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1belleyang
Dear Fogies--I was introduced to Arthur F. Wright when I bought a remaindered copy of "Studies in Chinese Buddhism." Then I was able to locate The Sui dynasty "The Unification of China, A.D. 581-617 The latter is incomplete as he died before he could finish writing it. He is so very readable for me and he does a good job in introducing aspects of disunified China. But I wanted much more. Did you know him? It seems Robert Somers, editor of Wright's work died while organizing his essays. I am very excited to have just purchased an inexpensive copy of Wright's Confucianism and Chinese Civilization. You have a copy in your library. How do you find his scholarship? I am always grateful to find graceful writing in English. Belle
2Fogies
belleyang >1 belleyang: One of the Fogies met Arthur Wright long ago, when his first wife Mary was still alive. Someone later told us he had been interned in China by the Japanese in WWII, where he was assigned to work in the camp kitchen. He said that increased his appreciation of the story of the butcher in Zhuangzi.
His work is firmly in the obsolete tradition of Sinology, but within the limits of that tradition he is a reliable reporter, and, as you say, a good clear writer.
His work is firmly in the obsolete tradition of Sinology, but within the limits of that tradition he is a reliable reporter, and, as you say, a good clear writer.
3belleyang
Dear Fogies--Was Wright referring to: yue zu dai pao? "Chop on your own butcher block, don't chop on someone else's"? If so, in what context. Can you tell me more about his experience under the Japanese? When and how did he find freedom? B
4Fogies
>3 belleyang: belleyang Sorry, that's all we know. We got the anecdote second-hand (or maybe even more remotely) and that's its finished form. We always assumed it referred to the part that begins 庖丁為文惠君解牛 "A cook was butchering a cow for the Wen Hui ruler," where it says that a clumsy butcher must sharpen his knife so often he frequently needs a new one, but that's just our guess.
As background information, we believe from others' accounts we've read that enemy alien civilians were interned by the Japanese consular service, not the army, and were not mistreated. There's a good account of that experience in Shantung Compound by Langdon Gilkey who was in one.
As background information, we believe from others' accounts we've read that enemy alien civilians were interned by the Japanese consular service, not the army, and were not mistreated. There's a good account of that experience in Shantung Compound by Langdon Gilkey who was in one.
