The First International Conference on East Asian Kanbun Studies: "2025 East Asian Kanbun Studies: Region, Literati, and Context"

June 20, 2025

The First International Conference on East Asian Kanbun Studies: "2025 East Asian Kanbun Studies: Region, Literati, and Context"

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

10:45–11:00 Opening Remarks

Keynote Speech

11:00–12:00

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

Professor, Graduate Institute of Taiwan Literature, National Taiwan University

Lunch

Session 1: History and Humanistic Representation

1:00–2:30 PM

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

Professor, Department of Kanbun Literature, Korea University

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

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

・Yu-yi Lin: Imperial Marginals in the Eyes of Foreigners: Ming-Qing Local Literati and Intellectual Exchange in Joseon's Yanxinglu (Records of Journeys to Beijing)

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

Break

Session 2: Interpretive Methods of Ancient Scholarship in Early Modern East Asia

2:45–4:15 PM

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

Assistant Professor, Department of Chinese Language and Literature, National Taiwan University

・Weishun Chen: A Study of the Chu Ci 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

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

Associate Professor, Department of Kanbun Literature, Korea University

Break

Session 3: Modern Kanbun Literature and Knowledge Networks

4:45–6:15 PM

・Chung-shan Cheng: "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

・Hoang-yen Nguyen: 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

・Yunjun She: Kubo Tensui's "Sankan Gakufu" (Music Bureau Poems of the Three Korean Kingdoms) as a Continuation and Imitation of Yǒngshǐ Gakufu (Historical Music Bureau Poems) and Japanese Gakufu

Associate Professor, Department of Chinese Language and Literature, National Taiwan University

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

Session 4: East Asian Literati and Creative Editing

10:30 AM–12:00 PM

・Jeong-woo Cho: 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

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

Doctoral Programs, Kanbun Literature Major, Department of Korean Language and Literature, Korea University

・Shu-ting Lu: A Study of the Mansong Collection's Edition of "Selected Masterpieces of Su Shi's Ci Poetry" at Korea University

Doctoral Programs, Kanbun Literature Major, Department of Korean Language and Literature, Korea University

Lunch

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

1:00–3:00 PM

・Yi-chun Wei: The 1930s and the Discrepancy between Spoken and Written Language: Focusing on Taiwanese Writer Hsieh Hsueh-yu's "Sakura Dream" and Korean Writer Lee Bo-sang's "A Strange Encounter with Chun-do"

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

・Ye-ri Lee: A Study of Joseon Literati's Perceptions of Japan through Poetic Exchanges in Kanbun

Doctoral Programs, Kanbun Literature Major, Department of Korean Language and Literature, Korea University

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

Doctoral Programs, Kanbun Literature Major, Department of Korean Language and Literature, Korea University

・Rintaro Goyama: On the Regionality of Japanese Kanbun Literature in the Edo Period and Its Exchange with East Asian Literati and Classical 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 and General Discussion: The Contemporary Face of East Asian Kanbun Studies

5:00–6:45 PM

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

・Ching-wen Lo: Associate Professor, Department of Chinese Literature, National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan

6:45–7:00 PM

Closing Remarks

Discussants

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

Tomohiko Sumiyoshi: Professor, Keio University affiliated Research Centers and Institutes, Institute of Oriental Classics (Shido Bunko) (Day 2)

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

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

Organizer: Keio University Society for Research in Classical Education

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

Moderator: Professor Rintaro Goyama (Conference Chair)

This 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 the Perspective of Regionality."