Kyochisan - Kyochisan

Chinese novelist. His real name was Xu Chan, and his pen name was Luo Hua Sheng. He was born in Tainan, Taiwan, and grew up in Fujian and Canton. While studying at Yenching University, he participated in the May Fourth Movement (1919). The following year, he was one of the founders of the Literature Research Society, and published novels and prose works such as "The Bird of Life" (1921) and "The Spider that Makes a Nest" (1922) in the Monthly Novels. He then studied in the United States and the United Kingdom, and after returning to Japan, he taught at Yenching University and then at the University of Hong Kong, devoting himself to the study of Taoism and Buddhism. At that time, he was reluctant to westernize China, trying to unearth traditional Chinese culture, but after the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War, he became aware of the corruption of the Nationalist government and advocated the need to absorb Western culture. He died suddenly of heart disease just as he began to play an active role as a pioneer of the anti-Japanese cultural movement in Hong Kong. His early works are known for their unique style, rich in Buddhist pessimism and tropical atmosphere, but they also have aspects that give the impression of a stubborn ego. His later novels include "The Way Home" (1931) and "Spring Peaches" (1934).

[Tomoaki Shirota]

"Modern Chinese Literature 11: Short Stories" (Translated by Kyuichi Senda et al., 1971, Kawade Shobo Shinsha)" ▽ "Yoshio Imamura, "Xu Dishan in the Thirties: The Later Life of a Writer and Scholar" (included in "Lu Xun and the 1930s", 1982, Kenbun Publishing)"

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中国の小説家。本名許賛(きょさんこん)、筆名落華生(らっかせい)。台湾の台南に生まれ、福建(ふっけん／フーチエン)、広東(カントン)で育つ。燕京(えんきょう)大学在学中、五・四運動（1919）に参加。翌年、文学研究会の発起人に名を連ね、『小説月報』に『命命鳥』（1921）、『巣をつくる蜘蛛(くも)』（1922）などの小説や散文を発表した。その後アメリカ、イギリスに留学、帰国後は燕京大学のちに香港(ホンコン)大学で教鞭(きょうべん)をとり、道教・仏教の研究に専念。このころは中国の伝統文化の発掘を試みて西欧化に消極的であったが、日中戦争勃発(ぼっぱつ)後は、国民政府の腐敗を眼(め)にして、西欧文化吸収の必要性を説いた。香港で抗日文化運動の急先鋒(きゅうせんぽう)として活躍し始めたやさき、心臓病で急逝。初期の作品は、仏教的厭世(えんせい)観と南国情緒に富む独特の作風で知られるが、かたくなな自我を感じさせる面もある。後期の小説に『帰途』（1931）、『春桃』（1934）など。

［代田智明］

『千田九一他訳『現代中国文学11　短篇集』（1971・河出書房新社）』▽『今村与志雄著『三十年代の許地山――ある作家・学者の後半生』（『魯迅と1930年代』所収・1982・研文出版）』

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