Dragons, East and West
天下之龙： 东西方龙的比较研究
Publisher:
Dolphin Books
Publication:
9/2013
Languages:
English
Binding:
Paperback
ISBN/SKU:
9787511014108
Pages:
250
Sizes:
230 x 150mm
Weight:
0.3500
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Through a comparison between eastern and western cultures, this book expounds the understanding of the ''dragon'' concept, the origin, symbolic meaning, and totem worship of ''dragon'', and the dragon-slaying legend. Furthermore, it compares the similarities and differences in the East's and the West's cognition of dragon in terms of psychology, zoology, etc, having a great academic value, making a good book on ''dragon'' culture.
By integrating folkloric studies with analysis of literary texts, Professor Zhao’s study of dragonology promises to be a landmark in East/West Comparative Literature. With his vast referential range, Zhao breathes new fire into that rarest of being: a truly global symbol.
David Lenson
University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Qiguang Zhao’s stimulating book on dragons East and West is a thoroughly researched work of scholarship, but is much more than just a collection of facts and data. This is also a work of ideas and conceptions. By opening wide the scope of his inquiry and dismissing all arbitrary constraints, the author has demonstrated in a most edifying fashion the relatedness of human cultures. Above all, he has given us a fresh, new way to look at ancient Chinese mythology. This is a book about dragons, but it is also a collection of valuable insights about the nature and development of Chinese civilization in the context of world history and culture.
Victor H. Mair （University of Pennsylvania）
David Lenson
University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Qiguang Zhao’s stimulating book on dragons East and West is a thoroughly researched work of scholarship, but is much more than just a collection of facts and data. This is also a work of ideas and conceptions. By opening wide the scope of his inquiry and dismissing all arbitrary constraints, the author has demonstrated in a most edifying fashion the relatedness of human cultures. Above all, he has given us a fresh, new way to look at ancient Chinese mythology. This is a book about dragons, but it is also a collection of valuable insights about the nature and development of Chinese civilization in the context of world history and culture.
Victor H. Mair （University of Pennsylvania）