan
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Zhuangzi
A New Translation of the Sayings of Master Zhuang as Interpreted by Guo Xiang
Translated by Richard John Lynn
This lecture will explore the Western reception of the Zhuangzi, a foundational text of the Chinese philosophical tradition and the cornerstone of Daoist thought, and how the early European encounters with South a...
Historicαl Consciousness, Historiography, αnd Modern Japanese Vαlues
International Symposium in North America (2002) International Research Center for Japanese Studies, Kyoto, Japan 国際日本文化研究センター
reception of the Zhuangzi in the West, Early years
reception and translation of the Laozi in the West
Draft for Liu, Xiaogan, ed. Dao Companion to Laozi. Springer
Imagination" in the Chinese tradition, the formation of mental images in the mind, both of the actual and the non-actual, is problematic and complex; for it differs with time, with the theories and practice of thought involved, especially as ideas relate to words through the medium of images, and from genre to genre in literature, where it is somet...
italics are used here for the text of Wang Bi's commentary] Commentary on the Images: curly brackets missing and font change {Here is someone whose "wisdom is glorious and great," so he does not take the credit for things.} p.152 Commentary on the Judgments: curly brackets missing and font change {something always brought about by the hard and the...
The fu 賦 (rhapsody or prose-poem) developed during the Han era as the dominant literary genre, and it continued to be composed by many later major writers. Fu initially meant a presentation, usually at court, of narrative compositions. Such compositions later included more personal literary expressions that served as vehicles of Confucian, Daoist,...
Hsiang Lectures
on Chinese Poetry
Volume 2
Grace S. Fong, Editor
Centre for East Asian Research
McGill University
Imagination" in the Chinese tradition, the formation of mental images in the mind, both of the actual and the non-actual, is problematic and complex; for it differs with time, with the theories and practice of thought involved, especially as ideas relate to words through the medium of images, and from genre to genre in literature, where it is somet...
s Theory of Prose PERHAPS THE ONE most important assertion that Chu Hsi makes about prose is that it should "carry the Way', (wen i tsai-tao'). The way prose (wen) carries the Way is just like the way a carriage carries things. Therefore, just as one who makes a carriage is sure to decorate the wheels and shafts, so one who writes prose must be sur...
Huang Zunxian in Japan (1877-1882) poetry and associates
This work, long out of date, has been replaced by a new version recently published:
From the Studio of Sour Mood: Poetry and Prose of Guan Yunshi 貫雲石 (1286–1324)
https://quirinpress.com/ISBN/9781922169440.html
In the Zhuangzi, inherent and spontaneous wisdom, the “real” wisdom associated with unity with the Dao, is promoted in opposition to wisdom consciously applied, the recorded “wisdom of the sages.” Guo Xiang expands on this dichotomy by distinguishing between the original spontaneous acts of the sages and the “footprints” or “impressions” so made: t...
Birds and beasts often appear in the Zhuangzi, in fables and parables meant to be read analogically as instructions for human thought and behavior. Whereas the analogical significance of some fables is obvious, in others it is obscure and in need of explication, and even the readily accessible can be made to yield more clarity thanks to commentarie...
Huang Zunxian, member of the staff of the Qing legation in Tokyo (1877-82), became acquainted with prominent Japanese literati (bunjin). His experiences provide a window of information and insight into the cultural atmosphere of early Meiji Japan and the attitude of progressive and Chinese intellectuals then resident there. With the skills of a lit...
Despite geographical distance and cultural dissimilarity, the European and Chinese sides of the early modern debate over what constitutes “fine art” start from similar premises and arrive at similar conclusions. Europeans concluded that Chinese painting should only be regarded, at best, as decorative art and never as “fine art”—and so has no place...
The Orphan of Zhao and other Yuan plays: The Earliest Known Versions. By Stephen H.West and Wilt. L.Idema. pp. xii, 391. New York, Columbia University Press, 2015. - Volume 26 Issue 3 - Richard John Lynn
A translation of the Great Commentary of the Yijing with Chinese characters
Wang Bi’s syncretistic hermeneutics, influenced by his affiliations with the Jingzhou school of learning, draws on a combination of Confucian political and social thought, Daoist naturalism, and Huang-Lao concepts of the sage ruler, while his interest in the function of language also owes much to the School of Names. This study of Wang Bi’s life an...
M. TheresaKelleher: The Journal of Wu Yubi: The Path to Sagehood. xliii, 187 pp. Indianapolis, IN: Hackett Publishing Company, 2013. £9.95. ISBN 978 1 62466 042 9. £9.95. - Volume 77 Issue 2 - Richard John Lynn
The Butterfly Lovers: The Legend of Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai: Four Versions, with Related Texts. Edited and Translated by IdemaWilt L.. pp. xxxvi, 220. Indianapolis and Cambridge (Mass.), Hackett Publishing, 2010. - Volume 21 Issue 1 - Richard John Lynn
China and Japan in the Late Meiji Period: China Policy and the Japanese Discourse on National Identity, 1895–1904. By ZachmannUrs Matthias. pp. xi, 238. London and New York, Routledge, 2009. - Volume 20 Issue 3 - Richard John Lynn
Poems about women from the Riben zashi shi (Poems on Miscellaneous Subjects from Japan) by Huang Zunxian constitute about ten per cent of the collection as a whole; most are translated and annotated here. These poems and Huang's own attached commentaries create a fascinating mixture of fact, sensibility, and interest that attempts both to describe...
Harmony Garden: The Life, Literary Criticism, and Poetry of Yuan Mei (1716–1798). By SchmidtJ. D.. London: RoutledgeCurzon, 2003. xxii, 758 pp. $75.00 (cloth). - Volume 63 Issue 3 - Richard John Lynn
The great Chinese poet Huang Zunxian, who served from 1877 to 1882 as a high-ranking member of the staff of the Qing legation in Tokyo, became closely acquainted with and spent much time in the company of prominent Japanese literati (bunjin). Huang's experiences with these men provide an extremely valuable window of information and insight into the...
This translation of 65 pieces from Qian Zhongshu's "Guanzshui bian" (Limited Views) makes available in English a representative selection of essays and reading notes on the classics of early Chinese literature. First published in 1979, it is a comprehensive treatment of themes and motifs in early Chinese writing.
Richard John Lynn is a professor of classical Chinese studies specializing in philosophy, philology, poetry, poetics, and intellectual history.
1. The 1995 volume was reviewed by Richard John Lynn in China Review International 5, no. 1:89-91, both in terms of its own merits and in the context of describing and evaluating general features of the Old...
Richard John Lynn is Professor of Chinese Studies and Chair, Department of East Asian Studies.
Richard John Lynn is Professor of Chinese Studies and Chair, Department of East Asian Studies.
1. A few more facts are available in "Li Yung" by Dean R. Wickes, in Eminent Chinese of the Ch'ing Period (1644-1912), ed. Arthur W. Hummel (Washington, D. C.: United States Government Printing Office, 1943; reprint, Taipei: Ch'eng Wen, 1967), pp. 498-499...
Huang Zunxian arrived as Counselor to the Imperial Qing Legation to Tokyo in 1877. Already well-known in China as a poet and prose writer, he quickly began to write poems and prose works about his new experiences in Meiji Japan. During the five years he was in Japan, he also made the acquaintance of many leading Japanese literati of the day, such a...
Richard John Lynn is Professor of Chinese Studies and Chair, Department of East Asian Studies.
Richard John Lynn is Professor of Chinese Studies and Chair, Department of East Asian Studies, University of Alberta.
1. In preparing this review article, I have used the following editions of Huang's principal writings:
Riben zashishi guangzhu (Poems on Japanese miscellaneous subjects, with expanded commentaries). Ed. Zhong Shuhe . Zou xiang shiji...
1. Richard John Lynn, "Wang Shizhen's Poems on Poetry: A Translation and Annotation of the Lunshi jueju," in John C. H. Wang, ed., Chinese Literary Criticism of the Ch'ing Period (1644-1911) (Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 1993), pp. 55-95.
2. There is an integral translation of Wang Pi's Chou-i lüeh-li, along with Wang's entire commentary...
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