AsianForum 152th "On the Monographs and Manner Culture in Japan, China, and Korea"

152th
Tuesday, June 10, 2014
14:00-15:00
Room 252, Diffendorfer Memorial Hall West Wing

佐藤貢悦 (SATO Koetsu)
波大学人文社会系、人文社会科学研究科国際日本研究専攻

日中韓の同字異義と日常儀礼について
(On the Monographs and Manner Culture in Japan, China, and Korea)

日中韓三文化圏は、その基底に存在する文化的共通要素をとらえて、漢字文化圏とも儒教文化圏とも呼ばれる。漢字文化圏とはいいながら、同じ漢字もしくは漢字複合語が地域によって異なる意味をもつという同字異義の問題がある。その一方で、三地域は儒教文化をその基層としているという共通点をもちながら、意外なほどに気づかれていないのが、相互間の日常的な礼儀・慣習の違いである。こうした問題は、日中韓の研究者が共同して取り組むべき課題である。
(Since there are common components in the cultural foundations of Japan, China, and Korea, they are said to belong to the cultural sphere of Chinese characters or Confucianism. Although they are said to belong to the same cultural sphere of Chinese characters, same Chinese characters or compound words produce different meanings because of regional differences. This is what is referred to as the homograph problem.
On the other hand, we have always known that Japan, China, and Korea have the common foundations of Confucian thought. we tend to overlook the differences in each other’s manners. That is why studies on these two problems should be the subjects of joint research for scholars from Japan, China, and Korea.)

Lecture in Japanese