Masaru Aoki
Masaru Aoki (青木 正児, Aoki Masaru, or Seiji, 1887–1964) was a Japanese Sinologist.
Works
Aoki wrote an article named "Hu Shi and the Chinese Literary Revolution" which was published in Chinese Study (T: 支那學, S: 支那学, P: Zhīnà Xué) in 1920. During the 1930s and 1940s, Aoki's work was considered an important contribution to translating and studying Chinese literature.
Patricia Sieber wrote that "Aoki, an internationally influential Sinologist, presented his love affair with Chinese dramas as an intimate and aesthetic affair of the heart."
Some of his books include:
Yuan Jen Tsa Chu Hsu Shuo - 1959
Shina kinsei gikyoku shi - 1930
Yuan ren za ju gai shuo - 1957
Shina bungaku shisō shi (支那文学思想史; "A History of Chinese Literary Thought"). Iwanami Shoten, 1943.
The Shina bungei shichō (支那文芸論藪) by Aoki was published in the Iwanami Koza series Sekai shichō in 1928. Wang Chün-yüh (C: 王俊瑜, P: Wáng Jùnyú) published a Chinese version in 1933, titled Chung-kuo ku-tai wen-i ssu-ch'ao lun (T: 中國古代文藝思潮論, S:中国古代文艺思潮论, P: Zhōngguó Gǔdài Wényì Sīcháo Lún).