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Bookmark or Share- Fortress Besieged by Qian Zhongshu | GoodreadsThe greatest Chinese novel of the twentieth century, Fortress Besieged is a classic of world literature, a masterpiece of parodic fiction that plays with Western literary traditions, philosophy, and middle-class Chinese society in the Republican era.
- Qian Zhongshu (1910-1998) and World LiteratureQian Zhongshu (1910-1998) and World Literature. 1 I n twentieth-century China, Qian Zhongshu is probably the most learned scholar with a wide scope of knowledge of traditional Chinese literature and culture on the one hand, and on the other, a familiarity with, and deep understanding of, the Western tradition that few Chinese scholars could match.
- Dong Zhongshu | Chinese Philosopher, Scholar & ConfucianistDong Zhongshu (born c. 179, Guangchuan, China—died c. 104 bce, China) was a scholar instrumental in establishing Confucianism in 136 bce as the state cult of China and as the basis of official political philosophy—a position it was to hold for 2,000 years. As a philosopher, Dong merged the Confucian and Yinyang schools of thought.
- Qian Zhongshu | Chinese Literary Critic & Novelist | BritannicaNotable Works: “Fortress Besieged”. “Limited Views”. Subjects Of Study: literature. Qian Zhongshu (born November 21, 1910, Wuxi, Jiangsu province, China—died December 19, 1998, Beijing) was a Chinese scholar and writer whose erudition and scholarly achievements were practically unrivaled in 20th-century China.
- A Monument to What Might Have Been: Qian Zhongshu's "Fortress Besieged"The book takes its title from a French proverb, sets its action in the China of the 1930s, and tracks the misfortunes of Fang Hongjian, a feckless, cowardly student returning from Europe with a...
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