The First International Academic Conference on Asian Kanbun/Classical Chinese Literature Studies: "2025 Asian Kanbun/Classical Chinese Literature Studies: Region, Literati, Context"

2025/06/20

The First International Academic Conference on Asian Kanbun/Classical Chinese Literature Studies: "2025 Asian Kanbun/Classical Chinese Literature Studies: Region, Literati, Context"

July 10 (Thursday) Keio University, Mita Campus, East Research Building, 6th Floor, G-Lab

10:45–11:00 AM Opening Remarks

Keynote Speech

11:00 AM–12:00 PM

・Huang Mei-e, "Crossing Borders and Intersections: An Asian Perspective on Classical Taiwanese Literature"

Professor, Graduate Institute of Taiwanese Literature, National Taiwan University

Lunch

Session 1: History and Humanistic Representation

1:00–2:30 PM

・Lim Joon-chul, "Self-Hybridity and Poetic Identity in Self-Elegies of the Joseon Dynasty"

Professor, Department of Classical Chinese, Korea University

・Lin Yi-heng, "Constructed History: On the Taiwanese and Japanese Writings and Imagination of the 'Hamada Yahei Incident'"

Associate Professor, Department of Chinese Language and Literature, Fo Guang University, Taiwan

・Lin You-yi, "Imperial Marginals in the Eyes of Foreigners: Local Scholars and Intellectual Exchange in Ming-Qing China as Seen in Joseon's Yanxinglu (Records of Journeys to Beijing)"

Assistant Professor, Department of Korean Language and Literature, National Chengchi University, Taiwan

Break

Session 2: Interpretations of Ancient Scholarship in Early Modern East Asia

2:45–4:15 PM

・Liu Po-cheng, "Rereading the Jingnan Campaign: The Joseon Royal Family and Scholars' Understanding of the Jianwen Emperor's Story"

Assistant Professor, Department of Chinese Literature, National Taiwan University

・Chan Wai Shun, "A Study of the Chuci (Songs of Chu) by the Donglin Scholars of the Ming Dynasty"

Associate Professor and Vice Chairman, Department of Chinese Language and Literature, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

・Yang Won-seok, "A Study on the Main Controversies in Chinese Character Studies during the Joseon Dynasty"

Associate Professor, Department of Classical Chinese, Korea University

Break

Session 3: Modern Kanbun/Classical Chinese Literature and Knowledge Networks

4:45–6:15 PM

・Ching Chung Shan, "'The Heavenly Wind Cannot Disperse It, Fortunately the Great Fruits Still Remain': A Study of the Tianfeng and Shuoguo Societies in Hong Kong during the Japanese Occupation"

Senior Lecturer, Department of Chinese Language and Literature, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

・Nguyen Hoang Yen, "The Compilation and Dissemination of Books on Hygiene and Gender in Early 20th-Century Vietnam"

Lecturer, Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

・She Yun-chun, "Kubo Tensui's 'Sankan Gakufu' (Music Bureau Poems of the Three Korean Kingdoms): Its Continuation and Imitation of Historical and Japanese Music Bureau Poetry"

Associate Professor, Department of Chinese Literature, National Taiwan University

July 11 (Friday) Keio University, Mita Campus, East Research Building, 4th Floor, Open Lab

Session 4: East Asian Literati and Creative Editing

10:30 AM–12:00 PM

・Cho Jung-woo, "On the Relationship between Huang Zunxian's 'Song of Modern Patriotic Heroes' and Gamo Shigeaki's 'Biographies of Great Men of Modern Times'"

Lecturer, Center for General Education, Komazawa University

・Kim So-eun, "The Joseon Scholar Kim Chang-hyeop's View of Seclusion and Consciousness of Transcendence: Focusing on His 'Gi' (Record) Writings"

Doctoral Candidate, Major in Classical Chinese Literature, Department of Korean Language and Literature, Korea University

・Lu Shu-ting, "A Study of the 'Poxian Ci Yingxuan' (Selected Ci Poems of the Immortal of the Eastern Slope) from the Mansong Collection at Korea University"

Doctoral Candidate, Major in Classical Chinese Literature, Department of Korean Language and Literature, Korea University

Lunch

Session 5: Taiwan, Korea, Japan—Exchange and Conflict

1:00–3:00 PM

・Wei Yi-chun, "The Genbun Itchi (Unification of Spoken and Written Language) Discrepancies of the 1930s: A Focus on Taiwanese Writer Hsieh Hsueh-yu's 'Sakura no Yume' (Cherry Blossom Dream) and Korean Writer Lee Bo-sang's 'Chun-do Gi-u' (A Strange Encounter with a Spring Peach)"

PhD Candidate, Graduate Institute of Taiwanese Literature, National Taiwan University

・Lee Ye-ri, "A Study of Joseon Scholars' Perceptions of Japan through Poetic Exchanges in Classical Chinese"

Doctoral Candidate, Major in Classical Chinese Literature, Department of Korean Language and Literature, Korea University

・Shin Min-jeong, "The Meaning and Usage of 'Doubing' (Handle of the Big Dipper) in Joseon Dynasty Literature: Its Role as a Marker of Seasons and Time"

Doctoral Candidate, Major in Classical Chinese Literature, Department of Korean Language and Literature, Korea University

・Goyama Rintaro, "On the Regionality of Japanese Kanbun Literature in the Edo Period and Its Exchange with East Asian Literati and Texts"

Professor, Department of Japanese Literature, Faculty of Letters, Keio University

Tour of the Institute of Oriental Classics (Shido Bunko) and Mita Campus (3:15–4:30 PM)

Session 5: Online Workshop & General Discussion: The Contemporary Face of Asian Kanbun/Classical Chinese Literature

5:00–6:45 PM

・Lin Li, Associate Professor, Department of Chinese Studies, National University of Singapore

・Luo Jing-wen, Associate Professor, Department of Chinese Literature, National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan

6:45–7:00 PM

Closing Remarks

Discussants

Chen Jie, Professor, Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, The University of Tokyo (Day 1)

Sumiyoshi Tomohiko, Professor, Institute of Oriental Classics (Shido Bunko), Keio University (Day 2)

Sim Kyu-sik, Guest Professor (Part-time) (International) (Tentative), Keio University; Research Professor, Institute of Korean Classics, Korea University

Interpreters: Nakayama Haruna, Master's Program, Graduate School of Letters, Keio University; Zhang Difei, Doctoral Programs, Graduate School of Letters, Keio University

Organizer: Keio University Classical Education Study Group

Co-organizer: Geibun Gakkai (Society of Arts and Letters), Keio University

Moderator: Professor Goyama Rintaro (Conference Chair)

This academic conference is supported by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) for the project "A Study of Japanese Kanbun Poetry and Prose and East Asian Kanbun Literature from a Regional Perspective."