In China, WU Mi is a well-known poet, educator, and classical scholar. Honored as the father of the study on China's comparative literature, he was one of the earliest scholars who systematically applied the theories...In China, WU Mi is a well-known poet, educator, and classical scholar. Honored as the father of the study on China's comparative literature, he was one of the earliest scholars who systematically applied the theories of Western literature and the method of comparative literature to research A Dream in Red Mansions. In his early life, he was enlightened by the Guan school (a school of Neo-Confucianism), and later he studied in the U.S. where he was deeply influenced by Irving Babbitt's new humanistic thought. Throughout his lifetime, he advocated the thought of having a thorough knowledge of both China and the West, and devoted himself to the cultivation of "well-informed and refined" qualities. In fact, WU Mi's thoughts owes greatly to the education he received in his childhood. This paper focuses on the investigation of the study life of WU Mi so as to find out the reasons behind his achievement of having a thorough knowledge of both China and the West.展开更多
The furniture world of "A Dream in Red Mansions" is a microcosm of Qing Dynasty aristocraticc furniture. Its material, shape and decoration are very elegant,which is not only to meet the needs of life,but also meet ...The furniture world of "A Dream in Red Mansions" is a microcosm of Qing Dynasty aristocraticc furniture. Its material, shape and decoration are very elegant,which is not only to meet the needs of life,but also meet the pursuit of aesthetic contentment. On different occasions, coordinated with different furniture, it can form a hamaonious picture with the enviromnent. At the same time, their display range and combination mode also strictly follow different etiquette systems. In the red mansions, it shows the artistic beauty and is in the feudal shadow, and there is no exception in the furniture world. For "A Dream in Red Mansions" , it is how beautiful and how sad it is!展开更多
文摘In China, WU Mi is a well-known poet, educator, and classical scholar. Honored as the father of the study on China's comparative literature, he was one of the earliest scholars who systematically applied the theories of Western literature and the method of comparative literature to research A Dream in Red Mansions. In his early life, he was enlightened by the Guan school (a school of Neo-Confucianism), and later he studied in the U.S. where he was deeply influenced by Irving Babbitt's new humanistic thought. Throughout his lifetime, he advocated the thought of having a thorough knowledge of both China and the West, and devoted himself to the cultivation of "well-informed and refined" qualities. In fact, WU Mi's thoughts owes greatly to the education he received in his childhood. This paper focuses on the investigation of the study life of WU Mi so as to find out the reasons behind his achievement of having a thorough knowledge of both China and the West.
文摘The furniture world of "A Dream in Red Mansions" is a microcosm of Qing Dynasty aristocraticc furniture. Its material, shape and decoration are very elegant,which is not only to meet the needs of life,but also meet the pursuit of aesthetic contentment. On different occasions, coordinated with different furniture, it can form a hamaonious picture with the enviromnent. At the same time, their display range and combination mode also strictly follow different etiquette systems. In the red mansions, it shows the artistic beauty and is in the feudal shadow, and there is no exception in the furniture world. For "A Dream in Red Mansions" , it is how beautiful and how sad it is!