Chinese Literature and Culture Volume 13

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A collection of translated Chinese short fiction, literary essays, autobiographical essays, and essays on Chinese thought and cross-cultural translation. Contributors are from China, the United States, and Germany. Table of Contents Introduction to Volume Thirteen – Culture and Nature, Individual and Community, by Timothy Huson........ 7 A Note on the Translations............................................................................. 14 A Note from Assistant Editor Zhou Shengjie............................................................. 16 Chinese Stories in Translation......................................................................... 18 In Company with a Depression Sufferer, by Chen Jiyi, (translators: Zhou Shengjie, Liu Zhiting, Timothy Huson) ....................................................................................... 19 Death, Illusion, and Reality in Chen Jiyi's “In Company With a Depression Sufferer,” by Timothy Huson.. 58 A Long Journey from Home at Eighteen, by Yu Hua (translators: Zhou Shengjie, Zhang Yu, Timothy Huson).. 81 Life's Lessons in Yu Hua's “A Long Journey From Home at Eighteen,” by Pang Huanyi...................... 95 Buried in Peace, by Yan Xi Zao (translators: Tan Chunli and Timothy Huson) ........................... 104 入土为安............................................................................................... 120 The Circle: a Review of Yan Xi Zao's “Buried in Peace,” by Lu Wei..................................... 132 Auto-Biographical Essays.............................................................................. 136 Self-analysis, by Zhuang Jiamin........................................................................137 My Childhood, by Li Huiyin.............................................................................156 Poetry.................................................................................................164 Know Now, by Tom Hoy...................................................................................165 Essays on Chinese Culture .............................................................................167 The Expressivity of Chinese Instrumental Music, by Kevin Nan Gan.......................................168 The Taint of Determinateness – The East and Buddhism from the Perspective of Hegel, by Klaus Vieweg ...183 Inner Enlightenment, Literature, and Literary Translation, by Timothy Huson ...........................211 Contributors (in alphabetical order) ..................................................................244 Editorial Board .......................................................................................246