"Commentary on a Dream of Red Mansions" is a literary essay published by the master of Chinese studies Wang Guowei in 1904. It is also the first essay in the history of Chinese literary research that uses Western literary theory to comment on the pearl of Chinese classical literature. It has always been highly praised. In addition to the full text of "Commentary on a Dream of Red Mansions" with detailed annotations, this book also selects several other articles written by Wang Guowei on Schopenhauer's philosophy and aesthetic thoughts, including "Schopenhauer's Philosophy and His Educational Theory", "On Schopenhauer and Nietzsche", "The Place of Elegance in Art", "Self-Preface" and "Self-Preface" "" Preface 2", and appendices include the preface to "Mr. Wang Jing'an's Suicide Notes", "Mr. Wang Jing'an and the Ideological Circle of the Late Qing Dynasty", "Mr. Wang Jing'an's Literary Criticism" and Wang Guowei's Chronicle to help readers further understand Wang Guowei's research on "Dream of Red Mansions" and literary and artistic theoretical thoughts, as well as Wang Guowei's person and studies.
Reader comments
It's quite good and very helpful to me. I hope this book can be widely circulated and known by more people.
The writing style of this book is rigorous and the writing style is smooth. The author uses Western literary and artistic theories to interpret "A Dream of Red Mansions" with a unique perspective and novel viewpoints. Moreover, the book also contains the author's articles on Schopenhauer's philosophy and aesthetic thoughts, which are rich in content and gave me a deeper understanding of Wang Guowei's literary criticism. All in all, this is a great book worth reading!
There is nothing but respect for the gentleman's style.
The mountains are high, the water is long, and there are thousands of weather conditions.
The thoughts of the predecessors and the expressions in classical Chinese are so wonderful!
It's quite good and very helpful to me. I hope this book can be widely circulated and known by more people.
The writing style of this book is rigorous and the writing style is smooth. The author uses Western literary and artistic theories to interpret "A Dream of Red Mansions" with a unique perspective and novel viewpoints. Moreover, the book also contains the author's articles on Schopenhauer's philosophy and aesthetic thoughts, which are rich in content and gave me a deeper understanding of Wang Guowei's literary criticism. All in all, this is a great book worth reading!
There is nothing but respect for the gentleman's style. The mountains are high, the water is long, and there are thousands of weather conditions.
The thoughts of the predecessors and the expressions in classical Chinese are so wonderful!