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Remembrance and Reminiscence: A Special Column Dedicated to Mr. Li Xueqin

Preface·····································································································································Ren Dayuan(5)

International Sinology as an Independent Discipline································································Li Xueqin(7)

The Significance of International Sinology: In Memory of Mr. Li Xueqin······················Zhang Guogang(9)

Mr. Li Xueqin and the Construction of the Discipline of International Sinology··············Liu Guozhong(11)

Views on Sinology

Reflections on Overseas Sinology in the New Era································································He Peizhong(17)

Europe and China: A Speech Delivered by Prof. Filippo Mignini at Beijing Foreign Studies University in 2018········································································································Trans. Li Sijia(21)

Interview

The Literary “Classics” and “Margins” of the Six Dynasties: An Interview with American Sinologist Wendy Swartz·············································································································Huang Hongyu(26)

Sinologists’ Specialities

An Analysis of the Relationship between Pierre Hoang and British Sinologist Edward Harper Parker’s Writings on Chinese Religions···································································Li Qiang(35)

On Du Halde’s Interpretation of the History of the Song Dynasty(960-1279)····························Sun Jian(45)

Gail Hershatter’s Study on Chinese Women··············································································Wang Yan(53)

Aoki Masaru’s China Nostalgia······························································································Ma Baomin(59)

Early Sinological Studies

Social Investigations and Map Descriptions of the Late Ming Dynasty in European Jesuits’ Cartography··························································································Guo Liang(67)

Confucian-Christian Hermeneutics from the Word ‘Heaven’ to the Word ‘Lord of Heaven’:An Analysis of The Discourse on the Confucian Notions of Heaven, Taiji and on the Lord of Heaven in the Vatican Library·················································································Wang Ge(78)

The Understanding of Confucianism by the French Jesuit Louis Daniel Le Comte in His Writing Nouveaux mémoires sur l’état présent de la Chine············································Li Shenwen(86)

The Origins of Christianity on the Island of Hainan from the 16th Century to the 17th Century········································································································Joseph Dehergne Tran. Xiao Wei(94)

A Comparative Study of the French King’s Mathematicians’ Scientific Labor and Their Expedition in China·············································································································Lü Ying(105)

Sino-Foreign Cultural Exchanges

Damingsheng Tu: A Little-Known but Extremely Important Manuscript Map of China in the 17th Century·······································································Gabor Lukacs Trans. Meng Qingbo(116)

A Comparative Study of Pre-Qin Historical Documents in the Palace Examination of the Ming Dynasty of China and the Li Dynasty of Korea·····················Chen Long & Yang SuKyeong(121)

Introduction of Western Wine into Shanxi during the Ming and Qing Dynasties···················Liu Bojun(127)

The Fountain of Living Water: The Bible and Modern Chinese Literature··································································································Irene Eber Tran. Yin Jie & Liu Yan(134)

Studies on Literature and History

On the Representation of Traditional Chinese Fiction in Contemporary Western Histories of Chinese Literature: Centered on The Columbia History of Chinese Literature and The Cambridge History of Chinese Literature·····························Zhang Hongbo & Wei Chongxin(142)

The Spread and Acceptance of Modern and Contemporary Chinese Literature in Eastern Europe··············································································································Chen Lifeng(148)

Chinese Classics Overseas

A Study on Wing-tsit Chan’s English Translation of Chuanxilu from the Perspective of Metonymy·········································································································Xin Hongjuan & Fei Zhouying(160)

A Study on the Shoo King Translated by W. H. Medhurst·················································Liu Liyi(169)

The Acceptance of Denglou fu and the Creation of Cifu in the Li Dynasty of Korea·············Liu Siwen(176)

Bibliography Studies

Chinese Bibliographies by Europeans from the End of the Ming Dynasty to the Beginning of the Qing Dynasty·······························································Nakamura Kushiro Trans. Rong Xichao(183)

Preface to The Book of Jade by Judith Gautier·········································Judith Gautier Tran. Liu Yang(187)

Book Reviews

Review on The Divine Woman: Dragon Ladies and Rain Maidens in T’ang Literature by Edward Hetzel Schafer·························································································Zhao Chengjie(191)

The Reading Notes of The Translation Story of Lyon·····························································Wang Hui(195)

Afterword

In Memory of Mr. Li Xueqin—The Pioneer of International Sinological Studies in China····································································································································Zhang Xiping(199)

Contents and Select Abstracts···············································································································(201)