Various aspects of wells in classical Chinese literature with special reference to tools and gestures
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- Kita AI
- Principal Investigator
- 青山学院大学
About This Project
- Japan Grant Number
- JP17K13433 (JGN)
- Funding Program
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
- Funding Organization
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Kakenhi Information
- Project/Area Number
- 17K13433
- Research Category
- Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
- Allocation Type
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- Multi-year Fund
- Review Section / Research Field
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- Humanities and Social Sciences > Humanities > Literature > Chinese literature
- Research Institution
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- Aoyama Gakuin University
- Meisei University
- Project Period (FY)
- 2017-04-01 〜 2023-03-31
- Project Status
- Completed
- Budget Amount*help
- 3,250,000 Yen (Direct Cost: 2,500,000 Yen Indirect Cost: 750,000 Yen)
Research Abstract
This research examines how ancient Chinese people perceived the sites, implements, and actions associated with wells, and how authors reflected the symbolic character of those things in poetry, from a folklorist perspective. To this end, its chief objects of consideration will be depictions of wells in Chinese classical literature, their related implements, and the act of“circling” around wells. Yet, as the present study is thought to have made clear, in poetry at least,up to the Tang Dynasty, there existed shared concepts regarding tools, places, and rituals, including wells, buckets, winches, the practice of circumambulating, etc.
